In late March, the European World Preliminary Tournament play-offs will be in full swing, resulting in the last three places to qualify for the World Cup. At present, FIFA officially announced the global ban on the Russian national team and clubs, so the Russian men's football team did not qualify for the play-offs in advance, which also means that it did not qualify for the 2022 World Cup in advance, and after seeing the Russian men's football team banned, the Ukrainian men's football team shouted, hoping to get the sympathy of FIFA.
Previously, the group opponents of the Russian men's football team, including the Czech men's football team, the Polish men's football team, and the Swedish men's football team have issued statements refusing to play with the Russian men's football team, coupled with other pressures, FIFA finally made a decision, first announcing the disqualification of the Russian team for hosting the home stadium, and then directly prohibiting the Russian national team and club teams from participating in FIFA and UEFA-owned matches.
The Russian players worked hard for four years to prepare, and all of a sudden they disappeared. Now Ukrainian players to qualify for the World Cup, there will be a great challenge, because at this stage the Ukrainian national team is difficult to concentrate on preparing for the World Preliminary Round, the psychology of the players has also been greatly affected, and even may not be able to participate at that time, for which the Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association called out to FIFA.
"I would like to say that FIFA can send a very clear and important signal of support to the Ukrainian national team by directly qualifying for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, and can also give great encouragement to the Ukrainian people," Barranka said in an interview.
At present, The Ukrainian team is in the play-off stage, with Scotland, Wales and Austria in the same group, the first match is against Scotland, and the winner competes with the winner of Wales and Austria for a World Cup spot.
Ukrainian men's football team, which has only participated in the World Cup finals in its history in 2006, is currently ranked 27th in the world, and is a second- and third-rate team in Europe, considering the grouping, this time there is hope of returning to the World Cup.
Now with the changes in the domestic situation, the Preparation of the Ukrainian Men's Football Team for the World Preliminary Tournament will be affected to some extent, which will also test FIFA whether to let the Ukrainian Men's Football Team pass through the World Cup. At present, the World Cup is still 32 participating teams, if it is increased to 33 teams, how will it be arranged?
In this regard, many fans in China think that the Face of the Ukrainian team is not wanted, if so, the Syrian team, the Iraqi team, etc. can also participate in the World Cup without playing qualifiers.