Qatar bribed 8 players from Ecuador for the opening match

[fortunecrypto]

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

Damage? Qatar literally bribed Fifa to host this world cup, then ended up killing THOUSANDS of people to build the stadiums, enslaved them, not even allowed them to speak to their families when something happened, all those workers weren't even compensated, neither their families, many injured, and you think that their reputation could be damaged?

I tell you what, if an English team goes up on sale, and a person from Qatar wants to buy it, English fans will line up to kiss their feet so that they can get some money and success. Look at Newcastle, they got a literal murderer and someone who ignores human rights, and yet they loved it when he bought the club so they can see some success.

You really know Football and World Cup and the many corruptions attached to it, its the number one sports event and this is the prestigious sport in the world, so expect corruption but I'm surprised how corrupt the system is, and how countries will do everything to get into the top standing, there are still a lot of corruptions here that the general public is not aware of, maybe an independent media should do a documentary about this so they get exposed and there will be a call to revamp the system.

[Kakmakr]

Before the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010... South Africa paid $10 000 000 to FIFA officials to host the Soccer World Cup in South Africa. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-04-18-the-2010-soccer-world-cup-led-to-massive-fraud-and-corruption-within-law-enforcement-agencies-johan-booysen/

Guess what happened before Russia and Qatar got the Soccer World Cup? - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/sports/soccer/qatar-and-russia-bribery-world-cup-fifa.html

So.... is this news about the opening match a surprise? No!! it is not..... it is just one huge "show" and a pot of corruption.  How many of the other games are being bought by the highest bidder?

[gabbie2010]

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?

It's sad that there are a lot of criticism against the Qatar hosting the World Cup apart from ban on alcohol and their strict rules against LGBT there is the issue of unreported death of 6500 migrant workers who worked as casual workers during the construction of their stadium which the country authority outrightly denied but quoted 37 deaths, again the issue of bribery the Ecuadorian players making the latest headlines, whatever the case might be all eyes will beam on the opening match between the teams to confirm the veracity of those bribery allegations, I am very sure FIFA will set up an investigation team to expose those behind the deal.

[slaman29]

First of all, to win a match you bribe an official, not a player, because unless you manage to bribe the entire team, even 1 suspicious teammate will bring the whole effort down. 1 official is enough. That was such a dumb news.

I don't want to defend Qatar's issues with human rights etc as they are all out there but I really think the media has nothing better to do than to distract people from the real big problems that plague all nations. After all, because of World Cup, Qatar has been improving conditions for people there. My own country has many people working there and they agree, if not because of WC attention things would never have improved.

And as RealMalatesta said, if any other Europe team gets offer from rich state to buy their club and spend 100s of millions on new players without needing to borrow money, they would kiss the feet. See Newcastle fans after they got bought, suddenly all wearing the Arabic headgear happily.

So I don't want to defend any criminal but I really am getting tired of the double standards. Players talking about Qatar abuse played happily in Russia 4 years ago  

[coinerer]

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

If this story is true then it is a shame for Ecuador that they are not representing their country and selling themselves to Qatar for some money.  But still it is not right to make any bad comments by believing it. Because it will be understood on the field of play that they are playing with their enough effort or they are acting fake.  Because if you're familiar with Ecuador team, you'll know for yourself how they're playing and what to expect from them.

[Maestro75]

we can expect from this world cup to be the most corrupt event in the Soccer history.

It is going to be the most controversial world cup event held, not just corrupt. I said controversial because there are going to be more revelations on what the country does not want or what it wants FIFA to do more. Already we heard about the ban on alcohol at the world cup by Qatar. It feels it can do anything it wants because it has the ticket and the world cup starts today. Qatar knows FIFA can not back out now even when the conditions are not favourable to them.

