At 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 1, FIFA officially issued a statement that the Russian national team and clubs were banned from participating in all FIFA-owned events, and the same was true for UEFA-related events, so the Russian team could not participate in the World Preliminary Tournament play-offs and did not qualify for the 2022 World Cup in advance. In response, the Russian Football Federation issued a statement, stressing that it violated the norms and spirit of sports.
Recently, russia and Ukraine have clashed, and the play-off opponents in the same group as the Russian men's football team have issued statements that they are not willing to play with it, and the same is true for the change to the central position, including the Czech men's football team, the Polish men's football team, and the Swedish men's football team.
In addition, the three football associations also put pressure on FIFA, which made the initial decision, first announcing the disqualification of the Russian team from hosting the home stadium, then the Russian team can only participate in the name of the "Russian Football Federation", and the use of Russian flags and national anthem is not allowed.
FIFA's approach is just the beginning, so there are more stringent penalties. In the early hours of this morning, FIFA officially issued a statement that all Russian teams, including national teams and club teams, will be banned from fifa and UEFA-affiliated matches until further notice.
The fact that the Russian men's soccer team has been banned globally means that it cannot play the World Preliminary Tournament play-offs that began at the end of March, so it is a huge blow to the team to miss the World Cup finals in advance. At present, FIFA's follow-up match arrangements after the ban on the Russian men's football team have not yet been announced.
For the official statement of FIFA, the Russian Football Federation responded at the first time, "Firmly disagree." This decision violates the norms and principles of international sporting events and also violates the spirit of sportsmanship. It is manifestly discriminatory and we reserve the right to appeal against FIFA and UEFA decisions".
Judging from FIFA's statement, sports are not pure sports, which are closely linked to other aspects, which is unfair to Russian male footballers, fans, workers, players have worked hard for four years to prepare for the World Cup, and now in the final stage, they are disqualified, which is chilling.