MOSCOW, March 18, Vasily Bogdanov. Sports lawyer Anna Antseliovich said that the Russian Football Union (RFU) has low chances to achieve a positive decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the admission of the Russian team to the 2022 World Cup play-offs. teams in tournaments under the auspices of FIFA until the full appeal of the decision. The RFU expects to receive a CAS decision in the near future on a separate request on the possibility of postponing the play-off matches of the 2022 World Cup qualification round to a later date. The issue was not even considered by CAS arbitrators, but by the chairman of the appeal committee, that is, one person, he had to decide whether the request met the main criteria, and once such a decision was made, then one or more criteria were violated. how, shortly before, UEFA did the same with similar motivation,» Anceliovich said. «The prospects for success with the RFU are not as bright as we would like. In principle, everything is considered within the same criteria that have already been assessed, but Still, we cannot completely rule out the possibility of a positive decision for us.Now we are waiting for a verdict on a separate request from the RFU about the possibility of rescheduling matches, but this is where our possibilities are almost exhausted. Then it remains only to consider the case on the merits,» the agency's interlocutor added.
