8 November 2022 at 11:39 Blatter: – Wrong to give Qatar the soccer World Cup Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says it was wrong to award the soccer World Cup to Qatar in 2022. – The choice was bad. The World Cup is too big for a small country like Switzerland. It was a mistake, and I, as FIFA president, was responsible, says Blatter to the Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger. Blatter was the one who announced the choice of Qatar at the FIFA congress in December 2010, just minutes after Russia had been awarded the championship in 2018. – We in the executive committee agreed to go for Russia in 2018 and the USA in 2022. The idea was that if they two major powers won two World Cups in a row, it would have a peace-making effect, Blatter said. – But a week before the award, Platini called and said he wanted to vote for Qatar. It was decisive, said Blatter. Blatter said that he and Platini avoided each other afterwards, but that their relationship is now good.
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