Topic: Qatar bribed 8 players from Ecuador for the opening match - page 8. (Read 1825 times)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.  

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.

when I heard the news I preferred not to bet on the match. because for me it is still a suspicion of whether Ecuador really wants to give up the game.
It's normal for everyone before betting to hear the news and cause questions and suspicions that are a little confusing and decide not to bet.
but in my opinion, if indeed Ecuador wants to be bribed, I think it is a mistake. How is it possible that in a world cup match a team chooses money over making their country's name proud (Ecuador)

this is probably some rumor just to discredit the ecuador or qatar team, we all know that for this world cup the games will be made and monitored by a vast cutting-edge technology, there will be VAR so there would not be like 8 players or even that if 11 players from ecuador played badly in favor of qatar without everyone realizing that and another point is that even if qatar wins in the first game, nothing guarantees them that they will win in the second and in other games, so it is wasting time and money to try to corrupt some team in the world cup in the group stage, it doesn't make sense to do that


ecuador plays well, if they are playing very badly, something like intentionally letting goals in then we would presume they were bribed, but i doubt that smart people from ecuador would make a senseless mistake of paying opposing players only to win a game, they know that doing this is useless, there are still many games that they can lose or win, they have no reason to pay players from ecuador


these countries of religion could not organize the world cup, they have their habits and strange laws so why did they organize the world cup knowing that they are bringing people with different habits? fifa should review this, so that in the future only countries that have normal laws organize the world cup, that's not possible. I keep asking myself: how many people are going to qatar and will be arrested? because without a doubt, with the stubbornness of people, they will drink and be arrested

They banned beer sales,no kisses allowed and at least 10 other things that are normal and common in our Western society,I was just reading the morning local newspaper and they had opened it with the title "Qatar:The world cup of the wonders" referring to these things that are not permitted.

Now to act like "saints" in doing this and from the other side to go and corrupt and bribe Ecuador players this is truly a horrendous scandal if it is true and this is truly going to be "the world cup of the wonders" if starts in this way.

Didn't surprise me one bit. The other day I saw the news that Qatar is hiring people from Pakistan to create a fake fan audience.

Look at this shit:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11429323/World-Cup-2022-Qatar-accused-paying-hundreds-fake-fans-Tiktok-video.html



And then they banned beer sales...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11442203/Qatar-want-alcohol-sales-World-Cup-stadiums-BANNED.html

Hopefully no sane person will watch these games or bet on them.

A corrupted country like Qatar didn't deserve to be the WC host in the first place. They banned beer, nobody likes them and they are trying to hire people to give an image that they are a lively country which everybody loves and want to visit.

No, Qatar is a shithole which nobody wants to visit or care about.

But being the host? they should have been careful about this act because as now it is broadcasted then this will damage their reputation and their players emotion , because they are the one who will suffer from this.

is there any chance that we can see if the bribery was accepted ? because if they are going to bribe just for the opening match then they should offer more.

In every event, there will be things like bribery to many people involved in the event and it's not surprising if that also happened at this world cup because we know this world cup requires a lot of money. But if that happens in the match, it isn't good news because it means the match won't be fair and honest. But hopefully, the referees who lead the match can remain fair and honest so that unsportsmanlike things will not taint the match.

If they offered more money to the Ecuadorian football players when they spent so much money, they would definitely accept it
It's disgusting that they do such a thing. The World Cup had to be one of the most beautiful football organizations in the world. But they are doing unbelievably bad things, bribing football players is not acceptable

You know what will be the effect of that bribery to their players?  do they not trust the ability and capacity of their team? they are the one who represent the competition now and yet they are the one who is breaking the rules?
if I were the players of Qatar ? I think this is the best chance to leave and do not represent the country because this is disrespectful in their part as one of the best team in worldcup.
Same view here mate as I am also a sports player and if this happens to me ? i may lose my confident forever as my own country does not trust my skills .

this is not good as this event is the most expensive world cup we ever had and seeing these kind of news takes away my trust to the best result of this Cup , How I wish that this is just a bad news and there is no true behind this because this will bring bad effect to the respect of the world in this prestigious events.