The final of the matches in 2021/2022 is scheduled for May 28. she indicated that the decisive clash would take place in St. Petersburg. The exacerbating situation between Russia and Ukraine means that the venue of the most important LM match may change.
Russia will lose the Champions League final?
“There were serious doubts in UEFA as to the match played at Gazprom Arena in connection with the Ukrainian crisis,” reports “The Mirror”. British journalists recognize that one of the candidates to take over the organization of the final is the legendary stadium.
If the right to play a match were revoked, it would be the third time in a row that the final is finally played at a different location than originally planned. In the previous two years, the last Champions League match was to be held in Istanbul. The coronavirus pandemic prevented in 2020 and the final was postponed to August. Then Lisbon took over. A year ago, also due to the pandemic, two weeks before the event, they were transferred to Porto.
On Monday evening, the president of Russia signed a decree on the recognition of the independence of two self-proclaimed republics in Donbas – Donetsk and Luhansk. He also sent troops of his troops there. He explained that he was concerned about “keeping the peace” in the area. If there is an open conflict, according to The Mirror, “European football’s governing body will have no choice but to abandon the original plan and choose an alternative place for the final.”
Let us remind you that on March 24 the Polish team is to play in Moscow with Russia in the play-off for the World Cup in Qatar. The international situation causes more and more questions about the future of this meeting. Are they sure they will go to Moscow?
Yes, but only in one case. “According to the European and world headquarters – the match can only be moved if the situation would be dangerous in the place where the match was played. UEFA, and in this particular case, tries not to combine politics with sport. The match could therefore only be moved if Moscow was in Moscow. dangerously. (…) If the situation worsens – it is possible that the Polish federation will report its intention to move the match and declare its readiness to host both teams in our country. possible final of the play-offs. For today, however, such a possibility is assessed as very low “- he informs.
If Poland wins with Russia, it will play against the winner of the pair Sweden – Czech Republic in the match decisive for the promotion to the World Cup. And if Czes³aw Michniewicz remains in his position after the play-offs, his next matches will be the matches in the League of Nations in June and September. Poland will play in the fourth division of the first division against Belgium, the Netherlands and Wales (the best team will advance to the final tournament, the weakest will fall to division B). The World Cup will take place at the turn of November and December.
Source: Sport
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