The message was personally delivered by Gianni Infantino, the president of world football's governing body, FIFA.
“It’s vital that OFC turns the page. It’s vital for the survival of football in this part of the world,” Infantino told reporters, adding he had emphasised the point in his address to the congress. They were the latest in a series of scandals to hit Oceania, which is made up largely of small Pacific island nations and is the smallest and weakest of FIFA’s six continental confederations.
The confederation has a long history of governance problems, although new president, Lambert Matlock of Vanuatu, said they had been addressed in “immense reforms” since Chung’s resignation last year. In 2017, former Guam FA president Richard Lai, who served on FIFA’s auditing body, was barred from football for life after admitting to accepting almost US$1 million on kickbacks.
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