国际足联计划对纪律守则进行修订，以防止类似世界杯期间出现的丑闻再度发生。当时，美国队前锋弗拉林·巴洛贡在比赛中吃到红牌，随后其禁赛处罚却遭到争议性地暂缓执行。
FIFA will seek to make amendments to its disciplinary code to prevent a repeat of the scandal that engulfed the World Cup when United States forward Folarin Balogun’s ban was controversially suspended in the middle of the tournament after receiving a red card.
本周四，国际足联理事会——这个由主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺、八名副主席及28名其他成员组成的决策机构——将在世界杯结束后首次召开会议。会上将审议一项旨在避免类似情况重演的规则修正案。
On Thursday, the FIFA Council — the decision-making arm of world football’s governing body, which includes its president Gianni Infantino, eight vice-presidents and 28 other members — will meet for the first time since the World Cup. It will be presented with an amendment to the regulations aimed at preventing similar scenarios from playing out once again.
据《The Athletic》查阅的一份相关提案文件显示，该修正案旨在取消原本自动生效的单场禁赛处罚。提案指出，此举“有助于确保球员参赛资格的稳定性与可预测性，从而维护赛事的公正性”。尽管这一提议很可能获得支持，但多位不愿具名的国际足联理事会成员透露，修正案的具体措辞直到周二晚间才传达给各位成员，距离周四在苏黎世召开的会议尚不足48小时。
A document setting out this proposal, seen and reviewed by The Athletic, seeks to prevent suspensions of automatic one-match bans in the future. The proposal says it is necessary “to ensure stability and predictability regarding player eligibility and, therefore, protect the integrity of competitions.”While the proposal is likely to be welcomed, sources close to FIFA Council members, who declined to be named as they were not authorised to speak publicly, said the wording of the amendment was only shared with members on Tuesday night, fewer than 48 hours before Thursday’s meeting in Zurich.
他们认为，这是因凡蒂诺试图仓促推行一项政策，以洗刷巴洛贡获准继续参赛所带来的负面影响。这些成员还指出，对于大多数人而言相关规则本就清晰明确，只是由于允许巴洛贡参赛这一极其反常且不当的决定才需要稍作调整。因凡蒂诺始终坚称自己并未参与该决定的制定。
They argued it represented an attempt by Infantino to force through a policy delivered at short notice to help “clean up” the stain of Balogun’s reprieve. They also argue the rules were not unclear to most people and only require finessing because of the highly unusual and inappropriate decision to allow Balogun to play. Infantino has always insisted he did not have a role in the decision.
效力于摩纳哥俱乐部的美国前锋巴洛贡堪称本届世界杯最受瞩目的焦点人物之一。根据国际足联世界杯规则，球员若被红牌罚下通常会自动遭到一场禁赛。然而在1/16决赛对阵比利时的比赛前，经国际足联介入后，巴洛贡得以继续出场。
U.S. striker Balogun, who plays club football for Monaco, was at the centre of one of the World Cup’s biggest storylines Balogun’s red card in the round-of-32 game against Bosnia and Herzegovina did not ultimately rule him out of the round-of-16 match against Belgium after an intervention by FIFA, despite seemingly triggering an automatic one-match ban, according to FIFA’s rules for the World Cup.
这位25岁球员原本面临的禁赛令，因美国总统唐纳德·特朗普致电国际足联主席因凡蒂诺要求重新审议该决定而被暂缓执行。国际足联始终坚称该裁决系由其独立纪律委员会作出。最终，拥有巴洛贡出战的美国队以1比4负于比利时队，遗憾止步十六强。
The 25-year-old’s ban was suspended after the U.S. President Donald Trump called Infantino to request a review of the decision. FIFA has always said the decision was made by its independent disciplinary panel. The U.S., with Balogun playing, lost 4-1 to Belgium and was knocked out.
