INFANTINO SAYS BEER ISSUE IS SO SMALL

FIFA president Gianni Infantino downplayed Qatar’s last-minute ban on the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums as nothing more than a brief inconvenience to World Cup spectators.

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“If this is the biggest problem we have, I’ll sign that (agreement),” Infantino said yesterday, before taking aim at European critics of the World Cup hosts – and suggesting there was a moral double standard. 

Infantino blamed “crowd flows” in Doha for the decision on stopping beer sales at stadiums, though it appeared to be a ruling by Qatar’s government.