Football 2018 Discussion Thread

[hckošice 14,822]

2 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Well they are smart, the timezone is perfect for their fans!

 

No, I think something "obscure" happened last week when we played   in a friendly test match. I assume the Moroccan lobbying worked effectively. I started to suspect it already when their fans didn´t booed or whistled our anthem (which is a common thing from N-African fans before every international match) so maybe they said them, let them, and be polite, they will vote for us plus, I see that Estonia was the next and last Moroccan opponent before the WC and also did voted for them as one of the few Europeans

[dcro 10,210]

Morocco would be more exciting (also more problematic, but who cares)...

[bestmen 2,817]

for the first time 3 countries will host

this is cheating so usa mexico and canada are qualified

[bestmen 2,817]

results of votes , abstenTion       

 

and Iran "none of the bids"

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18s-GE17LdXeNz8a8D-q2bq4BIxRi8ciP/view

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 13, 2018 by bestmen

[bestmen 2,817]

so all the voters for Morocco will be punished by Trump

[LDOG 2,418]

Conmebol had agreed to vote for usa some months ago, but it seems Brazil changed their mind and voted alone for Morocco...

[Quasit 865]

38 minutes ago, bestmen said:

for the first time 3 countries will host

this is cheating so usa mexico and canada are qualified

I guess it doesn't matter for a WC in which for the first time there will be 48 teams.

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 hours ago, hckosice said:

 

No, I think something "obscure" happened last week when we played   in a friendly test match. I assume the Moroccan lobbying worked effectively. I started to suspect it already when their fans didn´t booed or whistled our anthem (which is a common thing from N-African fans before every international match) so maybe they said them, let them, and be polite, they will vote for us plus, I see that Estonia was the next and last Moroccan opponent before the WC and also did voted for them as one of the few Europeans

The Dutch federation said they'd vote for Morocco as well, I'm expecting something 'obscure' having happened behind the scenes there as well to win this vote that a ton of people were kind of angry about  

[bestmen 2,817]

and combined         

 

 

[Olympian1010 7,971]

I really wanted Morocco to win, I hate smaller countries are basically blacklisted from hosting major sporting events. Morocco could have done it for sure, and if FIFA was really worried about scandals or controversy, then why did they give Russia the World Cup.