العالم: عاد بلاتر لكن مستقبل الفيفا ليس آمناً

شهد الأسبوعان الأخيران بعض الارتفاعات والانخفاضات في لعبة كرة القدم. الارتفاعات كانت نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا ^[1] مبهج الذي انتهى إلى تأييد مدوي على تفوق إسبانيا وبرشلونة في عالم كرة القدم.

مع ذلك، امتنعت الرابطة الانجليزية لكرة القدم في عشية النهائي نفسه عن التصويت لرئاسة الفيفا ^[2]. كانت العملية الانتخابية للفيفا على وشك الانهيار على خلفية المزاعم التي أطلقها لورد دايفد تريزمان ^[3] والحرمان المؤقت للمنافس على رئاسة الفيفا محمد بن همام ونائب رئيس الكونكاكاف والفيفا السابق جاك وارنر.

نجح جوزيف ‘سيب’ بلاتر في الفوز بفترته الرابعة (على أمل أن تكون الأخيرة) على رأس المنظمة الرياضية الأقوى والأكثر ربحاً في العالم. إليكم بعض الردود على الإنترنت:

مدونة غانا لكرة القدم ^[4] نقلت عن بلاتر قوله:

I thank you for your trust and confidence from the bottom of my heart,” said Blatter, who was applauded back into the auditorium by the rest of Fifa congress after his unchallenged victory in Zurich. “Our pyramid is intact, the base, the foundation is strong and together we have four years to continue on our path and do our job. “We will put Fifa’s ship back on the right course in clear, transparent waters. We need some time to do it, but we shall do it.

النشرة الزمبابوية ^[5] تسائلت فيما إذا كان بلاتر يتدرب ليصبح الرئيس القادم لزمبابوي:

Zimbabwe is a troubled nation just beginning to tentatively try to work itself out of a decade of political turmoil and economic decline. It's only president for its 31 years of independence, Robert Mugabe, says he will be a candidate in the next election, expected within the next year. If he does indeed stand it can be confidently predicted that he will officially ‘win.’ Even if so, it seems fairly obvious that in a few years Zimbabwe will be shopping for a new president, Mugabe already being 87 years old.

The coincidence of pending events in Blatter's career and those in Zimbabwe could provide an interesting match-making opportunity.
Mugabe says he must present himself as a candidate in the upcoming election at his advanced age out of of a sense of duty to his party and to the country. There is no one he believes is presently up to the task of succeeding him, you see.

So, could Sepp Blatter not be the ideal person to continue the legacy of the Zimbabwean incumbent?

الاستنتاج ^[5] هو:

There are many parallels between FIFA's and Zimbabwe's processes of conducting elections and wielding power.

جادل دانيال فيورستين ^[6] في أن التناحر السياسي مهد لإعادة انتخاب بلاتر:

This past Mon­day FIFA Pres­i­dent Sepp Blat­ter stepped up to the podium at the house of FIFA and did his best song and dance rou­tine with the ath­letic legs of a boxer bob­bing and weav­ing away the ques­tions from reporters and his open­ing state­ments. He said “There is no cri­sis within FIFA.” How could the pres­i­dent of the world’s gov­ern­ing body of foot­ball stand there in front of so many media and talk garbage?

يأمل أنه ^[7] يوماً ما سيأتي رجل شريف ليستبدل بلاتر:

What do we expect now from these mem­bers of FIFA, CONCACAF and the AFC? Busi­ness as usual. Never oppose the Pres­i­dent for life and allow the same under­hand­ed­ness to con­tinue on ’til some­one else will take over the reins. Until that day comes and we hope it’s an hon­est man that will replace Blat­ter, just get ready for the 2014 World Cup Qual­i­fy­ing Draw on Sat­ur­day, July 30th.

مدونة نقاد سوكا ^[8] اقتبست عن رئيس الرابطة الانجليزية لكرة القدم دايفد بيرنستين:

…after listening to the speech of Joseph Blatter, believe that the calls that we have made for greater transparency and better governance have been worthwhile.

It was positive to join other 16 Nations, while a 17 more Nations abstaining clearly demonstrates that we are not alone or isolated in our points of view.

العملية الانتخابية كانت معيبة ^[9]:

We have an unsatisfactory situation. We are subject to universal criticism of Governments, sponsors, media and the rest of the world…
A Coronation without an opponent provides a flawed mandate.

على كل، نحن نعلم أن لعبة كرة القدم الجميلة ستستمر في الإمتاع وجمع العالم معاً.