This time he feels like a big herald: During his final appearance at the end of the tournament in Qatar, Gianni Infantino promises a new, inflated Club World Cup – and surprises with mind games about an increased number of World Cup games.
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Martin Schneider, al-Rayyan
Before Gianni Infantino could announce again that this was the “best World Cup ever”, he was late. The press conference with the Fifa President was scheduled for 12.30 p.m. local time, incidentally only the second opportunity on which he answered questions from journalists during the World Cup. But shortly before that, a meeting of the Fifa Council was scheduled, a kind of Fifa government. The schedule didn’t quite work out, the Council obviously had longer to do. The Fifa officials had gone into extra time, as you know at this tournament, but there was still no time for some things in the council. One of the major controversial issues, a compensation fund for guest workers, was obviously not finally concretised. But one after anonther.