Thanks, NP.
And it kinda gives an idea of the way these FIFA people lived. John Oliver was right.
And it kinda gives an idea of the way these FIFA people lived. John Oliver was right.
This may sound unreal but today, all this was really uttered by the head of the Dutch Football Association. Don't undersestimate the power of European football nations. The last three world champions are European. Without these, a World Cup organized by FIFA is worth a flying f*ck. No Spain, no Germany, no France, no England, no Italy, no Portugal, no Netherlands.
Interesting developments. Not sure in which state these "plans" are, but Europe and North American countries, and Australia and some Asian as well, really have tremendously enough of FIFA's current state and their hypocritical leader, who just had his ticket for another four years.
MONACO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Michel Platini, who will almost certainly be re-elected as UEFA president next year after saying he had no plans to run for the FIFA presidency, said on Thursday he wants Europe to have 15 places at the World Cup again.
Platini, 59, used his traditional early season media conference to announce he intended to urge FIFA to increase Europe's representation from 13 teams back to 15 for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
"We had 15 European teams in 1998 and now we have only 13 but Europe has won the last three World Cups with Germany now the champions and the Netherlands finishing third this year.
"Europe is the strongest confederation and I will urge FIFA to recognise this.
"What matters here is not me or my feelings. What matters is the future of UEFA and of football. UEFA and European football have never been as strong and powerful as they are today and I have every intention of guarding this supremacy."
Earlier this year FIFA president Sepp Blatter hinted that he would like to see less European representation at the World Cup and more teams from other confederations, and Platini responded by saying Europe would not tolerate that.
If Blatter wanted that perhaps the World Cup should be increased to 36 or 40 teams from the current 32, Platini said.
On Thursday he said he decided to challenge Blatter because he would not accept a decrease in Europe's teams at the finals.
"Without changing the number of European teams, if he wants more African or Asian teams, then the World Cup could increase - it isn't necessarily pleasant but it is a solution."
Tolerance and anger go in levels.
The principle is as follows: "Why do something now because nothing was done before?" I'd say: Even if it's late, it's never too late to change something (if only for people in the future).
Aye, disgraceful stuff...This is how Rangers ended their season: