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Before the match of the 1/32 finals of the Russian Cup against Naftokhimik, the head coach of "Stavropol AgroSoyuz" Kyrylo Eidelnant said that his team may withdraw from the tournament due to the mobilization of players.

— The problem now is with certain situations in the country, mobilization... As of today, three of my boys have already felt... They seem to have been put on the lists. We will not play with 13 football players against a first league team. This is crazy. I don't know how it will be. We have 4 numbers game. How to prepare, in what mode, I have no idea today. If the guys are going to be taken... Do I have anyone with combat experience? Yes, there are guys. Everyone served - they will be taken away first, Eidelnant told local television.

Former coach of Metalist and Dnipro Myron Markevich commented on the massive outflow of players from the Ukrainian championship.

- The mass transfer of our football players can be explained by their desire to continue their careers. But we need to forget forever those players who play or coach Russian clubs. There is also no need to worry about the fate of those guys who left for Belarus,” Markevich told the Express newspaper.

Defensive midfielder Igor Chaikovsky became a player of the Kharkov football club Metallist.

“The 30-year-old pet of Chernivtsi football began his professional career at Shakhtar Donetsk, but he spent the brightest years of his career at Zorya Luhansk. As part of this team, Tchaikovsky won UPL bronze medals and played in the Europa League. In total, the newcomer of the “yellow-blue”, who will play under the 4th number, has played almost 150 matches in the elite division of the championship of Ukraine,” the press service of Kharkiv informs.

The message does not indicate that after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, in 2017-2018, Tchaikovsky played for the Russian Anji.

Former goalkeeper of Lokomotiv Moscow Sergey Ovchinnikov spoke about the isolation of the Russian Federation as an occupying country from all international football tournaments.

“The level of the Russian championship fell due to the suspension from European competitions, yes. But he didn't fall as hard as you all think. In addition, now we have the opportunity to develop young Russian football players.

After how many years will we be returned to Europe? It is hard to say. What's the point in guessing? I hope that tomorrow we will be returned to the European Cups. We must win - in every sense, ”RB Sport quotes Ovchinnikov.

Former Ukrainian Victor Onopko believes that UEFA and FIFA will forgive his current Nazi country that attacked Ukraine very soon.

- I can’t say specifically, but I think that the suspension of Russian clubs and the national team from European competitions will definitely not last two or three years. I think that in less than two years we will be returned to Europe,” Russian media quote Onopko’s optimistic forecast.

Former Dynamo Kyiv striker Ilya Shkurin, who left Polish Rakow at the end of his loan period, has already found himself a new club.

The ex-Dynamo player will spend the upcoming season as part of the Israeli club Maccabi from Petah Tikva. In the Promised Land, the striker will also play on loan: his contract until the summer of 2024 belongs to CSKA Moscow.

Former Dynamo Kyiv striker Ilya Shkurin, who has been playing for the Polish Rakow since the end of last February, is leaving the club.

This was officially announced by the press service of the Poles, noting that the contract with the 23-year-old Belarusian was terminated by mutual agreement.

The ex-Dynamo player joined Rakov at the end of February this year on loan from CSKA Moscow. He made his debut for the Red-Blues on March 19 in the match of the Polish Championship against Legia Warsaw. In total, he played 2 matches for Rakov.

Dynamo Kyiv President Igor Surkis commented on Shakhtar's position regarding the exclusion of the RFU from UEFA and FIFA.

— Shakhtar performed correctly. Well, for now, they were excluded for an unclear period. We can say - let's exclude, let's expel. But it's just that we're throwing words into the air. There are regulations. The war began, Russian athletes were thrown out of all competitions. They don't play anywhere today. I think until the war stops, a peace treaty is signed, they will not play anywhere. And in the peace treaty it will be concluded that we will return our territories.

