Over the past few days, the situation in Russia and Ukraine has become more and more intense, affecting various regions and fields in the world. For fans across Europe, the biggest impact is the upcoming 2022 Fifaccia World Cup in Qatar, especially sweden, the Czech Republic, Poland and Russia. Due to the influence of political positions, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Poland have explicitly refused to play the subsequent World Preliminary Tournament with Russia, so according to the rules, Russia will directly advance to the World Cup final.
However, the rules are set, and UEFA and FC have always been on their knees, so from the current situation, the possibility of Russia directly qualifying for the World Cup is almost zero.
On 24 February 2022, the Polish, Swedish and Czech football associations issued a joint statement refusing to travel to Russia for the World Cup qualifier play-offs.
"Based on the current shocking developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including changes in the security situation, the Polish, Swedish and Czech Football Associations have expressed a firm position that the 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifier Play-off, which was scheduled to take place between March 24 and 29, 2022, should not be held in Russia."
Given the current situation, just when we thought that the three countries wanted to continue the game in the middle position, the president of the Polish Football Association once again spoke out, saying that he would directly refuse to play with Russia, in other words, to politicize football. Subsequently, the Swedish Football Association also issued a statement that the Swedish team will also cancel the follow-up matches. Even Poland's star has publicly expressed support for the national team's decision, leaving one wondering for a moment whether it was a stadium or a parliamentary hall.
As far as the current strength of the four teams is concerned, it is not clear who can highlight the final of the World Cup, but if according to the original rules, the team that abandons the game will be directly judged to lose 0-3, that is to say, the Russian side will directly win and get a ticket to the World Cup final. From the point of view of the rules, football should not involve politics, and the turmoil is not provoked by the Russian national team, and football should be allowed to return to football, so those who abandon the game should be directly judged.
But if we consider that football itself is a business, we will find that UEFA and UEFA are not so fond of following the rules, and can even kneel for money.
Currently, FIFA has six major sponsors, namely Adidas, Coca-Cola, Wanda Group, Hyundai Group, Qatar Airways and VISA. Among them, adidas from Germany, Coca-Cola and VISA from the United States, hyundai group from South Korea, all three countries are clearly on the side of condemning Russia. Moreover, the European Union and the United States are both fifacial and fertile markets for FIFA, and if FIFA declares a direct victory for Russia, these companies and countries are likely to respond accordingly, which is incalculable for the economic damage caused by FIFA.
Therefore, in the author's opinion, if the three countries insist on their positions and UEFA and the World Football Federation do not intervene in the circling, it is likely that they will eventually stage a double standard behavior and directly sentence Russia out of the game, rather than acting according to the so-called rules. disgusting!