It was last Saturday that Infantino gave an hour-long defense speech about the World Cup in Qatar.

He harshly criticized the media's reporting on the championship, and believes that he and Fifa are the only ones who care about the migrant workers.

- Today I feel Qatari.

Today I feel African.

Today I feel gay.

Today I feel like a guest worker, he said at a press conference, while Fifa does not allow teams to wear armbands with messages such as "One love" and colored in rainbow colors.

Jonas Eriksson reacted strongly to the speech.

- It was confused, incoherent, incorrect and in many ways an image of a person who will lead football in the future that I do not want to lead, at least not in the direction I want football to be.

Totally irresponsible, he pointed the finger at everyone, took no responsibility - depressing in every way.

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The call to SvFF

Infantino is up for re-election in the spring.

Voices have already been raised not to stand behind the Italian getting another chance at his post.

The German federation has said that they will not support him and so has Norway, says Eriksson.

- I think that the Swedish Football Association, with all due respect for international relations and football politics, must put its foot down.

Do we in Sweden want these people to lead in the future?

Is this the person, with that foundation of values ​​and communication, who will help us lead football in the future.

I feel very doubtful about that.

- I think the Swedish Football Association should put its foot down and say "We don't support Infantino".

Even if there is no opposing candidate, we have marked and shown what we stand for.

And it is more important to sleep well than to be in the right circles.

Ekdal: "It's strange"

SVT's World Cup expert Albin Ekdal is also critical of the Fifa boss.


- The first thing I think is that it is strange that he (Infantino) does not understand any criticism.

He says "I am gay" and two days later they remove the armband that is supposed to support LGBTQ rights.

Double standards in their finest form.

SvFF: Makes decisions at the congress

Gianni Infantino has no opponent and will therefore be re-elected in March regardless, according to the Swedish Football Association.

Chairman Karl-Erik Nilsson does not want to say yes or no until the congress this spring.

There are a number of criteria that Fifa must promise in order for Sweden to consider actively supporting Infantino.

• that Fifa supports the compensation fund it calls for for migrant workers

• to actively support the development of women's football

• if Fifa is prepared to contribute to better relations with Europe

- If those things are in place, we are prepared to consider actively supporting Infantino.

And we will decide how we handle that issue in connection with the congress in March, says Karl Erik Nilsson, to SVT Sport.

Is it just about the factual issues - do you have no opinion about the person Infantino?

- Yeah absolutely.

We have an awful lot of opinions on what came out and about the speech he gave to the media, which was a speech that instead of creating unity in the football world, divided the football world, between the rest of the world and the Western world.

- But given that we know he can be elected, it is very important to create pressure on these issues that are important to us.

One thing is certain, if these things don't come into place then it's not relevant (to support Infantino), states Nilsson.

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Gianni Infantino directs hard criticism at media reporting about the World Cup in Qatar Photo: TT