Due to the unfortunate situation that Russia and Ukraine are going through at the moment, FIFA and UEFA have taken actions to sanction the Slavic country within the world of sport and some of them have been quite specific.
At the moment, Russia is suspended from all official competition and Russian clubs have also been excluded from European competitions. And that, in the world of women’s soccer, implies the exit of Russia from the European Championship.
The name of the Portuguese National Team has sounded a lot to be the candidate to take the quota of the Russians in the European Championship, and it is that, ironically, the Portuguese had lost their right to said tournament in the play-off duel when they were defeated precisely because of the Russian team that won with a score of 1-0.
However, the UEFA regulations say that “if a team classified for an official competition could not compete, UEFA itself must replace it and, in that case, decide which team would occupy its place according to the results obtained from the previous qualifiers. “.
In this case, everything would indicate that the team in question is Portugal and that, due to circumstances never seen before, they have the right to play in a European Championship despite not having been able to qualify in the qualifiers.
Let us remember that the Russian national team was classified in group C of the European Championship where it shared a group with the current champions of the competition, Holland, Sweden and Switzerland, so, in the event of this change, group C would be made up of Holland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland.
Undoubtedly, these strong measures applied by FIFA and UEFA to the Russian country have generated a great impact in the world of sport and as can be seen, they are even changing the scenarios and generating situations never seen before.
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