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Sepp Blatter Claims UEFA Draws Rigged
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/14/sepp-blatter-european-competition-draw-was-rigged-by-cooling-balls
Sepp Blatter, the disgraced former Fifa president, has claimed he witnessed the fixing of a draw for a European football competition.
Blatter, in an interview with Argentinian newspaper La Nacion, did not elaborate on which competition he believed was rigged, but said he had seen a practice whereby the balls containing team names were cooled to make their identification possible when being picked out.
Blatter said only one team had benefitted from such a practice and he distanced himself and Fifa from any involvement, instead suggesting that it had happened not on Fifa’s patch, but under European governing body Uefa’s jurisdiction.
Asked specifically by La Nacion about the draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which was favourable for Argentina, Blatter said: “The draw was clean down to the last detail. I never touched the balls, something that others did.
“Of course it’s possible that they can be signalled, by heating or cooling them. It doesn’t happen in Fifa, but I’ve witnessed draws at European level where it has happened, but never in Fifa.
“Of course it can be done, but it never happened under my watch, never.”
Blatter explained how a ‘blind’ draw could be fixed, saying, “Balls are put in the freezer before the draw, at the slightest touch you can tell if the balls are hot or cold.
“By touching them you know exactly what you have.”
The Swiss, who turned 80 in March this year, is currently serving a six-year ban from all football-related activity. He is appealing the sanctions through the court of arbitration for sport.
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Blatter said only one team had benefitted from such a practice and he distanced himself and Fifa from any involvement, instead suggesting that it had happened not on Fifa’s patch, but under European governing body Uefa’s jurisdiction.
Blatter said only one team had benefitted from such a practice
only one team
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how can heating or cooling the balls help anyone in the draw. if you make the madrid ball hot a pull it out first the rest of the balls are cold so you wont know who the next ball would be so it would be no different than just picking from all cold balls
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and also why didn't they ask blatter why he didn't report it at the time.
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Unique wrote:how can heating or cooling the balls help anyone in the draw. if you make the madrid ball hot a pull it out first the rest of the balls are cold so you wont know who the next ball would be so it would be no different than just picking from all cold balls
We've joked about it I think maybe last season's CL 1/16 or quarter draw? When all top teams drew small teams with the last game at home.
You heat the top teams and be sure to pick a not heated ball followed by a warm ball. The last pairing was a bit screwed up because the heat difference had vanished..
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Blatter said only one team had benefitted from such a practice and he distanced himself and Fifa from any involvement, instead suggesting that it had happened not on Fifa’s patch, but under European governing body Uefa’s jurisdiction.
Blatter said only one team had benefitted from such a practice
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he also specify that it was an Italian side?only one team
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the quicker this old goat gets taken out of his misery the better I say.
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Unique wrote:and also why didn't they ask blatter why he didn't report it at the time.
I guess you could read between the lines and conclude that what he's basically saying is: If I'm going down, I'm taking everybody with me.
It's a warning,a threat in disguise if you will, used by thugs and criminals when put under the knife to intimidate those who are implicated in the crime and are still in power.
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Of course it's rigged, just have to at Madrid path to the semis every season.
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Blatter confirming what I already calculated to be probable, it's practically impossible for Uefadrid get easy opponent in every round, every season. Perez's tentacles have a unique grip on Uefa, referees and most of media.
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Here we go again
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You guys still salty about the draw?
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Blatter clearly trying to mess up a good thing we at Madrid are having.
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Barça fans
Their lack of self awareness is just ridiculous , You'd think it's some other Catalan team that had one of the most corrupt presidents in recent memory , engaged in some very shady business deals in the past few years, and got some of the most outrageous refereeing calls in the history of the CL .
Their lack of self awareness is just ridiculous , You'd think it's some other Catalan team that had one of the most corrupt presidents in recent memory , engaged in some very shady business deals in the past few years, and got some of the most outrageous refereeing calls in the history of the CL .
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Hey, it's not all of us - I don't are about last seasons draw. We lost last season cause we sucked up it up at the wrong time, plain and simple, no one else to blame.
But on topic, if Blatter is claiming they have been rigging the draws for years (which means we also got helped), more than likely to help big teams get farther and increase ratings, then yes its horse shit. I don't care who got helped, I care more about the fact that they have been manipulating it
But on topic, if Blatter is claiming they have been rigging the draws for years (which means we also got helped), more than likely to help big teams get farther and increase ratings, then yes its horse shit. I don't care who got helped, I care more about the fact that they have been manipulating it
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Why are people talking about Barca fans? Linetty and I (can't speak for Linetty really) were just joking around lmao, the only other one to say anything is Harmonica and he's not really a Barca fan, he's too devoted to logic for that.
The fact you guys are taking it seriously is intriguing to me.
The fact you guys are taking it seriously is intriguing to me.
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Yeah I was just messing around, chill out guys
Only HARMonica takes it seriously and you know... I don't think I have to say it.
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Basically confirming Uefalona(which has morphed into a two headed monster, the other head being Uefadrid now).
They manipulated draws.....you think they didn't manipulate certain matches? Think again.
They manipulated draws.....you think they didn't manipulate certain matches? Think again.
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Barcelona - Real Uefadrid 15-16 (league, position)
Roma (1st, 3rd) - PSG (1st, 1st)
Leverkusen (1st, 3rd) - Shaktar (2nd - 2nd)
BATE (2nd, 1st) - Malmö (2nd, 5th)
Arsenal (1st, 2nd) - Roma (1st, 3rd)
Atletico (1st, 3rd) - Wolfsburg (1st, 8th)
- - ManC (1st, 4th)
- - Atletico (1st, 3rd)
Barcelona - Real Uefadrid 14-15 (league, position)
PSG (1st, 1st) - Liverpool (1st, 6th)
Ajax (2nd, 2nd) - Basel (2nd, 1st)
Apoel (2nd, 1st) - Ludogretz (2nd, 1st)
ManC (1st, 2nd) - Schalke (1st, 4th)
PSG (1st, 1st) - Atletico (1st, 3rd)
Bayern (1st, 1st) - Juventus (1st, 1st)
Juventus (1st, 1st) - -
The past two seasons, from 14 rounds, Real Uefadrid has had tougher opponent once than Barcelona, in group phase. When Barcelona has had 7 tougher opponents, in every ko-round. Why isn't this news blowing up on media? Because Perez co. owns them also.
Roma (1st, 3rd) - PSG (1st, 1st)
Leverkusen (1st, 3rd) - Shaktar (2nd - 2nd)
BATE (2nd, 1st) - Malmö (2nd, 5th)
Arsenal (1st, 2nd) - Roma (1st, 3rd)
Atletico (1st, 3rd) - Wolfsburg (1st, 8th)
- - ManC (1st, 4th)
- - Atletico (1st, 3rd)
Barcelona - Real Uefadrid 14-15 (league, position)
PSG (1st, 1st) - Liverpool (1st, 6th)
Ajax (2nd, 2nd) - Basel (2nd, 1st)
Apoel (2nd, 1st) - Ludogretz (2nd, 1st)
ManC (1st, 2nd) - Schalke (1st, 4th)
PSG (1st, 1st) - Atletico (1st, 3rd)
Bayern (1st, 1st) - Juventus (1st, 1st)
Juventus (1st, 1st) - -
The past two seasons, from 14 rounds, Real Uefadrid has had tougher opponent once than Barcelona, in group phase. When Barcelona has had 7 tougher opponents, in every ko-round. Why isn't this news blowing up on media? Because Perez co. owns them also.
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