On Thursday, the 75th FIFA Congress started in Asuncion, i.e. the capital of Paraguay. The event was to inaugurated the speech of President Gianni Infantino. The performance is scheduled for 10:30, but eventually two were shifted, and according to other sources by three hours. What was the reason? Sharing the Swiss.
UEFA outraged by infantino behavior. Unambiguous reaction
Infantino appeared in Paraguay with a lot of slip, and the reason was … a meeting with Donald Trump. In recent days, the Swiss joined the US President and the American delegation in the Middle East. – We had a problem with our flight, which caused a delay. Sorry. I'm sorry and I can't wait to spend time with you here – at the outset, he spoke a speech at FIFA Congress.
Such behavior of Infantino annoyed Aleksander Ceferin, as well as other UEFA representatives who were present at the event and waited for the Swiss with impatience. And it made them so angry that, as reported by “Mundo Deportivo”, the activists left the room in which Infantino spoke. In this way they protested against the actions of the President of FIFA. And they did not end there.
UEFA also issued a special statement. “Changes introduced in the schedule of the FIFA Congress and this introduced at the last moment are highly regrettable. Modification because of which seems to be simply a matter of private political interests, hurts football and looks like it puts his own interests beyond the interests of others” – wrote disgusted activists.
Media about Trump and Infantino
Spanish media, including “relevo”, even write about “war between FIFA and UEFA”. In addition, journalists drew attention to the relationship between Infantino and Trump. “Infantino remained in close relations with Trump when he was the president of the US for the first time. It is similar now, during the second term of the American,” reads.
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Their close relationship is also evidenced by the fact that the Swiss appeared at the January sworn in Trump. Recently, it was also loud about Infantino and Trump, when the gentlemen talked about the possibility of restoring Russian clubs and national teams to sports competition.