In the coming days, two events will occur in Ukrainian football that could significantly impact the fate of current Ukrainian Football Federation President Anatoliy Konkov: a four-team meeting in Nyon, Switzerland (FIFA, UEFA, FFU, RFU) on Crimean football and an FFU audit by KPMG. Somehow, these two events coincided in time, writes the online publication "Kraina." A coincidence? I'd like to believe so, but I have my doubts. Because everything at the FFU is very opaque.
On September 16, a meeting between the FFU leadership and representatives of the domestic media was held at the federation's office to discuss the aforementioned meeting in Switzerland. Its holding had been briefly mentioned several days earlier in an interview with Karpaty ultras leader Taras Pavliv. However, the federation's website contained no information about the date or time of the press conference. It turned out that the FFU press service had chosen its own list of invited journalists, inviting only those who objectively (?!) covered the FFU's work. That's it: no more, no less!
The meeting with the press was attended by the President of the FFU Konkov, Vice President Pavelko, as well as executive committee member Lano – the Ukrainian delegation at the meeting in Nyon. They were present, as it's hard to call it participation: there were no specifics in the answers to questions. The same old "Crimea is ours" and "we demand that Russia be punished." The key question remained unanswered: what exactly is being done now and what will the FFU do in the future to achieve this. It would be fine if Russia were punished and the World Cup taken away (which is hard to believe). So, what does the FFU propose next on the Crimean issue? Where is the roadmap with a detailed plan to break the impasse in Crimean football? Silence…
And the second event, again mentioned in passing by Konkov at a meeting with the media, is that the FFU audit began on September 15. This had been long talked about, but it only happened now. One would like to believe that the coincidence of these two events is pure coincidence. Or did someone surreptitiously use the Crimean issue to conduct the audit? We'll see. If the inspectors really do dig deep, then it's a coincidence. And, as those familiar with the FFU say, there's plenty of room for digging. If they dig superficially, then Konkov's plan worked. But then there will be questions for the auditors. Or will Konkov manage to slip through the cracks? Then we're doomed to see this leader for at least another couple of years, and it's scary to even imagine what else he'll do during that time.
From-UA
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