Mounting delays to 2022 World Cup qualifiers due to Covid-19 are becoming a problem and a shortening of the format is a possibility. Fifa president Gianni Infantino said, "I am concerned and it's obviously a real problem, especially if the pandemic doesn't stop or let up, or we don't start playing in a normal way…We are in the hands of the health authorities." – CNA/Reuters
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