Qatar bribed 8 players from Ecuador for the opening match

[inthelongrun]

This is a huge accusation although it may be true, there's no evidence presented so far. I tried to search for Amjad Taha the accuser and I cannot find much information about him except that he is from Bahrain. I know Bahrain and Qatar are rivals in the gulf even during their pre-independence. As far as I know, the ruling family of Bahrain once ruled Qatar before they were expelled from power by the current Qatari royal dynasty. So this may be some sort of a political agenda. And remember that Qatar's relations with neighboring KSA, UAE, and Bahrain aren't fully healed yet. Qatar though is obviously bribing FIFA officials in order to host the event.

Earlier, I was planning to take a bet on Ecuador but upon knowing this topic, I am feeling hesitant.  

[Mauser]

Right now odds pays x3.26 if Qatar win, i know is a risky bet but i'm almost sure they will win. Will you place bets on this game after knowing about the bribe?

Insane news so shortly before the game, and it seems that game is going to happen normally. Right now the odds are still x3.22 for Qatar to win after everybody has heard about the bribing scandal. The bookmakers even think a draw is more likely than Qatar to win. Are people not believing it to be true or the Ecuador team can't throw the game anymore? When it comes to professional football it's easy to fake a game when you bribe half of the enemy team. They can easily miss a few shoots and fall into offsite traps to not score any goals in the first match. I do think we are going to see more goals than the planned 1-0 win, but a Qatar win seems more likely now. From me it will only be a small bet, not more than 5 USD on Qatar, just to make sure if the match is really fixed that I am going to a small profit. But what happens if the Ecuador team is throwing the game too hard? Can Fifa cancel the game afterwards and will our bets than be voided? I am a little bit afraid to not get paid my winnings, but if Qatar loses than the game would be legit.  

[EarnOnVictor]

This is a mere allegation that is made around, I don't trust almost all news outlets anymore, especially the sports news outlets. I don't know how the allegedly brided players would do such a thing and would not be obvious on the pitch. Frankly, Qatar does not have any chance against Ecuador, and despite being the host country, I don't think they can make it out of the group stage if care is not taken.

If this allegation is real, FIFA would not take it lightly and strict measures would have been taken by now. Though, more investigation is needed.

[RaltcoinsB]

This is a mere allegation that is made around, I don't trust almost all news outlets anymore, especially the sports news outlets. I don't know how the allegedly brided players would do such a thing and would not be obvious on the pitch. Frankly, Qatar does not have any chance against Ecuador, and despite being the host country, I don't think they can make it out of the group stage if care is not taken.

If this allegation is real, FIFA would not take it lightly and strict measures would have been taken by now. Though, more investigation is needed.

Of course, there is a possibility that such a report may not be true, but how can a journalist make such a claim out of the blue?  If this claim is not true, I think those who make it will face big problems.  Qatar is already displaying a troubled world cup management.  And if such unacceptable allegations are confirmed, that's why this world cup can be among the unforgettable.

[Smartprofit]

It's one of those hot news, and you can find in almost all the Newspapers.

It looks like Qatar bribed eight Ecuadorian players for $7.4 millions to lose the wold cup opener. And this isn't weird to me, i mean if they already pay a shit ton of money to have the world cup in their country then we can expect from this world cup to be the most corrupt event in the Soccer history.

Some sources:
https://sportsbrief.com/football/28069-reports-qatar-bribed-ecuadorian-players-74-million-lose-opener/
https://www.marca.com/en/world-cup/2022/11/18/6376cfc7ca4741cc208b4573.html

Right now odds pays x3.26 if Qatar win, i know is a risky bet but i'm almost sure they will win. Will you place bets on this game after knowing about the bribe?

Most likely it's just manipulation of public opinion. 

Qatar sports officials are mostly honest people and I don't believe they gave bribes to the Ecuadorian team.  Perhaps this manipulation is just related to sports betting.  They are trying to convince people that it is Qatar that will win the game between Qatar and Ecuador.

