Wales World Cup fate to be delayed

Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 8:18
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It was confirmed last night that Scotland’s World Cup play off clash with Ukraine was to be postponed after Ukraine requested that Fifa moved the tie back following Russia’s invasion of the country.

The game – scheduled for Hampden Park on March 24 – is now likely to be played in June on the Nations League dates which means that any tie against the winners of Wales v Austria which was scheduled for the same date will also be delayed.

The four nations are competing for one place in this winter’s World Cup in Qatar with Wales, of course, playing to feature at their first finals since 1958.

A large contingent of recent squads selected by Ukraine have contained players from their homeland, with 15 out of the 23-man pool for November’s World Cup qualifiers playing in their home leagues.

Speaking last week, Scottish FA president Rod Petrie offered his Ukrainian counterpart support as the nations held talks with Fifa over moving this month’s tie.

“Football is inconsequential amid conflict,” said Petrie via BBC Sport.

“But we have conveyed the strong sense of solidarity communicated to us by Scotland fans and citizens in recent days.

“[The SFA] have offered to support our Ukrainian colleagues’ preparations as best we can in these unimaginably difficult circumstances.”

We now wait to hear whether the Wales v Austria game on 24 March will go ahead as planned.

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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