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- Updated: December 1, 2016
Abu Dhabi, 1stDecember 2016
– Dear President of the Asian Football Confederation – Ladies and gentlemen, members of the FIFA Council – Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Executive Committees of CAF and AFC – Mr. President of the Emirati Federation of Football – Distinguished guests, all protocol observed
Ladies and gentlemen
Words are not enough on such occasions to express satisfaction. The distinction that has just been given to me, the most important award given by the Asian Football Confederation, goes beyond simple friendship. Through me, I do not doubt that it is the entire African continent that is …