UEFA and FIFE presidents agree on: Russia will return to competitions, only one thing is needed …
President of Fife Gianni Infantino said on Thursday that he hoped to be Russia could soon re -join the global football world because it would mean that the war was in Ukraine finished. Russian clubs and national teams have been suspended from the Fife and Uefa competition since the country attacked Ukraine in February 2022.
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– As there are talks for peace in Ukraine, I hope that we will soon be able to move to the next page, bring Russia back to the football map because that would mean that everything was resolved – Infantino said at the 49th Congress of the UEFA in Belgrade.
– This is what we have to cheer for, this is what we have to pray for, because this is what we are all about in football. It is not about divisions, it is about uniting girls, uniting boys, uniting people wherever they are.
UEFA leader Alexander Čeferin He repeated Infantin’s statements.
« When the war ceases, Russia will be re -received, » Ceferin said at the final press conference of the UEFA Congress.
Ceferin said that he sharply opposes the proposal that FIFA considers to increase the number of teams at the 2030 World Cup in 64 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sports event. MoroccoWho,, Spain and Portugal are the tournament hosts, and ArgentinaWho,, Paraguay and Uruguaywhere the first World Cup was held in 1930, they should host three games.
The New York Times reported that Ignacio Alonso, president of the Uruguayan FA, proposed a one-time extension to last month’s Fife Council.
« This proposal for me maybe even more surprise than you, » Ceferin said.
– I think that’s a bad idea. I don’t think it’s a good idea for the World Cup alone, and it’s not a good idea for our qualifications either. Yes, I don’t support the idea. I don’t know where she came from. It is strange that we knew nothing before this proposal at the end of the Fife Council.
The World Cup has already been expanded with 32 to 48 teams for next year in the US, Mexico and Canada.
