2023-09-06 18:56:47
09/06/2023 1:56 p.m. Updated to 09/06/2023 2:56 p.m.
“We’ll see where the 2030 World Cup will be held, which is the centenary. It’s going to be a World Cup of celebrations, a very important World Cup for South America…”.
The expectation is total. The fact that Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile can house the world Cup that will take place in seven years generates enthusiasm and a lot of anxiety, on a special date because it will be 100 years since the first edition, in the Uruguayan country. AND Gianni Infantinothe president of FIFA, is no stranger to this: a luxury guest on the second day of the Olé Sports Summit Leaders which takes place in the Art Factoryhe elaborated on the subject and avoided giving further clues, although he highlighted the football history of this continent…
“South America has a lot of history, but the World Cup belongs to the whole world, and everyone has to be there and participate”, said the 53-year-old leader in a talk that captivated the attention of hundreds of people who filled the main auditorium to listen to him. Of course, it is not an easy decision: while the highest body that governs soccer at a global level agreed two and a half months ago to postpone the regulations for the election of the host country or countries until September or October, in the last hours it was reported that the vote will take place in December 2024 and not in the middle of the year, as planned (The 211 member federations have the right to vote, but not all do so: the candidates and those that may have dependency ties to one of the candidates are excluded).
As reported by the prestigious Spanish outlet As, this postponement has nothing to do with the scandal that has been involved since the end of Women’s World Cup a Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish Football Federation (of which Tebas spoke). There, logically, they are attentive to this: they are, together with Portugal and Morocco, who will compete against the South American quartetIn search of the World Cup “most important and greatest in the history of football”as described by Infantino.
Gianni Infantino – 6-9-2023
Gianni Infantino spoke about the 2030 World Cup
And although a close election is expected, the FIFA president once again showed his weakness for our continent: “The 1978 World Cup, held in Argentina, is the first I remember. Italy played very well, Argentina won, the Netherlands were very strong… We are all working on this and we are counting on the entire world, with Argentina, who are world champions at the moment in men’s soccer, we are counting on all of you to make it a success,” he said, before those present at the Summit.
Infantino, in front of a full room (Carlos Bairo).
Infantino on Messi
In 2030 Lionel Messi will not be there for purely biological reasons (Anyway, his magic will remain intact despite being 43 years old), which is why Infantino intends to enjoy it to the fullest in the present: “Leo is a total ambassador for our sport, both now in the United States and around the world. He continues to display all his talent on weekends at Inter Miami and now he will do so with his National Team, in these South American Qualifiers that are very, very tough. Argentina, with him, we’re going to love it,” she explained.
And he highlighted the task of the best player in the world in Qatar: “It seems like yesterday that he won the World Cup, but it was almost nine months ago. It was the most fantastic World Cup in history with a final that I don’t know if it can be repeated, but it had everything and everything else. Of course, in the end Argentina won. Congratulations again. And Leo, as captain, is now in Miami, United States, a country where the next World Cup in 2026 will be held, along with Mexico and Canada. He is key in this soccer movement that is growing there.”
Gianni Infantino – 6-9-2023
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More phrases from Infantino
The Women’s World Cup
-“We really had this Women’s World Cup a couple of weeks ago in New Zealand and Australia. An exceptional, fantastic Women’s World Cup. Well, the best in history, with more than 2 million people in the stadiums, full stadiums both in New Zealand like Australia; 2 billion viewers worldwide. Teams from each continent winning at least one game. Teams from five continents out of six going to the knockout round. So, expanding from 24 to 32 teams it was a total success. Well, Argentina unfortunately did not pass the turn, like Italy in the same group. We all went home together, and Sweden and South Africa in this group passed. But the truth, a total success, and women’s football is to grow more, and more, and more. Football is played very, very well all over the world now. We have seen very strong teams on all continents, and we are going to continue like this. Not only developing, but putting women’s football in another level, at the highest world level”.
Electricity WHERE
-“VAR is something to talk about. Those who said a couple of years ago that VAR was going to kill all conversations and debates in football… well, they were wrong. But I think the most impressive thing is that the first official tournament in which we used the VAR was the Cup [FIFA] Confederations, in 2017, and then the [Copa] world [de la FIFA] of 2018, only five years ago, and it seems that VAR has been used for 100 years. We can no longer imagine a competition without VAR. High level competition, of course. Clearly, it has already improved a lot, it continues to improve, with technology on the one hand, and with the referees on the other, who are much more used to it. And the debate will continue to be in football, of course, but what comes after the introduction of VAR is much, much more justice in football, and transparency, which is what we need.”
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