Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2022

[kungshamra71 687]

23 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

 

A match of all time 

fans killing each other because they are pro Messi and pro Ronaldo and look at them having fun and enjoying the fact that they’re the greatests of all time.

 

What a fantastic picture this one. 

[phelps 6,881]

1 hour ago, MHSN said:

I can't even imagine that a team can sell a World Cup match. yeah maybe it happens in one of millions boring club matches in a year (not a fan of watching the same teams playing each other 10 times a year) but World Cup is a different thing, nobody sells a WC match.

ask  Peru 1978  

or  vs  in 1982 

 

not to mention FIFA itself fixing a lot of matches in the years thanks to corrupted refs ( Korea 2002, but also  vs  in 1986,  vs  in 1990, the 1966 Final...just to name the first games coming to my mind).

[MHSN 3,221]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

ask  Peru 1978  

or  vs  in 1982 

 

not to mention FIFA itself fixing a lot of matches in the years thanks to corrupted refs ( Korea 2002, but also  vs  in 1986,  vs  in 1990, the 1966 Final...just to name the first games coming to my mind).

Peru was already eliminated before that match and FRG/AUT in 1982 was a completely different case. something like DEN/SWE 2-2 in Euro 2004. that's somehow match fixing but that's not losing on purpose for money.

 

and yeah of course I know bad officiating and corrupt referees happen . that's obvious. I was only talking about team A losing on purpose to team B only because of money while both teams still have chance to advance. I believe that's impossible at the World Cup when you know your whole nation are watching you.

[thepharoah 2,289]

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

They said he might miss the opening match and now I see he left the training session so maybe it's something more serious?

apparently it's more serious , he's actually injured before even joining the french camp 

[thepharoah 2,289]

 

Croatian Fans 

[Monzanator 3,599]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

ask  Peru 1978  

or  vs  in 1982 

 

not to mention FIFA itself fixing a lot of matches in the years thanks to corrupted refs ( Korea 2002, but also  vs  in 1986,  vs  in 1990, the 1966 Final...just to name the first games coming to my mind).

Let's don't forget losing 0-1 to  so they wouldn't have to be in the semi-final group in 1974

[Gianlu33 3,577]

1 minute ago, thepharoah said:

 

Croatian Fans 

Typical Split dress code

[thepharoah 2,289]

 

Karim Benzema is out of WC per multiple sources 

[LDOG 2,199]

France is 100% losing to Denmark, yikes.  hopefully they will lose to Tunisia or Australia too and clear our path 

[heywoodu 13,560]

4 hours ago, MHSN said:

but World Cup is a different thing, nobody sells a WC match.

Depends on your standard of living mostly, I guess. Big-time pros, no, but I can hardly imagine the few players in the team who play back home in Ecuador and are still young are that easily able to provide for themselves and their family in some local team, and then if suddenly you're offered a million dollars/euros.....(or nice houses, like Spain bribing Malta to qualify for a World Cup in the 80's)

 

Athletes have sold their matches and games for way less, sadly.

Edited November 19, 2022 by heywoodu