Given Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, Swedish Football Association President Karl-Erik Nilsson believes it is "almost unthinkable" that his country will play a World Cup play-off final in Moscow.
According to Nilsson, the military situation between Russia and Ukraine makes such a match impossible.
“It’s a possible scenario and the feelings we have as we wake up this morning are that it is almost unthinkable that we in a few weeks would play a football match in Russia. As it looks here and now, today, there is absolutely no desire to play a football match in Russia.”
Sweden are due to take on the Czech Republic in a World Cup play-off semi-final on March 24, before then facing a trip to the winner of Russia’s semi-final against Poland on March 29.