In a world where diplomacy is crumbling under the weight of tensions, football is sometimes established as a universal language capable of transcending cleavages.
The recent re -election of Fouzi Lekjaa to the FIFA Council, during the extraordinary general assembly of CAF in Cairo, is brilliant proof. With 49 votes out of 54, the boss of Moroccan football flew over the ballot, notably surpassing the Egyptian Hani Abu Rida and the Nigerian Djibrilla Hima Hamidou.
But beyond the figures, a revelation makes the behind-the-scenes of African football rustle: according to the Moroccan businessman Abdelmalek Abroun, Algeria, Tunisia and South Africa would have voted in favor of Lekjaa. A gesture which, if confirmed, shakes up the balance of power and questions. Would Algeria, however in diplomatic cold with its neighbor in the West, would have let the sporting interest speak before political quarrels?
Radio silence on the side of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF). No confirmation, no infirmation. The secret of the vote protects its mysteries, but the idea remains: on the lawn, the rivalry can give way to recognition. It remains to be seen if this handful of votes will be enough to draw a new common ground, or if hostility will resume the upper hand from the next whistle.
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