In an exclusive interview with beIN Sports, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be the best edition yet, with players at peak strength having not had to play a full season before the start of the World Cup.
“We are all very excited for the World Cup to kick off. It will be the best World Cup. Everything is ready – everything is geared up, the teams are here… Players come without having played an entire season. They come at peak strength, and so we should see a fantastic World Cup,” said Infantino.
“I have never seen a country which is so focused on an event and so prepared for an event like Qatar,” he added.
Infantino believes that this World Cup in particular holds importance as it’s the first to be held in the Arab world.
“There are hundreds of millions of Arabs in the world and 99.9 percent of these are football fans, so to bring football to this region brings a lot of pride and is crucial. [Fans] will come here and experience a country that is very Arab, but also very welcoming. It is a celebration and an enrichment of culture. The Arab world is presenting itself to the world and this is something only the World Cup can bring,” Infantino said.
The FIFA president pledged to make football global and inclusive, “My promise is to continue to work hard to make football truly global, so it has the same value globally as it does in Europe. We need to bring it up and create good teams, competitions, and investment all over the world and raise the global level of football for girls and boys. We will do that in the next four years,” he concluded.
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