On 20 December, at the great world summit that could put an end to tensions between UEFA and FIFA or sanction the definitive schism, Infantino will also bring an original proposal: the World Cup halved. The n.1 of the global federation, cornered by the now very large opposition to the proposal of the two-year World Cup, is thinking about a synthesis solution, which plans to play the competition every two years, but with different teams.
“We need more participants – said Infantino – and maybe there is a way with two World Cups but not with the same teams. It is something that the technicians will study, but it is certainly an idea that we must examine ”.
The proposal emerged from the press conference held yesterday by the FIFA president, in which he once again emphasized the need for reforms to bring young audiences closer to football. At the same venue he then confirmed that the next Club World Cup will take place in the United Arab Emirates, in 2022: the 24-team reform, whose debut had been postponed due to a pandemic, has still been postponed.
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