The press service of Slavia Sofia responded to Tribuna.com's request for sparring with Russian teams at the winter training camp.
“PFC Slavia 1913 Sofia is not obliged to give you an answer to your question, but you are a journalist and should know that football is not a political platform. This is a sport and nothing more. Our team is going through a training camp in Turkey and playing only 5 training matches there against teams from 4 countries, two of which are from Russia. Nothing wrong, as it seems to us, because these are only training matches, and not official UEFA or FIFA matches.
Thank you very much for your attention and success. Do not forget that Bulgaria supported and helped Ukraine in the war. As a journalist, you can ask the leaders of the Australian Open why Russian players (Medvedev, Rublev, etc.) are participating in the tournament. What do you think about this?”, the answer of the Bulgarian club says.
