Football fans' most hated man? Gianni Infantino's failure to understand the World Cup has turned supporters against FIFA's omnipresent president
Goal | 10.06.2026 12:00
During last December's World Cup draw at the Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C., FIFA president Gianni Infantino was introduced as "football's No.1 fan". Most supporters unsurprisingly scoffed, but Infantino is a football fan. And, just like every football fan, he's never forgotten his first World Cup. It was the 1982 tournament in Spain and, for the Swiss-born son of Italian immigrants, it was "spectacular".