[piebeyb]

First of all, to win a match you bribe an official, not a player, because unless you manage to bribe the entire team, even 1 suspicious teammate will bring the whole effort down. 1 official is enough. That was such a dumb news.

if they succeed in bribing a number of core teams of course it will also be difficult if Ecuador will not score goals let alone manage to bribe the main striker, I think that also has an effect, but again maybe it's just fake news and as hosts Qatar really plays well, no anyone knows the truth, all will be seen in a few hours when the game starts

[coin-investor]

Today is the opening and the match against Qatar and Ecuador, since this news broke out, the world will watch how the game will proceed, and the world will be observant of both teams if they will deliberately fix the game and if there are true to the news that Qatar really bribe some players of Ecuador/
Our country has never been a part of these events because football is not popular here in our country, but this is the number one sport in the world and this is a big concern for participants and supporters of this event that is held every four years.

[Gozie51]

First of all, to win a match you bribe an official, not a player, because unless you manage to bribe the entire team, even 1 suspicious teammate will bring the whole effort down. 1 official is enough. That was such a dumb news.

if they succeed in bribing a number of core teams of course it will also be difficult if Ecuador will not score goals let alone manage to bribe the main striker, I think that also has an effect, but again maybe it's just fake news and as hosts Qatar really plays well, no anyone knows the truth, all will be seen in a few hours when the game starts

Few hours more to for the match to begin maybe like an hour more to see how the games turns out but I believe Qatar is the more competent side to win the match, I would like to watch the opening ceremony. Apart from the rumours of match fixing, the opening ceremony is having many artists to open the event with their show of artistry.

[coolcoinz]

There's so much allegations against Qatar that some of it has to be true. For instance they promised to allow alcohol at the stadium, gathered sponsorship money from beer companies and then banned them anyway. This shows that the people who manage the championship are liars and cannot be trusted.

Then there were rumors that they're paying people to create fake crowds at the stadium and cheer for their team.

Now we have rumors of bribes that Qatar is denying, but should we believe them with all the things going on?

I pity the people who paid to go there.

[bitcampaign]

the match has already started and we will see the truth of what was shared by the OP in this thread, I think we will find out after the match is over and see who wins in this match to find out

[seoincorporation]

the match has already started and we will see the truth of what was shared by the OP in this thread, I think we will find out after the match is over and see who wins in this match to find out

Before the first 5 minutes Ecuador scored, and it was canceled. Then close to minute 15 Ecuador scored again by penalty and this time was a valid one.

Ecuador i s playing really good. They are proving how they are a better team. But the game still on, let's see how it ends.

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[bitcampaign]

the match has already started and we will see the truth of what was shared by the OP in this thread, I think we will find out after the match is over and see who wins in this match to find out

Before the first 5 minutes Ecuador scored, and it was canceled. Then close to minute 15 Ecuador scored again by penalty and this time was a valid one.

Ecuador i s playing really good. They are proving how they are a better team. But the game still on, let's see how it ends.

By the way, if someone is looking for a site to watch the game, here is a ling for it. But be careful the site has a ton of ads, i recommend the ABP (ad block plus) extension to avoid them:

https://to.xrivonet.info/caracol.html#w

I think it's not offside but the Ecuador player's feet are a little bit forward, it looks like Qatar is starting to lose confidence as a host to win this game, I know people are betting a lot on Ecuador but this is where we can see Ecuador is really playing well and can dismissed the news that was circulating

[AverageGlabella]

atm the alleged bribes are not doing any good Ecuador look like they could beat Qatar by a couple of goals. They could have easily been up 2 or 3 already and the qatar players have not threatened Ecuador one time. I think it could get ugly for Qatar against Netherlands and Senegal. I am surprised by the pace that Ecuador are playing at they look like a good team out there that are playing as a team. The referee is a little gun ho with his cards though giving a couple of yellow cards already. I am used to watching the bundesliga which allows a lot more aggression.

