FIFA’s day of reckoning. Big day of big decisions in Zurich’s last chance saloon

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By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
February 25 – Deja vu, groundhog day. Same city, same conference hall. The difference of course is that this time the great survivor has no longer survived. Nevertheless the pantomime, even without its most notorious villain, goes on. The question is, which of the actors will emerge victorious? Anyone who tells you for definite that they know who is going to win the FIFA presidential election Friday afternoon and by exactly how many votes – and quite a few so-called experts are giving it a try – are being somewhat self-indulgent.

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