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Anything impeded the appointment of the Swiss for a fifth command

Blatter  and soccer

By: Carlos Damian                                                 May 30, 2015

The electoral congress staggered for the detentions and inquests of USA and in Switzerland

México. -   Neither the scandals of corruption neither the powerful UEFA, not even a false bomb threat in the middle of the electoral congress of Zurich: anything can demolish the Swiss Joseph Blatter of the summit of the FIFA, where yesterday (05/29/15) it was reelected as president for a fifth command.  Blatter that takes in the position from 1998, will continue to the entity rector's front the world soccer up to 2019, when being imposed the prince Jordanian Ali bin al - Hussein who gave up to be presented to the second turn after losing in the first one for 133.73 three invalidated tickets. The 79 year-old Swiss that stayed to seven votes of the two thirds of 140 that he needed to win in the first turn, had only been imposed in the following voting with simple majority of the 209 federations. If it completes their command, the Swiss it will turn 21 years to the front of the FIFA, only from behind of their predecessor and mentor, the Brazilian Joao Havelange who was 24 in the summit of the world football.  A vital change, a change in the organization is needed: M. Platini  Blatter maybe overcame the most complicated in its extensive list of explosive congresses, after two days where the same celebration of the elections staggered regular first floor on hauls and investigations of The States and Switzerland. "We don't need revolutions we need evolutions", Blatter said amid applauses. "I am not perfect, nobody is it, but I am for sure together we will make a good work. I assume the responsibility of recovering the image of the FIFA. Together we can make it. In this occasion we are aware that it is necessary to solve problems in the federation", he added. In their speech of victory, he added: "We go FIFA, we go FIFA", before an ovation of foot of the delegates. "I congratulate them if they voted for the prince Alí, he was a great candidate, but I am the president, the president of all", he added. "At the end of my command I will give a strong FIFA to my successor. You asked me for the age. This is not problem; there are 50 year-old people that seem old", he said, causing to the laugh of the assistants. In the 17 years of Blatter in the throne, the FIFA, kneaded reservations for a thousand 500 million dollars, but it accumulated an impressive list of accusations and scandals of bribes equally.     The leader of 79 year-old had the support ahead of time of most of the members of the confederations of Africa, Asia, Concacaf, Conmebol and Oceania, and the opposition of the block of the UEFA. After the result of the first turn, and before the principle of second turn, the principle of second round, the prince Alí went to the assembly and he abandoned the war. "I want to thank to all those that had the courage of supporting me", the Jordanian said who talked about an intimidation atmosphere in the FIFA in the past. The voting of Friday was carried out in spite of several orders so that was postponed, two days after seven leaders of the FIFA -among them two vice-presidents and a member of the executive committee - they were arrested here by application of the  American authorities by accusations of organized crime, corruption and bribe. However, neither the police haul neither a bomb threat during the pause to eat could they could stop the electoral congress, the fifth turn that overcomes with success that arrived to the position in 1998 when defeating the Swedish Lennart Johansson. Blatter overcame the test of the polling-booth, but its problems are far from having been solved. The image and credibility of the FIFA continues for the floors and it doesn't seem easy that with the Swiss to the head, that changes short term.  World deception  The general assembly of the FIFA of next year will be in Mexico City that the congress of 2017. And in the congress of 2017 the headquarters of the World Cup of 2026, will be chosen it will be in Kuala Lumpur. The leaders of the European soccer said after the voting that the FIFA should change. "In my opinion, the change is vital if this organization wants to recover its credibility", Michel Platini said, regular of the UEFA. In a visit to Berlin, the first British minister, David Cameron said that Blatter should leave, “as soon as possible better". On the other hand, Luis Figo commented that the soccer has lost after the reelection of Blatter. The former ball of gold was candidate before retiring to few days of the beginning of the congress. "Today the FIFA has lost, but above everything, the soccer has lost and all those that believe in him", post in tweet the Portuguese. "Or Mr. Blatter was to the current of these corrupt acts, and if it don't like it seeks the reelection, that means that it doesn't have the abilities for head to the FIFA", Figo continued in a message in its page of Facebook. "It is impossible that somebody directs this sport world not fulfilling the most elementary rules in the transparency, legality and democracy. Their reelection shows the sick thing that the FIFA is. These people (implied in investigations) that he has promoted during these years. If Blatter worries about the soccer it had given up this reelection. If he had a minimum of decency he should dismiss in next days", it concluded.     Amid the scandal of the FIFA for bribes, laundry of money and corruption the Italian press published a report in which accuses to the organism of having fixed parties during the World cup of 2002 to favor one of the hosts, Korea of the South. In accordance with the information that published the Corriere dello Sport in their cover, “They Managed the World cup", the FIFA helped Korea with arbitrations faked in the parties of eighth and quarter of final, before Italy and Spain, respectively in the parties of the World Cup Korea - Japan 2002. Italy lost in eighth with marker of 2-1 with the Ecuadorian collegian's Byron Moreno polemic arbitration who pointed out a doubtful one penal in favor of Korea, it expelled Francesco Totti for double yellow, to simulate a lack when a legal goal to Tomassii for a game force that didn't exist. "Of referee Moreno you the suspicion that favored Korea in the 2002 confirmed". Eight years later the 20 you September of 2010, Moreno was stopped in New York with 6.2 kilograms of heroine, valued in 4000 thousand dollars, and it turned a condemnation of two and a half years for the crime of I traffic of narcotics. The Spain - Korea, whistled by the Egyptian Al-Ghandour, and his Trinitarian assistant, Michael Ragoonath, finished 0 - 0 and he had to be solved in the penal, with a 3 - 5 for the Korean.   In that encounter, to Spain they annulled them two goals in clearly valid actions. One of the detainees on Wednesday for the FIFA for supposed corruption, the Trinitarian Jack Warner, former president of Concacaf, was the one in charge of designating to Al - Ghandour and Ragoonath, to direct the party between Korea of the South and Spain. This last one was the one in charge of annulling those two goals to the Spanish group. On the other hand forty years of Football Association's international Federation (FIFA), 17 of them as president and that they will be 21 years after being reelected for a new command up to 2019, to make of Blatter a man hardened in a thousand battles. The man that strolls for the world with state boss's that is received by the high dignitaries honors and it is able to surprise the Colombian singer Shakira with a particular version of the dance of the celebrated Waka-waka, it is above everything, a businessman that has transformed to the organization into a machine of making money and in a giant that one doesn't come below easily. Their presidency has been marked almost from the day that was chosen by scandals and internal wars. That Blatter has won it doesn't mean that the Yankee investigation has stopped, and it is probable that the process becomes hard. Justino Compean and Dello of Maria are not calm since although they are the soccer’s barons like marionettes, the blanket covers it is slipping on those that are in the game field. (La Jornada, politica, p.p. 2-3, May 30, 2015).