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𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗣 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦𝗔: 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗣-𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦.
𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼 lifted the World Cup as Italy's captain in 2006 and won the Ballon d'Or the same year. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘇𝗯𝗲𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻, leading the country to its first-ever World Cup.
On arrival in the United States, he and his entire squad were lined up by their team coach, made to pile their bags on the ground, and searched, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱.
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀. After Uzbekistan's friendly against the Netherlands, he said: "𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀." A World Cup winner, telling reporters the rules somehow applied to his team and no one else.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻.
Just days ago we wrote about Senegal's squad searched on the tarmac in San Antonio, and FIFA's own referee, Somalia's Omar Artan, refused entry to the country and set to miss the tournament he was chosen to officiate.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
Teams and officials from one part of the world keep arriving to a welcome that looks less like hospitality than processing.
𝗦𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗔 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗡𝗼. Not about Cannavaro, not about Senegal, not about its own referee turned away at the border. Its only stated position on the entry chaos is that immigration is the host government's business, 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
FIFA's president found time to phone Mexico's president to "reiterate his trust" in Mexico as a host. For the teams searched like criminals and the official sent home, there has been silence.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, greeting the world as if it has to prove it isn't smuggling something. A World Cup-winning captain had his team treated like suspects, and the answer was that it was simply "the rules." 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲.
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮. NOT!
𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼 lifted the World Cup as Italy's captain in 2006 and won the Ballon d'Or the same year. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘇𝗯𝗲𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻, leading the country to its first-ever World Cup.
On arrival in the United States, he and his entire squad were lined up by their team coach, made to pile their bags on the ground, and searched, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱.
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀. After Uzbekistan's friendly against the Netherlands, he said: "𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀." A World Cup winner, telling reporters the rules somehow applied to his team and no one else.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻.
Just days ago we wrote about Senegal's squad searched on the tarmac in San Antonio, and FIFA's own referee, Somalia's Omar Artan, refused entry to the country and set to miss the tournament he was chosen to officiate.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
Teams and officials from one part of the world keep arriving to a welcome that looks less like hospitality than processing.
𝗦𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗔 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗡𝗼. Not about Cannavaro, not about Senegal, not about its own referee turned away at the border. Its only stated position on the entry chaos is that immigration is the host government's business, 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
FIFA's president found time to phone Mexico's president to "reiterate his trust" in Mexico as a host. For the teams searched like criminals and the official sent home, there has been silence.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, greeting the world as if it has to prove it isn't smuggling something. A World Cup-winning captain had his team treated like suspects, and the answer was that it was simply "the rules." 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲.
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮. NOT!
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