De Laurentiis wanted to ‘shoot’ Infantino, then applauded his World Cup show

ROME: Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has a gift for turning football politics into cinema, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino found himself cast as both villain and hero in the Italian film producer’s latest monologue on the state of the game. Speaking after receiving a lifetime achievement award from Italy’s Foreign Press Association on Wednesday, De Laurentiis stopped short of directly attacking Infantino, who has faced calls to resign after exploring a plan under which private inve