The team was scheduled to play in Glasgow against Scotland on March 24 in the World Cup play-off match. Due to the Russian invasion, it seems impossible to play this match on the original date.
Ukraine has been attacked and fighting continues on its territory. The team led by coach Oleksandr Petrakov has no way to prepare for the key duel. The Ukrainian Football Federation has previously approached FIFA and UEFA. The activists asked for the match to be postponed.
As it turns out, their initiative received a positive response. First, the Scots expressed their readiness to go along with their rivals. The president of the federation, Rod Petrie, expressed his support for Ukraine. – We offered support to our Ukrainian colleagues in the preparations for these meetings. We will do it as best we can in these unimaginably difficult circumstances, he emphasized.
They also look favorably on the proposal presented by the Ukrainians. The president intervened in this matter. Detailed information on this matter was provided by Darijo Srna.
– I talked to President Ceferin, he stood up for Ukrainian football. Now there are many more important matters, but he assured me that the match between Ukraine and Scotland would be postponed to June – said Shakhtar Donetsk’s football director, quoted by “The Sun”.
This means that the final decisions in the play-offs for the World Cup will not be announced in March, but only in three months. The Ukrainians, if they manage to defeat the Scots, will find the better of the pair Wales – Austria in the second round. It is unofficially said that the two teams will not enter play-offs until June.
Source: Sport
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