Infantino: "It was the best World Cup in history" – News

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL |
13/07/2018
05:40

The President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, at a press conference. EFE (Photo: EFE )

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Moscow July 12 (EFE) .- Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, assured that Russia 2018 was "the best World Cup in history".
At the start of the tournament press conference, Infantino said: "Two years ago, I already said it would be the best World Cup, and today I can assure you that it was the best World Cup, which was involved, the fans and the 32 teams, "he said at the beginning of his speech.
Infantino assured that it was a "fantastic and incredible" World Cup, highlighted the climate of passion that was experienced in the stands and thanked Russia and the organizing committee for the perfect start of the tournament and the 39 infrastructure they made available to the World
"The most important thing is that football has always been discussed and when I started my term, I said that I wanted to bring football to FIFA and bring FIFA closer to football."
The FIFA President is pleased that the perception of Russia in the world has changed thanks to the World Cup.
"Russia has changed, it has become a football country, it has helped the performance of its national team, but there is also a beautiful and efficient infrastructure, which places Russia at the top of the football world. future, "he said.
"In addition, the perception of the Russian world has changed, thousands of people have crossed Russia, they have discovered a beautiful country, extremely rich in culture and history, it has been a great adventure for fans, and from the beginning to the end has created a great atmosphere of friendship between hobbies, "he added.
Infantino justified his claim because there was "a 90 percent occupation in the stadiums, seven million fans went through the Fan Fest", broke records of visits to the tournament site, the VAR was , great success and there was no positive case of doping. "
"I know what I am talking about, because it has been my job, I have been in the Champions organization and many other tournaments and I have never seen this level of achievement. excellence, "he said.

EFE