President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on FIFA's ban on showing his appeal to the world ahead of the 2022 World Cup final, which took place yesterday in Qatar. Recall, despite such a trick by FIFA, the video message of the head of the Ukrainian state was still published.
Vladimir Zelensky“The final of the World Cup was held in Qatar. An emotional finale, this is precisely the meaning of football - everyone has a chance to win, everyone can show that he is the strongest.
But the competition is on the playing field, not on the battlefield. And the worst thing that can happen is a red card, but not a red button. When football unites people, peace unites people.
That is why, for the day of the 2022 World Cup final, I prepared a special appeal from Ukraine to the whole world, to everyone who values peace and life. Although FIFA blocked this appeal for display at the stadium before the final game in Qatar, the world still heard our call.
Our players distributed the video, Yarmolenko, the entire Ukrainian team, Shevchenko, Shovkovsky, Modric, Srna, Guardiola, Rat and many other players. I thank everyone. Partner countries supported, thousands of world media distributed,” Zelensky said.
