Kevin Baxter: After greatest Women's World Cup, will FIFA boss stop spouting condescending messages?
LOS ANGELES — The just-concluded World Cup was the best played, most exciting and most competitive women's soccer tournament in history. That's not hyperbole, it's fact. We know that because … well, it was obvious to anyone who watched even a fraction of the games. But we also know that because FIFA president Gianni Infantino told us so. "Fantastic, fantastic World Cup. I have to say the best, ...
by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times
Aug 23, 2023
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — The just-concluded World Cup was the best played, most exciting and most competitive women's soccer tournament in history.
That's not hyperbole, it's fact. We know that because … well, it was obvious to anyone who watched even a fraction of the games. But we also know that because FIFA president Gianni Infantino told us so.
"Fantastic, fantastic World Cup. I have to say the best, the greatest, the most magic FIFA Women's World Cup ever," Infantino said.
Unfortunately, that wasn't all he said. Infantino is a bumbling orator and some of the things he went on to say would have been better left unsaid.
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