The “B Side” of World Cup 2022 was recorded in the weeks leading up to December 2, 2010, when the Swiss Joseph Blatter -then president of the FIFA– announced that qatar I had beaten USA in the last instance of election, after previously marginalizing the aspirations of Australia, South Korea Y Japan.
The North American country was the favorite to host the top soccer event for the second time after 1994. Blatteralready suspended from his post, acknowledged that “There was an agreement to take the 2018 World Cup to Russia and Eastern Europe, and the 2022 World Cup to the United States”.
“That way, we were going to have the Cup in the two countries with the greatest political power”revealed. Nevertheless, qatardespite the factors that were working against him, but with bribes involved, he was able to defeat USA in the final round with 22 votes in his favor against 14 against.
Suspicions of corruption in the procedure have not stopped growing since December 2010 and the FIFA launched an internal investigation by Michael J. Garciaformer attorney general of USAwho resigned from his position when the Ethics Commission ruled that there had been no irregularities.
The investigations of the European press revealed that the president of the Qatari Federation and also head of the Asian Football Confederation, Mohammed bin Hamman, paid up 3.6 million to 30 members of the FIFA to secure a vote in favor of qatar.
According to the British newspaper The Sunday Timesthe Cameroonian Issa Hayato and the ivory Jacques Anoumaboth members of the FIFA Executive Committeereceived a bribe from $1.5 million.
An article from Guardian indicated that the oil- and gas-rich emirate spent almost $200 million in the development of his candidacy, a figure considerably higher, for example, than the 42.7 million destined by Australia or the 5 million invested by USA.
Nine days before the vote, the then president of the UEFAthe French Michael Platinumhad met with the president of France, Nicholas Sarkozy and the sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thaniemir of qatarto gain support for the candidacy.
The strategy of buying wills also involved the leadership of Argentina Y Brazilas discovered by Justice of Swiss in the investigation for irregularities in the process of assigning the 2018 and 2022 venues.
A friendly disputed by the national teams of both countries in November 2010, at the Khalifa Internacional stadium in Dohawould have been the excuse to win the vote of their respective federations.
The newspaper OR State of São Paulo denounced that the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and the Argentine Football Association (AFA) received in money “three times more than normal” for the friendly that “Albiceleste” won 1-0 with a goal from Leo Messi.
qatar He answered that he officially spent €4 million for the first crossing between Messi Y Neymar for “show that the country was ready to receive this kind of games”.
The company responsible for signing the contract for the South American Superclásico in Doha was the Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad & Sons Group Holdings (GSSG)responsible for carrying out works for Qatar 2022.
The Swiss police obtained this documentation on May 27, 2015, the same day that the US justice system ordered the first wave of arrests of leaders accused of electronic fraud, money laundering and extortion.
The FBI intervened when it was found that the payment of some bribes was channeled through local financial entities, which materialized the crime in US territory.
The megacause in the justice of that country, promoted by the attorney general Loretta Lynchalso investigated irregularities in the multi-million dollar television contracts of World Cups (2018 and 2022) Y America’s Cups (2015 and 2016 –made in USA-).
In December of that year, the former president of the FIFAthe Swiss Joseph BlatterY Platinum were suspended by the Ethics Committee of the entity. Some 42 people, including leaders and businessmen, six of Argentine nationality, were accused of participating in the FIFA-Gate.
The Argentines implicated in the corruption scandal were the former directors of Conmebol Eduardo Deluca -deceased- and Joseph Louis Meiszner and television entrepreneurs Hugo Y Mariano Jinkis, Alejandro Burzaco Y Hernan Lopez.
qatar rejected all legal proceedings on irregularities in obtaining the seat of the World Cup 2022whose candidacy was based on attracting new football fans in middle Eastin line with the goal of Blatter to expand world football.
“Despite false claims circulating for years, no evidence was found that Qatar claimed the right to host a World Cup using unethical methods or outside of FIFA’s rigid allocation rules.”assured the emirate in a statement.
The Qatari authorities reiterated that “They rigorously respected all the rules and regulations in the designation of the venues and any assertion to the contrary is unfounded.”
By Fernando Bianculli.-
Source: Ambito
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