On March 16, Beijing time, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, officially announced that the decision on UEFA's ban on Russian teams was upheld; and the relevant ban on Russian football by FIFA will announce the result after a comprehensive hearing.
CAS's official announcement means: UEFA has won!
Russia has decided to ban participation in all UEFA-owned competitions, including the Champions League, Europa League and other top competitions. In the Champions League, only Zenit was a Russian Super League club that qualified for the group stage, and in the group stage of Group H, Zenit ranked third and did not qualify. In the Europa League, Sparta Moscow qualified from the group with the first place in Group C, Lokomotiv Moscow at the bottom of Group E, the play-off stage of the knockout round, Zenit, who fell from the Champions League, was eliminated by Betis in La Liga, and in the round of 16, Sparta Moscow was disqualified, and Red Bull Leipzig directly advanced to the quarterfinals. After that, the Russian Football Federation appealed to CAS, and now CAS has upheld UEFA's original judgment, and Sparta Moscow is determined to be out.
CAS has not yet announced the final verdict on the FIFA ban, is there still a glimmer of life in Russian football?
Theoretically, there is indeed a possibility that once CAS overturns FIFA's ban on Russian football, then UEFA will contradict FIFA and Russian football will gain a glimmer of life.
However, in reality, the probability of such a reversal is almost zero! It is clear that upholding UEFA's original decision on the ban on Russian football already illustrates the general attitude of CAS, and the postponement of the final result is only because there are Russian supporters in fifa's internal member states.
Now, Russian football is waiting for the final trial, once the CAS officially announced the FIFA ban also upheld the original judgment, then, Russian football will completely lose hope of turning over, the Russian men's national football team will also completely miss the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Levan's Polish team will automatically enter the next round of play-offs. It is reported that within a week, CAS will give the final result.