Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) will allow Russian national teams and teams to participate in tournaments under its auspices if International Olympic Committee (IOC) will make a recommendation position on this issue, Sports.kz reports with reference to TASS.
This opinion was expressed to Sport Express by the Secretary General of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Maxim Mitrofanov.
“UEFA does not want to be under pressure as the only federation that will decide on the admission of Russian teams,” Mitrofanov said. “Now it’s difficult for them to move back from such a decision; they don’t want to be alone.” Therefore, the important argument is that individual sports federations are increasingly missing…
