On Sunday, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 officially begins. Additionally, several allegations and conjectures are circulating two days before the opening ceremony in Doha that the host country of Qatar attempted to bribe its competitor, Ecuador.
It hasn’t been a great buildup to the biggest football event taking place in a country with a terrible human rights record. These accusations of match-fixing are the absolute last thing that the top football organization in the world needs right now.
Qatar Bribing Ecuador Players to Lose
The regional director of the British Center for Middle East Studies asserted that Qatar paid eight Ecuadorian players $7.4 million to lose the 2022 FIFA World Cup opening match.
On November 20 at the Al Bayt stadium, the tournament will kick off with a match between Qatar and Ecuador. This grave charge surfaced before the fixture. Felix Sanchez will serve as Qatar’s manager when they enter the 2022 FIFA World Cup rated No. 50 in the world.
Ecuador is currently ranked No. 44 in the world, in contrast. The team is led by Gustavo Alfaro. On the Ecuadorian team, Moises Caicedo and Enner Valencia are two of the most notable players.
Nevertheless, Marc Owen Jones later disputed Taha’s assertion. Jones is an adjunct professor at Haman Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. He claims Taha is a dishonest source who willfully spreads erroneous information.
No one has so far independently corroborated Taha’s claims. Front Office Sports asserts that FIFA is growing increasingly concerned about match-fixing and projects that there will be over $100 billion in wagers on the event.
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