Infantino attends inaugural African Football League game
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00:00 It's a new continental Super League competition involving eight teams. The African Football
00:05 League kicked off to a capacity 60,000 strong crowd in Dar es Salaam on Friday. Homeside
00:12 Simba drew 2-2 with Africa's most successful team, Al-Ali of Egypt. FIFA President Gianni
00:19 Infantino attended the opening match.
00:21 "We are here for, of course, a great event. The first match, the opening of the African
00:29 Football League, a competition which will change the landscape of Africa and world football."
00:34 The eight-team competition bears little resemblance to the initial concept suggested by Infantino
00:40 in 2020. He said a 24-team tournament would have US$200 million in prize money and keep
00:47 top talent in Africa. But almost four years after first raising the idea, the league began
00:53 with US$4 million going to the winner and each team guaranteed US$1 million for taking
00:58 part.
01:00 The knockout competition will be completed in 17 days. Only a single sponsor has been
01:05 signed for the African Football League, with the Tourism Authority of Saudi Arabia visit
01:09 Saudi announcing a deal last week. During his visit, Infantino also laid the foundation
01:15 stone at a new FIFA Forward Development Programme centre.
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