In mid-July, the Spanish football village experienced a tremor when president Angel Maria Villar was arrested by police during an anti-corruption investigation campaign in this country. Villar officially sat in the highest chair of the football federation of bulls since 1998. Under him, the Spanish national team experienced a golden age with 3 consecutive noble championships from 2008 to 2012. , including 2 EURO championships and 1 World Cup crown.
Before his arrest, Villar was not only a great influence on domestic football but also one of the most powerful names in world football with the position of senior vice president of the football federation. Europe UEFA and world football federation FIFA.
After a period of suspended sentence execution, Villar has just submitted a complaint to the highest body of world football, which asserts that there has been political interference in the work of the Spanish football federation, which is on the ‘blacklist’ of the code issued by FIFA.
Accordingly, the football federation has received a warning from FIFA that will forfeit the right to participate in the World Cup finals if the investigation results in accordance with what is reported in the complaint. by Angel Maria Villar. Specifically, FIFA said that the High Council of Sports in Spain had a hand in the election process of this country’s football federation.
In 2007, 2008 and 2015, Kuwait also had to execute a strict punishment from FIFA for the same error. The Kuwait national team is banned from participating in all activities related to international football because of government interference in the activities of the football federation. Penalties are only lifted when the problem is thoroughly resolved.
In 2010, before the 19th World Cup took place on South African soil, Spain also received a warning from Sepp Blatter, then FIFA president, but in the end, no conclusive evidence was found. .
According to experts in the field, Spain still has enough time to avoid a heavy penalty from FIFA, however, having to change the steps in the election process could very well bring problems. worrisome. FIFA is extremely dissatisfied with the old election process of the Spanish Football Federation, especially when Angel Maria Villar’s recent complaint mentions government interference in this country’s football.
Binh An – BongDa.com.vn – TTVN | 22:05 12/15/2017
