It is true and from there many speculations were made, because it began to be said that some sheikhs offered a very large amount of money to the Ecuadorian players, so much money that each player could fix their lives and that of their families, they just had to leave win, however, those same rumors claimed that the players did not accept.
The forceful result of the first World Cup game in Qatar left all that behind, but you are absolutely right, the hosts are those teams that have a lot of quality and it is very difficult to beat them, the truth is that sometimes these types of comments are made because they They are generated on sports channels and there they create debate and arouse some curiosity.
I am a person who always watches every special program of the World Cup and everything that is generated in the host country, and not only the World Cup, every sporting event that refers to fútbol..
I bet that was sort of true, like there was an "offer" on the table I am sure, but in the end it would be basically a risk not worth taking. What if they promised to pay you that much, you lost, and they didn't pay? What if they exposed you? Who are you going to complain to? Like are you going to go out and say "they promised us 100 million dollars and we lost but they didn't pay!!" to a judge or something? Of course not. The forceful result of the first World Cup game in Qatar left all that behind, but you are absolutely right, the hosts are those teams that have a lot of quality and it is very difficult to beat them, the truth is that sometimes these types of comments are made because they They are generated on sports channels and there they create debate and arouse some curiosity.
I am a person who always watches every special program of the World Cup and everything that is generated in the host country, and not only the World Cup, every sporting event that refers to fútbol..
This is why I believe they didn't take it. In the end, I think USA for example could end up winning, they went out of the group stage, which shows that they are capable of winning, just need a weaker opponent and not some team like brazil or France.
Yes, what you say is true, in these fútbol events it should also be noted that money is handled at a very high level, many frauds have still been uncovered and the fact that corruption has always existed is something evident, without going far away, in the League they accuse that Barcelona paid the referees in a limited period of time, I think it was when Mou was in charge of Real Madrid that many said that Barcelona bought referees and it is possible that it was like that, in the World Cups without Hosts or not, they can drop any plan with technology and VAR, and although everything is quite new, it is a way to attack corruption in fútbol.
How are you even going to pull that off? People would freak out if during such a tournament the FIFA would also have friendly games in between. That makes no sense.
