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Comment: Still not all of it good

The UEFA needs to months of the crisis and the change in the Association’s top back rest. Whether with Aleksander Ceferin everything turns out to be Good, but may be at least doubted, says Andreas Sten-Ziemons.

The UEFA Congress in Athens chose Aleksander Ceferin with a clear majority as the new President

Europe’s football Association has a new President. After the ignominious departure of the corruption of all of the football offices locked, Michel Platini, with his
Successor Aleksander Ceferin high hopes. Under the New is to finally be all good.

However, the Start Ceferins is the same with some flawed: allegations of questionable Deals and “cronyism” are in the room. Supposedly Ceferin with the football associations of Northern Europe for your votes in the election, his support for a joint EM-application 2028. The Danes, Norwegians, Swedes and Finns were the First to be Ceferin. In the Background, Kjetil Siem, the former Secretary-General of the Norwegian football Association and now a consultant of FIFA in-chief Gianni Infantino, for the presidential candidates, the strings pulled, and also Russia, and its controversial Association of chief Vitaly Mutko had been the driving forces, it is said again and again. Because an open support Mutkos power in these days but no good impression, to send well-advanced, the in General, as an integer, and personable force of the Scandinavians.

Ceferin has denied such hanky-panky is always, however, it seems as the new President of UEFA, the same or similar means as its predecessor, the ghosts want to get rid of actually help.

Good Agenda, a bad Agenda

Andreas Sten-Ziemons

The Agenda Ceferins is not bad – if they implement them consistently, or can implement. Finally, he would be dependent on the support of the member associations, which may be provided in the implementation of reform plans. Many of Ceferins objectives are congruent with those of its competitors Michael van Praag. The new UEFA President after the 2020 European championship, which will be distributed to take place in 13 countries wishing to host the Euro 2024 in a single host country. In addition, he announces, to want to hard against Doping, corruption and betting fraud. And even the establishment of a Compliance Department, he said in his election speech. All welcome measures.

No ethics Commission, no distance to Platini

Ceferins Agenda is but at the same time not without exception: Although he criticized as the President of the small Slovenian Association credible the latest
The Reform of the UEFA Champions League, which will apply from the summer of 2018, initially for three years, and the big and rich clubs even more money on the account is flush. He promises, however, ensure that the Reform of 2021 is again taken back. Finally – so Ceferin – the Adopted is still better than a Super-League of the best clubs outside of UEFA. Courage and willingness to offer the powerful club owners in Europe, the forehead, look different.

Grindel brings thanks Ceferin the EM 2024 in Germany?

The much-criticized practice, to the host of the European championship of the small circle of the Executive Committee to determine, he seems to change nothing. This could also be the reason why the DFB, who initially wanted to vote for van Praag, swung a couple of weeks ago to the Ceferin-bearing. You’ve had a change of heart, DFB-President Grindel, because Ceferin was younger and the better perspective I have. Under the Hand is, however, speculated that Ceferin Germany was baited with the promise to make the case for a European championship 2024 in Germany. The German EM-application should actually get the award, would dug these rumors probably by return of post. The world Cup Awarded to Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 can’t be ignored.

And finally, there is a lack Ceferin to the distance to its predecessor. “Michel Platini has achieved great things for the small and medium-sized organizations and was a charismatic leader,” enthused Ceferin in the run-up to the election. In the case of Platini’s controversial farewell speech to the UEFA Congress in Athens, the outgoing UEFA Boss showed itself to be unapologetic in regards to the own mistakes, donated Ceferin, together with the other delegates good round of applause.

Aleksander Ceferin had announced in the run-up to his election, self-confident: “It must be some change. A new Wind, new ideas. And for that, I am the Right one.” He has to prove now.

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