Minister gives in to pressure, "old guard" return to PZPN

"We do not aim at confronting FIFA and UEFA," stated Rusko, "The fact that we do not withdraw Listkiewicz from the delegation proves that we want to achieve our goal by means of negotiations." An anonymous prominent football official quoted by Gazeta Wyborcza said that, "Minister Lipiec and custodian Rusko begin to understand that they will not win the war with the international football authorities using force," while Zbigniew Boniek (one of the most famous Polish footballers) declared that only Listkiewicz can save Polish football from exclusion from the European Championship qualifiers. "FIFA and UEFA officials do not have any idea on the scale of corruption in the Polish football. They will listen only to Michal," stated Boniek. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) E.B.