UEFA rebukes US over Somalia ... A misstep or rank hypocrisy?

UEFA severely publicly rebukes US for purportedly trampling on the human rights and dignity of a small nation, Somalia

By appointing Somalia referee Omar Artan, that US barred from officiating at FIFA World Cup 2026 by denying him entry into the US, to officiate the UEFA Super Cup final in August 2026

Yet UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has blasted the World Cup for allowing small nations to participate, saying their participation which wouldn’t have been possible without FIFA’s expansion of the World Cup, makes the World Cup less interesting

And this is ironically against the backdrop of UEFA’s recent expansion of its European club competitions with the creation of the UEFA Conference League so that many more small European clubs can finally get to participate in European club competition

So, is the US rebuke just a misstep on the part of UEFA or rank hypocrisy?

You be the judge