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Covering empty slogans, FIFA gave the World Football Championship for Vladimir Putin
Mass for Politicians
The World Cup in Russia became a huge PR campaign of a totalitarian country and his leader. Its climax was observed on July 15 in Moscow, during the last match between the national teams of Croatia and France at Luzhniki stadium.
At the awards ceremony, the players looked like a crowd thrown to please the main players. Russian President Vladimir Putin, assisted by Emmanuel Macron, the head of France, Colinda Grabar Kitarovich and FIFA leader Gianni Infantino, awarded medals to French and Croatian players
. about "football outside politics". It was only the beginning. After the match, Putin, with high-ranking guests, appeared in the French locker room. The stars of world football were lined up as a rule and forced to listen to the greetings of politicians. And the French then climbed to the table and sang in the honor of the Russian President, Putin, she herself. The Kremlin rule was happy. During this tournament, he tried to please everyone, including the world champions.
Double standard
It should be noted that for this purpose it was necessary to apply double standards. After all, to please Putin, FIFA officials have begun to sue the Croats of Dagogu Vidi and Ognen Vukoevich, who, after winning the team in the quarterfinals in Russia, have dared to write a welcome video with the words: Glory to Ukraine.
The Ukrainian patriotic cry led to the rooting of the Russians, and the propaganda media launched an attack on ex-Dynamo in their worst traditions. At FIFA, they immediately decided to defend the "insulted" hosts of the World Cup and declared that the political slogans of football were banned.
The Croatian union realized that FIFA could go far and dismiss Vukoevich, who was part of the team. , of the World Cup. The victim helped – Vukoevich paid a fine, and Vida had an official warning, a public apology for the Russians, and was able to play in crucial games.
Political motives also caused the punishment of the players of the Swiss national team. Many of them are of Albanian origin, for whom the match with the Serbs was particularly crucial. Jerdan Shakira, Granit Jak and Stefan Lichtenstein at the goal celebration at the Serbian national team symbolically represented the hands of the Albanian eagle, for which FIFA was also fined
. FIFA did not see the Russian flags on the stands with the names of Ukrainian occupied cities. At first, during the quarterfinals between England and Sweden, behind the doors of the Samara Stadium, tricolor with the Kerch inscription was made. And later, the authorities turned a blind eye to the flag with the name of another seized Crimea town – Sevastopol, in the game for third place between Belgium and England in St. Petersburg. Even more – a photo of "Sevastopol" appeared on the official account of FIFA on Twitter
Legends descended
FIFA has in no way reacted and the presence of unauthorized persons at the location of the Egyptian national team led by Ramzan Kadyrov. In favor of the Chechen leader, the Football Federation of Egypt has chosen the Grozny command base. As a result, the leader of the Egyptians and one of the best footballers in the world, Mohamed Salah, used the tournament as they wished. Kadyrov, when he likes, took a wounded football player and took him to the training to take pictures with him. And finally, Salah was named honorary citizen of Chechnya
If Kadyrov was content with the only star that fell, the true legends of Putin's football came true. Gianni Infantino brought to the Kremlin some of the eminent players of the past, such as the Dutchman Marco van Basten, the German Lothar Matteus, the Danish Peter Schmeichel, the Mexican Jorge Campos, the Uruguayan Diego Forlan and the Croatian Zvonimir Boban
. which traditionally gives the strongest player a team. During a meeting with legends, Infantino presented Vladimir Putin with a T-shirt with the 10th issue of the FIFA logo. He seems to have pointed out who was actually the main active figure of this world championship.
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