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Until a few weeks ago for the majority of fans the face of Gianni Infantino, the man elected to the presidency of FIFA after two decades of Sepp Blatter, was linked to the feared ‘balls’ of European draws. By UEFA general secretary between his fingers and those of Lady Luck it has passed the fate of many teams in the cup. Now in Swiss lawyer hands, it will do well not to count that much in support of fortune, we are the future of international football. The hardest challenge will be to return digintà and transparency to a bandwagon undermined by scandals, arrests and corruption.
That the predictions of the vigil were to rollover risk was seen right away in the first round of which were called the 207 delegates at the FIFA Congress in Zurich. Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, has stood at 85 votes, three less than Infantino. The Bahraini was favored by virtue of the support of Asia and Africa, which together account for as many as 100 votes, but saw his virtual lead immediately reset. Detached others: Prince Ali of Jordan stopped preferences to 27, 7 to Jerome Champagne, a former adviser to Blatter, while the South African Tokyo Sexwale was made to retire before the election. A breeze soon became blizzard. In the second vote, the first in which a simple majority was sufficient, the Swiss won 115 preferences becoming the tenth FIFA president and going interregnum of the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou, in the saddle after the suspension of Blatter from all offices.
“Fifa will restore the respect that it deserves,” he said after the election, the Swiss, born from Calabrian mother and father of Valcamonica just nine kilometers from Blatter, but for years right arm of Michel Platini, the great absentee from yesterday. After the suspension of eight years of Le Roi, later reduced to six, it was just Infantino to take the reins of the Uefa. “We can put the football to take center stage – said the Swiss – we had some difficult moments but all this is over. Part of a new era, some reforms have already been approved and others will be implemented. ”
Outside the Congress protest against Sheikh, accused of violation of human rights in the wealthy Asian archipelago. But to tip the balance towards the Swiss vote would be especially the points of his program. Starting from approximately $ 1.2 billion on revenues of 5.5 quadrennial FIFA for the development of the movement of calcium, namely the federations. Many congratulations to the winner, from Carlo Tavecchio with the FIGC that supported the candidacy, as much of Europe. A perfect day in which the old lion Sepp Blatter could not resist to deal a fatal blow, “Gianni Infantino has the qualities to continue my work.” Everyone is hoping the exact opposite.
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