Polish defender Maciej Rybus has been excluded from the national team and will miss the 2022 World Cup as he continues to compete in the Russian championship despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Polish Football Federation announced in a statement on Monday. release.
The 32-year-old, who has represented Poland 66 times, was announced last week as a new signing from Spartak Moscow for the 2022/23 season, after five seasons with Moscow rivals Lokomotiv.
Polish coach Czeslaw Michniewicz stated that the left-back, “Due to his situation at his club, he will not be called up for the national team’s boarding school in September and will not be part of the squad for the World Cup.”.
Following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, Poland refused to play the Qatar 2022 semi-final against the Russian team in March, after which international authorities banned Russian teams from participating in all competitions.
In the early hours of February 24, Russia launched a military offensive in Ukraine, which was condemned by much of the international community, which responded by sending weapons and imposition of sanctions on the Kremlin regime, including in the field of high-level sport.
In the World Championship, which will take place between November 21 and December 18, Poland is part of Group C, along with Argentina, Saudi Arabia and Mexico.
Source: Observadora
