The FIFA president said they understand risk situations and hope vaccines will change the situation
Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, commented that they cannot force any player to attend with their national team in March and recognized that it was very difficult to complete the duels of the Conmebol qualification
“It is necessary to play those games and we sit down with the teams, everyone understands the situation. Nowadays we cannot force a footballer to play a match when there are risks“We understand that there are also government situations, it’s very delicate and difficult, let’s hope that with vaccines the situation improves and we don’t have to postpone more matches,” said Gianni Infantino, FIFA president.
The boss of the world’s highest football organization added that he expects “full stadiums” at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. and they analyze what will happen with the World Cup for clubs to be organized in China, the format of which may resemble the previous one, because of the problems caused by the coronavirus.
“A World Cup with full stadiums, I’m sure. I’m sure, because we’ve seen a Club World Cup organized in Qatar with 30 percent of the stadium capacity, with secure protocols.”
“We have debated with the authorities how to do it, the vaccination only started a few weeks ago, the vaccine is going to help and hopefully we can get rid of the coronavirus; If two years from now, if we’re still talking about incarceration at the time, about closed-door matches, the World Cup would be the last of our troubles as a human race.”, He concluded.