After several dozen hours of pressure from many sides, they made a joint decision to suspend all Russian football teams until further notice. The ban on participation applies to all competitions organized by both organizations. This means that the Russians will not play this year.
Russia suspended until further notice
On March 24, the semi-final match in bars for promotion to the World Cup was to take place, in which the Polish national team was to play away from. After the attack on the authorities, they decided to boycott the meeting. In the following hours, a similar position was taken by federations of other countries, such as Sweden and the Czech Republic, which could play against “Sborna” in the play-off final.
In this situation, FIFA did not have many options. After a long wait for a FIFA decision, Gianni Infantino finally buckled. On Monday, a communiqué was published informing about the imposition of sanctions on Russian teams. This decision provoked a protest from the local federation.
Karpin reacts to FIFA’s decision
Opposition to the FIFA statement was also expressed by the coach of the Russian national team, Valery Karpin. The coach published a statement in which he referred to the current situation and the exclusion of the Russian team from the competition.
“Words cannot describe how disappointed we are after the decision made by FIFA. We were hoping that the match would decide who would be the winner. I am sorry about the situation of my players. They dreamed of playing at the World Cup. Now their hopes are gone “- he concluded.
Source: Sport
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