War Russia-Ukraine: This national team calls for Russia to be excluded from Qatar 2022 World Cup

The sporting situation is getting more and more complicated for Russia, since after Poland and Sweden said they would not play in the playoff for Qatar 2022 and Pavel Nedved requested the same action with the Czech Republic, now France has entered the scene and asked to be excluded from the World Cup. 

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The final decision on whether or not Russia plays in the Qatar 2022 World Cup rests entirely with UEFA and FIFA, the governing bodies of European and world soccer, respectively, but so far there has been no position, so the playoff phase remains 'normal'.

France asks Russia not to play in Qatar 2022 

Noel Le Graet, president of the French Football Federation (FFF), gave an interview with the newspaper 'Le Parisen' confirming that his country supports the position that Russia should not play in the next World Cup, so the world champion joins other teams and calls for its exclusion. 

"The world of sport, and in particular soccer, cannot remain neutral. I will certainly not oppose the exclusion of Russia. In such a situation one would expect prompt action from the top," Le Graet said. 

The FFF president believes that national teams would not be comfortable playing soccer against a country that initiated an attack of such magnitude, despite the fact that their players are not to blame, so he supports and asks FIFA to exclude Russia from Qatar 2022. 

FIFA and UEFA have not given a clear position on the situation that Russia and Ukraine are going through, since beyond saying they are 'concerned', there are no actions. Different countries hope that with this 'pressure' they will give in and punish the Russian team for Vladimir Putin's decisions. 

Pressure on Russia in sports is evident

Pressure is intensifying on the world soccer body, while other sports federations, clubs, or event organizers have taken measures after the Russian attack on Ukraine. Among the most important measures announced in recent days is the one taken by UEFA regarding the venue of this year's Champions League final, which was to be played in St. Petersburg and will finally take place on May 28 at the Stade de France in Paris.

On Sunday, on the fourth day of the Russian offensive launched against its neighboring country by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the battle for control of Kiev continued in a context marked by a new accentuation of Western pressure on Moscow through the exclusion of Russian banks from the Swift interbank platform and the supply of arms to Ukraine.

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