MOSCOW, Feb 22The play-off match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup between the national teams of Russia and Poland should be moved to neutral territory due to the situation in the DPR and LPR, Polish Minister of Sports Kamil Bortnichuk believes. Earlier on Tuesday, the Polish newspaper Sport reported that with a similar request to the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) intends to appeal to the Polish Football Association (PZPN). «We will try, at least as I assure the Polish Football Association, to play this match on a neutral field,» the official said on Polskieradio24. «If the Russian side does not agree, then we will think what to do. I believe that in such a situation, Polish athletes should not go to Russia, but this is my personal opinion. «The next games of the Russian team will be held in March in Moscow, the team will take part in the tournament for reaching the final part of the championship World — 2022 in Qatar. In the semi-finals, the team of Valery Karpin will host the Polish team on March 24, in case of victory, it will meet with the strongest in the match between the teams of Sweden and the Czech Republic. Mikhail Gershkovich, a member of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union, said that the International Football Federation (FIFA) would not allow the transfer of the match from Russia. The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. It concerns women, children and the elderly. As stated by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization. On Monday, after an extraordinary large meeting of the Security Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of Russia and stated that he considers it necessary to make a decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, since those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness, they did not recognize and do not recognize any other solution to the conflict in Donbass, except for the military one. Immediately after the appeal, the president in the Kremlin signed decrees recognizing the LPR and the DPR.
