Citing the size of the country, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticized the decision to award the upcoming World Cup to Qatar as a "mistake."
Blatter made his comments in a Tuesday interview with Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger.
"Qatar is a mistake," Blatter said. ... "It’s a country that’s too small. Football and the World Cup are too big for that."
Qatar's population stands at roughly 2.9 million, including an influx of around 370,000 new residents who moved to the Gulf nation in past year in the lead-up to the World Cup.