1934 WORLD CUP - THE MOST RIGGED WORLD CUP OF ALL TIME?

The 2nd edition of the World Cup. This time, taking place in Italy.
We'll be exploring interesting stories about most games that were played and I'll let you come to the conclusion whether it was rigged or not!
Did Mussolini play a key role in Italy winning the World Cup or were Italy just good?
Twitter: / dewsfutbol
Instagram: / jamesdewsbury7

[@dewsfutbol]

WAS IT RIGGED? So, I didn't discuss it fully in the video, but, Im intrigued to know if everyone thinks it was definitely rigged? It sounds obvious that it was and a couple of the clips you can see in videos are suspect. However, referees aren't amazing now, it was even worse in 1934 and they would've let so much slide. Also, there are a lot of 'allegedly's', like Ekland meeting Mussolini before the Semi & the Final & id be intrigued to know if it was actually true. My conclusion... I don't know. If it wasn't rigged, it wouldn't surprise me if attempts were made to rig it in Italy's favour. What do you think?

[@90_plus_1]

Definitely some dodgy dealings. Fully fixed? I dunno. You know there’s so many World Cup controversies especially in early years that aren’t suspicious. Just poor refereeing… but I’d say probably some attempts to influence results as much as they could. They won it again 4 years later. It was a well deserving team ultimately.

[@lucattsur]

No. But the 2022 Catar World cup was RIGGED AND FIXED. For Messi

[@benjaminaraya8073]

@@lucattsurshut up already they didn’t rig the tournament. It’s been 2 years, stop being salty

[@benjaminaraya8073]

I’m not sure either, I would like to see some documents or something to that’s is reliable info showing evidence of match fixing or rigging in favor of Italy.

[@hathor82]

Italy won in '34 WC, in '36 Olimpics, and again WC in '38. it's difficult to judge from today's point of view, especially in those pre war years, home advantage has been a huge factor for long long time, so the only metrics we really got is to look to a wider picture, and the 3 major titles in a row mentioned earlier, means Italy were a very good team, so I guess i'm fine with it 🤷‍♂

[@Sizdothyx]

Personally, I feel 1978 was worse. Players getting kidnapped, gunmen being sighted, leaked chats of threats between the Junta's goons and the rest ... 1978 should have been nullified.

[@gaffeltruck839]

doping as well in the final. should've been nullified or given to the netherlands.

[@UltimateGuatemala]

​@@gaffeltruck839should have been redone, even if it costs too much money. Should have moved it outside of Argentina.

[@bjehulk]

Literally none of that happened

[@b-don7930]

wait wait wait, players getting kidnapped? the gunmen and direct threats? when

[@giorgosfylaktou2610]

I AGREE 👍 WITH YOU. ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 WORLD CUP WAS THE WORSE TOURNAMENT I EVER WATCHED. IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT HOSTS, ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 WERE FAVOURED, AND DIDN'T DESERVE TO WIN THE TROPHY 🏆. ON THE CONTRARY, NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱, DESERVED TO WIN THE TROPHY 🏆. I ADMIRE THE DUTCH NATIONAL TEAM, REFUSING TO APPEAR AFTER THE END OF THE GAME AND EXTRA TIME IN FRONT OF JUNTA OFFICIALS TO BE AWARDED FOR THEIR MEDALS. 🇨🇾🇨🇾

[@RossParker1877]

The hosts get advantages in every world cup. What's host's privileges and what is fixing are two different debates. Brilliant video

[@dewsfutbol]

Thank you! 🙏

[@lucattsur]

Not all hosts. For example in 2022 Argentina wasnt the host but they got advantages in EVERY match

[@benjaminaraya8073]

⁠@@lucattsurLet it go already. That’s false in of itself, how Argentina played was that they had the advantage during the game is true. However they didn’t get advantages (unfair calls) during their run.

[@AbsinthedeLaRochefoucauld]

​@@lucattsurOh yeah, we Argentines are SO GLAD the referee made helpful calls to ease our way to the title, like we NEVER would have won that final without France's two penalty kicks.

[@dragossandu9179]

1930:Host Uruguay, Place: 1st 1934:Host Italy, Place: 1st 1966:Host England, Place: 1st 1974:Host W.Germany, Place: 1st 1978:Host Argentina, Place: 1st 1998:Host France, Place: 1st All of them (Except 1974) were pretty much controversial

[@FernieAriel]

7:35 A Swedish guy gets injured but Switzerland is down to 10 men? Holy crap, that must’ve been some injury 😂

[@deanbrown29]

It's pretty strange we all accept fifa is incredibly corrupt but most people struggle with concept world cups are fixed

[@danb1618]

Fascinating, funny and informative. Great stuff!

