Congratulations have to go to Russia and Qatar who won the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. From an English point of view, I don't really care who got the World Cup but I do care how they got it. With the England bid knocked out in the first round with only two votes, it's quite surprising to note that actually we came out on top in most of FIFA's reports. So how on earth did we finish last?
Of course the time has come for everyone to blame the media scandals for our defeat. But surely the evidence is there to suggest that corruption reigns supreme in this election process. If the scandals hadn't have been made public then it would all still have been going on behind our backs. Lord Triesman hinted at Russia cheating in their bid way back in June during this year's World Cup. It cost him his job, but did he have a point?
If we look at the scandals and the result, then yes I think Lord Triesman might have just had a point. Isn't it funny how Russia's president Putin didn't turn up? Many thought it was because he knew Russia had lost, but actually, couldn't it have been that he knew Russia had already won and therefore saw no point in turning up?
I'm glad that the media haven't backed down from this and also glad that they are still looking into this corruption. If FIFA or the FA won't do it then someone needs to, for the sake of our sport. It isn't fair on the players or, more importantly, the fans and until this corruption is sorted or at least being looked into officially then unfortunately the beautiful game is going to suffer badly.
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