MOSCOW, Oct 12, Alena Sulizova. News about possible integration of Crimean clubs into It is too early to rejoice at the system of Russian football, former Manchester United and Russian national football player Andrey Kanchelskis said. ) Sergei Borodkin. It discussed the integration of the region into the system of Russian football. The President of the FNL got acquainted with the league, clubs, infrastructure and documents. «Let's wait for the decision of the International Football Federation and the Union of European Football Associations, it's too early to rejoice, because they also have their own questions. We must rejoice when the finish line is already. They have been talking about everything for many years they say, write about it, so let’s first wait for the result and then we will give some comments. Now we don’t have the situation to talk about it,” Kanchelskis said. in the Russian championship looked more real. «I was there and contacted those leaders who said that the Crimean clubs were already integrating into Russian football, but that's all talk. And then, a few years ago, it was much more real, now the situation «It's completely different, it's the same atmosphere and environment. We're flying through the 2024 (European) championship and the 2026 (World Championship) too, I think. So let's see what happens next» , — added the interlocutor of the agency. By the decision of the Union of European Football Associations, Crimean clubs, after joining Crimea to the Russian Federation, play in the regional championship, the organization retains a ban on the participation of Crimean clubs in the tournaments of the Russian Football Union.