[@dewsfutbol]

Thanks 🙏

[@WarraFooty]

THAT'S OUR BOY JIM!!! Fantastic vid.

[@danielleggett2420]

Love this Jim, unreal editing too

[@dewsfutbol]

Legend, Dan!

[@smithryansmith]

The final 4 were Italy, Austria, Germany and Czechoslovakia. The Czechs were the one tiny nation representing freedom/democracy against 3 fascist nations. And they nearly won against all odds. 5 years later, Germany would swallow up Czechoslovakia (France and England complying). Hats off to the brave Czechs standing alone against fascism.

[@Stuart-bh9nh]

That was very well presented.

[@90_plus_1]

Great video mate!

[@dewsfutbol]

Thanks boss!

[@startingXI-]

great video. good luck bro 👍

[@dewsfutbol]

Thanks 🙏

[@lasmudge424]

Nice vid 👌🏻

[@pert-smith]

“No one else could score but him again a side as good as England…” Mate a whole different guy had a brace.

[@Alphoric]

4:38 apart from Zischek who did exactly that scoring before and after him in the very same match 🤦‍♂️

[@jamiethomson537]

Mussolini had dinner with the referee night before the final, who says it was rigged

[@who9387]

@jamiethomson53 - I think the referee was switched that day too, probably the original ref wasn't open to bribery.

[@jamiethomson537]

@@who9387 or your wrong, Mussolini himself said he had dinner with the referee

[@who9387]

@@jamiethomson537 I think I may have confused the semi with the final. The ref was definately switched but maybe the dinner was AFTER the switch

[@jamiethomson537]

@@who9387 you are still wrong keep going, did Italy have the same referee for the semi final and final, was the referee personally picked by Mussolini keep researching

[@who9387]

@@jamiethomson537 I think you've misunderstood my post.

[@benjaminaraya8073]

Are you going to be doing World Cup in chronological order? I would like to see the histories elaborated on that don’t get the obscure coverage

[@dewsfutbol]

I am yes 👍

[@bejkon5336]

7:35 Switzerland???

[@tabhistory2831]

Austria hungary ? Is this 1934 or 1918?

[@robertobeltran7545]

Bring back la copa de duche, unironically all countries should do funny quirky shit like this

[@wuffothewonderdog]

This would be more enjoyable if the narrator did not rush his delivery.

[@dewsfutbol]

I’ll work on it 🫡

[@JM-mg4el]

7:17 hey that score seems familiar...

[@sriatimsdm4107]

Yo cak bejo cak bejo

[@pog7126]

Is 38 next?

[@dewsfutbol]

Next in the World Cup series, yes!

[@jecko980]

Lol, the '38 one wasn't rigged and still managed to win. I think that making Serie A a round-robin tournament helped a lot the players

[@patrickhauser588]

Yet Italy should have never won 1934. They were much better in 1938 though and deserved to win.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

​@@patrickhauser588Says who?

[@patrickhauser588]

@@NoName-hg6cc i think that in 1938 they were the best team. With the best player in the world, Leonidas. Although Brazil was also very good. And gosh, Hungary was a powerhouse in that time as well.

[@patrickhauser588]

@@NoName-hg6cc of course Leonidas was part of Brazil, not Italy😅

[@NoName-hg6cc]

@@patrickhauser588 You meant Meazza or Piola as best player... Yes, but Italy was also strong in 1934 and deserved it

[@dianatralli4099]

I suggest you doing a video of west germany hungary 1954.

[@dewsfutbol]

That World Cup was utter chaos, I can’t wait 😂

[@shanglaithotsem5771]

​@@dewsfutbolHungary should have won ....

[@Alexeiyeah]

It was mostly probably rigged in the finals, we know now how governments interfere in sports affairs, since it's a great propaganda veihicle (sic?). Brazil's enfatic 1970 win mostly certainly boosted the dictatorial military regime and it did not interfere on the competition being held at Mexico. But on other games? I would guess the referee's were probably incentivized to help Italy. It's impossible to say what is true, since we don't have full matches recorded, only bits and usually one camera, making it impossible to analyze the most controversial plays. Also, decisions then were usually very different from today, like not having yellow.cards until the 60's. For those curious, Brazil sent a very disappointing team because we were in the middle of the very controversial transition to professional football. The main entity in Brazil was CBD (Brazilian Sports Confederation, basically) and it support the amateur state that was tradition in Brazil. In Sao Paulo, the controversy began in the middle of the 1920's, while Rio de Janeiro (then, national capital) amateur-professional discords began in early 30's. In Rio, most big teams were under professionalism (Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco and, big at the times, Bangu and America), while only one defended amateurism (Botafogo). The professional clubs founded a confederation of it's own. Also, Sao Paulo's sports federation was also having.political bouts agains CBD, other clubs from the state and Rio's federation It was a stinky mess that greatly capped the national team. If it went full force, I guess we could have had better result.

