Barae for promotion to the World Cup are fast approaching. however, still does not know what it is standing on. Originally it was supposed to face Russia. This match was scheduled for March 24th. “Sborna” was excluded from the tournament due to the start of the war in Ukraine by Vladimir Putin.
FIFA still has no decision on the Russia – Poland match
takes into account different scenarios. According to recent reports, the most likely one is the one that assumes that “Biało-Czerwoni” will receive a bye in the first round of play-offs. In this situation, they will be able to think about the decisive match immediately. In it, they can find the better of the Sweden-Czech Republic pair.
However, the activists of the world headquarters have still not made any decisions in this matter. It has still not been confirmed at the highest levels that the Russians will be forfeited. Paweł Wołosik from “Przegląd Sportowy” informed about the details of the case.
– There will be no FIFA decision on the walkover for Poland today. Global headquarters activists still prefer to pass the responsibility on to someone else. As they passed on to PZPN today, they must wait for the appeal of the Russian side, which went to CAS – he wrote.
FIFA is waiting for the decision of the Arbitration Tribunal for Sport
The delay on the part of FIFA is due to the recent actions of the Russian federation. Its representatives decided to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
“FIFA and UEFA had no legal basis when deciding to suspend the Russian teams. It violated the fundamental rights of the Russian federation as a member of FIFA and UEFA, including the right to participate in the competition. In addition, the decision to withdraw the national team from qualification for the 2022 World Cup was made under pressure from direct rivals in play-offs, which violated the principle of sport and fair play “-.
However, no specific date has been set as to when CAS will deal with the matter. Due to the timing of the match with Poland, the Russians are to insist on an accelerated procedure of examining the application.
Source: Sport
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