Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy: FIFA rejected request to show peace message prior to 2022 World Cup final

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said FIFA blocked his request to share a message of peace on the video screen at Lusail Stadium prior to Sunday's World Cup final.

Zelenskyy recorded the message, which included an appeal to hold a global peace conference, 10 months into the bloody war between Ukraine and Russia that started with Russian president Vladimir Putin's decision to invade his neighbor.

"Even though FIFA blocked this message from being aired at the stadium before the final game in Qatar, the world still heard our appeal," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to Ukrainians.

CNN reported that FIFA's decision to reject Zelenskyy's request was because they "regarded the message as too political."

At a press conference on Friday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino endorsed the idea of keeping politics out of the game.

"Maybe everyone has his own problems. They (fans) just want to spend 90 minutes or 100 minutes or 120 minutes with penalties without having to think about anything else. Just enjoying a little moment of pleasure and joy, of emotions," Infantino said.

"We have to give these people a moment in time where they can forget their problems and enjoy football. Outside of the match everybody can express their views and opinions."

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Several European countries were planning on wearing "OneLove" captain's armbands at the tournament, which contained a rainbow heart logo. The move was seen as a protest against host nation Qatar, which criminalizes homosexuality.

But those countries scrapped their plans after FIFA threatened players who wore the armbands with yellow cards.

Germany's players would protest FIFA's threat by taking their team photo prior to their World Cup opener with their hands over their mouths.