On the eve of the World Cup, Gianni Infantino sat down to ease the concerns of the woke among us who don’t like migrant workers dying or homosexuals being denied their human rights.
But you can pin at least some of the blame on Football365 for this utter clusterf*** of a press conference, as we were in The Room Next Door, a la Michael Spicer. We did our best.
F365: OK Gianni, just remember, you called this press conference to ease the very valid concerns of a lot of people ahead of this mess of a World Cup you’ve got us into. The key is to be empathetic to those who didn’t particularly think your letter telling everyone to “focus on the football” was a wise response to migrant deaths, concerns over fan welfare and the generally embarrassing human rights record of this country that’s lined your pockets. Nice and easy to start. Try and sound like the compassionate leader of an honest organisation.
Gianni Infantino: Today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arabic. Today I feel African…
F365: Weird start. Are you going to claim you feel like people from all nations?
GI: Today I feel gay…
F365: No, OK, sexual orientations now. Just mind how you go, I’m not sure oppressed groups are going to take kindly to this.
GI: Today I feel disabled…
F365: Are you reading this? For the love of God don’t start banging your fists on the table.
GI: Today I feel (like) a migrant worker.
F365: Gianni, you’re a multi-millionaire sitting in an air-conditioned room while the world watches you garble this nonsense. You’ve never even talked to a migrant worker, let alone know how they feel.
GI: Of course I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not African, I am not gay, I am not disabled.
F365: Glad you cleared that one up.
GI: But I feel like it.
F365: No you don’t.
GI: Because I know what it means to be discriminated.
F365: Yikes, not sure you do.
GI: To be bullied, as a foreigner in a foreign country.
F365: OK, xenophobia, fair enough.
GI: As a child I was bullied – because I had red hair and freckles, plus I was Italian so imagine.
F365: F***ing hell, I’m not sure it’s wise to equate jibes from 10-year-olds about your hair pigment to the plight of those fighting for the right to love who they want or those people mourning the death of their family members.
GI: What do you do then?
F365: Apologise for what you just said?
GI: You try to engage, make friends. Don’t start accusing, fighting, insulting, you start engaging. And this is what we…
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