Tribune. After four days of unsustainable immobility since the invasion of Ukraine, Gianni Infantino, President of the International Football Association Federation (FIFA), and its Executive Committee made a decision of extreme courage in anticipation of the phase From dams for the qualification of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: play Russia on neutral ground and in camera, banish its flag and its national anthem, and play its matches under the banner of the Russian football union!
Well in his zurich safe [Where is the FIFA headquarters], Gianni Infantino said “preoccupied” by the situation. But the only action that follows is to protect and not offend the Kremlin Master, with whom his links are strong (as with other powerful little frequentable) since the World 2018 … during this time, the armored vehicles Russians advance on Ukrainian territory.
The Federations of Poland, Sweden and Czech Republic had all three declared, well before this decision, that they would not play against Russia (these four teams are part of the “channel B” qualification dams : Semi-finals Russia-Poland and Sweden-Czech Republic, the two winners meeting for a place in Qatar).
Boycott
While the International Volleyball Federation maintains the next World Championships in Russia (in August), the French Federation (FFVB), yet Olympic champion, said that it boycotes this competition, also receiving the Assent of some players …
If you want effective drastic measures towards the Russian abuser (and his Belarusian accomplice) of Ukraine, these measures must also concern the sport, and in particular the most popular of them on the Planet: Football. In this regard, it is necessary to flex the FIFA of Gianni Infantino. For this, the European Union football federations must put pressure on the World Football Organization.
The President of the French Federation, Christmas Graët, said on February 27th that he “leans” for an exclusion from Russia. It is brave, but it is necessary to decide on drastic measures and coordinated at the scale of the European Union Federations (EU).
The last four winners of the Football World Cup (Italy in 2006, Spain in 2010, Germany in 2014, France in 2018), as well as the federations of great nations of This sport already qualified, such as Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, the Netherlands, but also the federations still in the running for a qualification via the dams (Austria, Italy again, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic and Sweden) adopt A common motion by which they denounce the FIFA’s Ersatz of decision on the suspension of Russia, and especially that they boycott the tests in Qatar if Russia participates.
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