Zbigniew Boniek left the meeting room at the Sofitel Victoria Warsaw’s stance on the so-called phone. Reporters who roam the locker rooms after games, often bounce off the players teams losers, who – instead explain the stumbling – talk, or just pretend to talk over the phone. Zibi not even pretend, but his eyes were stuck in the screen smartphone, and focused solely – or just created such an impression – on the transmission of Twitter. This is obviously an unusual situation, or at least this, which was not used Boniek, who admittedly was a great player, but even when completed nearly three decades ago, a career is not sneaking furtively. Therefore, he had painfully, even very painfully felt Tuesday’s defeat of the delegates affiliated under the aegis of Ekstraklasa SA, who overthrew novella statute.
Photo: L. Skwiot
It is surprising stubbornness accompanying Bońkowi in a bid to change the union constitution, which had already manifested itself in the spring of 2013, which is only a few months after winning the election. Later he approached the issue twice more, but the way he declared – in an interview with the undersigned – that during this term the matter of amendments to the Statute will not return. Now, that is a little more than half a year before the autumn verification prior to any re-election, he returned to the topic under the pretext of adapting key document for the Football Association to the amended Act on the sport. I was convinced that this time no power – opposition and each other – will not stop the delegates before the introduction prepared by the union lawyers amendments. It turned out that this was the overconfidence, sometimes even passing in the Chamber arrogance, he lost zibi. Instead of search konsyliacyjnego solutions, he thundered from the podium, handing times surrounded by Maciej Wandzel , or the man who gave the face faction opponents. Got the Ekstraklasa SA for the lack of a title sponsor and the Legion for amateurish even dated as of the ill-fated match against Celtic Glasgow and desire forgiveness Polish Cup matches in the next edition. And even provoked representatives of the professional clubs claiming before the announcement of the break, he prefers to lose than postpone the vote.
You could say that he got what he wanted, but it will not be consisted of truth. Because Boniek kind of guy that if you’ve taken the game, it’s only there to win. Therefore, in the dark, you can assume that yesterday was convinced that will record another in his rich biography victory in Victoria. He miscalculated, however, and it’s hard, because in addition to the 32 delegates of the clubs playing in the league still about eight other negated statutory amendments indiscriminately. Summing up the results, the president of the Polish Football Association estimated that a policy that has little to do with football, and he is not suited to politics. Whether it was the moment of truth, or rather helplessness? While it is difficult not to agree that the attitude Boniek at the congress was far from diplomatic, and even contrary to the fundamental principles of this art, on the other hand Zibi would create all strategies, not only in the headquarters compound but also in the structures of provincial and even in the company Ekstraklasa, which sits on the Supervisory Board, though not necessarily (and not missing even a vote, that it should not).
and in my opinion, just about strategies, or two completely different concepts, yesterday crashed statute. On the one hand for the introduction of representative football career due to the presidium, without having to go through the verification of the election, which could open the way for Wandzel the chair PZPN vice-president, and what – how to assume, especially after yesterday’s events – does not support Boniek. On the other hand, and much more important from the point of view of the future of Polish football, a point of contention was a vision of youth training. Premier wants to impose its own model of professional clubs, with the help of the agency Duoble Pass and using the co-financing of the ministry of sport – but PZPN, and probably also with the participation of (some of) the union sponsors – while Zibi insists on the National Model Training. It is true also still somewhat mythical, but close announcement.
These differences, and the fact that the meeting hall in Victoria was a bit too small to accommodate the ego heads of the Polish Football Association and the Supervisory Board of Ekstraklasa SA is a perfect excuse for considering the opportunities in the October elections for the President of the union. It is true that it is already known that Wandzel not start, but behind the scenes loudly said that it would support the candidacy of Cezary Kulesza , which effectively control the activities of the Supervisory Board ESA for several years. Will they be able to threaten the duo Bońkowi, who even flirted with the audience yesterday by saying that not even made a decision whether or not to run for re-election? That is the key question pozjazdowe because Boniek – although clearly lost yesterday – also won something. Namely, the support of the so-called Polish football Baroness, which is sufficient for victory in the elections for President, which has a simple majority and not a qualified (in case of changes in the statute is 2/3 of the votes). He got a lesson in humility and an indication of the shortcomings in its diplomatic education. And that is a skillful player and can still learn – probably draw lessons from the painful lesson. Especially it would not be concerned about the statute, which tried to push through with persistence worthy of a better cause, which got mired in a blind alley.
Adam Godlewski
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