news and a combined world press have turned up to hear Gianni Infantino summarize the football World Cup in the media center in Doha, Qatar on Friday morning. A meeting with the Fifa board delayed Infantino, who only appeared on the podium an hour into overtime. One month ago, he used the press conference to defend Qatar and Fifa, and attack their critics. There was also the famous quote where Infantino stated that he felt gay, Qatari, Arab, African, disabled and like a migrant worker. Everything at once. How did he feel this time? asked those present in the hall. – The Fifa board paid tribute to this championship and the power it has shown. Thank you to everyone involved, Qatar, all volunteers and everyone who has contributed to making this World Cup the best ever, Infantino said beamingly happily from the stage. Infantino also called the 2018 World Cup in Russia “the best ever”. This time, Infantino pointed out that no team has won all their matches and that all continents were represented in the knockout round for the first time. – Football is going global for the first time, says the president, who states that Fifa has had 7.5 billion in revenue over the past four years. He praised the organizers and believed the championship had been successful in many aspects. – For me, the WC has been a success in every way. Mainly because of the fans and their behavior. It brings people together and people meet the Arab world, it is important for everyone in the future. But also because of the battles. We have seen very good matches with some surprises and nice goals, says Infantino – Infantino talks about new plans for club tournaments. Fifa has decided that the World Cup for club teams in 2025 will contain the 32 best teams in the world, and that it will “feel like this type of World Cup”. The World Cup in beach soccer in 2023 will be organized by the United Arab Emirates, the Fifa board has decided. news updates the case. Follow the press conference at the top of the case. FIFA PRESIDENT: Gianni Infantino. Photo: Abbie Parr / AP The press conference that shocked The day before the World Cup started, Infantino held a press conference that shocked the world. For just under an hour, the Fifa president lashed out at the criticism that has come against Qatar and the championship. In particular, the quote that Infantino opened the press conference with caused a stir. – Today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel like a migrant worker, he said. The statements met with strong criticism from several quarters. Among others, Norway’s football president Lise Klaveness shook her head at what Infantino teased. – I was disturbed by the whole speech, Klaveness told news at the time. During the hour on the podium, Infantino also talked about his own background, as the son of migrant workers who had moved to Switzerland, and that he had been bullied at school because he had red hair and freckles. Klaveness believed that the Swiss politicized human rights and reduced the criticism that has come against the championship to be about a double standard in the West. Norway has later said that it does not support the re-election of Infantino as Fifa president, and has worked to find other candidates. – We in the NFF have made many attempts to talk to others who could have been opposing candidates, but who have not wanted to, said Klaveness to news. At the press conference, Infantino promised that gays were welcome in Qatar. During the championship, there have been a number of episodes where supporters have been refused entry to stadiums if they wore clothing in the colors of the rainbow – colors often associated with gay rights.
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