The Draw Was Rigged

If there was rigging going on, I would think it would be in favor of balancing the groups out. I'm not sure how it's in FIFA's interest that one of Brazil, Spain or the Netherlands is guaranteed not to make it past the Round of 16.

 

How the hell is it obvious to understand if you don't speak Spanish?

Wasn't so easy to understand that you translated, now was it?

 

now THAT is a true story. the lottery is a farce

 

3 possibilities I'm willing to entertain:

1. FIFA manipulated the draw so that Argentina landed in Group F, setting up the possibility of a Brazil-Argentina final.

2. Platini used his influence to ensure that France didn't automatically end up in the Special Pot (hence the "Pot X" draw).

3. FIFA once again changed its seeding formula so that four South American sides would be seeded ahead of the first World Cup in South America since 1978.

But the idea that the entire draw is rigged? Come on, guys.

 

It's FIFA. Of course, they rigged the entire draw.

I mean come on, man. The USA gets Ghana, Portugal, and Germany, all teams the USA has histories against, in a "random" draw?

 

I think you forgot the /s tag.

 

I would be surprised if the entire draw was rigged. But I think FIFA always puts in a couple of "pre-set results," usually involving giving the host nation an easy group draw at a minimum.

 

I bet FIFA knows who killed JFK

 

Correction: FIFA are trying to kill Juergen F***in' Klinsmann, but I am not sure if they will succeed this time.

 

So Fifa is claiming they have angles of the event from multiple angles, including a top down one. Why wasn't that angle used at least once. Something stinks here. I really hope they release some other footage, but I bet they won't.

 

And if you believe that, I have an air-conditioned stadium in Qatar to sell you.

 

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Well done. I had to read it twice. The first time I was like 'this doesn't sound like they rigged it'. The second time was the 'ahhh, I see what you did' moment.

 

Great! Can I use this?

 

Of course. Just drop off a pickup truck full of nonsequential 500 Euro notes in my garage, and I assure you that it will be ready by 2022. Totally legit.

 

I'll take the stadium too, but I was talking about your quote.

 

Oh LOLS. Sure!

 

Our betting odds of winning the Cup plummeted right before the draw was to occur. They said that at the beginning the draw special on ESPN. And then we proceeded to get a tough draw. I'm just saying.

 

When they tell ya "May the Odds be Ever in your Favor" you know the Game is bloody rigged.

 

Yeah if you look closely in the video, you can see bigfoot in the background swapping the draws with the loch ness monster! Hahaha!

 

the draw was rigged.
fifa hates 'murica.
end of story.

 

your ridiculous if you think FIFA rigged actually the whole draw. US got a crazy easy group last WC and a crazy hard group this one. Nigeria has been in Argentina's group 4 of its 5 world cups, coincidences happen i dont think FIFA has a Nigerian-Argentinian fetish any more than a Ghanian-US one, its random. if it was rigged, group A and B would not be anything like it is now

 

okay, usa also has "histories" with england, italy, spain, brazil, colombia, etc.

 

3 countries were critical of Qatar 2022: Australia (the FA even tried to sue to get its bid expenses back), England (they have been crowing about it) and the USA (Gulati had some measured words about how the bid process worked, amnesty int'l bringing up the human rights issue, etc.).

How did those 3 teams fare in the draw?