questions are being raised about the russian football union's decision to start playing next year's championship in autumn and finishing in spring but as richard discovered the plan has the backing of former to scott and russian coach but eric a sigh of. spring just doesn't want to arrive in most of russia to see year snows still plentiful in many places well a month ago rubin were forced to play europa league mansion temperatures approaching nine is twenty domestic season kicked off a couple of weeks ago and playing conditions haven't been great. to those cuts in russia's northern regions have suffered greatly due to late spring my club alone your logic of course was supposed to be playing a match of late in the but due to the poor state of the pitch it had to be moved to moscow however i think this is just one of the problem solution it will have full color they will be worth because i have taken the time to look at the pitches routines you need her to play on a new round of her championship games what a situation would look my team's pitch was so bad they had to move big game to the luzhniki

game to the luzhniki stadium which has an artificial pitch this brings into question the russian football union's decision to move the country's playing calendar to start in the autumn and finish in the spring this means no football will be played in the summer when the pitches are good pants and the fans don't have to endure subzero temperatures in the stands to hootie and the decision to move the calendar to start the season in the autumn and finish in spring is a positive one and it will move our championship in line with cuts from around europe and make it easier for her to compete in the later rounds of a champions league. in the europa league it would also make sense to increase the number of clubs in the russian premier league from sixteen to eighteen. is not a president of the line you're going to come because you're in the russian first division after being sacked as manager of dynamic here last year the fifty six year old was one of the russian football union's hottest critics when they decided to appoint was heating has been national team head coach however he is a lot more supportive

was the executive committee of the russian football union included this issue in its regulations last year the main goal is that young clothes should play instead of sitting on the bench that's we develop our football and such rules stimulate clubs to nepal youngsters and let them play much. ok let's move to the international game where the last five weeks of global action have you lived plenty of change in the free for rankings the winners on running the twenty ten world cup they still lead the way but there's some bad news for russian fans dick advocaat charge is just ahead of france in the draw are five places the biggest slide for any of the top twenty nations world cup holders and finalists spain and the netherlands respectively losing over twenty right being points this time around but not much to hold on to their top spots brazil writes behind them after rising since. over in tennis russia led by. are preparing to meet defending champions italy in the fed cup semifinals in moscow this weekend the italians are without top players francesca schiavone on labia panetta but that doe

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