{"id":12317,"date":"2011-07-24T04:47:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T11:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/07\/24\/statement-by-afc-sr-vp-zhang-jilong\/"},"modified":"2011-07-24T04:47:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T11:47:55","slug":"statement-by-afc-sr-vp-zhang-jilong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/07\/24\/statement-by-afc-sr-vp-zhang-jilong\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by AFC Sr VP Zhang Jilong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"AFC Senior Vice-President Zhang Jilong\" src=\"http:\/\/images.the-afc.com\/afc\/afc_officials\/zhang_Jilong_qatar.jpg\" \/>AFC &#8211; KUALA LUMPUR, <strong>This is a sad day for AFC and Asian football.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>AFC respects world  football governing body FIFA\u2019s decision and we also acknowledge former  AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam\u2019s inalienable right to lodge an appeal  against the decision. AFC has nothing more to say on this particular  issue.  <\/p>\n<p>I would like to assure our fans, Member Associations, teams,  players, marketing partners, in short all our stakeholders and  well-wishers, that the AFC Executive Committee is united in its resolve  to maintain the great momentum Asian football has achieved in the recent  past. Asian football is going from strength to strength and AFC will  ensure that we continue to steer steadily on this progressive path.<\/p>\n<p>This  is a difficult period for us because Asian football is currently facing  multiple challenges, the biggest of which is match-fixing. I, in my  capacity as the acting AFC President, am aware of the urgent need to  provide a strong leadership that will work closely with the Member  Associations towards creating a climate of trust and confidence. During  my provisional presidency, I promise that AFC will govern the  continent\u2019s football affairs in complete transparency, fairness and  harmony. <\/p>\n<p>The best of Asian football is yet to come and AFC will  work tirelessly towards ensuring that the collective interests of the  great sport we love will prevail in our continent. The Future is indeed  Asia but this can be realised only if we keep the faith in our football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; KUALA LUMPUR, This is a sad day for AFC and Asian football. AFC&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions"],"views":4374,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}