The most controversial World Cup in history begins on Sunday with the host nation facing Ecuador after what promises to be a show stopping opening ceremony.
Build-up to the tournament, however, has been largely overshadowed by Qatar’s human rights record with the spotlight focusing on its archaic laws on homosexuality and its treatment of migrant workers, thousands of whom are said to have died in the construction of the eight new stadia that will host matches over the course of the next month.
Addressing the world’s media at a press conference on Saturday, Infantino said: ‘Today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel a migrant worker.
‘I know what it feels to be discriminated … I was bullied because I had red hair.’
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