At showdown FIFA meeting, Infantino apologizes for World Cup furor but leaves critics unhappy
New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Soccer officials came to the meeting in Zurich hoping to receive more information about two of the biggest controversies that have surrounded Infantino this year: his now-aborted $4.2 billion World Cup sell-off plan and the Folarin Balogun red-card case at the World Cup where President Donald Trump intervened.
Despite Infantino's apology, European delegates said they left the meeting disappointed about what they saw as a lack of clarity about the two disputes.
"No satisfactory answers were provided," said German soccer leader Bernd Neuendorf, one of eight delegates from European soccer confederation UEFA in the 37-member FIFA Council that Infantino chairs.
Infantino provided no documents about the $4.2 billion Wor...
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