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Zurich, January 4 (PL)-- The president of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, considered the possibility of holding the European Championship every two years, as is proposed for the World Cup.

"The Euro every two years is not a request of mine, but of the FIFA Congress, which asked for a feasibility study, we did a very serious study, from the sporting point of view it would work and the economic impact is positive for everyone," explained the leader.

The most important thing is that it is positive for the protection of the national leagues and for the players themselves, because there would be fewer matches with a break in July".

The idea generated controversy and diverse opinions, as it happened with the possibility of a biennial World Cup, about the way in which this new variant is welcomed he said: "In Europe there is opposition, but this is a more inclusive way. Also the Europeans could have the same cadence".

Finally Infantino had words of praise for the idea of renaming Rome's Olympic Stadium after Paolo Rossi, who was the hero of the Italian national team in winning the World Cup title in 1982.

"There is no one against 'Pablito', we have to support the idea of putting the Olympic stadium to Paolo Rossi, no one like him had an impact on Italians in the world," he said.