The few hours that separate football enthusiasts across the globe from the largest global football forum have witnessed “unfortunate” events that the general public and even sports missions are not accustomed to experiencing, even during the darkest security or epidemiological conditions, after those in charge of the American security services subjected many members of the international teams participating in the upcoming 2026 World Cup activities in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico to careful inspections, and what is more than that is “provocative” and “humiliating,” which has become It raises questions across various circles about what the 2026 World Cup could lead to after its controversial first steps.
Provocations against the Senegalese and the Uzbeks and the great catastrophe… the deportation of a referee
The teams of Senegal and Uzbekistan were the most subjected to careful inspection among the football delegations, and it was the turn of a number of members of the Belgian delegation, led by the star Kevin De Bruyne, until the time of the “big blow” came on Monday, when the one who is classified as the best African referee currently, namely the black Somali Omar Artan, was subjected to a deportation operation from American territory towards Turkey as a direct expression by the authorities there of an absolute refusal to participate in the World Cup for ambiguous reasons.
What happened and what is happening at the American airports responsible for receiving official delegations participating in the largest football forum in the world has stirred various circles and events, but without the major body supervising the affairs of the most popular sport in the world, by which we mean Infantino, FIFA, taking action, especially since the latter has continued to crack heads with resonant slogans, the first of which is “Football brings us together.”
Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and others… “silent idols”
In light of what happened and is happening on American soil with the players and officials in particular, the world was waiting for the “world” stars to move in an attempt to inquire about what was happening as the weakest of faith, but not one of the big names moved in the face of the humiliating “provocations” of the Americans against the members of the teams participating in the World Cup, which also raised more than one question mark behind what happened and what is currently happening.
Some had remembered that the World Cup was preceded by the presence of the first star of the Portuguese national team, Cristiano Ronaldo, hosted by US President Donald Trump within the walls of the White House as a “first-class” guest of honor, before they also remembered the presence of the Argentine star just weeks ago in the same place with members of his American team, Inter Miami, to receive gifts and honors from the American president himself on the occasion of the coronation of the aforementioned team in the local league. These are all data from the observers’ perspective that made the “first-class stars” “silent idols,” including them. “Samba dancer” and Brazilian Santos player Neymar, who was summoned by voter Ancelotti after accepting a set of disciplinary conditions.
Many observers focused on the players as the active party in the game of football, while others mentioned the estrangement that had occurred between the international body and representatives of football players for years, before they mentioned the “Peace Medal” that Infantino presented last December to the American president, to remove doubt with certainty when they emphasized the “ideal relationship” linking the two men.
Between “Qatar” and America…an embodiment of the “double standards” policy
What is happening at American airports has brought back sports memory after “minds” recalled those pictures and statements that preceded the start of the World Cup three and a half years ago, specifically in Qatari territory on the occasion of the 2022 World Cup, when voices rose calling for the organization to be withdrawn from Qatar under the pretext of its lack of respect for human rights, and other arguments that its promoters succeed in proving despite all the endeavors and efforts they have made, in the face of the “mythical organization” of the Qatari brothers mixed with an expressive smile. About the good reception and that infrastructure that dazzled the whole world.
The most memorable image is that of the German national team players gagging their mouths with their hands as they prepared for their first official confrontation in the Qatari World Cup, an outburst that was followed and preceded by strong malicious campaigns against Qatar, the Arab Muslim country that was shown to have taken a number of precautions to thwart the despicable plans that targeted it.
Media reports and placards rise up
It was necessary for many media circles, whether public or specialized, to rise up and condemn, in their own way, the unnatural and unusual things happening on American soil, which led them to question the extent of the seriousness of the “repercussions” of what some American airports witnessed in terms of insult to official parties in the global forum and not others, before it forced the way for the possibility of attaching the name “World Cup of Shame” to the 2026 edition in comparison with the transgressions that occurred, as happened on Tuesday evening at the level of Tiles of the French channel “L’Equipe”.
The activists of that session did not find any embarrassment in recalling the boycott campaigns that preceded the Russian World Cup in 2018 and after the Qatari World Cup in 2022, before they agreed on the superiority of “Trump’s” policy and its persistence in harming the “undesirables” after their consensus that football in the country of the “General Sam” would not be able to overthrow the throne of American football and basketball in the United States, in an implicit reference to the recent popularity of round ball there in comparison. With what was mentioned.
Where is Infantino in the midst of everything that is happening?
Media reports reminded FIFA President Gianni Infantino of the period that witnessed many parties protesting against a circulating “proposal” that indicated the possibility of granting the United States the honor of organizing the 2026 World Cup, and his response was that the next World Cup would be for everyone after he succeeded in including both Canada and Mexico among the countries organizing the event, especially after the recent events that affected some official missions and the issue of Somali ruler Omar Ertan, which has become a real source of embarrassment for the Swiss president. To the global body.
Some journalists had repeatedly repeated the phrase: Where is Infantino in everything that is happening?… Shouldn’t he have defended Somali rule with all his might, especially since the referees are active under the direct authority of FIFA… Or is “hitting” permissible when it comes to the Americans?… Many questions remained unanswered, awaiting the results of the next few days.
Will the events before the American World Cup affect the March 2027 elections?
Starting in March 2027, those who hold sovereignty and decision-making in the world of soccer will have a date with the elections for the global body, amid questions about whether there will be repercussions on that forum based on what America has witnessed recently.
The recent events will serve as powerful weapons in favor of Infantino’s competitors and opponents, which will inevitably produce a hot date with the arrival of the next spring of the world.
