Sporting bodies do not only govern Europeans. If they bend the rules for European politics then that’s exactly eurocentric.
The correct answer to his claim, IMO, is that war is not politics.
Europe is the center for football and it has been that way always and will continue so.
Yes it's maybe wrong, but the power lies here. No one gives a shit about Africa, Asia etc when it comes to football.
Sport and politics shouldn't be mixed together, but again: Those who die in wars counts the same and it's all tragic, but some wars are more influental and serious than others.
For instance I think we can agree the world wars were more influental than the Boer war. What happens in Europe is just more influental to the world...
It might also be a huge factor that Europe didn't have a war like this since WW2. It's not just some minor skirmishes.