Football will be totally different after coronavirus: FIFA’s chief

ROME: Gianni Infantino, head of the global soccer body – FIFA – has said that football will be totally different when it eventually resumes after the coronavirus pandemic.

Major sports events around the globe including soccer leagues and competitions are canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Talking to an Italian news agency, Gianni Infantino said, “Football will come back, and when it does, we’ll celebrate coming out of a nightmare together.”

He further said, “There is one lesson, however, that both you and me must have understood: the football that will come after the virus will be totally different, more inclusive, more social and more supportive, connected to the individual countries and at the same time more global, less arrogant and more welcoming.”

He added: “We will be better, more human and more attentive to true values.” He suggested there could be “fewer, but more interesting tournaments. Maybe fewer squads, but more balance.”

Earlier last week, Infantino said in an interview with an Italian newspaper that this is the time to take a step back and reform the sport, and now he has doubled down on that opinion, insisting the coronavirus pandemic could give football the chance to make changes for the better.