[DU18]

The first match of the 2022 world cup has started and at this time the match between Qatar and Ecuador has started with a temporary score of 0-2 for Ecuador victory, If seeing today game  looks like the news that says Qatar bribed Ecuador players is an hoax, because if you see the Qatar game today is clearly very bad and it's not even visible if qatar can win that the match, Ecuador can actually be said to be one of the weakest teams but instead they can destroy qatar very easily, today match in my opinion is the worst world cup opening match I have ever seen because the messy game of qatar.

[Docnaster]

atm the alleged bribes are not doing any good Ecuador look like they could beat Qatar by a couple of goals. They could have easily been up 2 or 3 already and the qatar players have not threatened Ecuador one time. I think it could get ugly for Qatar against Netherlands and Senegal. I am surprised by the pace that Ecuador are playing at they look like a good team out there that are playing as a team. The referee is a little gun ho with his cards though giving a couple of yellow cards already. I am used to watching the bundesliga which allows a lot more aggression.

The internet is full of lies and misinformation, it can deceive and it can lead people to lose money, the Internet can confuse you and make you to make wrong decision. How about the news flying around that Qatar has bribed the players of Ecuador how is that possible now even in the first half Ecuador is able to score two goals, did the bribe fail?
I would have got a good win in this match but FUD made me lose out.

[hahay]

What happened was that Ecuador was able to make a quick goal and in fact, Ecuador was able to win at half time with a score of 2-0. With a result like this I think it's just a rumor or whatever makes this event more interesting, because I'm sure in this era there are a lot of monitoring teams to be able to prevent bad things like this bribe from happening.
Unless this is a small event and not as big and lavish as the World Cup, then it's possible that a bribery case could occur. But yes indeed, there is no guarantee that it is 100% clean, at least there will always be opportunities to carry out dirty practices like that anywhere.

But for an event of this size I'm not really sure that there will be bribery practices that leak, but if at the end of the match Qatar can win the match then it's very possible that this will be a big question for me as well regarding the circulating bribery cases.
Because to be honest, losing 0-2 at half time is difficult for teams that are left behind to get up, even the big teams don't fully guarantee a comeback if they experience a result like that.

[Tumanggor]

Before the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010... South Africa paid $10 000 000 to FIFA officials to host the Soccer World Cup in South Africa. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-04-18-the-2010-soccer-world-cup-led-to-massive-fraud-and-corruption-within-law-enforcement-agencies-johan-booysen/

Guess what happened before Russia and Qatar got the Soccer World Cup? - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/sports/soccer/qatar-and-russia-bribery-world-cup-fifa.html

So.... is this news about the opening match a surprise? No!! it is not..... it is just one huge "show" and a pot of corruption.  How many of the other games are being bought by the highest bidder?

corruption in the world of football cannot be separated, and it has been attached for a long time, the world cup is a very prestigious event and it is not surprising that rich countries will do anything to raise the prestige of their country in the world cup

I don't know when and whether this rumor is true but it looks like Ecuador will manage to win easily against Qatar today, and the news about bribery will disappear by itself

[Asiska02]

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?

There is absolutely no reality to this report, in my opinion. The World Cup is far larger than matches in other leagues. Qatar as a nation cannot offer a bribe to win the game; instead, they must play well. They can't go to such lengths to win a match by offering a bribe; therefore, if they lose, so be it. I don't believe this news in the slightest.

[Davidvictorson]

The internet is full of lies and misinformation, it can deceive and it can lead people to lose money, the Internet can confuse you and make you to make wrong decision. How about the news flying around that Qatar has bribed the players of Ecuador how is that possible now even in the first half Ecuador is able to score two goals, did the bribe fail?

I agree with you. But you can't blame the internet people and misinformation peddlers. The whole Qatar rights to  host the World Cup has been controversial from the onset, so it didn't come as a surprise. Did you know that if Ecuador hadn't scored two other goals after the first one was disallowed by VAR the rumors would or may have been upheld. Anyways what I can say is that there is more than meets the eye in the tournament.