Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter called the choice of Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup wrong. The former agent admitted to the newspaper Tages Anzeiger that he wanted the organization to be assigned to the United States.
“Qatar is a small country and the World Cup is too big for such a country. The choice was wrong. At that time, we agreed in the executive committee that Russia would host the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the United States the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It would be a gesture of peace if two longtime political rivals hosted the World Cup back-to-back. “Blatter emphasized.
“A week before the FIFA Congress in 2010, Michel Platini came up to me and said that our plan was not working. Thanks to Platini’s votes, the World Cup ended up going to Qatar, not the United States. It’s true,” admitted the former actor.
Australia, Japan, South Korea, the United States and Qatar have applied to participate in the 2022 event.
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the decision to award Qatar the 2022 World Cup was a “mistake”.
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Source: Kathimerini
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