[@carlosimotti3933]

Short answer: No

[@gordo9104]

I can’t see any comments :(

[@JohnDoe-uw9nq]

British bias. What about the hosts getting advantage in argentina 78, england 66, uruguay 30, france 98, korea 02, chile 62? What about the mess of switzerland 54 and germany 74? what about sweden getting the only final of its history...at home?

[@TheVanpablo79]

More than 2002?

[@iakadayrneh]

2002 was not even rigged, Italian and European fans were just bitter that an Asian country made it far in the world cup. Lol the same Italian fans that justify the 1934 and 1938 World Cups being rigged by Mussolini now there is more evidence for this many football historians have provided evidence for Italy stealing two World cups.

[@nordvinter]

world cup 2002 was already pretty rigged in favor of South Korea. 2 goals were denied to Spain in the 1/4 final. And what about all the penalties in favor of Argentina during last World Cup? Everybody wanted Messi to win a World Cup, so everything was done to ensure Argentina a victory. In the 1/4 final versus the Netherlands, one of their players should have been sent off after a heavy tackle, followed by throwing the ball directly to the Netherland's coach.

[@trevorphilips5252]

Did u forget that Italy lost thanks to that golden goal plus the referee bayton was a moron but corrupt (he’s the Ecuadorean drug smuggler)

[@nordvinter]

@@trevorphilips5252 I didn't forget, but two goals were denied to Spain. Even though the referee has whistled before, there was no chance that the Korean goalkeeper would have stopped it. Regarding the denied goal to Italy (for a wrong offside call), the goalkeeper stopped immediately playing the action. We don't know if the player would have scored or not. There were many wrong decisions anyway in that world cup, but at each and every world cup, like for instance Maradona's handgoal against England in 86 or Schumacher who completely crushed Battiston in 82, while the French player would definitely have scored. The german keeper was not even sent off and a couple of minutes later, Germany scored the equalizer and won at the penalty shoot out. And what about England-Germany in 1966? We could rewrite history

[@trevorphilips5252]

@@nordvinter or if the Italian players scored in 1994 vs Brazil then Baggio would’ve scored too

[@88heiling]

Yeah FIFA in their infinite wisdom, rolled out the red carpet for Argentina and their crown jewel, Messi, during the WC. It was nothing short of a masterclass in favoritism. In fact, Argentina's opener against Saudi Arabia ends in a jaw-dropping loss. Classic FIFA move, right? Giving Argentina the old confidence boost by ensuring they lose their first game in a stunning and embarrassing fashion. And those 3 disallowed goals in that game? Chef’s kiss. Two of them weren’t even offside (One of them was scored by Messi, the supposed golden boy of FIFA), but why let something as trivial as reality ruin the so called pro-Argentina narrative? But wait, it gets better. Against Mexico, with Argentina's backs against the wall, FIFA cunningly decided not to award them even a penalty. Why would they need one? It’s not like even a draw wouldn't have been enough to see them through the group stage. Pure genius from FIFA. As if that wasn’t enough, come the game against the Netherlands, and FIFA thought, "Let’s spice things up." So, they went ahead and booked nearly the entire Argentine squad, Messi included for talking back to the supposed pro-Argentina FIFA ref. Because why not? And then, as the cherry on top, they decided to give the Netherlands a last-minute free-kick right outside the box to tie the game. And let's not forget the nerve-wracking penalty shootouts against the Netherlands and France. FIFA must have been on the edge of their seats, hoping not to see Messi’s heart broken again. Because, clearly, setting Argentina up for potential shootout heartbreak was all part of the plan to... show favoritism? I guess FIFA forgot that Messi lost 2 finals to penalty shootouts (Copa America). All it takes is one of Messi's teammates to miss a single penalty, and Argentina gets knocked out of the WC or loses the final. Moreover, In the grand finale against France, FIFA’s scriptwriters outdid themselves. These geniuses must have thought, "What better way to shower our undying love for Argentina than by handing France not one, but TWO gift-wrapped goals in the final act?" After spending an entire 80 minutes essentially invisible on the field. Because nothing says "We favor Argentina and we’re rooting for Messi" quite like tying the game with penalties at the last possible moment to push Messi and Argentina to the brink of losing yet another final. I mean, setting France up to be the first nation ever in WC history to receive two penalties in the FINAL? How incredibly thoughtful. Clearly, FIFA was all about giving that year. And that last-minute save by Martínez? In a brilliant twist of fate, he didn't actually *make* that last-minute save. Oh no, he simply had a casual chat with Kolo Muani in fluent French, because, naturally, in the middle of one of the most nail-biting moments in football, what’s better than striking up a little conversation? Martínez says, "Hey, mind aiming directly at my leg?" And Muani, being the team player he is, willingly obliges. In fact, in a moment of sheer dedication to the script, Mauni strolls off the pitch mid-game. Why? To practice his part in this grand script, of course! Spends hours perfecting the art of hitting the ball at the precise angle Martinez’s leg is at, because as we all know, footballers have nothing better to do during in the middle of the match. Having honed his craft, he saunters back onto the pitch, gives the crowd a cheeky wink, and executes the plan flawlessly. Oh, and let’s not overlook how in 2018, France was awarded FOUR penalties, one of the penalties were in fact against Argentina in their 4-3 victory, but no one batted an eye. No one said "It was rigged for FRANCE!!!" when they won it. Truly, if FIFA were trying to rig the World Cup in Argentina's favor, they have a funny way of showing it. It’s almost as if Argentina was destined to win it after 36 years and not a "scripted" drama. But hey what do I know?

