South America soccer supports Infantino’s reelection at FIFA

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CONMEBOL President Paraguayan Alejandro Dominguez, FIFA President Gianni Infantino (C), and Paraguayan Football Association President Robert Harrison pose for a photo at Paraguayan Football High-Performance Center in Paraguay on Tuesday. (AFP)
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  • Infantino will seek re-election at the FIFA congress in Kigali, Rwanda, in March

BUENOS AIRES: The 10 national soccer associations that form the South American confederation CONMEBOL having given their backing to Gianni Infantino’s bid for re-election as FIFA president.
“After a conversation about the current reality and the future scenario for South American and global soccer, the associated members to CONMEBOL gave their unanimous support to Infantino,” CONMEBOL said in a statement Tuesday.
Infantino took part in a CONMEBOL council meeting in Paraguay which was attended by the leaders of the 10 associations. He will seek re-election at the FIFA congress in Kigali, Rwanda, in March.
South American support for Infantino is a sign that both sides have moved past any fallout from CONMEBOL’s rejection of the FIFA president’s suggestion for a biennial World Cup.

Topics: FIFA Gianni Infantino CONMEBOL