Two votes short
Not all the 209 FIFA member associations are present in Zurich to vote at the extraordinary congress: Indonesia and Kuwait have been barred from attending due to previous misdemeanors.
Both bodies were suspended last year because their governments were found to be interfering too much in the running of football in their respective countries. That means there will be 207 voters at the Hallenstadion in Zurich today.
We are told that the next ordinary FIFA meeting will decide the fate of these two national football associations on 12-13 May in Mexico.
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