For me, it's not so clear at all. 

In this situation, on the contrary, I would bet on the victory of the Ecuadorian team.

[Docnaster]

This is a mere allegation that is made around, I don't trust almost all news outlets anymore, especially the sports news outlets. I don't know how the allegedly brided players would do such a thing and would not be obvious on the pitch. Frankly, Qatar does not have any chance against Ecuador, and despite being the host country, I don't think they can make it out of the group stage if care is not taken.

If this allegation is real, FIFA would not take it lightly and strict measures would have been taken by now. Though, more investigation is needed.

I have seen this more than 3 places and I have been calling it a mere allegation. But since the news is already around the whole internet,  fifa should look into that matter. Qatar is a country that has money, they could think that money will solve all problems for them which will tempt them to do the fixing. On a normal grounds, Qatar may not be able to qualify from the ground matches because they are not good football nation.

[Kemarit]

Such a tournament is unacceptable.  Qatar needs to be penalized and disqualified.  If this news reflects the truth, Fifa should investigate it and give the necessary punishment to Qatar.  I wonder how much did those who bribed the opposing team players $ 7.4 million offer to have it in the world cup country?  Never before has a world cup been so poorly managed.

Qatar is the host, I don't think that the FIFA will penalized them in the current tournament, maybe after this is concluded, we can see those heavy penalties along the way for the Qatari team and those who are supposedly involved in this bribery if proven to be true.

And it's just a shame that the host country will do such a thing, in their home soil, and then Ecuador accepting it.

We will see but this is another controversy surrounding the World cup and I think this is big news.

[Despairo]

As long as there's no proof if Qatar has bribed 8 players from Ecuador, I wouldn't believe since anyone can make an accusation from someone opinion or rumors. I think since Qatar is a strict country and didn't accept every other cultures, those people who hate Qatar create this drama in order to hurt Qatar and FIFA wouldn't choose Qatar again for the future World Cup's home.

It's nothing new football has a politics power and they're trying to attack the others.

[Popkon6]

As long as there's no proof if Qatar has bribed 8 players from Ecuador, I wouldn't believe since anyone can make an accusation from someone opinion or rumors. I think since Qatar is a strict country and didn't accept every other cultures, those people who hate Qatar create this drama in order to hurt Qatar and FIFA wouldn't choose Qatar again for the future World Cup's home.

I don't know if any such incident happened in 2022 FIFA World Cup. Because the football world cup is a world cup of competition that comes once in a few years. I haven't heard of any bribery crime in this world cup where any team will give money to any other team. It's a rumor I think.Because Qatar hosted the World Cup, other countries could make it a drama to blame Qatar.
So I will never accept it as true I think it is a rumour. It can create such dramas to spread a bad name by other parties. All of us will not listen to all these rumours.

[iv4n]

Truth or not, this world championship starts to look like a circus. There are many controversies, starting with the climate in Qatar and the first winter world championship, migrant workers (slaves and deaths are also mentioned) employed in the construction of infrastructure, alcohol, and the LGBT population, which are totally prohibited. The desire of some groups to boycott this championship is louder every day. And now this bribing of players to lose games, somehow I'm not surprised.

[piebeyb]

It's one of those hot news, and you can find in almost all the Newspapers.

It looks like Qatar bribed eight Ecuadorian players for $7.4 millions to lose the wold cup opener. And this isn't weird to me, i mean if they already pay a shit ton of money to have the world cup in their country then we can expect from this world cup to be the most corrupt event in the Soccer history.

Some sources:
https://sportsbrief.com/football/28069-reports-qatar-bribed-ecuadorian-players-74-million-lose-opener/
https://www.marca.com/en/world-cup/2022/11/18/6376cfc7ca4741cc208b4573.html

Right now odds pays x3.26 if Qatar win, i know is a risky bet but i'm almost sure they will win. Will you place bets on this game after knowing about the bribe?

