Tariq Panja
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And when he's able to give out more gifts, it's much easier to be reelected.
So here we are, Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president.
He's decided to expand it to 48 teams.
Yeah, of course, there's a glass half full way of looking at this as well.
Adding more teams gives more countries more chances to play in the best tournament in the world.
And now we are giving the opportunity to fans and populations all across the world who may have never sampled this to get that World Cup magic in their country.
Yeah, smaller in the soccer sense.
In the footballing world, these aren't powerhouse nations.
Some geographically small, some maybe not so geographically small, but really haven't made a mark on the game significantly.
So we must start with the smallest.
The only thing I knew about Curacao that it was a blue cocktail drink.
But it is a country in the Caribbean, population of 160,000.
Which would be roughly two full days.
Azteca stadiums in Mexico City.
Now, they have qualified for the World Cup.
That, if you're living on a Caribbean island that's called Curacao, must be magical.
Well, the squad is made up of players born in the Netherlands with ancestral connections to CuraΓ§ao.
Could be parents, could be grandparents.