Politburo Football - The 2018 World Cup in Russia
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- Created: Wednesday, 17 June 2026 00:31
- Written by Christopher Morley
As we continue a whistle-stop tour of World Cups past, we’re also exposing the tone-deafness which seems to plague FIFA's current leader. Having kicked off by exploring the disappointing, if not necessarily surprising, roots of the sort of criticism Gianni Infantino simply carries on swatting away in office to this day, where better to pick up than Russia in 2018, where he made another dubiously powerful friend in Vladimir Putin and got himself a nice shiny Medal of Friendship while he was at it, presumably having learnt more than a few dark arts from his predecessor, Sepp Blatter?
Last December I had the most serious of ankle breaks, not only has it been a real inconvenience that means I am now 3% Robocop, but it also meant that I'd gone almost four months without embracing the unique experience of live football. However, last month I got back on the horse starting with a local visit to Bristol Rovers, to witness their resurgence under Steve Evans, and now I've got our latest football away day on the board.