
By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said Joachim Loew needs to be more open to helping football's development after the Germany coach criticized plans to expand the World Cup. Loew, whose Germany side won the 2014 World Cup, has criticized Infantino's plans to increase the amount of teams from 32 to 40 or 48 and said it would dilute the quality of the tournament. "It's easy for the world champions to have an opinion about the World Cup," Infantino told reporters on Friday.
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