Originally Posted by
j44ke
No, sorry. I mean how could FIFA expect Poland to play Russia at a time like this, especially with the memory of Katyn Woods still such a potent element of Polish-Russian history.
This is a big deal for these countries. I just spoke with friends in Prague this morning. She works in a school, and they've just offered counseling to staff who are having problems with anxiety and insomnia. This history perhaps seems distant but it is very real to many people in Eastern Europe, and traumas and anger are welling up from the past.