斯蒂芬·韦德 东京 —— 亚洲足球联合会（AFC）主席周五表示，该机构将支持詹尼·因凡蒂诺连任国际足联（FIFA）主席。
STEPHEN WADE TOKYO — The head of the Asian Football Confederation said Friday the body is endorsing Gianni Infantino for another term as FIFA president.
亚足联拥有47个成员协会。即使并非所有成员都遵循亚足联主席谢赫·萨勒曼·本·易卜拉欣·阿勒哈利法的意向，这些选票也可能成为保证因凡蒂诺再次当选的关键。因凡蒂诺领导着世界足球管理机构，正在寻求第四个任期。
The AFC has 47 member confederations. Even if all the members do not follow the direction of Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the AFC president, those votes could be a key to guaranteeing another mandate for Infantino, who leads the governing body of world soccer and is seeking a fourth term.
国际足联选举将于3月举行，候选人针对因凡蒂诺提名的截止日期为11月18日。目前尚无人提名。
The FIFA election is in March and the deadline for candidates to file against Infantino is Nov. 18. So far none has filed.
周五，谢赫·萨勒曼在东京举行的亚足联特别代表大会上发言时，当着成员们的面与因凡蒂诺紧紧拥抱，以示支持。
Sheikh Salman, speaking at the body’s extraordinary congress meeting in Tokyo on Friday, embraced Infantino with a large hug in front of the membership as he delivered his endorsement.
“我们确认将全力支持您及您的领导，助您竞连国际足联主席一职。”谢赫·萨勒曼说。“您访问过许多亚洲国家。我与本大陆许多成员交谈过。我知道您的感受，我认为您的承诺也很明确。”谢赫·萨勒曼对因凡蒂诺表示，并非每个亚足联成员都会跟随这一背书，但大多数会。
“We affirm our full commitment to supporting you and your leadership as you seek a new mandate as the FIFA president.”Sheikh Salman said. “You’ve visited a lot of countries in Asia. I’ve spoken to a lot of members within this continent. I know your feeling and I think your commitment is clear as well.”Addressing his remarks to Infantino, Sheikh Salman indicated not every AFC member would go along with the endorsement, but most will.
“我觉得，我敢肯定，这也是我大多数成员的感受，”谢赫·萨勒曼说。“我已向您表达了这一点。”
“My feeling is, I’m sure, the feeling of most of my members,” Sheikh Salman said. “And I’ve said that to you.”
这对谢赫·萨勒曼而言是一个急转直下的变化。就在两个多月前，亚足联曾联同欧洲、北美及中美洲足球管理机构，指责因凡蒂诺犯下了“根本性背信”行为。因凡蒂诺上周在苏黎世向他主持的国际足联37人理事会为他在筹备一项现已取消的42亿美元世界杯计划时犯下的“错误”道歉。谢赫·萨勒曼在讲话中提及了与因凡蒂诺的分歧，但略过了细节。
This is an abrupt turnaround for Sheikh Salman. Just over two months ago, the AFC joined the soccer governing bodies of Europe, and North and Central America in saying that Infantino had committed a “fundamental breach of trust.”Infantino apologized last week in Zurich to FIFA’s 37-member ruling council — which he chairs — for “mistakes” he made in assembling a now-scrapped $4.2 billion plan for the World Cup. Sheikh Salman referenced the differences with Infantino in his speech, but glossed over any details.
“贾尼，我想说清楚，是的，我们过去确实有些问题，我们谈过，”谢赫·萨勒曼说。“但让我们别把这两件事联系在一起。我认为这几天我们在苏黎世会面时，你已经表明了我们之间有着真正的理解。”
“Gianni I want to make it clear, Yes, we had some issues we spoke about in the past,” Sheikh Salman said. “But let’s not relate the two things together. I think the last few days we met in Zurich you made it clear that there’s a true understanding between us.”
他补充道：“过去我相信是我们历史的一部分，我们肯定都从中吸取了重要教训。现在重要的是我们如何携手前行。我想大家都有疑问，我相信答案都会揭晓，无论是对我们亚洲，还是对世界其他地方。” 国际足联媒体办公室一直在宣传因凡蒂诺的环球行程，以更多百万美元的财政援助换取大大小小足球国家的选票。
“The past I’m sure is part of our history,” he added, “We’ve all, I’m sure, learned important lessons from it. What matters now is how we move forward together. I think everyone has questions and I’m sure the answers we be available, whether to us in Asia, or the rest of the world. ” FIFA’s media office has been promoting Infantino’s travels around the globe, seeking votes in exchange for more millions of dollars in financial support for small and large soccer countries.
“感谢你来到这里，”谢赫·萨勒曼对因凡蒂诺说。“我知道你到处跑。不知道你怎么做到的。但我相信你创造了一个纪录，几乎去遍了每个国家。”
“Thank you for being here,” Sheikh Salman said to Infantino. “I know you have been everywhere. I don’t know how you can do it. But I’m sure that you set a record for being in almost every country.”
谢赫·萨勒曼随后开玩笑说，也许因凡蒂诺有个“分身”。这引来一阵笑声。但最大的掌声出现在他简短致辞结束时，当时他再次重申对因凡蒂诺的支持。
Sheikh Salman then joked that, perhaps, Infantino had a “clone.”That drew a laugh. But the largest applause came at the end of his brief address when he again repeated his support for Infantino.
“作为一个亚洲大家庭，我们准备好携手前行，团结支持你，贾尼，”谢赫·萨勒曼补充道。“我想今天把这点说清楚。” 随后因凡蒂诺走上讲台，气氛轻松。但他确实承认了一些错误。
“As one Asian family we are ready to move forward, united in your support, Gianni,” Sheikh Salman added. “I want to make that clear today.”Infantino took the podium following Sheikh Salman and kept it light. But he did acknowledge some errors.
“当你做很多事时，你会做——希望像我们那样，做很多好事——也会犯一些错误，”因凡蒂诺说。“重要的是，正如你所说，要学习，不断从经验、从错误中学习，道歉，向前看，走到一起，团结起来，为我们的未来、为你们的未来而建设。” 当他提到在他的领导下，更多百万美元流向国际足联的庇护网络时，掌声最热烈。
“When you do many things, you do — hopefully, as we did, many good things — you do some mistakes as well,” Infantino said. “The important, however, is, as you said, to learn, to learn always from the experience, from the mistakes, to apologize, to move ahead, to come together, to unite, to build for our future, for your future.”The largest applause came as he mentioned how, under his leadership, more millions are flowing to FIFA’s patronage network.
“在我担任国际足联主席之前——你们每个人，你们中的一些人还在（这里），仍然记得——那个时候，”因凡蒂诺说。“你们每个人每四年收到100万美元。从明年1月1日起，将是2500万美元。”点击此处查看美联社的完整足球报道
“Before I started as FIFA president — each of you, some of you are still (here) and still remember — that time,” Infantino said. “Each of you was receiving $1 million US dollars every four years. As of the first of January of next year, it will be $25 million US dollars.”See AP’s full soccer coverage here