"Football has replaced the Iron Curtain by a financial curtain that divides Europe" (J. Champagne)

"In a little more than twenty years, football has replaced the political Iron Curtain which never blocked anyone from playing together, by a financial curtain dividing Europe in two. And worse a curtain installed by us!" wrote Jérôme Champagne, candidate to the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) presidency in a thematic...