MOSCOW, Mar 2, Vasily Bogdanov.Honorary President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Vyacheslav Koloskov, in a conversation with, did not rule out the possibility of combining the positions of head coach in the Russian national team and the club with Valery Karpin. On Monday, FIFA and UEFA published a joint statement according to which Russian teams and clubs were suspended from participating in all international competitions for an indefinite period.» The institute of national teams must continue to function fully. This applies to youth teams, mini-football, women's football and so on. It is necessary that the players continue to hold training camps, train, appoint matches. You can play with teams from neighboring countries, maybe maybe in China, and even within the country, you can pick up rivals.Life goes on.Besides, we don’t know how long the ban will last.Maybe soon everything will be fine and the national team will be able to play again from the next qualifying round.Therefore, we need to support it in good condition It is also important to show the trainers rny that they are in demand, there are tasks and the need to get together. Perhaps the number, duration and focus of the collections should be changed, but they must be carried out,» Koloskov said. «At the same time, I do not presume to say that the March collections are necessary. I cannot assess the expediency of the national team meeting right now, this should be decided by our leaders and coaching staff. As for Valery Karpin, Alexander Dyukov has already said that a contract with him will be signed regardless of the outcome of the play-offs. Perhaps, we should consider the option of combining, which in the current conditions no longer looks ambiguous. Now there is no need to constantly travel around the clubs, spend a lot of time on analysis, torn between two teams. If we talk about the mood of the collections, then nothing will change in this regard. The national team is a holiday for all players. We arrived, practiced, talked, held a control match. So the interests of the national team players will remain the same,» the source added.
