Gareth Southgate criticizes the 2030 World Cup schedule

Gareth Southgate criticizes 2030 World Cup schedule

England coach Gareth Southgate has expressed his misgivings following the announcement made by FIFA of the unprecedented setting of the 2030 World Cup. Here are his words.

"The most important thing is that I don&#39t understand the integrity of the tournament: three matches played in South America, then the national teams have to cross the Atlantic again, change time zones and resume the competition with three of them who will have had the advantage of playing a part of the round at home. I am not a supporter".

The tournament will be played in Morocco, Portugal and Spain, but the first three matches will take place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay to celebrate the centenary of the first World Cup, held in South America in 1930.

"It might happen that we have to play against Argentina at their home and then have to go back and there's a big difference between playing against them in Buenos Aires or Casablanca,” Southgate added. &It&#39s true that it's happened a bit like that at the last European Championships, but this seems to me to be a different situation, with significant repercussions on competition".