World Cup 2034 is Insanely Rigged
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He's having the 2034 World Cup corrupt for the 100 anniversary of 1934 World Cup
Fun fact: 2038 will be the 100th anniversary of the 1938 world cup
@@dislexycis this year the 100 anniversary of 1924?
@@peepeepoopoo3614 There was no World Cup in 1924. The first one was in 1930.
@@peepeepoopoo3614 The first ever edition of the World Cup was in 1930. Before that, the Olympic tournament was the biggest deal in football.
@@dislexyc 😀 What he/she meant to say is that the 1934 World Cup was extra corrupt. Italy was the host and winner of the tournament and at the time Mussolini was in charge in Italy. He heavily intervened in the tournament influencing referees. So it's only fitting there's a similarly corrupt tournament 100 years later.
it is unfortunate that the South American countries accepted the offer in which they host only three games.
Money is money.
worst part is Paraguay is going to build a 70,000 seat stadium a stadium that will cost a fuck ton of money and is too big for any club in the country to properly accommodate. And all that for 1 game where soon there after it'll only be used for that game or be given to a club that because it can't handle the expenses will bankrupt that club
At least from Argentina, our representant in Conmebol just wants money, it's awfull. The AFA (Argentina futbol asociation) just wants to give money to its president (The Little Tapia) and his friends. And we cannot do nothing to stop this shit
@@thekingmansplainer6813 how much do you want to bet that Saudi Arabia is paying for a good portion if not all of it...
I wanted them to host the whole tournament... Well, I guess after Qatar 2022, Saudi Arabia 2034 will be the next World Cup I won't watch. What is it with that side of the world?
It looks like perfect weather for a run rn
*looks out* Indeed.
Greetings from Germany
unfortunately that’s not the case in Chicago, it’s extremely cold here despite it being the first day of spring.
Another consequence of this 2030/34 shit show is that it will leave 2038 with only CONCACAF and OFC eligible. Realistically only some combo of the US, México, and Canada could really pull off a bid between these two federations, which would be weirdly close to those same nations hosting in ‘26. I’m not sure a combined Caribbean or Central American bid would be viable, and certainly any bid from the OFC that doesn’t try to also involve Australia would be doomed. But thanks to the idiocy of hosting ‘30 on three continents, eligible hosts will be limited in ‘38. Really feels like 2030 should’ve been given solely to Spain-Portugal-Morocco and 2034 to the combined South American bid.
I feel like they'll probably decide at that point that South America (or possibly Europe/Africa) can host again given the limited options. Could see a revival of the Eastern Mediterranean bid that Greece and Egypt attempted.
OFC has 1 stadium at the moment that meets stadium capacity minimums for the Men’s World Cup Australia has 10. If the joint continents bid is something other places can do other than Saudi then I think there would be a really good chance that New Zealand and Australia win just to not repeat nations. But there is a chance that FIFA chooses the USA again for the money and they are playing the long game
Infantino will change the rules again... because he can. Saudi might get it again
I actually think a 2038 Carribean island-hopping West Indies style World Cup would be really cool... They can convert their cricket stadiums for the purpose
Colombia and Ecuador could join in to help out
australia is apart afc and ofc so its prob gonna be wwcp 23 mens edition
2030 should just be given to South America for the Centenary.
And 2034 should go to Spain-Portugal-Morocco in that case.
I agree with 2030, but 2034 should have been given to whoever had the better bid, not necessarily the 3 countries. I'm not against Saudi Arabia hosting a World Cup, but let them win the bid fair and square, not just because they buttered up the right pockets. I didn't watch the 2022 World Cup for the same reason, so I won't be watching 2034 either.
@@octavianpopescu4776Nah, the Spain-Portugal-Morocco is better than anything Saudi Arabia can cook up. Portugal being the 2nd biggest football powerhouse after Netherlands to never host. It would be a crime against humanity for Saudi Arabia, with almost no football heritage, to host before Portugal does. Forget Portugal, Saudi Arabia wishes it had even close to the amount of football heritage Morocco has. And no words need to be spoken on Spain. I also dislike the 2026 World Cup for the same reason. The US, with no interest in football, hosting their 2nd before the likes of England have their 2nd is ridiculous.
@@alia7960 Fifa is trying to avoid Europe because they don't like UEFA and there are less corrupt officials to take bribes from (except for Russia of course).
