Universalism and rule of law go hand in hand

In 2010, the last three winners of the world to not lose in the semi-finals. This is a surprise for the Brazil, this is not for the France and probably not the Italy. In football, the decline can be very fast, even if the rise to the heights is slow. At the European level, countries such as the Greece in 2004 or even the Denmark in 1992 were able to create the surprise. It is not the case at the global level. There are fewer "happy historical accidents" in football than in political history with a big H. Success requires the encounter between the exceptional talent of a man and the collective strength of a group. It requires a culture of trust major football as the Germany countries have more than others. The success there feeds the success. More you star on your Jersey, symbolizing your WINS in the final of the world, most large are in reality your chances to win. The Brazil doing this year exception to the rule. The football is life but a life that, contrary to appearances, favors the long cycles of success. The Tarpeian rock may be close to the Capitol, but you can easily access it. It requires consistent and more importantly, it must be stressed, confidence, and this game there are always representatives of two continents; Europe and Latin America. At the level of the continents, in fact, Africa, through Ghana, was the only one to burst in the bipolar dialogue. Even if, in the light of the last games, a country and only one seems really belong to another planet, the Germany. His team now embodies the values that are so sorely needed in Europe; the youth, the enthusiasm, the meaning of the collectif effort

This world is probably also the last major football competition to no longer have the technology decision support. Universalism and rule of law go hand in hand. In football, the rule of law means the use of video arbitration. To avoid the reign of arbitrariness, the Supreme decision cannot be left to the referee. King of the world sport could not remain alone in refusing to arrogant and anachronistic technological assistance to the arbitration decision. It is not possible to rely on mechanisms of "compensation" in the long term, the goal to England in 2010 in his match against the Germany compensating the purpose which had been unfairly granted in its final against this same Germany in 1966. The ultimate use of the shootout is already in itself enough frustrating and unfair.

Random or injustice as principles are incompatible with the universalist vocation of football. Among the "big countries of the world", it is one that resists, and for how long, to the sirens of football, the India. The United States are ready to join. Passion for football is increasing steadily, with the rise in power, world after world, the American team. A passion that reflects not only the evolution of the ethnic composition of the United States. Hispanics are no longer the only ones to be passionate about "soccer", the WASP, men and women alike, are there also put with enthusiasm. And if China is investing in the sport as it did heavily in others, it will very likely in a few years at the level of its major Asian rivals are the Japan and the Korea of the South. The Elimination of the Japan to the shootout by the Paraguay's experience as a new form of international injustice by a people who bore on his shoulders "the fate of Asia". It was the same for Ghana, the last representative of the African continent, eliminated by the Uruguay. Thus the two continents most populous in the world were "out" on a whim of dice by two small countries of Latin America; an injustice which is at the heart of passion for this sport, but which must nevertheless be framed by video arbitration.