[@iakadayrneh]

​​@@nordvinter who are you where is your evidence that 2002 was rigged. There's plenty of evidence and proof that Mussolini rigged both 1934 and 1938 world cup through account of the teams they were playing and there's evidence of the 1978 World Cup being rigged by the Argentina dictator there's no evidence have surface of South Korea rigging any tournaments in 2002 it's a made up theory by racist fans like you that were bitter that an asian Country made it far in the world cup.

[@lucattsur]

2022 catar was the most rigged and fixed world cup now

[@Gaucho8510]

Brazil 2002 France 98, Argentina 78 and first of all England 66. In 22 just the clearly best team won how they have won Copa America and Finalissima and will win Copa 24 easily too.

[@88heiling]

Yeah FIFA in their infinite wisdom, rolled out the red carpet for Argentina and their crown jewel, Messi, during the WC. It was nothing short of a masterclass in favoritism. In fact, Argentina's opener against Saudi Arabia ends in a jaw-dropping loss. Classic FIFA move, right? Giving Argentina the old confidence boost by ensuring they lose their first game in a stunning and embarrassing fashion. And those 3 disallowed goals in that game? Chef’s kiss. Two of them weren’t even offside (One of them was scored by Messi, the supposed golden boy of FIFA), but why let something as trivial as reality ruin the so called pro-Argentina narrative? But wait, it gets better. Against Mexico, with Argentina's backs against the wall, FIFA cunningly decided not to award them even a penalty. Why would they need one? It’s not like even a draw wouldn't have been enough to see them through the group stage. Pure genius from FIFA. As if that wasn’t enough, come the game against the Netherlands, and FIFA thought, "Let’s spice things up." So, they went ahead and booked nearly the entire Argentine squad, Messi included for talking back to the supposed pro-Argentina FIFA ref. Because why not? And then, as the cherry on top, they decided to give the Netherlands a last-minute free-kick right outside the box to tie the game. And let's not forget the nerve-wracking penalty shootouts against the Netherlands and France. FIFA must have been on the edge of their seats, hoping not to see Messi’s heart broken again. Because, clearly, setting Argentina up for potential shootout heartbreak was all part of the plan to... show favoritism? I guess FIFA forgot that Messi lost 2 finals to penalty shootouts (Copa America). All it takes is one of Messi's teammates to miss a single penalty, and Argentina gets knocked out of the WC or loses the final. Moreover, In the grand finale against France, FIFA’s scriptwriters outdid themselves. These geniuses must have thought, "What better way to shower our undying love for Argentina than by handing France not one, but TWO gift-wrapped goals in the final act?" After spending an entire 80 minutes essentially invisible on the field. Because nothing says "We favor Argentina and we’re rooting for Messi" quite like tying the game with penalties at the last possible moment to push Messi and Argentina to the brink of losing yet another final. I mean, setting France up to be the first nation ever in WC history to receive two penalties in the FINAL? How incredibly thoughtful. Clearly, FIFA was all about giving that year. And that last-minute save by Martínez? In a brilliant twist of fate, he didn't actually *make* that last-minute save. Oh no, he simply had a casual chat with Kolo Muani in fluent French, because, naturally, in the middle of one of the most nail-biting moments in football, what’s better than striking up a little conversation? Martínez says, "Hey, mind aiming directly at my leg?" And Muani, being the team player he is, willingly obliges. In fact, in a moment of sheer dedication to the script, Mauni strolls off the pitch mid-game. Why? To practice his part in this grand script, of course! Spends hours perfecting the art of hitting the ball at the precise angle Martinez’s leg is at, because as we all know, footballers have nothing better to do during in the middle of the match. Having honed his craft, he saunters back onto the pitch, gives the crowd a cheeky wink, and executes the plan flawlessly. Oh, and let’s not overlook how in 2018, France was awarded FOUR penalties, one of the penalties were in fact against Argentina in their 4-3 victory, but no one batted an eye. No one said "It was rigged for FRANCE!!!" when they won it. Truly, if FIFA were trying to rig the World Cup in Argentina's favor, they have a funny way of showing it. It’s almost as if Argentina was destined to win it after 36 years and not a "scripted" drama. But hey what do I know?