The 2034 World Cup will be held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and has ended because the only file is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s file after Australia’s withdrawal
Australia was actually preparing a bid, but bailed seeing it would be against Saudi. We were burnt by FIFA last time we bid and it went to Qatar and we didn't want to waste money on a bid that was hopeless.
It's a shame because we saw with the fever around the Tillies what it could do for the sport in Australia
It’ll never be that big in Australia. We’re the biggest bandwagoners in sport. We “get behind them” for the world cups, like we do the men, then go back to not really giving a shit
Since they gave South Africa their world cup I though It would be cool to have a word cup in Australia but they just don’t care :(
Australia DIDN'T bail, FIFA strong-armed them to not complete the bid.
@@simbolicdunksman1746nah not really mate the younger kids a picking up soccer over afl and rugby so in the coming decades it will get bigger
What I also find funny is the fact that Chile, that was originally part of the South America bid, was then left out from the 2030 world cup and just 2 months later was named the host of the 2025 u20 world cup which just shows how they had everything planned out to make everyone happy and that Saudi Arabia could take the 2034 world cup with no criticism
Not without criticism. We're discussing the corruption right now. I for one will not watch anything hosted by Saudi Arabia. Qatar was a big nope for me too. Their sportswashing will only work if we allow it.
@@Teutathis Bro thinks he's relevant lmao, you're nothing man
Russia 2018 also technically took place on two continents. But since Russia is (albeit a suspended) member of UEFA, that counted as a “European” World Cup.
It's kind of amusingly odd that both Russia and Turkiye are countries that are geographically mainly Asian, but both are UEFA members.
Israel is too and they're not even close to Europe
@@aleksa8497Israel joined UEFA as they were basically excluded from AFC as everyone refused to play them so they went to UEFA
@JimTheFly 75% of Russians live in the European part though. Sure geographically alot of its in Asia but ice and bears don't play or watch football
@@mralmond693 they were in ofc
New zealand and Australia snubbed is so sad to see money go the way of saudis as the womens world cup was so good
New Zealand and Australia did an absolutely stellar job for the women’s Cup.
They did not even submit a bid, how are they snubbed? 😂
@@Treqaahthey were preparing a bid but chose not to because they knew fifa would favour Saudi, better to save money by just not bidding
@@wil.delaney this is a hilarious excuse 😂😂
@@Treqaahif wanting to save money is hilarious, then I'm a clown 😂
Low 70s in Pittsburgh today. Gotta get a run in after work
The UK deserves it most, the fact its only been held there once is crazy to me.
I'm English and the UK has to repair its reputation for hooliganism. Russia wasn't long ago.
I am definitely biased, but i think the Netherlands + Belgium deserve to host one at this point. The Netherlands is easily the biggest football country never to host a world cup, with only Portugal being even comparable. And they're getting a world cup anyway.
If that's not economically viable, add Germany as well. Or if you're feeling really funky, do Denmark instead.
@@Julian-pw5mvAs a Brit, I agree with both your points. It’s ridiculous that a country like the US with no football heritage is hosting their 2nd tournament, and a country like Mexico, while passionate, has hosted fricking 3 times now. And obviously the usual dictatorships hosting before Netherland’s first, honestly a crime.
Why does England have to repair its reputation when every single year the French police beat the everlasting sh*t out of some innocent fans or the Italian ultras stab someone... and no one bats an eyelid. England (and Scotland and Wales) are some of the safest places to watch a game in the world. We would host a tremendous world cup, and be far more welcoming than the assorted Middle Eastern toilets that FIFA favours these days. It is absolute nonsense we probably won't ever get one in my lifetime.@@kaizenFM
Didn't Scotland and Ireland want to\did put a bid together?
I mean it wasn't a decade ago that the US State Department (which has many skeletons of its own) had to he narrowly "convinced" not to explicitly label FIFA a criminal organization. This is who they've always been.
I would love to see nations boycott the world cup in protest of the corruption. I would 100% back the Aussie team (im an Aussie) if they said, "nope, not even going to bother to attempt to even send a team," and they just sat out the entire qualifying process. 🤔
I was literally just thinking this exact thing. As an Aussie myself I would back the Socceroos if they decided to boycott the 2034 World Cup and used that window to contest the Soccer Ashes vs New Zealand in a friendly instead
I’m just sick of losing from dodgy penalties when playing against the favourites in the round of 16 😢
2026: USA, Canada, Mexico
2030: Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay
2034: Spain, Portugal, Morocco
2038: Saudi Arabia
Sadly we can’t have nice things
Whats wrong with that?
