Al-Marsad newspaper: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met, on Tuesday 20 September 2022, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, in New York, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The meeting between Erdogan and Infantino took place behind closed doors at the Turkish House.
During the meeting, Infantino gave the Turkish president the official Qatar 2022 World Cup ball bearing the name “Recep Tayyip Erdogan”, according to the Anadolu news agency.
And the Turkish state channel TRT has released part of the video, in which Infantino presents the World Cup ball to Erdogan, and tells him: “This is a unique ball that you will not find in the world, there is only one”.
“This is the official ball for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar,” the FIFA president added to the Turkish president as they were carrying the ball before Erdogan headed the ball.
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