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FOR THE CONFLICT WITH UKRAINE

OFFICIAL: Russian teams out of tournaments organized by FIFA and UEFA

Published:28/02/2022 - 17:33h

Updated:28/02/2022 - 19:21h

Football has had to take serious measures in the face of the conflict that has broken out between Russia and Ukraine. Despite the initial light sanctions imposed by FIFA, UEFA has gone a step further and the governing body of world football has seconded it

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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues salpicando to the sport. After the FIFA took the decision to veto the national symbols Russians of the international competitions and cancel the parties to contest in Russian territory, the UEFA will follow suit when leaving out of competition to the Spartak of Moscow of the Europe League, by what the RB Leipzig will be classified de facto to the quarter-finals.

Although in a principle the UEFA had proposed that the Russian teams played his parties like venues in a neutral headquarters, the 'no' of the German team in rejection to the invasion of Ukraine and the measures that are taking organisms like FIFA would have carried to the body rector of the European football to expel definitively to the teams of the Russian Federation of his competitions.

The world of the football turns away him to Russia

The refusal of the germanos imposed in spite of the disposal of the muscovites to play like venues in Armenia or Azerbaijan. The dictamen of the UEFA would do extensivo to the tournaments of national selections, by what the combined feminine Russian, that had classified for the Eurocopa that will contest in July, also quedarí out of the competition.

By his part, the RB Leipzig has pronounced through his social networks, expecting a solution by part of the continental organism: "The Leipzig finds at present in intense conversations with the UEFA on how proceed in the eighth of final of the Europe League against the Spartak of Moscow and assumes that the association will take a decision in the near future". In accordance with 'Bild', the decision already would be taken with the expulsion of the Russians.

In such sense, the German team will advance directly to the quarter-finals to the not having to play the meeting that was fixed for the Thursday 10 March. In case to concretise this measure, will be the first elimination 'in the table' of a team of the Slavic nation from the explosion of the conflict with Ukraine. From the FIFA have posed a similar measure after the initially taken decision.

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