“What did you expect? They will also remove us from the 2026 World Cup, ”Kanchelskis on the removal of Russia from Euro 2024

Former Dynamo Kyiv football player Andrey Kanchelskis, who has been living in the Russian Federation for a long time, commented on UEFA's decision to remove the Russian national team from Euro 2024.

“What did you expect? I think we will also be excluded from the 2026 World Cup. It's all sad, but there's nothing you can do now. We are hostages of the situation. Everyone says that sport is out of politics, but this has not worked according to such rules for a long time.

This is an absolutely political, predictable decision. Everything was clear from the first day. It's sad, of course. Now we can't influence anything. We can only hope and wait for everything to get better, ”Sport24 quotes Kanchelskis.