Sergei Yuran called for changing the calendar of the Russian Premier League football

A well-known former football player, now the coach of the RPL club Paris NN, Sergei Yuran, demanded that the leadership of the league and the Russian Football Union change the championship calendar. According to him, putting players on the field at the beginning of winter is simply dangerous.

Yuran’s team played on Sunday at their home stadium with Ural and hardly won with a score of 1:0. The air temperature at that moment in Nizhny Novgorod at that moment was about -6, visibility due to snowfall ranged from 3 to 5 kilometers.

“I myself played in such weather conditions. Believe me, it’s very difficult when your fingers in your boots become… I don’t want to put it harshly, but you don’t feel the ball, plus it’s dangerous for injuries… First of all, it’s the health of the players. Yes, I’m sure it’s difficult for every coach to prepare a team in such conditions,” Yuran said.

The Paris NN coach also advised Russian football officials to go out onto the football field for at least 20 minutes now in windbreakers and boots to evaluate for themselves how possible it is to play and train in such weather. He also asked why the football authorities do not want to return to the “spring-autumn” championship formula, when the games ended before the first serious cold weather.

“Who makes the decision to play in December? The championship is just ending on December 9th. Yes, on December 9 we will play with Zenit under the roof, but we will train in Nizhny Novgorod, where temperatures are expected to range from -15 to -20. How to train a team? – Yuran asked.