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虎扑07月16日讯 The Athletic UK通讯记者Matt Slater撰写因凡蒂诺专栏。    KHIAM, Lebanon -- A Reuters videographer killed in Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon was laid to rest in his hometown Saturday in a funeral procession attended by hundreds of people.Draped in a Lebanese flag, Issam Abdallah’s body was carried on a stretcher through the streets of the southern town of Khiam, from his family’s home to the local cemetery.Dozens of journalists and Lebanese lawmakers attended the funeral.Abdallah was killed Friday evening near the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon when an Israeli shell landed on a gathering of international journalists covering exchange of fire along the border between Israeli troops and members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. The Lebanese army said in a statement Saturday that Israeli troops fired a shell the day before hitting a civilian car used by journalists killing Abdallah and wounding others. The army said that other areas in south Lebanon at the time were targeted by an Israeli helicopter gunship and artillery, including the outskirts of the villages of Marwaheen, Kfar Chouba, Aita al-Shaab and Odaisseh.Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry asked Beirut’s mission to the United Nations to file a complaint against Israel over Friday’s shelling, calling it a “flagrant violation and a crime against freedom of opinion and press.” The statement was carried by the state-run National News Agency.Israeli military spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht told The Associated Press in Jerusalem on Saturday, “We are aware of the incident with the Reuters journalist and we are looking into it.”Hecht did not confirm that the journalists had been hit by Israeli shells, but called the incident “tragic,” adding, “we’re very sorry for his death.”Reuters said in a statement that two of its journalists, Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh, were wounded in the same shelling, while Qatar’s Al-Jazeera TV said its cameraman Elie Brakhya and reporter Carmen Joukhadar, were wounded as well.France’s international news agency, Agence France-Presse, said two of its journalists were also wounded. They were identified as photographer Christina Assi, and video journalist Dylan Collins.AFP reported Saturday that Assi was in need of blood transfusions at the American University Medical Center in Beirut where she was hospitalized. The Lebanon-Israel border has been witnessing sporadic acts of violence since Saturday's surprise attack by the militant Palestinian group Hamas on southern Israel.Journalists from various countries have been flocking to Lebanon to monitor the situation.。

B | 因凡蒂诺在接受瑞士媒体Bluewin采访时，实际上证实了自己将继续推进世界杯扩军至64支球队的计划。尽管他此前曾表示，在刚从32队扩至48队之后不应这么快再次扩军，且国际足联理事会内部也有成员对此持反对意见。国际足联主席詹尼-因凡蒂诺的言论表明，这一议题将在2030年世界杯之前进行探讨。但这行得通吗？毕竟，他的论点大概会是这样的：本届预选赛中，10支非洲球队有9支打进了32强；只有库拉索遭遇惨败（以1-7输给德国，尽管他们也曾逼平击败过德国队的厄瓜多尔队）；还有佛得角的表现又如何呢？更别提扩军至64队还能解决一些荒谬的问题：比如小组赛12个小组第三名中只有8个能晋级的尴尬规则，或者像苏格兰这样的球队必须苦苦等待、在踢完更多比赛前都不知道自己是出局还是晋级的情况；同时还能增加24场比赛卖给转播商，甚至可能腾出名额让中国、印度、意大利和尼日利亚等国球队参赛。他甚至可能试图说服那些持怀疑态度的人，声称2030年扩军至64队只是一次性举措，旨在隆重纪念首届世界杯百年诞辰——即让曾举办首届赛事的南美洲承办四组小组赛，而不是区区三场比赛……但这种事一旦开了先例，就像挤出的牙膏一样再也塞不回去了；正如我们即将见证的那样，足球比赛正突然从“上下半场”制转变为“四节”制。如果说那种赤裸裸的敛财行径——或者用那位全球头号“幸福缔造者”的话来说，这是顺理成章的下一步——让你感到反感，那么对于一项由48支球队参加、或许每两年（而非四年）举办一次的世俱杯，你又作何感想呢？加码投入、全面出击、不断索取、迫使对手转入防守——因凡蒂诺深谙此道。至于他是否真正维护了这项运动的长远利益？这恐怕还有待观察。当然，亚足联、中北美及加勒比海地区足联和欧足联可能会继续反对64支球队参加的世界杯……但也可能发现，其成员国已不再认为扩充参赛队伍有什么坏处，尤其是考虑到这能进一步增加他们从国际足联获得的拨款。毕竟，如果佛得角、库拉索、海地和乌兹别克斯坦都能获得参赛资格，那他们为何不能呢？同样，欧洲足球俱乐部协会主席纳赛尔-阿尔-赫莱菲或许会坚定捍卫欧洲顶级联赛及洲际杯赛的地位，从而坚决抵制规模更大或举办频率更高的世俱杯……但也可能这位巴黎圣日耳曼和beIN体育的掌门人会意识到大势所趋，转而选择顺水推舟。事实上，在我们那项非正式调查中，几位受访者指出，无论这一合资项目最终形态如何，终究需要一位掌舵人；而一手促成此事的因凡蒂诺，无疑是最佳人选。如此一来，他和阿尔-赫莱菲或许能互换职位——正如The Athletic去年首次提出的那样。这肯定比因凡蒂诺（再次）修改章程、废除三届限制以延长其在国际足联的任期（超过2031年）更有可能发生吧？“眼下我不排除任何可能性，”一位忧心忡忡的受访者说道。

C | “我想，他身边的人会抛出这个想法，”另一位人士说道，“这或许会成为各大洲足联真正的‘红线’——不过，我可不敢拿身家性命去打赌。”也有人猜测，沙特方面或许会为他安排一个类似“足球掌门人”的职位；尽管目前尚不清楚沙特在搅动全球体坛格局方面的决心究竟有多大，而且这位“掌门人”到了2034年时，其麾下的“帝国”可能早已不复存在。来源：纽约时报