“I think that UEFA awarded itself a forfeit defeat.
Football and sports diplomacy should unite countries, and not vice versa.
Whom did they punish with this decision?
Myself?
Millions of our Russian football fans?”
- quotes Medvedev "Sport day after day".
He also supported the decision of the Russian Football Union (RFU) to appeal the actions of UEFA in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Recall that on May 2, UEFA excluded the Russian team from the upcoming Nations League, and also decided not to allow Russian clubs to participate in European competition next season.
In addition, the youth team has been banned from participating in Euro 2023 among players under 21 years old, and the women's national team will not be able to play in the final part of the European championship in 2022 and in the qualification of the 2023 World Cup.
Earlier, the former head coach of the Russian national football team Fabio Capello spoke about the decision of UEFA.