As we all know, FIFA /UEFA recently made a joint decision to expel Russian national teams and club teams at all levels from all competitions, and the Russian Football Association issued a statement protesting at the first time and reserved the right to appeal. According to TASS news agency, on March 7, local time, the Russian Football Association has officially appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
"The Russian Football Federation appealed to CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) today." A spokesman for the Russian Football Federation told TASS. On 28 February, FIFA/UEFA announced that Russia would be banned from playing in the World Preliminary Round, and they were supposed to play against Poland in a play-off match on 24 March, with the advancing team playing the winner between Sweden and the Czech Republic and then competing for a ticket to the World Cup in Qatar.
The Russian Football Federation has previously issued an official statement opposing the FIFA/UEFA decisions, saying that these decisions are clearly discriminatory, have no legal basis and violate the fundamental rights of the Russian Football Federation as a FIFA and UEFA member. In addition, FIFA/UEFA directly banned Russian teams from participating in the World Preliminary Tournament, violating the principles of sportsmanship and fair play.
With regard to the Russian Football Federation's demands, they demanded that FIFA/UEFA abolish the penalty decision and restore the right of Russian men's and women's football and club teams to participate in the competition. According to the schedule, the Russian team was supposed to face Poland on March 24, so they asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to "act quickly" to deal with the matter.
The Russian Football Federation previously announced that the national team will conduct training in Moscow on March 21, and the relevant warm-up opponents are also looking, which shows that they still have hopes for the success of the appeal. But the problem now is that the three teams of Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic have made it clear that they will not play against Russia anywhere, and FIFA is somewhat helpless.