The re-election of Răzvan Burleanu for a fourth term at the helm of the Romanian Football Federation is not a surprise. It is, rather, a brutal confirmation of a reality that the world of Romanian football obstinately avoids: the refusal of change, out of the visceral fear of losing influence, privileges and control. We are not talking about performance. We are not talking about reform. We are talking about the preservation of a closed system, in which voting is not the expression of