Infantino, a 48-team World Cup & Visit Saudi - The Future of Football: Part One
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The Athletic
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🗓️ 21 March 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Matt Slater, Adam Crafton, and Laura Williamson to discuss the biggest changes to international football.
In the week that FIFA announced an expanded 48 team World Cup, extended Gianni Infantino's reign as President, and dropped 'Visit Saudi' as a potential sponsor for the Women's World Cup, we ask what state international football is in, and whether FIFA are getting the big decisions right?
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Infantino re-elected FIFA President
08:50 - The expanded Men's World Cup
20:00 - The Women's World Cup
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:03.2 | Well, you know the famous saying, |
| 0:04.6 | if it ain't broke, don't fix it. |
| 0:06.2 | It's not necessarily a philosophy that FIFA buys into. |
| 0:10.4 | The World Cup is changing beyond all recognition, |
| 0:13.4 | just months after we had the best World Cup ever. |
| 0:17.1 | What's happening and why? |
| 0:18.7 | We'll tell you all the news and views from planet FIFA |
| 0:21.1 | I'm Mark Chapman this is the athletic football podcast |
| 0:24.5 | I'm now calling on the Congress |
| 0:36.1 | to give a round of a clause to elect Gianni Infantino as the FIFA president for the period from 2023 to 2027. |
| 0:51.3 | All those who love me, then I know there are so many. |
| 0:55.0 | And those who hate me, I know there are few. |
| 0:58.0 | I love you all, of course, today especially. |
| 1:02.0 | The Thick of Fancy just sends shivers down your spine. |
| 1:06.0 | I struggle with the idea just saying that countries basically should just accept we're never |
| 1:11.3 | going to get that. I think it's one of the better things in Fantino's done. |
| 1:14.1 | One of the stories we were expecting was more on their 2030 bid. I think that's gone away. |
| 1:22.3 | So joining us today to discuss the future of international football, the athletics football |
| 1:26.3 | reporters Matt Slater and Adam |
| 1:27.9 | Crafton and deputy editor Laura Williamson. It's the first this of a podcast doubleheader. So today |
| 1:34.0 | we'll talk about the international game. Tomorrow we'll turn our attention to the changes being made |
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