Russia continues to suffer drawbacks thanks to the military attacks ordered by President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine. On this occasion, the highest associated football organizations such as FIFA and UEFA; have decisively decided to suspend the Russian national team and all its clubs from all competitions.
These measures were taken at a meeting this Monday between the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, respectively, to make an appropriate decision due to the delicate situation on Ukrainian soil .
With respect to the senior team, they would be saying goodbye of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, since they had planned to play the playoffs to opt for one of the three places that ensure their presence at the World Cup. These matches were scheduled for March 24 at home against Poland and if they won they would face the winner between Sweden and the Republic Check 29 March.
Spartak Moscow, on the other hand, was the only surviving Russian team in the top European football competitions at club level; after qualifying for the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League and it became known that their rival was Leipzig from Germany. play under the name Russian Football Union (RFU) and their matches as a local team would be played on a neutral field and without an audience.
In this way, everything seems to indicate that the future of Russian sport continues to have a very gray outlook for this year and in the coming competitions and more so when the military attacks of the Russian army have not stopped for almost a week.
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