Official World Cup 2022 Thread

[Stacky]

said the very same yesterday....and i was half joking

Exactly.

 

[TheEarlofPearl]

The Netflix doc about FIFA is very good, the money being passed around is frightening. And of the course the French were up to their eyeballs in voting for Qatar. You can almost understand the poorer lesser footballing nations taking bungs for votes but not France.

 

[Orchard thief]

The Netflix doc about FIFA is very good, the money being passed around is frightening. And of the course the French were up to their eyeballs in voting for Qatar.

Sepp Blatter infers President Sarzoky influenced Qatar World Cup vote

Sepp Blatter opens up on the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, President Sarkozy's role and the immediate buying of fighter jets from France.

www.90min.com

Dunno if this has been posted previously.

So basically Sarkozy forced Platini to vote for Qatar and in return Qatar buy $14bn worth of fighter planes from France.

Good deal for France tbf.

 

[marco 2005]

Sepp Blatter infers President Sarzoky influenced Qatar World Cup vote

Sepp Blatter opens up on the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, President Sarkozy's role and the immediate buying of fighter jets from France.

www.90min.com

Dunno if this has been posted previously.

So basically Sarkozy forced Platini to vote for Qatar and in return Qatar buy $14bn worth of fighter planes from France.

Good deal for France tbf.

i'm surprised this comes as surprise to many, this made the headlines of plenty reputable papers years ago, Le Monde ran a huge story about it...and it got picked up by the BBC, the Guardian etc, there's a current investigation about it, started in 2019...

And part of the deal was that Qatar would also buy PSG....which was Sarkozy's favorite club

 

[marco 2005]

quick google search returns this...2019

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...questions-michel-platini-qatar-2022-world-cup

 

[Jim Comic]

Brazil v Italy and 'the day football died'

Brazil have won football's biggest prize a record five times but still harbour their own stories of World Cup hurt.

www.bbc.com

 

[marco 2005]

Speaking of Italy, haven’t seen their WC squad yet

 

[TheEarlofPearl]

Speaking of Italy, haven’t seen their WC squad yet

Probably next to France's squads from 70 & 74 and 90 & 94.

 

[dukeroyale]

It is hard to separate them though as it is being corruptly held in a tiny oppressive state in the middle of winter.

There is not even great advertising for this, no big corporations swamping the place with adverts, no big build up, no momentum and little interest.

We have all been robbed and many unfortunates have lost their lives for this complete sham and a faux atmosphere with paid actors bussed in from camps to "support" teams.

Watching all the world cup games in the summer holidays for weeks on end is a right of passage for young teens.

F.I.F.A. just grabbed the $$$

yep! i can remember being up with my dad around 2.00 in the morning and korea being 2-0 down to spain at usa 94 and then heading off to bed around 4.00 after witnessing a massive comeback and a 2-2 draw. hilarious

no chance i’ll finish work early to head home to check out any of this shit with my young lads.

 

[dukeroyale]

The Netflix doc about FIFA is very good, the money being passed around is frightening. And of the course the French were up to their eyeballs in voting for Qatar. You can almost understand the poorer lesser footballing nations taking bungs for votes but not France.

yeah, watched that last friday and didn’t think i’d get much from it. turns out there were a few nuggets i’d missed.

chuck blazer though