Infantino criticises Europe’s ‘moral lessons’, hitting back at World Cup criticism

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Fifa president Gianni Infantino hit out at criticism of Qatar from Europe on the eve of the World Cup&comma; suggesting Europeans should apologise for the past before giving &&num;8220&semi;moral lessons&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game’s global governing body has been attacked for its decision to take the finals to Qatar&comma; where the treatment of migrant workers and the rights of LGBTQ&plus; people have been in the spotlight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ahead of the opening game of the tournament on Sunday&comma; Infantino said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have told many&comma; many lessons from some Europeans&comma; from the western world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think for what we Europeans have been doing the last 3&comma;000 years&comma; we should be apologising for next 3&comma;000 years before starting to give moral lessons to people&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Infantino added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today I feel Qatari&period; Today I feel Arabic&period; Today I feel African&period; Today I feel gay&period; Today I feel disabled&period; Today I feel &lpar;like&rpar; a migrant worker&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Of course I am not Qatari&comma; I am not an Arab&comma; I am not African&comma; I am not gay&comma; I am not disabled&period; But I feel like it&comma; because I know what it means to be discriminated&comma; to be bullied&comma; as a foreigner in a foreign country&period; As a child I was bullied – because I had red hair and freckles&comma; plus I was Italian&comma; so imagine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What do you do then&quest; You try to engage&comma; make friends&period; Don’t start accusing&comma; fighting&comma; insulting&comma; you start engaging&period; And this is what we should be doing&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd1d1f69956">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd1d1f69956'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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