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The press service of Russian Shinnik have officially commented on the unfortunate brawl between their under-footballers and the guys from the Ukrainian side Minaya, which took place in a Turkish hotel. We bring the statement of the easterners as it is.

"Statement of FC Shinnik in connection with the incident that occurred in a hotel in Turkey

In the evening of February 13, an incident with players of the Ukrainian team Shinnyk took place on the territory of hotel Ciginus, which is located in the city of Belek (Turkey), where our team is staying.

In this regard, FC Shinnik officially declares that they are not the initiator of this conflict. Our players have acted as a real team, standing up for their teammate, who was attacked. Medical examination of Shinnik players revealed no serious injuries. At the moment our team is safe and the club decided to move to another hotel to avoid further conflict.

It should be noted that the booking of this hotel took place back in November 2022, subject to the conditions for the safe stay of our team. We consider any form of violence unacceptable and condemn it and will defend not only the interests of the club, but also the interests of our country. The situation is being dealt with by the law enforcement authorities".

Former Russian football player Alexander Mostovoy, who played in Spain, cannot pay for training himself to obtain a coaching license, but at the same time he believes that this is not yet the bottom of Russian football.

- I plan to get a coaching license, if they help. Financially if someone helps, it's a lot of money. You have to pay about 1 million rubles for training, which is a lot for me. We will look for sponsors. Do I share the point of view that Russian football has come to ...? No, not to that extent. He didn’t come,” Mostovoy told local media.

Former midfielder so-called. Russian national team Vladislav Radimov believes that it will be difficult for this “team” to return to civilized international tournaments. However, he does not name the main reason for isolation.

- The IOC is an individual sport, and in team sports it will be much harder to return for one simple reason. We can come to an agreement with the IOC, they will certainly be loyal, improve relations with UEFA and FIFA. But, it seems to me, there will be some kind of coalition that will be against the games with the Russian national team. The same thing happened during the qualifying matches for the World Cup in Qatar.

Whose side will UEFA and FIFA take when there is a big coalition of teams that refuse to play with us? We will definitely miss the European Championship. The next World Cup, which will be held in the United States and Canada - well, let's be objective, it is unlikely that the United States will try to let us go there, - local media quoted Radimov as saying.

Dynamo and Ukrainian national team player Oleksandr Karavayev, who played for Sevastopol in 2012-2014, told what he thinks Crimean football will be like after the liberation of the Ukrainian peninsula, currently occupied by terrorist Russia.

— I don't think it's fast, but there will be football in Crimea. Gradually, even those who lived there under Russia, when they return to Ukraine, will weigh all the pros and cons and will understand that the period after 2014 was simply a failure in their lives. And what they started there was in vain. If these are adequate, non-zombified people. I know a beautiful person there who worked at Sevastopol, and she now understands that everything that is happening there is complete savagery, Karavaev said on the broadcast of Profutbol Digital.

Dynamo and Ukrainian national team player Oleksandr Karavaev told how in 2014 Sevastopol offered him Russian citizenship.

— A month before the end of the championship, Krasilnikov began calling one by one to his office and saying: Russia will be one hundred percent. Maybe you will stay, will you accept citizenship? — I said: I'm sorry, it's not with me. And that's all. But such moods were there. No one was going to save Sevastopol on the territory of Ukraine, Karavaev said on the air of "Profutbol Digital".

The unnamed footballer of the so-called. Russian Premier League commented "RB » the situation with boots after the departure of Nike and Adidas from the terrorist country.

- Boots are now a scarce commodity. If earlier they were provided by sponsors, now you have to buy everything yourself. So there is nowhere to buy. In the UAE, I more or less managed to find something, but at the training camp in Turkey I went to the store, and only semi-professionals are sold there, - said the player of the RPL club.

According to information "RB ”, technical sponsor Adidas terminated sponsorship contracts with almost all Russian football players.

Previously, Adidas collaborated with many Russian football players: Denis Glushakov, Marinato Guilherme, Alexander Sobolev, Ilzat Akhmetov, Zelimkhan Bakaev and many others. After the departure of the German brand from Russia, an additional agreement was signed with these players on the termination of existing contracts and the payment of compensation to them for a year under the contract.

However, Adidas did not terminate the agreement with Alexey Miranchuk due to the fact that he performs in Europe. Note that the contract of the German brand with Miranchuk is calculated until 2026.

Former midfielder of the Russian national team Igor Semshov shared his fantasies about the return of swamp football to the civilized world.

- I don’t want to mix football with politics, but now is the time that it interferes with this sport and athletes, especially us. I think that in Europe they are also suffering, that they do not have our teams, national teams and fans. We know how to play football, we know how to hold big tournaments. And we proved it. We are not outsiders at these tournaments. If we go back to summer, it will be great. However, we must also defend our point of view and not bend to the point of view that UEFA wants to hear from us, local media cite Semshov's dreams.

Former Ukrainian and Dynamo Kyiv footballer Serhiy Yuran commented on the results of the meeting between UEFA and RFU representatives.

“There is nothing surprising for me. And what did you expect? That we harbor illusions? This will continue. A year will pass - they will extend it for another year. Moving to Asia? It’s up to the leaders to decide, but in any case, we need to think about something so that the competitions take place and we can participate in them. There must be self-respect. What, are we going to sit now, cry and wait until UEFA extends the suspension in a year? Yes, they went to three letters.

They don't want to see us there - for God's sake. We need to get together and organize some kind of tournaments. There is China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Belarus, Iran. There is no need to have illusions that in a year we will be allowed to perform. They won't allow it. We need to work on new tournaments and move on. There is nothing wrong with that," Yuran said, "RB ".

The Russian media publish a statement by an unnamed "source in the RFU familiar with the situation" about the alleged results of a meeting with a delegation of the UEFA leadership on the possibility of unbanning swamp football.

“The leadership of European football assured the Russian delegation that they consider the RFU a member of the UEFA family. The leadership of UEFA and the RFU agree with the common position that it is necessary to resolve the issue of the gradual return of Russian teams to international competitions. It is possible that the first steps will be the return of youth and women's teams," said the anonymous source.

Also in Russia they say that "the next face-to-face meeting with the participation of representatives of the RFU and UEFA will take place in February."

Journalist Ihor Burbas told what the chances are in Russia to get rid of the shameful expulsion from world football at the previously announced meeting of the RFS and UEFA.

"The Russian Federation has absolutely zero chance of returning to international football. Tomorrow's meeting is a mere formality and nothing more. As a democratic organization, UEFA could not refuse such a conversation, but its outcome is predetermined. The RFS continues to follow the Russian warship," Burbas wrote in Telegram.

After the Bulgarian "Levski" refused to play test matches with the Russian "Spartak" and "Ural", a hysteria predictably broke out in the terrorist eastern state.

According to Bulgarian media, both bog clubs said they "had contracts" with the Bulgarians for sparring and would demand "payment of a penalty" for a "failure".

The match between Levski and Spartak was supposed to take place January 22, duel with "Ural" was scheduled for January 31.