Former Russian football player Valery Esipov, speaking on the topic of the exclusion of football clubs and national teams of his country from world football, made it clear that he would not mind the help of health workers.
“I’m even glad that we don’t have European cups yet. After all, in the 90s, both Spartak and Rotor and Torpedo played there and occasionally did well. Now compare that to Zenit’s last Champions League performance. They picked up a couple of points. Why even bother going to European cups?
Yes, there’s no opportunity to compare ourselves with the best clubs. That’s bad. But let it be this way for now. There’s time to elevate the children’s sports schools. I hope that when Russia is allowed into the European cups, we will already have a generation of footballers who will beat, among others, Manchester United. It’s a matter of time. I think in a year or two that will happen,” — Esipov’s words are quoted by “Championat”.
