FIFA, through a presentation made on Thursday by Arsene Wenger, explained that its intention, in addition to organizing the World Cup every two years, is to reduce and group in a single month all the selection qualifying matches.
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Wenger, who serves as director of development at FIFA, explained that they want to “shape tomorrow’s football” and that they intend to revolutionize the current calendar as it is “outdated”.
“We do not want to increase the number of matches, we want to ensure the rest of the players, that there are fewer trips, more important matches and more opportunities for footballers to shine, as well as reducing the gap between countries with more opportunities and those with less. “Wenger said at a press conference following the meeting that a group of former footballers and coaches who are part of FIFA’s advisory board for the future have been held in Doha, Qatar for two days. of men’s soccer.
“The calendar is outdated. It needs to be organized in an efficient way, grouping international windows, instead of different stops, which are not practical.
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Regroup and play fewer qualifying matches, “he added. In this way, FIFA’s strategy is to play the World Cup in 2026, group all the confederation tournaments in 2027, and play the World Cup again. 2028.
Thus, FIFA seeks to benefit teams, preventing them from having to release players more frequently, and federations, giving them more opportunities to host the World Cup.