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Survey: Most Poles back government in its spur with FIFA
Oct 8, 2008, 14:52 GMT
Warsaw - Sixty-five per cent of Poles say the government should have sacrificed upcoming World Cup qualifying games in the name of restoring order to the Polish football federation (PZPN), the daily Dziennik reported on Wednesday.
Poland faced the prospect of sanctions - including being stripped of playing in the championships and co-hosting Euro 2012 - after football's governing body FIFA demanded reinstatement of federation leadership.
The Sports Ministry had made a motion to suspend the officials in an effort to clamp down on corruption.
But most Poles felt the government should have risked it, the poll said, and stuck to their decision instead of reaching the agreement with FIFA that gave their team the go-ahead to play their qualifier against the Czech Republic on Saturday and in Slovakia four days later.
FIFA had given Poland a deadline of noon Monday to reinstate the football federation officials, but withdrew their ultimatum after receiving a letter from Poland's sports ministry and football federation, which they said showed 'a positive evolution in the situation of the PZPN.'
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