28 January 2016

More support for Infantino

Less than a month to go, FIFA's presidential race is going to be exciting and tense. After yesterdays's final approval from the organization five candidates have a mission now to gather more votes as possible. One of them is UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino. CONMEBOL is going to give the Swiss full support for his presidency. South American football organization, which has 10 members, two days ago elected new president Alejandro Dominguez of Paraguay who expressed their unanimous approval in voting for the 45 year old Swiss. However his predecessor Juan Angel Napout who was arrested last month in Switzerland, back in February supported Michel Platini who was a clear favorite for the FIFA presidency. As he was banned from football for 8 years, Infantino who entered the race suddenly became a front-runner as a possible good replacement for Platini. Europe's UEFA were quick and gave first support for Infantino, 7 members from Central America's UNCAF backed him on Monday and now South America's CONMEBOL associations put him in a very strong position for the chair.
Will this be enough for the Swiss winning the race we have to wait until 26 February where in Zurich we will learn the next FIFA president.

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