The European Football Association (Wiva) trampled on the atmosphere on Monday after the anger that its members expressed last week following the delay in the President of the International Game Federation (FIFA), Jani Infantino, on the seventy time of General Authority of the International Authority in Paraguay due to a trip to the Middle East.
“The last accident was isolated and does not reflect our current cooperation”, WiFa said in a declaration that “the latest accident has been isolated and does not reflect our current cooperation”, describing the relationship between its Slovenian leader Alexander Tsifrin and Tanfantino as “very good” and “characterized by explicit communication and mutual respect”.
The representatives of the European Federations retired from the 75th General Assembly of FIFA Thursday in Paraguay, expressing their anger on the arrival of Infantino late due to meetings in meetings in the Middle East.
The delay in the arrival of Infantino to participate in the annual meeting of the global dominant authority delayed his call for more than two hours, which led to the retreat of many representatives of the European federations and the president of “Wiva” Tsifrin, after Infantino asked for a break in the event that was held in Loki, outside Assckion.
And “Wiva” issued a strongly formulated declaration after the withdrawal of some members, describing the disorder caused by the delay in the arrival of Infantino as “very unfortunate”, accusing the president of the FIFA of providing “politics” to sports.
He said: “Concept Fifa is one of the most important meetings in the world of football, since all 211 countries meet in the game to discuss issues that influence sport all over the world.”
He added: “Change the program at the last minute, what seems to be simply to meet political interests, you don’t need the game and it seems that it puts its interests (football) in second place”.
Infantino apologized for the delay that occurred due to a “small problem” during the journey that reported it from a tour in the Middle East.
“It is clear that the important discussions took place there at the World Cup with some political and economic leaders of the world, and I felt that it is my duty to be there to represent all of you, represent football”.
Tsifrin did not agree publicly with Infantino on several issues in recent years, in particular the Swiss desire to keep the world cup every two years instead of every four years, but this plan was finally abandoned.
Recently, the Slovenian has described the proposal to keep the 2030 World Cup with the participation of 64 teams to celebrate the centenary of the tournament as a “bad idea”.
