A response that is long overdue.
Last Thursday, the Russian football federation had announced its intention to seize the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to contest the exclusion of its national teams and clubs from competitions decided by Fifa and UEFA in reaction to the invasion of Ukraine.
Opponent of Leipzig in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League, Spartak Moscow had seen its match scheduled next Thursday lost on green carpet.
According to our information, the Russian federation had still, on Monday morning, seized the CAS to have this decision annulled, no more than that of FIFA excluding the national team from the play-offs of the 2022 World Cup. Poland on March 24 in the World Cup play-offs.