Football is on the rise for them - they advertise to themselves that it is on the rise. We will see in 2-3 years what kind of rise they will have if the whole world plays in European competitions. The Champions League will be completely reorganized next year. The Europa League and the Conference League are all being reorganized. Football today is a lot of money. Could you imagine before that a football player would cost, say, 200 million? When we once sold Shevchenko for 25 million, it seemed to us that this was an incredible amount. And today 20-25 million in football is the same as before, probably 1.5-2 million. Everything is changing.

So it hurts for them, trust me, they don't participate. I heard Palkin's statement. And I heard that they are going against FIFA regarding legionnaires. I think it's their right. In this situation, they should not have lost money. They paid money for these players, and today they give the players the opportunity to leave almost for free. there is a moment here. Let's say a football player has a year of contract. The club can sell it. But if it were written that, having gone on lease, the contract is automatically extended for this year. The war is over - the person has one more year of the contract, he can be sold.

I want to return to the Verbic example. He left beautifully, we said goodbye, even came to our match with Sturm in Poland, we hugged. But he had a six-month contract. And if he would say: “My child has just been born, I will leave for six months. If everything is over, I will come for the next six months, finish the game - and we may extend the contract." All. His contract expired after six months. FIFA did not give me the opportunity to renew this contract. You see, there are many such players. Tete, as far as I heard, his contract at Shakhtar ended in a year, Solomon. Therefore, they set conditions that they had to sell their players much cheaper than they cost on the market,” said Igor Mikhailovich Tribune.

French midfielder Damien Le Talec has signed a contract with Moscow club Torpedo.

The 32-year-old football player last season played for the Greek club AEK from the city of Athens (30 matches, 1 goal in all tournaments).

It is interesting that from 2012 to 2014, Le Talek played for Uzhhorod "Hoverla" (44 matches, 7 goals in two seasons), after which he terminated his contract due to the situation in Ukraine and went to Russia to play for "Mordovia" from Saransk.

Former midfielder of Dynamo Moscow and the USSR national team Igor Dobrovolsky believes that Russian football players have been ruined by money - they have no desire to play in top championships, because they will not be paid such salaries as in Russia.

“Our players are spoiled by money. They really have no desire to play abroad. They will never be given in Europe as much as they receive in Russia. The same Miranchuk left for a lower salary than he had in Lokomotiv. And the guy did the right thing. You won't earn all the money. Probably, others are simply not invited,” Dobrovolsky told the “Championship”.

Former goalkeeper of the USSR national team Anzor Kavazashvili burst into a stream of consciousness about the “Crimean football”, which was killed on the peninsula back in 2014 after the occupation by the Rashists.

— I will always repeat: Crimea is our country, it is Russia. We humiliate ourselves before FIFA and UEFA, kneel before them, waiting for some favorable decisions that we will be allowed to European tournaments at the level of clubs and teams. But all this is fiction. Therefore, we must immediately allow the football clubs of Crimea and Sevastopol to the second league of the Russian championship. And provide them with funding at first. This is the first.

And secondly, along with this, teams from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria should be allowed. And especially for them to make the "South" zone. We have such a zone in the National Football League, and it needs to be diluted. And when the DPR, LPR, Kherson region become part of the Russian Federation, or autonomies that are part of the Russian Federation, then we will additionally consider the issue of clubs from these regions. And we will include these commands, we will not get away from this.

We are a single country, no matter how FIFA and UEFA blather at us,” Kavazashvili told local media.

Recall that the "Russian Championship" is a quasi-tournament, the clubs of which do not participate in any international competitions. The team of the aggressor country also goes there.

Ex-defender of Dynamo Kyiv Taras Mikhalik told why in 2014 he did not leave Lokomotiv Moscow, despite the outbreak of Russia's war against Ukraine.

— A long-term contract has already been signed. It was possible to terminate it, but it was a very large amount, unbearable for me. I talked with the guys from the Army, they say: “Stop, what’s stopping you from earning money there and helping here?” Whatever I could, I helped them. With those with whom I spoke, there were no problems. But many did not know about it, so there were moments... - said Mihalik on the air of Sport Arena TV.

Recall that the Dynamo player played in the Moscow team from 2013 to 2019.