Leszek (Shek) Borkowski

Our midfielder Valya Savchenkova has returned to us from national team duty with an injury she sustained last week. I am very disappointed with the way the Russian Football Union handled Savchenkova’s injury.
The Russian Federation, for unknown reasons, has decided to keep Savchenkova’s injury secret from us. She came back to Zvezda, the next day tried to have a run and gets a setback, and we have to deal with the consequences.
At no point did the coaches or national team doctors contacted us to let us know that she was injured or the extent of the injury. To make things worse, Savchenkova was forced to play the entire 90 minutes against Israel in a meaningless match.
In any country, the national FA has a responsibility to set example in the way they function and operate, the way they treat clubs and players. In this case the RFU has totally failed in their duty. They have been disrespectful and unprofessional throughout the whole affair.