I'm never sure about betting when the Qatar host match because maybe it's hard to guess, it's not because of a problem I can't make predictions, it's just that I'm worried about cheating like this, but is the news valid and worthy of accountability, if it's true at least i don't regret with that because i didn't bet on Qatar vs Ecuador match and only bet on other matches

[Tumanggor]

when the power of money speaks, for some players it will be very difficult to refuse. Ecuador's chances of winning the world cup are very small, so if there is news like this, it is not spread haphazardly

what I'm worried about is qatar who is one of the richest countries in the world, is actually using the power of money to get their country into further stages of the world cup

[Lanatsa]

Questions here is, how did they know Qatar is offering a bribe to Ecuador players to lose the game? Are these players exposed it to the public that they're being bribed? (Sorry, I have not read the whole article).
This will actually cause a confusion towards the bettors. Whether who's telling the truth. But, if you're a fan of football and you always watch these guys play, you can easily notice if they're bribed.

These things could neither be some;

-Speculation
-Leaked information from the players itself

But if we do talk about on sensible manner which it is really that impossible for this information to leak out.When you are a true fan of football then you would definitely
be able to witness in regarding on their actions which it would really be raises up those questions on what the hell is happening and it would be proven out that
they've been bribed on doing such thing.

Could be possible that they would be faced up some charges about bribery?

[Strongkored]

If that's true then it's worse for football and remember what happened to some of the bribery cases I think this will be investigated if true, again if true, and I quite doubt it's true don't think Qatar will damage their reputation with corrupt behavior this is because they have spent so much money for this tournament so it's a bit impossible that they will ruin all their hard work just because they want to look great and win matches where their people might realize that they are one of the weakest teams not only in this World Cup but also in the group

[rahmad2nd]

It's one of those hot news, and you can find in almost all the Newspapers.

It looks like Qatar bribed eight Ecuadorian players for $7.4 millions to lose the wold cup opener. And this isn't weird to me, i mean if they already pay a shit ton of money to have the world cup in their country then we can expect from this world cup to be the most corrupt event in the Soccer history.

Some sources:
https://sportsbrief.com/football/28069-reports-qatar-bribed-ecuadorian-players-74-million-lose-opener/
https://www.marca.com/en/world-cup/2022/11/18/6376cfc7ca4741cc208b4573.html

Right now odds pays x3.26 if Qatar win, i know is a risky bet but i'm almost sure they will win. Will you place bets on this game after knowing about the bribe?

To be honest, if we refer to the statistics that we have indiscriminately with this blowing bribery issue. I'm pretty sure Qatar will provide a fierce resistance when they play their opening match against Ecuador. before this bribery issue blows, we have tried to predict in several previous posts.

If we compare the rankings and statistical records of these two teams, they do not have significant differences. from the FIFA rankings, only 6 points adrift. Qatar's 50th, while Ecuador's 44th. we try to compare from the matches they had before. Qatar is a 2019 Asian Cup finalist, they overthrew the strongest team in Asia, namely Japan with a score of 1-3.
after that, as a whole Qatar became the dominating team when playing with teams from Asia in various competitions. the latest statistical notes from the trial results with the friendly matches they played, the results are not so bad. out of 8 friendly matches, they got 2 defeats, 2 draws against Chile and Fiorentina. the rest, with 4 wins.

Note: Qatar has 13 naturalized players, and this is why they were able to beat Japan in the 2019 Asian Cup final.

