World Cup: red card lifted after presidential call

The Fifa president has become an intolerable liability, the Aargauer Zeitung comments:

“The Fifa Peace Prize for Trump, the Somalian referee denied US entry, the discrimination against the Iranian team, the last-minute visa cancellations for fans from around the world and, of course, the horrendous ticket prices: Infantino has got away with all of it. … Now a few officials are speaking out against the backroom dealings between Infantino and Trump. Next year at the Fifa congress, all the furious delegates will be able to vote out Infantino. But this is unlikely to happen because he promises more money and to open the tournament to more teams. But anyone who votes for Infantino again next year will become an accomplice in the greatest scandal in football history.”