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For: EFE Updated 29 Apr 2022, 9: am WBS
“Football is not only passion or religion, it is the life of millions of Mexicans“, affirmed the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, during his visit to the North American country, host with the United States and Canada of the World Cup of 2026.
Infantino today visited the Aztec stadium, one of the venues chosen to host matches of the tournament , which will be organized for the first time by three countries, and declared himself surprised with the value that Mexico places on soccer.
“Mexico is one of the most important countries on the world soccer map, is a country that has an incredible football history and culture, in which football is not only passion or religion, is the life of millions of Mexicans “, Infantino said, according to a statement released by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF).
Together with Azteca in Mexico City, the FMF has proposed the Akron Stadium of the Chivas de Guadalajara, and the BBVA of the Rayados de Monterrey.
In the Azteca, where the Pelé’s Brazilian team won the World Cup in 1970 and Diego Maradona’s Argentine won the 1986, Infantino met with the president of the FMF, Yon de Luisa, and businessman Emilio Azcárraga, owner of Club América.
“For me, being in Mexico is fantastic. And being able to work in Mexico, not only for the next World Cup, but for an expansion of the soccer in North America on a global level is something I appreciate very much,” he adds. gave.
The president of FIFA arrived in Mexico on Wednesday and this Thursday he had a private meeting with the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
FIFA executives visited in 2021 Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey to prepare observations related to the needs and demands of the organization of the World Cup that will succeed the one in Qatar 2022.
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