The controversies leading up to the World Cup quarterfinals | The Current

It's been a wild ride so far this World Cup. Could U.S. President Donald Trump's call to Gianni Infantino cost the FIFA head his job? And has the video assistant referee contributed to questionable calls? We speak with Laurent Dubois, author of Soccer Empire and The Language of the Game, and Tim Elcombe, a Wilfrid Laurier University professor currently writing a book on FIFA’s role as a geopolitical body.

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