FIFA surprisingly announced on Wednesday that Morocco, Spain and Portugal will host the 2030 World Cup. However, the opening three matches of the final tournament will be hosted by Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay in honor of the 100th anniversary of the first championship, which was played in Uruguay in 1930.
“It is absurd to tear up the tournament like this. The World Cup must be a compact event,” Blatter told Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick. In his opinion, the joint candidacy of South American countries for the centenary celebration should have won the event. “Historically, the 2030 championship should have belonged exclusively to South America,” he said.
The 87-year-old official, who headed FIFA from 1998 to 2015, also criticized the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in the past. According to him, the country was too small for such a big tournament.
2023-10-08 13:00:00
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