World Soccer

The autocratic Infantino

Nothing to see here. That was the message emanating from the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok.

FIFA talked to itself through its press releases and social media channels, but no one in world football’s super-glued governing body dared an official face-to-face engagement with the outside media world. Hence, fans may have missed the event. Its debates and decisions did not make waves around the world, not even the sporting world and barely even the football world. This is partly because no debates of any significance took place.

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