@@Oliver_Skipp_is_the_GOAT It’s not what FIFA will do 😔
To be fair, the bid from South America for 2030 wasn't good (supposedly, and assuming it wasn't all a smokescreen to have all this happen). That just gave FIFA more ammo to be this blatant.
Some how saudi can host an expanded world cup on their own but USA can't???
I say 2030: Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia to host since they were the og south america participants of the first world cup but then again Colombia Ecuador and Venezuela are left out
As an Argentinean I knew there was almost no possibility of it being hosted here, but I still held hope. But when they announced we would have A SINGLE GAME and thus excluding us from the 2034 bid... oh I went mad with rage for days. They really just spat us in the face.
As a European I also wanted you to host the tournament. My country (Romania) was the first European country to accept the invitation in 1930. We hopped on the ship SS Conte Verde with Yugoslavia, Belgium, France, the world cup trophy and we picked up Brazil on the way. I think our first match against Peru had the first red card and it's still to this day, the match with the lowest attendance in World Cup history (we won 3-1, but lost to Uruguay 4-0). 😀 I would have loved for us to return to El Centenario, 100 years later. Sadly, it likely won't happen.
Argentina Chile coupd defo pull it off. Huge shame.
On the bright side you’re not gonna have to spend money on a bunch a stadiums you won’t use after The Cup and you won’t have the usual international sport uptick in the police state (which unlike the stadiums, always gets used post international sporting).
@@snakesnoteyesWe already had the stadiums, just needed to upgrade them to wc standards. It would've still been a lot of money, so in the end it's for the better as you say
I understand you, the multiple host system already sucks but a multiple host system that includes multiple parts of the world is even worse.
Nothing is going to change until FIFA collapses from the inside. I still believe that UEFA and CONMEBOL should break away from FIFA, or at least boycott the 2034 WC. FIFA is not all-powerful, and without the European and South American teams, they are pretty much nothing (no offense to all the teams of the rest of the world).
I think teams like Japan, Australia and South Korea would also join the European and South American teams in that case.
That would rub oil countries, in this case Saudi Arabia, the wrong way. Nobody wants them as enemies, because everybody wants money.
Justice for Fiji 2034
It’ll be overcrowded
A World Cup rigged? You’ll be telling not to touch the hot stove next.
Woodkid - Run Boy Run
"Show me something different in the second half Fifa"
How about all of the rejected bids from the UK too. Arguably the best infrastructure in place to host the expanded World Cup. Good public transport. Good climate. Birth place of football. A country who could host the World Cup with little investment means fifa loses out on their bribe money…
it’s why the UK are now hosting the euros because we basically got fed up with losing to corrupt FIFA bids - the UK has all the stadium, infrastructure and interest yet hasn’t hosted since the 60’s (well england anyway) Wales, Scotland & Ireland have never hosted which would go with FIFA’s supposed aim of widening the game, then you put in England the home of the PL and huge stadiums it’s wild it’s lost out to some of the nations it has
What's everyone's favourite movie?
Mine is Forrest Gump. I love the bit where he just starts running and never stops!
The quote "water is wet" is awesome
Almost makes you nostalgic for the corruption of Sepp Blatter...
3 matches, congrats South America that's all you get until at least 2042. Having actually hosted most recently in 2014, that's 28 years
2038 will almost assuredly be solely hosted by the USA. The fact that Canada and Mexico were join in the bid for 2026 wasn't because the USA couldn't handle running the whole thing on their own; they were along for the ride.
Maybe it'll be a joint bid again, but I doubt it.
2042 will be the earliest that we will be able to see a proper and quote-unquote "fair" bidding process for, as UEFA, CAF, CONMEBOL, and OFC will all be eligible, and I suspect that with the UK/Ireland hosting gig for Euro 2028, that they will likely offer up that little nugget of a bid for 2042, and it'll likely hold way more of a candle to getting it than anything South America, or Africa will propose, and then 2046, AFC becomes eligible again, so Australia and NZ could joint bid for then, and I can only imagine that NZ could have more than one FIFA approved stadium within the next 22 years, so I think it would be doable.
And then, since 2050, CONCACAF, would be reeligible, simply from the whole money standpoint, I suspect USA would host again, but maybe for old times sake they'll bring Mexico and Canada on board again, only this time maybe they'll give Mexico and Canada more even of a spread of hosting with them.
So that's my prediction...
