RFU issued a statement after Poland's refusal to play the 2022 World Cup play-off

MOSCOW, 27 Feb. The Russian Football Union (RFU) sees no legal grounds for canceling the play-offs of the Russian national team in the qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the RFU communications service reports. «At the moment, the RFU has not received any information from FIFA about the possibility of postponing or canceling the World Cup qualifying round matches scheduled to be held in Moscow on March 24 and 29. We do not see any legal grounds for canceling the play-off match between the national teams of Russia and Poland and the subsequent meeting with one of the teams of the Sweden-Czech Republic pair. to these games,» the statement says. It is also reported that the RFU is ready to provide all the necessary guarantees for holding these and other football matches on the territory of the Russian Federation with a high level of organization and compliance with all necessary security measures.