According to the news released by the Russian media "Championat", considering the current situation facing the Russian Football Federation in Europe, they are currently considering entering the AFC. If that were the case, the AFC would add another team from Europe to The Australian base. In response to this topic, many Chinese fans sighed: the national football team will be one step away from the World Cup. Because in terms of the strength of the Russian team, both the club level and the national team level will be extremely competitive.
On March 31, 2022, the FIFA general assembly will be held in Doha, and it is not easy to say whether Russia will send a representative to this meeting. Of course, the Russian Football Association wants to join the AFC, and at present it only stays at the level of media reports, and there will be no substantive action. Zenit, CSKA, etc., they are all Champions League-level teams, joining the AFC Champions League, and the consequence is nothing more than "Russian Premier League teams play the Club World Cup every year".
However, we also need to know that the Russian Football Association wants to join the AFC, in fact, it is still difficult. It is mainly reflected in two points: First, the reason why Australia was able to join the AFC that year was that they gave a small amount of "blood" and showed a lot of "sincerity". And this point, the Russian Football Association may not be able to come up with. Now is this time and another time, the little money they take, may not necessarily be the AFC's heart; second, due to the influence of international public opinion, whether the AFC dares to do so, in fact, it is still not small.
After Australia joined the AFC, due to the impact of The level of Asian football, they did not make much progress in the past 8 years, but declined greatly. If the Russian Football Federation joins the AFC, teams such as CSKA will not invest as much as they do now. On the one hand, the proportion of prize money for playing in the Champions League is not at all the same level as in the AFC Champions League, and from the perspective of economic benefits, there is no need to introduce heavyweight stars to participate. There is a saying called "going with the flow", and over time, Russian teams will be assimilated by Asian teams. Therefore, Russia joined the AFC, and its level will not take four or five years, and there will be a relatively large decline.
And Chinese football, indeed because of Russia's participation, makes it a step away from the World Cup again. Even if the number of places in the World Cup has increased, but in terms of the current strength of the national football team, even an Oman can not be played, including playing Vietnam is particularly difficult, under such a premise, another Russian team, the consequences are really unimaginable.
If Russia wants to join the AFC, there is still hope, because their territory spans the Eurasian continent after all, and it is not too much to say that he is an Asian country. At least compared to Australia, there are some far-fetched reasons. And why did Australia join the AFC? So, if the Russian Football Federation really has to join the AFC, you don't have to be surprised.