Karpin responded to the criticism of Dzeko and Pjanic

The Russian coach Valery Karpindoes not want to know about the controversies and intends to train his team for friendlies in the coming months after almost a year without playing, despite the intention of Bosnian footballers and fans to boycott against November against Russia in solidarity with Ukraine. The Russian team will resume its activity on September 24 with the match away from home Kyrgyzstan.

“Of course, I will prepare the team for the match according to the plan,” Karpin told the “Sport Express” newspaper. Karpin does not want to consider the possibility that said game will never be played because of its threat Bosnia Herzegovina be suspended by UEFA.

“All questions for the Russian Football Union. I don’t know anything,” he answered.

As soon as it was announced that the Bosnian federation accepted Russia’s proposal to play on November 19 in Saint Petersburg, the two most famous players of the Balkan team, Ealso Dzeko and Miralem Pjanic, they showed against the said friendship.

Fans also made requests the party boycott and the professional soccer players’ union called for the expulsion of the federation members who decided to play that match, which allegedly included members of the Bosnian Serb and Croat nationalist formations.

In this regard, over the weekend the Ukrainian Football Association asked FIFA and UEFA to suspend the friendlies due to Russia’s “special military operation”.

Added to this is the request to Bosnian internationals by two Ukrainian football legends and both Ballon d’Or winners, Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov, so they can’t participate in that game.

Some media have suggested that Bosnia-Herzegovina could be punished if it plays the match even though UEFA has no jurisdiction over friendlies between European teams.

The Russian team will return to the football fields on September 24 with a friendly match on Kyrgyzstan, seven months after being suspended by FIFA and UEFA. The Russian Football Union has spent the last few months looking for teams to face after the ban that prevented the Slavs from playing in the World Cup in Qatar and the League of Nations.

Russia has not played an official match since falling to the minimum in Croatia, a defeat that condemned him to the World Cup playoffs.

However, the start of the “special military operation” on February 24 prevented him from appearing Poland, who will play in the World Cup after defeating Sweden.

Due to the lack of matches, Karpin decided to combine the position of coach with the coach of Rostov, a club in the Russian division of honor. Russian clubs also cannot play in international competitions, so they do not participate neither in the “Champions” nor in the Europa League.