Russian Minister for Sports Vitaly Mutko said that there will be staff decisions in Russian football. Russian football will be the subject of a global analysis. Mutko noted that the national football team was at the level of 2005, when the goal had been not to fail the qualifying round. The junior team failed to enter the Olympics, RIA Novosti reports.
On November 15, the Russian national football team lost to Austria 1:0 during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round.