The World Preliminary Round in Europe is almost over, with only the last two play-offs remaining, with 3 teams waiting for the final showdown to qualify for the last European play-off. The three teams are Wales, Scotland and Ukraine, and due to the special period in Ukraine, their semi-final matchup with Scotland was postponed to June, and Wales has reached the final of the play-offs and will compete with the winners between Ukraine and Scotland for a place to qualify for the World Cup. Ukraine can be said to have received special care in this World Preliminary Tournament.
Russia was not as lucky as Ukraine, their World Cup matches were cancelled, they were supposed to play against Poland in the semi-finals of the play-offs, and finally were kicked out by FIFA and UEFA, allowing Poland to pass through the play-off finals and finally qualify for the World Cup. Recently, many media believe that Russia may take the opportunity to join the AFC and start a new journey in Asian football, which seems reasonable, but it is not so simple. The Russian media analyzed the idea of Russian football joining the AFC, believing that although this is conducive to Russia's impact on the World Cup, it is not conducive to the development of Russian football.
Beijing time on April 1, the latest news from Europe, the development of Russian football is still in Europe, they participated in the 72nd FIFA (Fifa) Conference, Russian representatives at the FIFA meeting once again stressed that football has nothing to do with others, served as the top level of the 2018 World Cup Organizing Committee Sorokin is one of Russia's representatives, he said that Russia bid for the 2028 and 2032 European Championships, thinking that this is a two-year bid, the time is sufficient, Hoping to win the right to host one of the European Championships, Russia will prepare carefully for this.
FIFA executive Infantino officially gave the green light to Russia, when he talked about the ban on Russian football, he said that everyone should look forward, after the special period, Russian football will return to the stadium, and then hinted that FIFA rejected the double standard, believing that the Russian Football Federation, like other leagues, has not been suspended by FIFA, so it can participate in the FIFA conference.
According to a number of Russian media reports, at the FIFA congress, the Russian language has been listed by FIFA as one of the official languages, and it is decided by vote, very fair, there are 187 votes in favor of russian language becoming one of the official languages of FIFA, only 4 votes against. According to this development trend, the storm of Russian football ban will soon pass, and it will not affect Russia's bid for Euro 2028 or Euro 2032, but the success rate of Russia's bid for the European Championship may become a big question mark.