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Italian sports minister seeks talks with Infantino over World Cup expansion joke

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Italian Sports Minister Andrea Abodi wants to speak with FIFA President Gianni Infantino after Infantino made sarcastic jokes about expanding the World Cup to 64 or even 228 teams so that Italy could qualify. Italy has missed the last three World Cups despite being a four-time champion (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006). Infantino's comments were made during an interview with Brazilian TV station CazéTV.

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Gezien de grote afstand tussen Italië en Mexico is een telefoongesprek, afhankelijk van zijn agenda, het meest gepast om dit op te helderen. Ik ben benieuwd om zijn gedachten te horen

Misschien kwalificeert Italië zich wel voor een WK met 64 teams, of misschien gaan we wel naar 228 teams

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Gianni Infantino heeft zich niet populair gemaakt bij de supporters van de nationale voetbalploeg van Italië. De voorzitter van de FIFA grapte tijdens een interview met het Braziliaanse tv-station CazéTV dat hij het deelnemersveld van het WK misschien maa

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