Mort all Russia! National team unexpectedly allowed to play in the League of Nations
UEFA ignored the calls of the IOC and did not take examples from other international federations. Big in the cause of restoring justice.
The former president of the Union of European Football Associations, Aleksander Ceferin, said that Russian and Belarusian football players were not subject to sanctions, and transparently hinted that the suspension would be lifted in the near future.
However, in rare cases, relief does not appear. The ban for Russian clubs was officially extended for a season, the national team of the League of Nations, the women’s national team was not allowed to the European Championship, and the youth team has no chance to get to the continental championship.
But not everything is so sad. The Russians have not only hope, but also a team that needs our support!
Belarusians can
In the near future, the International Olympic Committee for the gathering of sports federations will cancel all tournaments in Russia and Belarus. The voice of Thomas Bach was heard, both countries began to withdraw from the international event. Later, the federations got so carried away that they began to organize the athletes themselves. Discrimination against Russians and Belarusians began to gain momentum.
Football did not remain in the game, Spartak Moscow was deprived of the Europa League playoffs, and the Russian team was expelled from the list of participants in the play-offs for the right to get to the World Cup. The Belarusians were quickly punished – there were no teams from this country in the spring part of the European Cups, and our neighbors didn’t get into the joints either. Separately, what was limited to in the Union of European Football Associations in March – the country was banned from holding matches under the auspices of UEFA “to moderation.”
The final serious punishment is considered impossible, since there were no official meetings with last year in Belarus anyway. During his short voyage in the qualification of the Champions League of the World Championship of the Soligorsk Shakhtar World Cup in Belgrade. The national team most of the selection of home matches is organized in Kazan.
The fate of Russian football in UEFA was additionally discussed, accepting the limit. With regard to Belarus, no “further terminal” has been reported. one could expect a ban in the coming year for them too. However, the day before, European football officials suddenly switched to the rules generally accepted in the sports world. Belarusians still have problems with conflicts, but it turns out that no deviation from international football is foreseen for them.
The nearest official matches of Georgy Kondratyev’s team will be held in Serbian Novi Sad, the association with the decision of the UEFA executive committee was reported by Novosti.rs. These games will not fall on the selection for the next Euro, which starts not soon. The national team is allowed to play in the UEFA Nations League, which starts in June. The opponents of Belarusians in group C3 are available to the team of Slovakia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The first match on June 3 will be an away match, already on the 6th and 10th of the wards Kondratiev took Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in Serbia.
Useful precedent
It is worth saying that, in addition to the very fact of the possibility of holding official matches for Belarusians, there is another gift from UEFA. No natural status of the national team is imposed. The flag, anthem and uniforms in the national colors are all on the team, judging by the absence of any new ones indicated belonging.
It turns out that in football you can observe a rare case of exceptions to minor rules. Although neighbors meet here, fortunately they do not represent the same international conference as Russia. It is sad that UEFA has not done anything similar in relation to our country. However, in such situations we should not envy famous brothers, but on the contrary, with a redoubled atmosphere, they are respected on the external level.
Should we see this partial amnesty for Belarusian football as a good sign for our clubs and the national team? To be honest, there is no need to have any illusions about the main prospects in UEFA. However, precedent can be very important for sports federations to make decisions.
In especially disciplines, Russian athletes would gladly come back, but they are afraid to ask for trouble and avoid the fate of pioneers. After the decision of football officials in Belarus, some may risk turning a similar trick into other sports, at the same time becoming the Olympic team and the Russians.