FIFA makes people angry – level 1

FIFA makes people angry

05-08-2026 07:00

The big FIFA leader, Gianni Infantino, has a plan. He wants to sell parts of the World Cup to rich private companies.

He offers a lot of money to all teams, but people are very angry. European teams say that they will not play in the 2030 World Cup if the plan happens. Famous players will stay home. Infantino stops the plan the plan. He says that he wants to bring people together, but his idea does not work. Experts say that this is a big problem for Infantino. People do not trust him now. They want football to stay for the fans.

Difficult words: private (when something belongs to a person or business, not a government), trust (to believe), fan (a person who likes a sport or team).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

Which teams said they would not play in the 2030 World Cup if the plan happened?

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