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" It's always a pleasure to meet up with former friends.. We keep the spirit of competition despite the fact that we retired. It will also be nice to return to this city, meet friends. I will play with a smile. Now there is a chance to play football, chat with fans who are waiting for this tournament.

The tournament is well organized - I don't think there will be any problems. In any case, I hope that the arrival of us, foreigners, will be supportive and reassuring for children and all fans..

And it will show that everything will return to normal when there are no political problems,"

Recall that during his career Abidal played for such clubs as Monaco, Lille, Lyon and Barcelona..

As part of the Catalans, he won the championship, cup and Super Cup of Spain, as well as the Champions League.

Abidal also played for the French national team and is the vice-champion of the world in 2006.

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Earlier it was reported that UEFA will not remove the disqualification from Russian teams until the end of the war in Ukraine.