Foot: FIFA boss pleads for CAN in autumn, in the future

Fifa President Gianni Infantino in a photo taken and released by Fifa on October 20, 2021 at Fifa headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland Harold Cunningham FIFA / AFP / Archives

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Gianni Infantino, the president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), spoke on December 20, 2021 in Zurich of the possibility of organizing the African Cup of Nations (CAN) in autumn, if the reform of the world calendar from 2023-2024 proposed by FIFA is adopted. " 

If we can streamline the schedule to ensure that a CAN can be played under a longer international window in the fall rather than January and February, I think we will have achieved something already. important enough that there is less disruption for many leagues which have players of African nationalities in their competitions

 », Indicated the Swiss during a press conference, after a Summit on the future of world football where it was notably a question of a World Cup organized every 2 years.

FIFA plans to concentrate the qualifying matches of the national teams in October or even March.

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