The Ukrainian Football Association has contacted FIFA, UEFA and the Football Union of Serbia with an official list, which asks for special visits to make gestures in support of the Russian way of getting teams to the international level. of their matches.
“In the name of the Ukrainian Association of Football, we are most grateful for your solidarity with Ukraine in our most important hour of fight against the aggression of the Russian terrorist power for our independence the existence and security of Europe.
With this leaflet we convey to you the special importance of the final decision for the sake of FIFA and the UEFA Supreme Committee regarding the participation of Russian teams, national teams or clubs, in connection with their participation in FIFA and UEFA affairs, praise new in the first days of the war in Ukraine in the cruel fate of 2022, and then prolonged. Now, if the war has already reached at least two ends, it is important to carefully maintain this position against the stronger aggressors, no matter what.
With great anticipation, the Secretary General of the Football Association of Serbia Jovan Shurbatovich recently confirmed the holding of a friendly match between the national teams of Serbia and Russia. ZMI also quotes that the Serbian Association rejected the official permission from UEFA to enter this country and has already contacted the RFU about holding a friendly match on February 21, 2024 in Moscow at the Dynamo Stadium.
We in the UAF, representing at this time the entire Ukrainian community, are exposed to the brutal war and the brutality of Russian terrorists, emphasizing the fact that in their minds it is not possible to hold a highly important match, and, obviously, Conan, such matches cannot be supported in the same form.
We would also like to increase the respect of our colleagues from the Football Association of Serbia, that the Russian terrorist power is still continuing to perpetrate its greedy military atrocities in Ukraine, causing a devastating impact on nature and the economy. In other countries, it is absolutely unacceptable to allow teams from Russia to move in with the football family.
We appreciate the treatment of your skin and ask you to make special visits to practice gestures of support for the Russian way of obtaining teams before international matches,” reads the UAF list.