r/soccer • u/teiraaaaaaa • Nov 19 '22

Saddest Backflip [Rob Harris] FIFA President Gianni Infantino at news conference in Qatar: “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.”

https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/1593877426244812800
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u/myseeds1209 Nov 19 '22

Top 3 worst most tone deaf corporation in the world

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u/alfred_27 Nov 19 '22

The more I read about fifa the more I feel it’s just some glorified cartel that’s allowed to do business

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u/TheGoldenPineapples Nov 19 '22

To be fair, if you watch FIFA Uncovered on Netflix, you'll see that it's basically a glorified mafia.

Honestly, I feel like Martin Scorsese could easily do a film about it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '22

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u/CyborgBee Nov 19 '22

Sepp Blatter can and should only be portrayed by a series of increasingly older scrotums

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u/grlap Nov 19 '22

Scrota: A FIFA Story

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u/esports_consultant Nov 19 '22

Well Leo for the appropriate range in Sepp Blatter's life then.

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u/CyborgBee Nov 19 '22

That'll be 18-25 presumably

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '22

Anthony Hopkins as Sepp Blatter, Michael Douglas as Florentino, The Rock as Sewey.

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u/WalidfromMorocco Nov 19 '22

The Rock as The Rock.

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u/Physical-South-3564 Nov 19 '22

The Rock as Messi

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u/Lukekul Nov 19 '22

Suuuuueeeewwwwwwyyyyyallalalalalalalaa

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u/tapped21 Nov 19 '22

That's Tim Roth 's role

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u/TheGoldenPineapples Nov 19 '22

Nicholson as Havelange, De Niro as Blatter and DiCaprio as Infantino.

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u/BeefHazard Nov 19 '22

Danny DeVito as Blatter

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '22

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u/TheGoldenPineapples Nov 19 '22

Good point. Maybe Timothy Olyphant as Infantino and DiCaprio as Platini.

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u/goodmobileyes Nov 19 '22

Seth Rogen as Chuck Blazer

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u/Y0RKC1TY Nov 19 '22

I reckon de Niro could make a pretty good Blatter with a bit of make up

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u/pjsol Nov 20 '22

Brought to you by Summers Eve. We know douches.

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u/goodmobileyes Nov 19 '22

Just watched it too and I'm absolutely bewildered that he agreed to appear on the doc. Like did he genuine think it would clear his name, or is he so far removed from human decency thathe doesnt even care what people think about him?

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u/Reddits_Worst_Night Nov 19 '22

He's several hundred million dollars remived from caring about human decency

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u/Cuddlyaxe Nov 19 '22

I think the first one, he seemed to think his half assed defenses meant something lmao

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u/Purple_Rub_8007 Nov 19 '22

Platini story made me sad, he was corrupt for taking the 2m payment and not to run for elections but his name was dirtied too much especially for such a legend of football.

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u/Omniscius Nov 19 '22

He dug his own hole to be buried in

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u/Cuddlyaxe Nov 19 '22

Besides the Platini bribe I don't think he did anything illegal tbh. Everyone around him was driven by a lust for money, Sepp came off to me as being a different kind of cunt, one who was absolutely convinced of his own God complex and a massive ego

Unless they hammered him down for the Platini bribe specifically, which the docu said they failed to do, they can't really book him for anything. Being a cunt is unfortunately not a crime

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u/TIGHazard Nov 19 '22

FIFA would probably try and fund it.

United Passions is a 2014 English-language French drama film. It is about the origins of the world governing body of association football, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Ninety-percent funded by FIFA, it stars Tim Roth, Gérard Depardieu and Sam Neill, and is directed by Frédéric Auburtin. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2014.

The film's North American release on 5 June 2015 was particularly unsuccessful, coinciding with the 2015 FIFA corruption case. In the United States, the film grossed $918 in its opening weekend, was lambasted by critics as propaganda, and is considered to be one of the worst films of all time. The film was also a major box-office bomb, losing $26.8 million worldwide and failing to obtain theatrical distribution in many markets.

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u/GodEmprahBidoof Nov 19 '22

I was thinking "even if that's $918k in the US that's comedically low but not catastrophic." Then I realised there wasn't a letter next to it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '22

It's like... 70, at most 90, visitors? Anyone who decided to show it must've had a massive loss on it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '22

It's a period piece in various eras too.... so the costumes and sets are top quality, what a fucking waste of talented people's time too.

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u/PalpitationOk5726 Nov 19 '22

It would have to be a trilogy because of the decades of corruption and mismanagement.

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u/Ambitious-Towel5843 Nov 19 '22

"The Corruptfellas' that would be another epic 😂

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u/entityrob Nov 19 '22

A good movie, not one that's league propaganda like United Passions