Sorry for that, but it's because that's how it always was
Football through it's range is a very powerful tool for business and politicians.
For example football was brought to Iran by British workers draining their oil deposits.
In South America and in fascist Italy, football was cooling down unrests.
The USA also organized 1994 World Cup due to their economical and military power, so also money.
We even had so-called Football War between El Savador and Honduras
And these are only few examples, more are listed here on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football_and_politics
PS. I'm not saying that it's good, I say that it's nihil novi