The dress rehearsal for the world Cup succeeded in a year in Russia. The managers refer to the video evidence “as the future of modern football”. But one thing you do not want to speak: The subject of Doping.
The President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino (photo above left) and Russia’s OK-in-chief Vitaly Mutko (photo above right) have referred to the Confederations Cup as a perfect successful dress rehearsal for the world Cup next year. “We had a lot of great games. We have read about violence, Hooliganism and racism – we had none of it. Everything went smoothly,” said Infantino at the closing press conference of the world football Federation in St. Petersburg. In the face of international scepticism over the host Russia, he added: “If a problematic tournament looks like this, I want to a lot of tournaments problematic, because it was a great success.” The head of the world organization Alexey Sorokin stressed that they provided “a new Standard” in the organisation of the tournament.
At the press conference, Infantino has defended the Video Referee and stressed to want him at the world Cup in 2018. “Nothing is, in my view, in the way,” said the head of world football Federation on Saturday in St. Petersburg. “The Video Referee is the future of modern football.” During the Confederations Cup were, for the first time in a major international football tournament, decisions of the arbitrator by the video recordings were reviewed.
Decision via the Video Referee at the world Championships in March
Video proof: “future of football”
Six game-winning situations have been corrected, informed the FIFA. “Otherwise we would have had a different course in the tournament,” said Infantino. Criticism had given it, as the Review often took a long time, and for TV viewers was not as Fans in the stadium transparent. The group game between Germany and Cameroon (3:1), there was a great deal of confusion, because referee Wilmar Roldan evidence had shown, in spite of Video with a wrong player in Cameroon, a Red card. The decision on a world Cup-the use of Video Referees, in the end, the International Football Association Board at its meeting in March 2018.
Also, the topic of Doping came up again. This Infantino has rejected the proposal of the DFB, Reinhard Grindel with an ironic comment. “He has every day a new idea, and it’s great.” Grindels on Wednesday in Sochi, made the suggestion that all Doping Tests at the world Cup in 2018 in the pure responsibility of the world Anti-Doping Agency to WADA, is from the point of view of the FIFA-heads, however, unnecessary. Already now all the Tests of WADA would be carried out in accredited laboratories.
Mutko: “Doping will not be tolerated,”
The British newspaper “Mail on Sunday” had been reported during the confederations Cup over possible Doping charges against all 23 players of the world Cup squad of 2014. A report of the ARD, there are still 155 under doping of the samples of Russian footballers was looking for. McLaren said in an Interview with the suspect, it could also be in football, a cover-up system. Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Vitaly Mutko reacted with a sharp monologue on questions in the light of recent Doping allegations – including WADA-special investigator Richard McLaren. “Doping will not be tolerated. There is no national program of the anti-doping organisation”, claimed the football Association’s Chairman, was involved in his former capacity as Minister of sport in the doping scandal involving Russian athletes and winter sports enthusiasts. And the journalist then asked: “If I was performing a Russian dance in front of you, to hear you, then, to ask these questions?”