Confirmed:
2026 - Canada, Mexico, USA
2030 - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal, Morocco
2034 - Saudi Arabia
Prediction:
2038 - USA
2042 - United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland), Ireland
2046 - Australia, New Zealand
2050 - Canada, Mexico, USA: 2.0
Zealand needs to be careful. Saudi Arabia is very powerful and they may come looking for him to punish him. Not for saying that they are corrupt but for the way he mispronounces Saudi.
Damn I wish somebody would join me for a run
I love how Sep Blatter was forced out due to cartoonist levels of corruption and greed.....and he was replaced by someone EVEN MORE CORRUPT
yeah those Swiss corrupting football as if it was not enough they corrupting economic system by their black money keeper banks🤦♂
Can’t wait till he then bends the rules for 2038 bidding because only Concacaf and Oceania can bid, all of this is idiotic, South America will go at least 28 years without hosting (that 3 game stint shouldn’t count) which is ludicrous
It´s fucking insane that between 1982 and 2038 (56 YEARS!) South America is only going to host 1 (ONE!!!) world cup. I wouldn´t be surprised if a place like the UAE gets to host before much more passionate countries like Argentina or Colombia at this point. So disappointing...
Not discounting your point but Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Chile were in dictatorships or recently recovering from them from the 1980s - ~1995 and the rest of the nations in south America were in some form of domestic conflict like Colombia fighting guerilla fighters during that time. But I do agree that it feels like they have been cheated
Just poor management of stadiums. Everywhere else is investing tons of money into their stadiums while South America is lacking behind.
@@Brandon-qd2lb Brazil and Argentina???? La Bombonera, Mas Monumental, Libertadores de America??? Neo Quimica, Allianz Parque, Morumbi, Maracana???
I don't think Brazil wants another world cup let alone the rest of the continent
@@sjh-_What are you saying? everyone wanted the 2030 World Cup to be in South America because of the centenary.
i don't know whats going on in these comments but I'm feeling like a run right now
i'll say it again, you've got a radio voice.
If it's any consolation, they also bought the AFC, with the next FIVE Asian Champions Leagues to be hosted in Saudi from the quarters onwards.
My favorite fifa song rn “Runnin - David Dallas”
it's so disgusting what FIFA is doing, so blatant and vile.
The problem is, they can do whatever the fuck they want. Nobody will stop them.
@@5minutemovies977I think Australia New Zealand world cup would have been cool
@@hkar4385I would have loved that
It's called the World Cup for a reason. It should be held around the world.
It's midnight in my country but I have this compelling feeling, it's strange, I just feel like running right now
FIFA? Corrupt? I’m shocked! Who would’ve thought!
It should have been Spain, Portugal, Morocco in 2030, and South America in 34, and then force Saudi Arabia to actually have competition for 38. But I guess this means that the USA will be the host in 38 now because, and no offense to Oceania, is there any place that has the infrastructure in Oceania to host a 48 team WC?
New Zealand might have the ability, but it would take a massive effort on their part.
Oceania should build more stadiums and having the funds to do so OR giving the WC to 2 or 3 OFC nations and lower the expectancy of people watching the matches in person (New Zealand , Fiji, and New Caledonia/Tahiti could be a good bid) and more focus on the TV/internet watchers for money.
‘38 could be a Australia-New Zealand joint bid (assuming the same leniency afforded to the 2030 Saudi-Greece-Egypt bid) or Mexico (given ‘26 is mainly US)
Y'all say that, but you won't win if we "compete" for 38.
We are having a world cup either way, I don't understand why most people her are disappointed and mad.
Something that has gone largely unnoticed is the 2038 World Cup can now only take place in CONCACAF or the OFC. So in all likelihood the US would be getting 2 in 4 World Cup’s.
Let it. Being Romanian, the 1970 World Cup in Mexico and the 1994 World Cup in the US hold special places in our hearts. Or the 1976 Olympics in Montreal (for gymnastics, not football). North America is our lucky continent... now, if we could only qualify.
@@octavianpopescu4776 With 48 teams, 16 from Europe, you have more chances than ever
World cup in new zealand
As an American, I think this is also wrong-even though we have the infrastructure to easily host major events without bankrupting our country. It really should be fairly rotated amongst Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and Asia.
I mean as Zealand you should love a New Zealand bid with some pools in the Islands.
