World football leader speaks about the unifying and aggregating factor of football.
Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, reiterated his guarantee that Iran will be in the final phase of the 2026 World Cup and that it will play on United States soil, arguing that football is a factor of aggregation and unity among people, even with the two countries in a state of latent war.
The leader of world football has never questioned Iran’s participation; on the contrary, he has insisted that the Persian team will be in the final stage, but now he said it in a more formal way, during the annual FIFA Congress currently taking place in Vancouver, Canada.
Of course Iran will play in the United States. The reason is very simple. We need to unite and reach the people. FIFA unites the world. We must always remember to be positive, the Swiss official emphasized.
Currently, a ceasefire is in effect between the United States and Iran, but hostilities could resume at any moment. We need to show that we are happy. There are already enough problems in the world. If no one tries to unite us, what will become of our world? This is an opportunity we have at the Congress and at the World Cup. We have the power and the magic of being united, because united we are invincible, he emphasized.
