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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Niall McVeigh

Cheap gags, disruptive friends and ticket guff: a week in the life of Infantino

Gianni Infantin
Gianni Infantino trying not to drop the ball, earlier. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

‘YOU GOTTA SPREAD THE WORD’

It’s been another busy week for Gianni Infantino. The Fifa head honcho spent Sunday in Rabat looking slightly sheepish as he stood alongside Morocco’s Prince Moulay Rachid. After trying his best not to hand the Afcon trophy to Senegal’s players, Big G moved front and centre again to console Brahim Díaz and present him with the award for the worst penalty ever taken tournament’s top scorer. Having reassured Díaz that, as president of Fifa, he makes colossal errors of judgment all the time and nobody seems to mind, Infantino then jetted back to his Alpine lair to check on the chances of Morocco and Senegal meeting at the Geopolitics World Cup.

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