It is one of the greatest scandals in the history of sport. Where conspiracies, geopolitical alliances, unexplained voltes-faces, low-level bargaining, lavish bribes and other smoking support mingle. And, in the end, nauseating rumors, pseudo-convictions… but (almost) no material evidence confusing the bigwigs. A look back at the staggering attribution of the 2022 World Cup to the State gas you Qatar.
” If you are a believer and we meet once more during the Last Judgment, you will have to ask God the question! ” At 86 years old, and despite all his pans, Sepp Blatter always has the tonic verb and the meaning of the formula. This is the answer given, a few days ago, by the omnipotent former President of FIFA (1998-2015) to journalists from Complément d’Enquête (France TV), who came to ask him ” by what miracle “(sic) Qatar had been able to obtain this 2022 World Cup.
Blatter and, before him, Michael Platini recognize it, Qatar had ” the worst technical record of all the candidates ” (re-sic): a footballingly desert country, the heat wave in June-July, a microscopic reception infrastructure, a limited road network, etc. During the preliminary examination of the files of the 5 candidate countries for 2022, the technicians of FIFA had themselves described the Qatari dossier as “very high risk organization“. And yet…