So I need to support Szczesny and the likes nonsense to show my empathy for the Ukrainian people? "We won't play against Russia and Russians" accomplishes nothing, except giving them a free ride to the WC. The energy should be focused on Ukraine and helping the people there, not Russia
Accomplishes nothing? Says who? It shows a clear stand against invading power hungry genocidal regime? At ALL facets you have encounter with Russia, from disallowing air space, financial sanctions to something as irrelevant as sports, you signal to them this insane aggression is not acceptable to you.
This squeezes the screws and pressure points on Russia as a nation to be gradually be excluded from the world in various degrees until they abort, and this in turn makes the Russian people turn on Putin even more, and more importantly hopefully the power players in Putins regime/ inner circle when it hits their bottom line eventually.
Sweden and the Czech have clarified they won't face Russia either. No one will.
So to say taking public stand against facing Russia in football game is meaningless like Woj has done (especially when he is personally effected by the brazen invasion), is completely tone deaf and missing the point entirely.
