FIFA also said to the aggressor Putin: Enough! And she eliminated Russian teams from competitions

Water carriers describe how Czech and world football reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. FIFA eventually woke up and eliminated the Russians from the ongoing World Cup qualifiers. What future will Abramovič’s Chelsea face with Petr Čech?

The central theme of the Russian War Aggression in Ukraine has become a central theme of the Water Carriers, a football podcast List of News.

“Although these are very tragic circumstances, the wave of solidarity that has begun across the football world in connection with the Russian invasion is, in my eyes, absolutely unique. I understand that even top sport does not have the leverage of politicians, but it turns out that the football environment in particular is far from powerless and can make a significant contribution to the well-being of civilized society, ”says Karel Tvaroh, a player in the Spartan reserve.

The carriers unanimously agree that during some of the emotional pre-match ceremonies, which reflected the company’s reactions to the turmoil of the war, a chill ran down their spines.

“What I saw and felt at the stadium in Eden, when I was about to comment on Thursday’s match between Slavia and Fenerbahce, it made me sick. When I overheard Kryl’s Little Brother and saw Taras Kacharaba leading the red-and-white with the captain’s armband, I thought I might not be able to comment on this. Athletes and clubs in the Czech Republic took the whole situation to the right end. Unfortunately, unlike some top officials, “says Jaromír Bosák, moderator of the podcast Water Carriers.

The water carriers also thought about why the leadership of the Football Association of the Czech Republic joined the Swedish and Polish initiative rejecting matches with the Russians in the playoffs with a delay.

The protagonists of the podcast debated how the promotion barrel at the World Cup could develop. However, at the time of filming the episode, they did not yet know that FIFA would change its position on Sunday. According to him, only the Russians were not allowed to play matches at home and under their own flag. This still allowed for a number of variants.

But on Monday night, FIFA and UEFA signed up with a new report. Until the appeal, Russian national and club teams were suspended, ie excluded from international competitions.

The FACR management welcomed these steps. And now he is waiting for the solution of the puzzle, what will happen with the play. “Whether it will remain in its original format or whether there will be any change in this direction,” the football association said in a statement.

Originally, the Czechs in Sweden and the Poles in Russia were to play at the end of March, after which the winners of these matches were to compete in a duel to advance to the World Cup in Qatar.

Given that Russia has now been temporarily excluded from FIFA competitions, there is a high probability that it will no longer intervene in the World Cup barracks. In the podcast, Luděk Mádl recalled a story from 1973, when in a slightly different historical context, the USSR team did not enter the playoffs and Chile then started at the World Cup, which proceeded without a fight.

The Trio of Carriers also went beyond the English Channel, specifically to the dark blue part of London. The long-time owner of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich, belongs to the group of Russian oligarchs connected with the Vladimir Putin regime so much that they should be affected by Western sanctions caused by aggression in Ukraine.

Abramovich himself responded to this threat when he entrusted the Chelsea club to the club’s foundation.

“By the way, Abramovich once introduced Putin to the world of top politics. I perceive the transfer of power in Chelsea in the same way as Andrej Babiš’s trust funds. Roman Abramovič gave up Chelsea as his property on paper, but the question is how it will really be with his influence, “Jaromír Bosák muses.

With Abramovich’s possible withdrawal from the English Premier League stage, many key questions arise. In connection with the new hierarchy within the management of Blues, Poriči is thinking about the future position of Petr Čech, who currently has one of the most important roles in management. According to the Carriers, will he have the will to remain in Chelsea?

In the foreign part of the podcast, Poriči praises Tomáš Souček, who decided on a valuable West Ham victory over the Wolves with a single goal. In the betting window, the trio is already looking forward to the Prague “S” derbies. Do you want to know more about the termination of the UEFA agreement with Gazprom, one of the most important sponsors of the Champions League? And why will Dortmund support his age-old rival from Schalke? Listen to the entire current episode of the new football podcast in the player at the beginning of the article or at Podcasty.cz.