How to become who you are? When will the thirst for power, reputation, wealth come? How to become a shrewd tactician, walk on dead bodies, become conceited and conceited, and focus only on yourself?
Perhaps a look into childhood helps such people. Sepp Blatter, for example, always likes to tell people that he was born two months early in March 1936. His life is hanging by a thread. There were no incubators then. His mother always wrapped the premature baby in blankets and put him in the chimney to keep him warm. Every day the question arises: can he do it? He can’t do it? Little Zapp survives and becomes one of the most powerful sports officials in the world. “Perhaps I learned to fight as a baby,” he emphasizes over and over again.
Gianni Infantino is an evolution of Blatter, even if they are close enemies today. Infantino is also from Valais. His sense of mission is even more pronounced than that of his predecessor. And the life of today’s FIFA boss once hung in the balance.
Infantino was born in March 1970. The antibodies cause severe jaundice. Little Gianni needs a complete blood exchange within a few days. The Red Cross finds a donor in London and a donor in Belgrade. Time is running out, hours are on the line. The blood rushed and Gianni’s life was saved. The history and fate of the baby Vale are the main topics on March 27 on the front page of Blick.
Does this fate make you humble? Against. Now this man, who practically throws himself into the arms of corrupt sheikhs, thinks he is on Olympus.
Hawks will soar on Sunday, camels will neigh with joy. And huge fireworks will light up the Arabian Peninsula as Infantino launches into a eulogy and tells stories of the best World Cup of all time. “Today I feel Katari,” he will probably trumpet again with his dramatic pathos. In addition, Ambassador David Beckham will wipe a fake crocodile tear from the corner of his eye. His private jet is ready to take off. With full suitcases. No clothes.
But first the final will be played. Two of the most frequently mentioned favorites are big game contenders. At least from the point of view of sports, this is a conciliatory conclusion.
The Qataris have announced the World Cup and will mark it as a successful PR campaign. But she is already looking ahead. After FIFA, the European Parliament in Brussels is now on the sheikhs’ shopping list. Now they make the ambassadors of their country obedient there. Vice President Eva Kylie is in custody and wads of banknotes have been found under her daughter’s bed.
Under the bed. Stop playing money.