You know what isn’t rigged…running
It would be cool if these Zealandism vids could also be uploaded as podcasts
I really like that idea
Infantino is worse than Blatter. He tries to make himself look moral but he goes on and does this shit. Fifa is just a criminal organization that will never change. And it's so sad because after Qatar, Saudi Arabia could have still got it fairly. With all their money they could have done the best proposal in history but they had to go the Qatar way.
You underestimate Kiribati, with the combined forces or London, Paris, Poland and Banana they easily have the stadiums and resources to host a World Cup while being in the OFC, then by using the monarch of Banana, his power and wealth will force FIFA into Kiribati 2034 🇰🇮
antarctica world cup please save us
Breaking: The Australian Antarctic Territory has submitted its bid for the 2034 World Cup 😂
Messi wins WC. Mbappe top scorer(how many penalties?) Hakimi taking Morocco to the semis and Saudi's beating Argentina? 2022 was a disgrace
Evermore - Running
And then FIFA keeps runnin', runnin'... and runnin', runnin'... and runnin', runnin'... and runnin', runnin'... Let's get it [the run] started!
I mean, I'd be awesome to see the World Cup in Fiji
We in the UK approve of the pronunciation of "semi-final" used in this video.
I may be biased as an Englishman, but I'm a fair and reasonable Englishman, so I'd be interested to hear if that's not the feeling world wide. But I feel like the longer it goes without England (or UK) hosting a second FIFA World Cup, the more and more corrupt it seems.
The place where the original laws of Association Football were written, with the oldest football clubs in the world, which was involved in the first ever international match. A country where ex-pats took the game to places like Milan, Barcelona, Brazil. A country a that has pretty good infrastructure (it's not perfect, but where is), and plenty of high quality, large capacity stadiums, with the richest football league in the world.
Compared to the other major nations of Western Europe (which are also the only European countries that have won it), France had 1998, Germany 2006, Spain will have 2030, Italy had 1990. And all of those were (or will be) second times they've hosted the tournament. England just hosted it once, almost 60 years ago.
Despite the time difference from here, I'd love to see an Australia hosted tournament for the men, the Women's World Cup was great over there. It's weird to me that USA will have hosted it twice in my lifetime, before I see a world cup here. That's no slight against the USA.
Technically AU/NZ women’s WC was a multi continent bid before the 2030 WC. Though it obviously was multi continent in a way that makes sense
Isn't the 2038 Would cup also thus most likely going to be in US, Canada and Mexico again? seems like a double fix
Only one upload today? Zealand might finally be on his run he keeps talking about
FIFA should be closed down as an organisation and replaced with a new one that isn't hilariously corrupt.
Power corrupts
are ya running son?
Its unbelivebale how every fifa president seems to be the most corrupt and unlikebale and then the next one comes and is even worse. Its like fifa create someone in a lab and refine their formula
Same with governments.
Alfie/HITC Sevens was onto the same findings as you Z...
I sure do love listening to my favorite football obsessed yank to yap about various topics.
As much as I would love the World Cup in New Zealand are stadiums are way to small 😅
Fuck it, let Antarctica host in 2034
Let's get Japan to challenge this.
Still got to get in the US Open Cup video eventually... especially with today MIN complaining about congestion to get out of it and deciding to send their MLS2 team instead of their main team to the tournament while scheduling a friendly for their first team against an Irish side the same day
The dream is to see a World Cup hosted by Denmark, Sweden And Norway, would likely never happen, but the dream lives
I sure wish there was a way to walk faster that was a good way to exercise 😢
Btw what does this mean for the 2038 world cup. Fifa will have to scrap the rule or it will have to be held in the us/mexico/canada again. I doubt that any other concacaf counties have the resources
I actually think a 2038 Carribean island-hopping West Indies style World Cup would be really cool... They can convert their cricket stadiums for the purpose
Colombia and Ecuador could join in to help out
@@user-jd5zt4of8qsounds like a logistical nightmare, but so is this shite.
@@user-jd5zt4of8qNew Zealand
The lack of pomp when you said United States was very unzealandlike 😂
I would love for the World Cup to happen in the uk.
But probably won’t happen as the government woudnt want to pay for it.
We have 34 stadiums that have a capacity over 30k, you woudnt even have to build anything compared to countries like Qatar or Saudi Arabia that has to build theses mega stadiums that never get used again.
The biggest issue is our already terrible public transport would get crippled more than it already is, aswell as this is the uk government.
It would end up being the most expensive World Cup ever as the tories line up their pockets.
