The FIFA World Cup is the perfect platform to send out this message to the whole world of football as people all around the globe will follow the 64 matches in Germany. The stars of the tournament will serve as role models for hundreds of millions of other players around the world. So it is all the more important that Germany 2006 sets a positive example. |
The forming of young players has been abandoned, ... Governments should help football by organizing national federations. We need to resolve this problem through dialogue. |
The game is now universal. Twenty-five years ago it was only for two continents, now it is universal. We have spoken such a lot about problems, why have we not spoken about the realizations under my presidency, |
The general secretary even signed this contract. |
The general secretary should work more instead of playing at CIA and FBI. |
The Germans picked a system I can't understand at all. |
The Iraqi footballers have overcome testing times to win a qualifying berth for next year's Asian Cup finals in China and their coach has shown a lot of courage to continue on the job, |
The market trusts Africa. The contracts we have already signed for 2010, they are higher than the contracts for 2006 in Germany - about 25 percent. |
The only way to fight this is to do exactly what we have done when it came to violence. We have to take away the points because it happens in those leagues where the money is sufficient so, even if you gave a fine of $100,000, it would be paid the next day. That does not change the attitude, so you have to go into a sporting sanction. |
The question is, why the union has not attended?, ... Please answer this question. |
The reality is that in today's leagues the ready-made player is sought after, ... Where are the other players? On the bench or in the stands. There is a loss of local, regional and national identity. There are 11 players from different lands playing in one club. |
The reality is that in today's leagues the ready-made player is sought after. |
The red alert is on for Germany's World Cup committee. |
The regulations will also be applied for this World Cup. At the first sign (of racism) there will be a deduction of three points, then we are finished with the problems of discrimination. |
The rich use everything on the market, ... This promotes an exodus of African players. |