Qatar World Cup 2022 will be played in November and December, according to Infantino

The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, said Tuesday that the 2022 World Cup will be played in November and December, forcing to postpone the League Champions and Europa League.

"The World Cup 2022 will be played in November and December. Will this be good for the Champions League and the Europa League? Historically we have always played on the same dates will be. But the world will not fall apart if once in history is changed the date of the World Cup, "Infantino said at a news conference.

Infantino stressed that FIFA must do everything possible for the Qatari World elapses in the best conditions and ideally.

"The rest should it hold as they can. They must adapt their calendars the World Cup. I repeat, the decision is made," he added.

The Swiss, who today inspected in Moscow Luzhniki Olympic Stadium, host the opening match and the final of the World Russia 2018, then travel to Qatar.

At a press conference, Infantino today promised to expel all the corrupt officials of the football world and expressed confidence that the World Russian first used with video replays of the most questionable moves.

Infantino plan World Cup in 2026 with 40 teams

Thinking of increasing competitiveness and the chances of the teams to have a place in the biggest football tournament in the world, Gianni Infantino, FIFA president admitted that the entity studies to increase to 40 the number of participating teams in the World Cup. The change, if it occurs, would be worth in 2026, with the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 keeping the 32 teams of the current regulation.

"We can increase competition for more participants. The idea would be for the 2026 edition Let's talk about it with everyone: players, the Council of FIFA ... you not only the chance for many other teams participate as allows multiple dream of a place in the final, "said the agent.

The expansion teams ensure that the continents might give more representatives than today. South America, for example, could over a direct wave, the Infantino plans. Currently, four teams are guaranteed in the world and an even dispute the repechage.

"My proposal to South America is to establish five fixed places and maybe one more to win through repechage," he said

Comments on terrorism - The leader also did not fail to give statements about terrorist attacks on their visit to Montevideo, as the most recent tragedies with authorship of the Islamic state were related to football. Infantino, however, said that his focus is to bring joy to people with sporting events that FIFA can accomplish.

"Of course, terrorism is a concern," he stressed the representative of FIFA at a news conference in Montevideo, after visiting the Museum of the mythical stadium Centenario Football.

"We want to organize football without talking about politics, not to mention violence, not to mention religion, and give a little life to the people, to forget the problems of everyday life," continued Infantino.

"I hope and expect that all terrorism in the world and end in football as well. We have the ambition to solve the world's problems, but rather to organize soccer parties," he said.

Infantino conducts a tour of South America that led to Paraguay and Uruguay and still pass through Bolivia and Colombia on Thursday.

Infantino says it is "favorable" to global organize among several countries

The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, said today in Asuncion that is "favorable" to global organize between several countries for future editions.

Infantino made the remarks at a press conference at the headquarters of CONMEBOL in Asuncion, asked about the possibility that Argentina and Uruguay jointly organize the 2030 World Cup.

"An important issue is whether the world will have to play only in one country or has to play in more than one. The FIFA has so far been quite contrary to the co-organization, but I am personally very favorable" he said.

Nevertheless, he stressed that before reaching 2030 FIFA World Cup will define the headquarters for 2026, and reiterated that the agency will not decide two offices in the same vote, as had indeed happened before.

Infantino said that in 2030 it will no longer be president of FIFA, because the world football governing body has defined the mandates of its leaders are of limited duration.

He stressed that the World Cup 2030 will be "very important" because it will mark the centenary of this competition, which was first held in Uruguay in 1930, and stressed that "history must always be respected."

Meanwhile, the president of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Dominguez, also present at the press conference, was convinced that in 2030 the World will be held on South American soil.

"President (Infantino) not going to vote, but know that the World Cup 2030 will be in Argentina or Uruguay," he said.

Infantino arrived in Asuncion in the context of his first South American tour as president of FIFA, which from Tuesday will take you to Uruguay, Bolivia and Colombia.

Gianni Infantino, new FIFA president

The Swiss Gianni Infantino , the right hand of disabled Michel Platini UEFA, is since this afternoon FIFA president after winning the second round of voting, a total of 115 supporters, the Arab Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa , which he brought together 88.

Since the first vote of the day at Hallenstadion, Switzerland became clear that Infantino and Salman were the favorites to fill the position vacated by Sepp Blatter also disabled. However, in the second ballot the Swiss won almost all the votes had achieved in the first Frenchman Jerome Champagne and Prince Ali.

Now, with the head Infantino, FIFA hopes to regain lost credibility in recent months by corruption scandals that forced the resignation of Joseph Blatter.

The candidate who filed the UEFA becomes the ninth president of the institution and the successor to Blatter, just nine months after it obtained its fifth reelection.

The election, nearly six hours after the Congress approve "in full" the changes proposed by the Reform Committee , imposed the new president the task of leading the renewal of an institution that needs to urgently clean up its image to avoid drain sponsors.

The importance of a vote that was expected uncertain until the end spoke movements that made the frontrunners until the last minute.

If both Al Khalifa yesterday as Infantino toured by meetings of all confederations to convince undecided on the morning of the election would not leave anything to chance.

Protests against Salman

In anticipation of protests of human rights groups, who have denounced the presence of Sheikh Salman on the committee identified 15 athletes participating in the demonstrations of 2011, a small number of "fans" with perfectly made banners with the same photo Arab candidate, launched in favor of the Bahraini messages in the moments before.

These replaced them later, a small group of little less than a dozen opponents of the Bahraini regime displayed banners with photos of the tortured, while shouting: " Salman, dictator ."