Does it matter
Football
Is not
Clean
And hasn’t been ever
So nothing is new
Wait Messi won't be playing then... what would they rig it for?
Lovely day for a run?
2034 WC in Noreth Korea, 2038 on the Moon
I can feel a cease and desist incoming
In other news
Grass is Green
Sky is Blue
Jack "The Hat" McVitie, Emilia Earhardt & Jimmy Hoffa are missing
And Zodiac and the 3 blokes who escaped from Alcatraz have not been caught
I hope that sums up my stance on FIFA corruption
FIFA have a monopoly on football, that is the core problem.
oman to dubai is 4 hours bro ik its something different but still
This situation sucks but cash is king. Either way I'm really excited for the World cup in Morocco, amazing people and amazing country, it will be a blast!
I’m not watching the 2034 World Cup soooooooo hard
Thanks for a succinct explanation of this latest chapter in the FIFA circus Z, cheers!
Oh ffs... just when you think FIFA can't top the bullshit they've already gotten away with, Infantino and co give reason for football fans to redefine our already incredibly low expectations. 🤬🤬🤬
I think gianni decided to plan his retirement in 10 years time. That's what the previous dude did, too
Saudi Arabia doesn’t have close to the biggest sovereign wealth fund. They’re just the only country that doesn’t use it on the people living in their country and instead use it to look good on the world stage
how do you know saudi arabia doesn't use its money on the people living in their country? lol
Can you please research things before speaking? The PIF has come under criticism from foreign analysts because the fund is OVERWHELMINGLY used to fund domestic projects and not overseas assets.
@@burningphoneix that’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. I need a source Only 50% of the population receives benefits from the SWF. Building all the “infrastructure” they build isn’t to improve life but instead to be flashy to the world
slight correction: Mexico is North America
It's only gonna get worse. Expect "the world cup" to really only be hosted by Qatar and Saudi from now on.
Nah eventually they’ll run out of money. Historically there were other rich Persian gulf countries and now they ran out and are back to being poor lmao. I expect the same with them eventually.
@@azhurelpigeonyeah the most of Middle Eastern money is oil, I think about 60% of it. So eventually they won’t have this sort of wealth bc of climate change.
The other thing, and I say this as an American, this also basically forces the US into hosting in 2038, which I think is super lame. It will cool to see two WCs so close to each other by 2 in 12 years is way too close to it for me. Let the other countries host it, especially in South America or Africa
Thank god they got rid of the confederation rotation after two world cups. That is crazy to single out most of the countries every 4 years! This is like it was in 2034… crazy how they gave no one countries anytime to bid for it!
I feel like there has to be football culture in a nation to host the world cup. Not just desert and oilmoney.
I don't care if they do F1 there because racing cars is all about money and burning oil.
I'm honestly impressed by the shamelessness of it. This goes beyond insulting people's intelligence, this is Infantino insulting his own intelligence. Saudi launching their bid immediately cracked me up, you can just imagine that conversation the next time they met each other "you westerners are funny with your silly games" LMAO
I miss the good old days, like only 15-20 years ago, where savvy political manoeuvring involving some actual savviness. This is just one, tiny step up from outright stating Saudi Arabia wins cos money talks.
blame the 2030 hosts for this
As a portuguese I hate that Portugal is hosting the world cup
man imagine a Japan 2034 would be amazing
Has happened before already.
People say boxing is the most corrupt sport, and don't get me wrong, boxing is DISGUSTINGLY corrupt, but football really is a level above.
You should've seen South American discourse after this was announced. Everyone thinks the 2030 combined bid is a disgrace, like giving peanuts to a monkey.
When Saudi Arabia hosts matches in Mecca so no non-muslims can attend it
Greenland is part of Denmark, Zealand 😅
But Greenland also has its own national football team (I think???), much like the Faroe Islands does (also an autonomous territory of Denmark) and Greenland’s football team would likely be part of CONCACAF much like the British Virgin Islands team is despite being a British Overseas Territory.
Edit: Greenland applied to join CONCACAF in 2022 (source: Wikipedia)
This is why I fully support the Super League. It would be a competitor to FIFA
Like every World Cup
Btw... Mexico/U.S.A./Canada? Really? I mean..... really? Why not add 2 games in Costa Rica and Panama as it all goes anyway
Games gone
This could be a perfect opportunity for Xi Jinping to pull a troll and throw another bid in the mix... At the very least they would get to throw some serious egg on FIFA's face
he dont wanne piss of his saudi buddy