Sepp Blatter kept his mouth shut.
Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump stole the show over the weekend. Kyodonews
The group draw for next summer’s World Cup was held last weekend in Washington.
The only prize at the raffle was not the raffle itself, but the president of Fifa Gianni Infantino donated to the President of the United States For Donald Trump The FIFA Peace Prize, which was the first of its kind.
Trump slipped the medal around his neck to hang.
The peculiar situation shocked even the former president of Fifa Sepp Blatter89, who left office amid corruption allegations. He hosted Fifa from 1998 to 2015.
In his opinion, it is not football’s job to hand out the peace prize. He believes and hopes that one day football will receive a peace prize for the work he has done for it.
Blatter fired what he could in Infantino’s direction during the draw.
– He has disappeared. He’s somewhere in space. I think he is already so high that soon football will be played in the stratosphere, Blatter said For The Daily Telegraph.
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Sepp Blatter does not enjoy Fifa’s activities. EPA / AOP
Blatter is worried about how the decision-making power in football is divided. He sees that Saudi Arabia and Trump enjoy too much power when it comes to global football.
He raised an example Cristiano Ronaldo the case. The Portuguese received a straight red in the match against Ireland in the fall, which means a three-match ban. During Panna’s time, he might have had to be on the sidelines for some of his country’s World Cup matches.
The latter two matches were changed to conditional because the straight red was the first of Ronaldo’s career for the national team. The decision was made days after Ronaldo took a selfie at the White House. Infantino is standing in the background of the picture.
– Such a principle should not be accepted. Decisions should not be made arbitrarily by the president.
Blatter is banned from FIFA until the end of 2027. He says he doesn’t rule out a return.
– I hope I’m still alive then.