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GENEVA - The eventual fate of soccer could be less games and less top rivalries to help maintain a strategic distance from a monetary emergency, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a paper meet distributed Monday.

With soccer around the globe in close all out shutdown and no imaginable closure in light of the coronavirus pandemic, Infantino said the game gambled going into downturn.

"Possibly we can change world football by making a stride back," Infantino said in the meeting with Italian every day Gazzetta dello Sport distributed on his 50th birthday celebration.

"There should be an assessment of the worldwide effect," the FIFA president said. "Allows all together spare soccer from an emergency that dangers getting irreversible."

Infantino said various organizations could be an answer, with "less, however additionally intriguing competitions. Perhaps less crews, yet more equalization. Less, yet increasingly serious, matches to protect the wellbeing of the players."

Prior to the pandemic, Infantino added to the blocked soccer schedule by extending the World Cup from 32 to 48 groups for the 2026 version, and by attempting to dispatch a 24-group Club World Cup one year from now.

The debut version of the last competition in China was deferred a week ago after UEFA and South American soccer body CONMEBOL delayed their titles by one year to 2021. That was to give residential associations time to attempt to complete their seasons.

The shutdown implies there are as of now too barely any dates in the FIFA-oversaw schedule to finish the planned capability ways for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The weight now on soccer partners — numerous with clashing interests — is probably going to compel a discussion on the crushed calendar that the pandemic has uncovered.

Some persuasive clubs in Europe are pushing to get more ensured games in a greater Champions League, and 20-group top associations could be feeling the squeeze to make cuts. Those remember alliances for England, Spain and Italy.

"It's not sci-fi. How about we examine it," Infantino said about the chance of changing soccer schedules.

FIFA reported a month ago a team of authorities from part alliances, clubs, classes and player associations that would take a gander at drafting another match schedule from 2024. That work could likewise now incorporate the following four years to acclimate to the present shutdown.