Then, during the Congress, the decision to take the vote to Kuwait and Indonesia, two Asian federations suspended by government interference, which were supposed to support Al Khalifa- provoked protest Arab Emirates Jordan and asked, unsuccessfully, that that disqualification would vote. It was not a minor issue, because it reduced to a simple majority 104 votes with which one of the candidates should be imposed in the last round.

During the turn of speech of candidates, there were no surprises with Prince Ali and Jerome Champagne, which did not change the speech exposed during his campaign.

Al Khalifa directly attacked his rival, Infantino, without naming who accused him of promising impossible given the financial situation of FIFA. "I will not mortgage the FIFA to get votes , " he said. In response, Infantino displayed his facility for languages ​​, with a message that began in Italian - "the language in which my parents instilled in me values ​​, " he said, and was changing into German, French, Spanish, English, even, a little Portuguese.

Infantino wanted to reach each confederation addressing them in their predominant language. And also he responded to the Khalifa. "During my seven years in the UEFA, UEFA revenues tripled, when I talk about figures, believe me. If FIFA generates 5,000,000,000 why can not be distributed 1.2 billion ?".

The focus, however, stole the South African Tokyo Sexwale , the candidate who did not support nor the African Confederation, after saying he would not withdraw "because a soldier dies with his boots on" consumed 13 minutes of speech explaining their program, before announcing that it would not contest the election.

The other candidates remained after the first election, virtually ruled out Champagne (7 votes) and Prince Ali (27). Infantino rearmed morale to be first with 88 votes, three more than Al Khalifa, who arrived as a favorite to the final day.

And in the game of pacts, Infantino managed followers needed to overcome comfortably simple majority. Meanwhile, Sheikh did not increase more than three votes their expectations, Infantino garnered a total of 27 more.

His arrival to the presidency of FIFA, with 45 years ago to breathe European football, which feared an axle shift to the Asian emergency and you feel good to South America, who bet block by the Swiss candidate, despite doubts end of a federation.

Ninth president in 112 years for FIFA

The Swiss Gianni Infantino became Friday the ninth president of FIFA, during the Extraordinary Congress of the organization held in Zurich, where he won on the second ballot.

Infantino obtained 115 votes against 88 Bahraini Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa. The third place went to Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, 4, and ultimately concluded Frenchman Jerome Champagne, who did not get any vote.

The relationship of presidents of FIFA since its founding in 1904 is as follows:

- Robert Guerin (FRA) . Elected on May 23, 1904 in Paris, two days after the founding of FIFA with seven federations, France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain (Madrid FC), Sweden and Switzerland.

- Daniel Burley Woolfall (ING) . Elected in June 1906 in Bern (Switzerland).After his death in 1918 occupied the presidency on an interim basis the Dutchman Carl Anton Hirschmann.

- Jules Rimet (FRA) . Elected in 1920 in the Belgian town of Antwerp (Belgium) on an interim basis until he was confirmed in office on March 1, 1921.

- Rodolphe Seeldrayers (BEL) . Elected on June 21, 1954 in the Swiss city of Bern. After his death the English Arthur Drewry took office temporarily.

- Arthur Drewry (ING) . Elected on June 9, 1956 in Lisbon. After his death Ernst B. Thommen Swiss held the presidency on an interim basis.

- Stanley Rous (ING) . Elected on September 28, 1961 in London.

- Joao Havelange (BRA) . Elected on June 11, 1974 in Frankfurt. He left office in 1998.

- Joseph Blatter (SUI) . Elected on June 8, 1998 in Paris and reelected in 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015. On June 4, 2015, five days after his last re -election, he announced that it was their position available to meet the FBI for corruption charges against several directors.

Later in October, the camera instruction independent Ethics Committee as FIFA temporarily suspended on December 21 camera resolution it passed him for eight years on the understanding that the payment of two million Swiss francs (1.8 million) made FIFA Platini in February 2011, authorized by Blatter, "he had no legal basis in the agreement signed by the two leaders on August 25, 1999".

On February 24 the appeal committee reduced his punishment to six years.

- Gianni Infantino (SUI) . Elected on February 26, 2015 in Extraordinary Congress in Zurich.

Infantino, a Fellow of the Professional League is the head of world football

The Swiss, polyglot, studied at the LFP and became the UEFA executive; FIFA will lead to the goal of a total reform

A few decades ago it was formed as an intern in our National Football League, which later lost N. The boy promised. He came to Spain , then also the best league in the world, to understand its functioning and to learn Spanish well. He did everything very well. He was ready and destined to be a ruler of football. Gianni Infantino Swiss UEFA subsequently came to a career that has taken him to the principal chair of world football .

He became famous in the draws for the Champions League. The Swiss bald bald reminded us of the national lottery. Lawyer, polyglot, secretary general of the Union of European Football Associations since 2009, was the right hand of Michael Platini. His polite and cordial to conquer the world in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian forms and people skills will he has allowed to take votes from Asia and Africa, which seemed controlled by Sheikh Salman, and get a win that represents the revolution of FIFA from within the bureaucracy football.

Infantino has won a project of cleaning regenerative drive them out of the FIFA all accused of corruption but not dismissed anyone until it is found to have done something wrong. It will not accept resignations by the media firing squad.

His revolution start in the World Cup: increase the participation in the World Cup from 32 to 40 teams . And it will continue with the help of the 209 federations that make up FIFA: there will be five million euros a year for each. Salman, vice president of the agency and defeated in the elections, said that payment will be a ruin for the body and will fight against it.

Think making a total reform from within the bureaucracy of football lives in Switzerland. His presidency will be collegial, controlled by vice presidents and the secretary general, as decided congressmen that, yes, keep all your privilege travel first , consideration of VIP cards and other prerogatives.