Gianni Infantino's joke about the Italian national team not qualifying for the World Cup caused a wave of indignation in the country. The FIFA president, during one of his interviews, suggested that she would make it to the tournament if the number of participants was expanded to 64. After this, the Italian sports minister promised to communicate with the head of the federation in the near future, and a member of the local parliament considered his words inappropriate. According to Ruslan Nigmatulin, Italian fans should only be offended by their own football leadership. Read more