通常情况下国际足联不允许在世界杯期间提出上诉，但美国足协仍提交了申诉材料，指出视频助理裁判向场上裁判提供的判罚依据过度依赖画面定格与慢动作回放。欧洲足球管理机构欧足联与因凡蒂诺长期存在分歧，该机构称这一决定“令人费解”且“逾越了底线”。接连爆发的丑闻已令因凡蒂诺的执政前景蒙上阴影——包括他试图将国际足联商业业务出售给美国私人投资者的计划最终失败。
FIFA does not ordinarily allow appeals during the World Cup but U.S. Soccer also made submissions which included a view that the VAR presentation to the on-field referee relied excessively on freeze-frames and slow-motion images. UEFA, European football’s governing body whose leadership has long been at odds with Infantino, described the decision as “incomprehensible” and “crossed a red line.”Infantino’s future has since been in jeopardy due to an accumulation of scandals, including his failed attempt to sell off FIFA’s commercial business to private U.S. investors.
这一系列事件，加上授予特朗普“国际足联和平奖”的争议以及巴洛贡事件的影响，促使欧足联与中北美及加勒比海地区足协联合呼吁更换国际足联领导层。不过截至目前，尚未有其他候选人敢于在即将举行的总统选举中挑战因凡蒂诺的权威。
That episode, combined with concerns about the FIFA Peace Prize awarded to President Trump and the Balogun fallout, led UEFA and Concacaf — the governing bodies for European and North and Central American football — to call for changes in FIFA’s leadership. However, as of yet, no rival candidate has stepped forward to challenge Infantino’s leadership during the upcoming FIFA presidential elections.
为谋求第四个任期，因凡蒂诺正着手推行多项改革措施以争取支持。英国足球协会主席兼国际足联副主席黛比·休伊特上月致信因凡蒂诺，要求公开所有与巴洛贡事件相关的文件资料。
As Infantino looks to cement a fourth term in power, he is putting forward amendments aimed at appeasing his electorate. The English Football Association chair and FIFA vice-president Debbie Hewitt last month wrote to Infantino last month to request the release of any documents related to the Balogun case.
此次对国际足联纪律守则的修订旨在对第27条增设更多限制条款。该条款此前曾被援引，从而允许弗拉林·巴洛贡出场参赛。
The amendment to the FIFA disciplinary code is “proposed to establish additional limits” to Article 27, which was invoked to allow Balogun to play the game.
这项修正案将在苏黎世举行的国际足联理事会会议上提出，目的是今后杜绝自动执行单场禁赛处罚的情况。
The amendment will be proposed at the FIFA Council meeting in Zurich to forbid suspensions of automatic one-match bans in the future.
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与几个月前相比，因凡蒂诺此次出席会议时显得更为稳操胜券。中北美及加勒比海足球协会主席兼国际足联副主席维克托·蒙塔格里亚尼决定不在选举中挑战因凡蒂诺的领导地位，而是谋求连任第四届；巴黎圣日耳曼主席纳赛尔·阿尔-赫莱菲也拒绝了相关挑战提议。
Infantino heads into the meeting appearing more secure than he did a couple of months ago. The Concacaf president and FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani has decided against challenging Infantino’s leadership in an election, instead seeking his own fourth term, while Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the Paris Saint-Germain president, has also resisted overtures.
上周，因凡蒂诺获得了非洲足球联合会（CAF）的全力支持，在南美洲也得到了全体成员的一致拥护。大洋洲和亚洲地区也有大量支持者支持他。亚洲足球联合会（AFC）主席谢赫·萨勒曼·本·艾哈迈德·阿勒哈利法曾在夏季对因凡蒂诺的去留表示担忧，但近期又致信因凡蒂诺，提议成立工作组以推动相关改革。
Last week, Infantino received the full backing of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and he has unanimous support in South America. Oceania and Asia have large swathes of support for Infantino. The president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, had called Infantino’s future into question during the summer but recently wrote to Infantino suggesting a working group to propose reforms.