FIFA President Gianni Infantino's late arrival in Paraguay forced a two-hour delay to the start of the FIFA Congress on Thursday, sources told Reuters, following his Middle East trip accompanying Donald Trump on state visits.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino points at the end of FIFA’s 75th Congress at the Conmebol Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Calistro) FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses the FIFA 75th Congress at the Conmebol Convention Center in Luque,

The start of the FIFA congress in Paraguay on Thursday was pushed back by three hours because FIFA president Gianni Infantino did not arrive on time. In protest against Infantino's behaviour, the European delegates led by German Football Federation boss Bernd Neuendorf and UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin collectively left the congress podium in Asunción.