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Africa feels badly let down
NAIROBI. July 7: Kenya's three main English dallies were on Friday unanimous in condemning J FIFA's decision to
award the 2006 World Cup to Germany saying the treatment was "a shame to Africa."
In its editorial titled World Cup choice a blow for Africa." the Aga Khan-owned best-selling Daily Nation said that with the 2002 World Cup being played in Asia for the first time, many people, including the soccer world governing body’s president Sepp Blatter, believed 2006 would be Africa’s year.
"But now. Europe has won the right to host the event for the 10th time. This is flagrant injustice." the paper said
"One has only to look at the number of African players in most European football clubs to realise that Africa has come of age in soccer. Lads of African origin played the key role in France's World Cup victory in 1998 and Euro 2000 last week." the paper pointed out.
"But the battle for Africa is not lost, though. We believe the continent will have its day. Maybe the best revenge will be for an African country to win the 2006 World Cup." it concluded.
The independent local-owned dally. The People, charged In its editorial that the FIFA treatment of Africa was a shame and summed up South Africa's loss of the 2006 World Cup as "a continent's loss "
"It can be summed up as a case of betrayal. Africans feel they have been let down by Europe who have taken the World Cup as their presene. They were against the 2002 championships going to Asia, and now they have taken it again. What selfishness they have portrayed!" it said, warning that going by history, nobody out there wants Africa to host the World Cup."
"Morocco have been denied twice in her bid for 1994. which went to the United States, and 1998 to France. Now again South Africa And. perhaps (sorry to say) the sad story will continue." it concluded.
The East African Standard, on the other hand, described Germany's choice as "heartbreak."
That was the most disheartening news Africa could ever have heard from the mouth of FIFA president Joseph (Sepp) Blatter at 2.00 p.m. on Thursday." the paper said.
"Deutschland. German for Germany, is the name he used, and for the third time an African country is the loser. You know our disappointment if you read us yesterday. " it said.
All those years of planning, all those dreams all those ex*.
However, it urged ’We may have failed in Zurich. Switzerland. but now is the time to wm the five places reserved for Africa in 2002. the luck of the draw in Tokyo at the end of 2001 and go on to shine. "
Meanwhile, reaction in the continent’s football powerhouse Nigeria was also of anger and disappointment.
In capital Lagos, top Nigerian sports officials Friday expressed outrage at the decision to hand Germany the World Cup describing it as an attack on the
entire African continent
The secretary general ol the Nigeria Football Association (NPA) Tljjanl Yusuf said lie was "devastated" by the surprise vote by the FIFA Executive Committee Thursday against South Africa and in favour of Germany.
T in completely devastated. This is a big blow to Africa There Is politics in sports and may be our administrators did not play the politics well," he said.
The vote against South Africa was a vote by the world's rich against the world's poor, and showed that while African players travel the world, the world Is not prepared to give a chance to football on the conti-
wonder whether we ire playing our own football with our teeth."
"The best thing Is for Africa to boycott the World Cup." local sports marketer Kunie Raji advocated.
Spokesman lor the Nigeria Olympic Commute Fabio Ola-nipekun sald:"It's unfair, It's injustice. How can the same continent host the world Cup ten limes when one out of live continents that form the globe hasn't hosted It once? Since Asia Is hosting for the first time In 2002. the right thing would have been for Africa to get the nod for 2006."
The Nigerian media also expressed outrage. Dally sports paper Today Sports headlined
nent. said Yusuf.
"I know (hat financially we are not as buoyant as Europe but. all the same, we have contributed a lot to world football and that was why I was hoping we will be given a chance to host the world?
"I'm really disappionted . said Nigeria's former FIFA executive committee member Oyo Orok Oyo. "It is indeed very unfortunate."
Former Nigerian international Amusa Shtttu roundly condemned the decision and blamed the rich European footballing powers for the vote.
"This is a conspiracy against Africa by Europe. Since 1930. only Europe and the Americas have hosted the competition. Even Asia will host the world in two years time. I ni beginning to
its front page story 'Africa Bashed'.
Africans at home and in diaspora were stunned as the 24-member FIFA executive] cpm-mittee awarded the 1 hbstrng. right for the 2006 World Cup to Germany." the paper said.1
The newspaper the Guardian headlined its front page story Anguish, as South Africa loses World Cup bid' while Daily Champion s cover page report was titled FIFA shocks South Africa'.
Nigeria hosted the FIFA World Youth Championships last year April and supported the senior games coming to South Africa in 2006 which would have marked the first occasion an African country had hosted the event.