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Football without faith is nothing so Infantino is playing with fire at World Cup | Jonathan Wilson
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Swirl around Fifa’s machinations and doubts about big team and big name bias creates doubt – and that’s a dangerous gameAbout 25 years ago, I was in the office of a sports newspaper in Bucharest on a Saturday afternoon following the Premier League games with some local journalists. With about five minutes to go, Chelsea trailed 2-1. Somebody had backed Chelsea to lose and brandished his betting slip. Chelsea scored. A couple of minutes later, they scored again. The reporter tossed the slip away. I saw drama; the Romanians saw…
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