A Guide to This Week’s Extraordinary FIFA Congress

Photo Friday’s FIFA congress, which will elect the world soccer governing body’s next president, will be held at the Hallenstadion in Zurich. Credit Walter Bieri/European Pressphoto Agency ZURICH — In a sport that has been noticeably slow to embrace technology, it should not be surprising that Friday’s vote for soccer’s highest office — FIFA president, which entails leading a multibillion-dollar organization atop the world’s most popular game — resembles a small-town student council election.

A massive line will greet more than 200 voters, organized alphabetically. There will be two booths with tables. An announcer with a microphone will urge voters to keep the process moving and go to their…