The Infantino President was amazed with South American fans. “For them, football is heart and passion. It’s a total party,” he said.
The president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantinoin the middle of the crossings of the round of 16 Club World Cuphighlighted the fundamental role that South American fans have in the soccer.
FIFA’s highest authority had already praised, at the time, Mouth and River After its massive passage through the international competition of teams.
In dialogue with DSports, the leader celebrated the resounding success that the new Club World Cup format is having, which is played in the United States, and was happy with Argentine and Brazilian fans who took the stands of the contest.
“Football in South America is a heart, it is passion, and we like that too”infantino remarked when referring to the fervor shown by the fans of the continent in each presentation of his teams.
So he did not hesitate to highlight the important role that supporters of both countries have: “The fans of the Argentines and Brazilians was phenomenal”.
For the president of FIFA, this new brand “a new era of club football”, by gathering institutions from different continents in search of a global title. “It’s spectacular. People like it, the world likes it, players like it. We see incredible games and emotions, it is a total party,” he said.
Infantino also valued the emotional role that football plays in South American fans, whom he differentiated from the rest of the world for his way of living each encounter: “Going to a game is not like going to the movies to watch a movie, it’s something exciting, and the South Americans remind us of each game.”.
Although both River and Boca were eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup, Brazilian teams such as Fluminense managed to continue in the race and even defeat European clubs such as Inter Milan in the round of 16.
Source: Ambito
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