War in Ukraine: Russia wants to organize Euro 2028 or 2032 (it’s not a joke) – 20 Minutes

Even Michel Audiard’s famous punchline (“Les idiots, ça dare tout…”) seems too insipid to describe the indecency of the Russian Football Federation (RFU). In the midst of the war in Ukraine, where hundreds of civilians continue to lose their lives every day because of the Russian invasion, the latter has just announced without shaking her chin that she had taken the decision “to support the decision to declare an interest” in organizing the European Championships in 2028 and 2032, before the deadline for submitting expressions of interest to UEFA. “We have already organized many high-level competitions” “The RFU will applying for the 2028 and 2032 European Championships is no joke, yes. We are open and ready, we should not be closed to UEFA and Fifa,” Rubin Kazan general manager Rustem Saymanov, a member of the RFU executive committee, told Russian media. “We have already organized many high-level competitions. We have requested documents to study all the requirements, we will wait. “We remain silent, although we must not swear to anything: Vladimir Putin was still a great friend of Gianni Infantino not long ago, and Saint Petersburg hosted Euro 2021 matches last summer. Moreover, UEFA confirmed the Russian candidacy alongside Turkey, the United Kingdom/Ireland alliance and Italy without appearing to be moved by it in a press release published on Wednesday. two competitions “will take place in September 2023”, specified the European body. Russia and Turkey are interested in hosting either edition, while the United Kingdom and Ireland are targeting Euro-2028 and Italy Euro-2032.