We need your consent to insert social media and third-party content. Allow cookies As the German dpa news agency reported, Infantino jokingly commented on the latest Italian exclusion from the World Cup during a conversation with Brazilian TV channel CazeTV, when he spoke about the possible addition of a further expansion of the World Cup to 64 teams. “Maybe Italy will qualify for the World Cup with 64 teams, or we could go all the way to 228 national teams,” said the Fifa boss, who has 211 member countries.
Read also The soaring Americans with goal-scoring glamour confirmed Italian high ambitions Italian sports agency Ansa reported that Italian sports minister Andrea Abodi was quite unhappy with this remark and added that he planned to have a conversation with the Fifa president. “Given the great distance between Italy and Mexico, it is not surprising that the two countries have not yet qualified for the World Cup,” he said.
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