“UEFA is not a cold and insensitive benefit machine”

The president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferinsaid Wednesday at the opening of 49 Congress The Belgrade organization celebrates that “Europe’s football should continue to be a model of unity in the world’s more divided” and that “it will remain united.” “UNITED we will stay. In the UEFA we do not divide to overcome. On the contrary, we join and inspire, negotiate and respect. We do not threaten or stand up. We build and encourage,” said the Slovenian leader before representatives of the 55 national associations did it.

Ceferin said “football is more than a sport”, because it is both “a glass and a model of society”, which “speaks of a universal language that crosses the boundaries, combines -integrated communities and inspires dreams.” “European football is a movement that feeds on unity, differences and common goals. This unit extends to all aspects of the sport, covering national clubs and selections, men and women of all ages, elite and basis equally,” he said.

In his speech, Ceferin emphasized that competitions such as the 2024 Eurocup conquered by Spain showed that “where politics builds walls, football creates bridges” and advanced that the next eurocup of the Switzerland tag “will show that women’s football will not stop.”

Claimed new competition formats

He also claimed new formats of male club competitions, with more than 40 national associations represented, to offer “one of the most exciting times in history”, such as “an unprecedented example of difference -different action, including meritocracy, participation and unity, which are Europe’s foundations of Europe’s football.”

“I often hear that the UEFA is too focused on making money. But we are not a cold and insensitive benefit machine; we are an amazing -I am a surprise to the collection and distribution of funds, with conscience. Because we return and distribute these funds, in fact, 97%, fair and good faith. We put in football, in European Football.

Ceferin emphasized that the UEFA works “for football and fans, not to get the benefits of short -term” and reiterate their support “in football at all levels because financial maintenance is important for the game.”

“Our vision requires the work of all of us, cooperating to create a special composition. Of many countries, many clubs, many communities, a football. Most of all, we believe in the unity of many ‘one’. Because we are a united team. A single force, a strong union. The Europe’s football union,” he concluded.