But Fifa president-elect Sepp Blatter's statements reinforcing this led to two days of tough justice and a rash of red cards - including one to French playmaker Zinedine Zidane, whose two-game ban after France's match against Saudi Arabia, put his World Cup future in doubt.
Abdelmahdy headed the only goal of the match from a free kick to send the 90, 000 crowd - which included Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Caf boss Issa Hayatou - wild.
The congress has already endorsed president Sepp Blatter's 'six-plus-five' principle, which would limit the foreign players in a team to five.
Back on May 11, FIFA president Sepp Blatter proclaimed that the vote-selling scandal that has devastated world football and its governing body had to be resolved in time for the June 1 presidential election.
FORBES: For Embattled FIFA, Lessons from the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Crisis
Now FIFA is taking steps to address any possible use of banned substances within football, announcing its plan to bring in biological profiles following discussions between president Sepp Blatter and his World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) counterpart John Fahey on Thursday.
The rotation system meant that after Colombia dropped out of the 2014 race, Brazil was left as the sole candidate -- a situation FIFA president Sepp Blatter wanted to avoid in the future.
Meanwhile Pedro Pinto received a nomination for Specialist Journalist of the Year, following a series of exclusive interviews with the likes of Jose Mourinho, Rafael Nadal and Cristiano Ronaldo, as well as his work exploring racism in football -- including an extraordinary one-on-one with FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
The move was announced by Fifa president Sepp Blatter at the end of his four-day visit to the host country.
The affair also led to the resignation of FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and left Sepp Blatter to be elected unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president.
One of the high points of the schedule will be a two-day visit by the Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
The scandal, and Triesman's immediate resignation, came two days after David Beckham had presented Fifa president Sepp Blatter with England's 1, 752-page bid document.
After a Frank Lampard shot crossed the line but was not given as England lost to Germany in the Round of 16, FIFA chief Sepp Blatter backtracked on his previous belief that there was no room for goal-line technology in football.
Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, the game's governing body, has consistently opposed the use of in-game video replays, but goal-line technology, to determine if the ball has crossed the goal line, has received more support.
应用推荐