Soccer-Arabs lament missed opportunity in FIFA presidency race ByReuters Published: 18:41 EST, 26 February 2016 | Updated: 18:41 EST, 26 February 2016 e-mail By Osama KhairyCAIRO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The Arab region squandered the chance to help elect their first FUT Coins president because their two candidates failed to cooperate, leaving the door open for Swiss Gianni Infantino to triumph on Friday.
Arab soccer chiefs and pundits said.UEFA's Infantino got 88 votes in the first round, three more than Asian Football Confederation (AFC) chief Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, while Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan managed 27 and Frenchman J
erome Champagne won seven.Sheikh Salman would have had a better chance if his efforts were united with Prince Ali as Infantino won in the second round with 115 of the 207 votes, which was more than the required majority of 104, while Sheikh Salman got 88 and Prince Ali four."Some countries gave promises but didn't fulfil them. We are all Arabs but unfortunately some support the other party (candidate) and we hope this changes in the future," Bahrain FA president Ali Al Khalifa said in a television interview.
"We as Arabs should unite our efforts and be clear with each other.""It Cheap FIFA Coins appears from the first round that some countries have joined the other party (candidate). We have now to look forward and help FIFA's new president get (the world governing body) out of the current crisis", he added.