2010 Soccer World Cup was made for Morocco, Daily Telegraph
London, Feb. 19 - British daily “Daily Telegraph” criticized the decision of FIFA to award the 2010 World Cup to South Africa, a country that faces serious infrastructure and security problems.
Highlighting the problems that hinder South African preparations to host the international football’s quadrennial jamboree, the paper stresses under the headline “2010 World Cup was made for Morocco” that “while FIFA were right to give Africa a World Cup, the folly of overlooking Morocco is becoming increasingly apparent.”
Morocco’s candidature had the lot, notes the daily, citing the kingdom’s assets, notably its proximity to everywhere - notably Europe, which supplies the majority of traveling fans at World Cups — than South Africa, and both safe and sound.
However, Morocco lost the vote, deplores the Daily Telegraph, underlining that the fears that the rainbow nation will be unable to deliver its crock of gold are unlikely to be assuaged by last week’s assurances from his successor, President Thabo Mbeki, that its electricity crisis will not affect the most important soccer event.
The paper notes that there are daily power cuts, some of several hours’ duration, in host cities, while reports indicate that there is no chance of new generating facilities being built before 2016.
The Daily Telegraph wonders how the safety and comfort of millions of football tourists can be anything like guaranteed, in a country where there is already concern over an obstinately high level of street crime, is hard to discern.
The most likely beneficiaries of an African withdrawal would be Germany, where the carnival of two summers ago could simply be reconstructed, concludes the Daily Telegraph.
(Source: MAP)
Related Posts
Subscribe
|
Print
|
Share
|
Comments


[…] Mahmoud wrote an interesting post today on logo_mondial_2010.jpg London, Feb. 19 - British daily âDaily …Here’s a quick excerpt19 - British daily “Daily Telegraph” criticized the decision of FIFA to award the 2010 World Cup to South Africa, a country that faces serious infrastructure and security problems. Highlighting the problems that hinder South African … […]




[…] TheScoreBoards - Powered by vBulletin wrote an interesting post today on 2010 Soccer World Cup was made for Morocco, Daily TelegraphHere’s a quick excerpt2010 Soccer World Cup was made for Morocco, Daily Telegraph By: Mahmoud | February 19th, 2008 | No Comments » […]


Comments are closed
Send Your Tips!
Email tips[at]worldcupblog[dot]org
More Africa Blogs
Angola World Cup Team Blog
238 Articles | 595 Comments
Ghana World Cup Team Blog
172 Articles | 463 Comments
Togo World Cup Team Blog
149 Articles | 151 Comments
Tunisia World Cup Team Blog
272 Articles | 1,087 Comments
Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog
177 Articles | 245 Comments
South Africa World Cup Team Blog
17 Articles | 29 Comments
Nigeria World Cup Team Blog
20 Articles | 52 Comments
Cameroon World Cup Team Blog
3 Articles | 24 Comments
Morocco World Cup Team Blog
39 Articles | 90 Comments
Egypt World Cup Team Blog
42 Articles | 203 Comments
Democratic Republic of Congo World Cup Team Blog
4 Articles | 6 Comments
Senegal World Cup Team Blog
10 Articles | 39 Comments
Mali World Cup Blog
15 Articles | 13 Comments
Monthly Archives
World 








