Gianni Infantino faces fight as FIFA president as shortlist of potential candida
tes to replace him emerges
Gianni Infantino面临连任挑战，接替人选名单逐渐浮现
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Calls are growing from UEFA federations to back a candidate to run against Giann
i Infantino at the next FIFA presidential election, talkSPORT understands.
据talkSPORT获悉，愈来愈多UEFA协会成员主张支持一名候选人，在下一届 FIFA主席选举中
挑战现任主席 Gianni Infantino
Infantino confirmed he was seeking a third term at April's FIFA Congress and has
been hoping his re-election will be unopposed.
Infantino已于今年4月的 FIFA 大会确认将寻求第三个任期，并希望能够在没有竞争对手的
情况下顺利连任
Yet talkSPORT has learned there is some support for other candidates within UEFA
.
不过talkSPORT得知，UEFA 内部已有部分人士开始支持其他候选人
It comes in light of talkSPORT exclusively revealing Infantino received a call f
rom US President Donald Trump asking him to review US striker Folarin Balogun's
red card, which was subsequently suspended, with UEFA reacting with a strong sta
tement accusing FIFA of 'crossing a red line'.
此事的背景是，talkSPORT日前独家披露，美国总统Donald Trump曾致电 Infantino，要求
重新审视美国前锋Folarin Balogun的红牌判决，而该红牌之后也确实遭到暂时撤销，UEFA
随即发表措辞强烈的声明，指控 FIFA 已经“跨越了红线”。
Who could run against Infantino to become the next FIFA president?
谁可能挑战 Infantino、角逐下一任 FIFA 主席？
UEFA President Alexander Ceferin would be the most qualified name, but the Slove
nian lawyer is understood to be willing to continue in his current role as UEFA
President next Spring.
UEFA主席 Aleksander Ceferin 被认为是最具资格的人选，但据了解这位斯洛文尼亚籍律师
倾向于明年春天继续留任UEFA主席
He had initially ruled out standing for a third full term until 2031, but is now
willing to seek re-election if no other candidates step forward.
他原本曾表示不会竞选第三个完整任期（至 2031 年），但如今若没有其他合适人选出马，
他愿意寻求连任
Ceferin is not looking to go head-to-head with Infantino despite clashing on iss
ues on a number of occasions.
尽管Ceferin过去曾多次与Infantino在各项议题上发生冲突，但他并不打算亲自与Infantin
o正面竞争
As a result, multiple UEFA federations, including Belgium and Poland, would back
a move for PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi to stand at the next election.
因此包括比利时、波兰在内的多个UEFA协会成员，都倾向支持巴黎圣日耳曼主席Nasser Al-
Khelaifi出马参选下一届 FIFA主席
talkSPORT understands the ECA Chairman has no such ambition to stand for office
so would take significant persuading.
不过据talkSPORT了解，这位欧洲俱乐部协会（ECA）主席目前并没有参选意愿，因此若要说
服他投入选战，仍需要付出相当大的努力
talkSPORT also understands senior officials within Bosnian, Norwegian, Swedish,
German and Spanish football have all discussed backing other European candidates
, including Legia owner Dariusz Mioduski.
此外talkSPORT还获悉，波士尼亚、挪威、瑞典、德国及西班牙足坛高层，也曾讨论支持其
他欧洲候选人，包括波兰球会华沙莱吉亚老板Dariusz Mioduski
Should Al-Khelaifi choose not to stand, which is the current expectation, Poland
would favour Mioduski as well.
若Al-Khelaifi 最终决定不参选（目前普遍预期如此），波兰方面也将转而支持 Mioduski
Outside of UEFA, Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has been touted as a poss
ible successor to Infantino.
在UEFA之外，中北美及加勒比海足协（Concacaf）主席Victor Montagliani也被视为可能接
替Infantino的人选之一
Sources close to Montagliani argue his focus is on being re-elected as CONCACAF
president but it is relatively common knowledge the Canadian has aspirations to
be FIFA president one day.
接近Montagliani的消息人士表示，他目前的重心仍是寻求连任Concacaf主席，不过这位加
拿大人有朝一日希望成为 FIFA 主席，早已是足坛公开的秘密
Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe is another name inte
nt on being FIFA president one day.
非洲足协（CAF）主席Patrice Motsepe也是未来有意角逐 FIFA 主席的人选之一
The South African administrator is highly unlikely to go head-to-head with close
ally Infantino, instead preferring to wait until 2031 in the hope of getting an
endorsement during an election Infantino can't stand again in.
这位南非籍足球行政主管与Infantino关系密切，因此几乎不可能直接挑战他，而是更倾向
等到 2031 年、Infantino 因任期限制无法再竞选时，再争取对方的支持
The challenge for UEFA federations wanting to challenge Infantino is the FIFA pr
esident's proposed plans to expand the World Cup to 64 teams, as well as expand
the Club World Cup and make it every two years, are widely supported by CAF, CON
CACAF and Asian Football Confederation members.
对希望挑战 Infantino的UEFA 成员而言，最大的难题在于Infantino所提出的世界杯扩编至
64 队，以及世界俱乐部杯扩大规模并改为每两年举办一次等构想，都获得了非洲足协（CA
F）、中北美足协（Concacaf）及亚洲足协（AFC）多数会员的大力支持
And there appears to be no appetite to table a vote of no confidence against Inf
antino either despite it being toyed with at the last FIFA Congress.
此外尽管在上一次 FIFA 大会上曾有人提出过对 Infantino 发动不信任投票的想法，但目
前各会员协会似乎并没有推动此事的意愿
Most federations will simply view the election itself as a vote of confidence, w
hich is why a growing number of UEFA members are hoping to back another candidat
e to avoid Infantino winning a new term without a genuine debate.
大多数会员协会认为，选举本身就是一场信任投票，因此愈来愈多 UEFA 成员希望推出另一
位候选人，避免Infantino在没有真正竞争与辩论的情况下顺利连任