In Zurich on thursday, England received only two votes despite the English bid coming top of the technical and security risk assesment by FIFA. The country that came bottom of both lists was Russia, bizarelly won the competition!!!
It got even more wierd when Qutar were named as the host of the 2022 World Cup, a country with a population of a few million and summer temperatures into the 50'sC. What both of these bids have in common is oil money, obviously I'll leave the rest to your imagination.
England has begun to retaliate, their proposed friendly with Thailand next year as been cancelled, the Thai delegate promised his vote to England and being as he didn't deliver that vote, England have recipricated. He isn't worries, his money is in the bank. The Thai football fans now won't get to see England.
England and other nations that felt cheated in the bid are now circulating messages that they want the voting proceedure changed. Rather than 25 rich men vote every time and make their pockets bigger, they believe the vote should go out to all 208 member associations of FIFA.
2 comments:
Maybe the voters were well aware of the BBC Panorama exposé of alleged bribery at Fifa which clearly had damaged England's chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup.
I also think that the reason Qatar were named as the host of the 2022 World Cup was to give a country from that part of the world the opportunity to run a big important sports event. I think this country is prosperous and capable enough to host the World Cup as it has previously hosted the Asian Games.
It's should be more to do with what that country has invested in football in the past. Qatar may be able to build 12 of the 14 stadiums needed before 2022, but what will happen to them after. I doubt legacy will be a key word. Hopefully they'll lift the ban on native Qatar women attending public gatherings!
I'm just bitter about the fact that even though I come from the maddest soccer country in the world, it looks very unlikely I'll ever see a world cup match played in England.
England needs to discover a big oil field and kill press freedom then we might get a sniff in 2102....
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