MOSCOW, Sep 12 Blogger and sports journalist Vasily Utkin reacted to the controversy around a friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Bosnia and Herzegovina scheduled for November 19. Earlier, the Football Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the official website announced a game with Russia, which is scheduled for November 19 in St. Petersburg. After that, the leaders of the Bosnian national team, midfielder Miralem Pjanic and captain Edin Dzeko, as well as a member of the executive committee of the Football Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Azmir Husic and vice-president of the federation Irfan Duric, spoke out against organizing a meeting with the Russians. The fan association of the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina BHFanaticos called for a boycott of the match with the Russian team. The Ukrainian Football Association also demanded not to allow the match to be held. «There were rivals for the Russian national team. But there are disputes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as if they didn’t break up into Bosnia and Herzegovina separately because of them. I don’t know how it will all end, but the moment is more positive — it is obvious that if you do not try, then the boycott cannot be overcome. I want to believe that the game will take place, because I miss the matches of the Russian national team, «Utkin said on the air of the Evening Utkin show. Russian teams and clubs have been suspended from participation in all international competitions for an indefinite period. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) said that friendly matches are not within its area of responsibility, so the game in St. Petersburg does not contradict the decision on sanctions against the Russian team.