On the other hand, Ecuador's statistical record is not very good in all the competitions they have played in. even the few trial matches they did this year, did not show that they were really strong and ready. of the 6 friendly matches that Ecuador played, Ecuador was only able to win two matches, namely against Nigeria 1-0 and Cape Verde 1-0, the other 4 matches were all draws with no goals created. uniquely, Ecuador against Saudi Arabia, Japan and lastly with Iraq all 0-0. We know this is not a real match, but at least this match is a trial match to see how ready and strong they are to compete in the world cup later.

with this assessment, I predict that the match will not be easy for these two teams. even Qatar has the potential to overthrow Ecuador, because after all they are playing at home. however, due to the issue of bribery, it seems that the opening match will no longer be interesting. at least, for me personally.

[acroman08]

I'd love for this to be investigated and see whether it is real or not, I am not trying to defend Qatar or anything but players personally claiming that they were bribed is a big deal. they are a celebrity and they can influence a lot of people if they said something that could tarnish someone's reputation it should be taken seriously.

[Docnaster]

I'd love for this to be investigated and see whether it is real or not, I am not trying to defend Qatar or anything but players personally claiming that they were bribed is a big deal. they are a celebrity and they can influence a lot of people if they said something that could tarnish someone's reputation it should be taken seriously.

this news of bribing and match-fixing has gone so much viral, it is not a good thing for the body of FIFA, I believe this news would be investigated in a short period of time.
If this matter is left uninvestigated it will affect the general well-being of FIFA and will ruin the reputation of the players that are involved in this very saga. I will avoid betting on the opening match of the World Cup no matter how sweet the odds appear.

[DU18]

It's one of those hot news, and you can find in almost all the Newspapers.

It looks like Qatar bribed eight Ecuadorian players for $7.4 millions to lose the wold cup opener. And this isn't weird to me, i mean if they already pay a shit ton of money to have the world cup in their country then we can expect from this world cup to be the most corrupt event in the Soccer history.

Some sources:
https://sportsbrief.com/football/28069-reports-qatar-bribed-ecuadorian-players-74-million-lose-opener/
https://www.marca.com/en/world-cup/2022/11/18/6376cfc7ca4741cc208b4573.html

Right now odds pays x3.26 if Qatar win, i know is a risky bet but i'm almost sure they will win. Will you place bets on this game after knowing about the bribe?

Qatar continues to be hit by negative issues even before the world cup starts, I think Qatar might not have any trouble paying the opposing team to give in but it looks like this will be very risky for the progress of football and also Qatar pride,  I don't want to judge whether it is true or not that news because fully I just hope that this year world cup will run smoothly, I think there are many negative issues circulating from the western media such as only aiming to disgrace Qatar or maybe this is just political in nature because previously Qatar has stipulated a ban on LGBT and also alcohol for players or spectators who come to their country?

[Zlantann]

I am not a football fan but this is not good for Football sports and the World cup the organizers should do an investigation into the credibility of the events in doubt who would want to see a sporting event where you already know the result this is the number one sport in the world the football community should move to stop corruptions the event will end up not who's the better team but who's country can afford to bribe players, we'll see in the actual game if they will deliberately lose to Qatar, but if Qatar loses then the rumor is not true.

FIFA as an organization does not take bribery allegations lightly because they can kill the beautiful game of football. We have also heard of many news bribe scandals that rocked FIFA during the host bidding stage and it was investigated accordingly. I am not also surprised about this news because Qatar is very desperate to make an impact in this world cup. Ecuador players might be tempted to collect the bribe if they have no intentions of making an impact in this world cup and if most of them have a poverty mentality.

[eaLiTy]

It looks like Qatar bribed eight Ecuadorian players for $7.4 millions to lose the wold cup opener. And this isn't weird to me, i mean if they already pay a shit ton of money to have the world cup in their country then we can expect from this world cup to be the most corrupt event in the Soccer history.

I see these reports in many newspapers but i could not still find any evidence for these scandals but just a twitter message from a British based Bahraini who always turn up with controversial topics and the media is trumpeting this rumor. There is a lot of criticism showered against Qatar from the start when they won the bid and this is just a continuation of those attacks to tarnish their reputation because this is the first time the World Cup is conducted in an Arab country.