[@Sir_J4ck]

Italy should get stripped of all their titles. Each wc victory came with controversy

[@davidfearby9200]

Hi there I have to disagree with you on that one I’m afraid 1934 World Cup was questionable but there was no doubt about the 1938 World Cup same for 1982 and won fair and and square in 2006 through perfect penalty taking

[@Sir_J4ck]

@@davidfearby9200 In 38 Mussolini bought the referees. In 1982 there was a huge scandal in Italian football and the players should've been banned, plus doping allegations in 2006 huge scandal (again) and refs carrying the team, aka nonexistant penalty against Australia

[@davidfearby9200]

Looks like we have agree to disagree Most teams every team who wins the World Cup run out as worthy winners and performed when it matters most Can I ask why you have such a strong antipathy against the Italian national team ? To say one World Cup win was controversial is debatable but to say all 4 of italys world cups they were lucky doesn’t ring true nobody wins the greatest football competition on luck repeatedly merit comes into the equation

[@PigeonLord21]

🤡

[@JohnDoe-uw9nq]

You should drink less, and better quality stuff.

[@88heiling]

*Penaldogs:* 2022 WC was rigged for Argentina DURRR Yeah FIFA in their infinite wisdom, rolled out the red carpet for Argentina and their crown jewel, Messi, during the WC. It was nothing short of a masterclass in favoritism. In fact, Argentina's opener against Saudi Arabia ends in a jaw-dropping loss. Classic FIFA move, right? Giving Argentina the old confidence boost by ensuring they lose their first game in a stunning and embarrassing fashion. And those 3 disallowed goals in that game? Chef’s kiss. Two of them weren’t even offside (One of them was scored by Messi, the supposed golden boy of FIFA), but why let something as trivial as reality ruin the so called pro-Argentina narrative? But wait, it gets better. Against Mexico, with Argentina's backs against the wall, FIFA cunningly decided not to award them even a penalty. Why would they need one? It’s not like even a draw wouldn't have been enough to see them through the group stage. Pure genius from FIFA. As if that wasn’t enough, come the game against the Netherlands, and FIFA thought, "Let’s spice things up." So, they went ahead and booked nearly the entire Argentine squad, Messi included for talking back to the supposed pro-Argentina FIFA ref. Because why not? And then, as the cherry on top, they decided to give the Netherlands a last-minute free-kick right outside the box to tie the game. And let's not forget the nerve-wracking penalty shootouts against the Netherlands and France. FIFA must have been on the edge of their seats, hoping not to see Messi’s heart broken again. Because, clearly, setting Argentina up for potential shootout heartbreak was all part of the plan to... show favoritism? I guess FIFA forgot that Messi lost 2 finals to penalty shootouts (Copa America). All it takes is one of Messi's teammates to miss a single penalty, and Argentina gets knocked out of the WC or loses the final. Moreover, In the grand finale against France, FIFA’s scriptwriters outdid themselves. These geniuses must have thought, "What better way to shower our undying love for Argentina than by handing France not one, but TWO gift-wrapped goals in the final act?" After spending an entire 80 minutes essentially invisible on the field. Because nothing says "We favor Argentina and we’re rooting for Messi" quite like tying the game with penalties at the last possible moment to push Messi and Argentina to the brink of losing yet another final. I mean, setting France up to be the first nation ever in WC history to receive two penalties in the FINAL? How incredibly thoughtful. Clearly, FIFA was all about giving that year. And that last-minute save by Martínez? In a brilliant twist of fate, he didn't actually *make* that last-minute save. Oh no, he simply had a casual chat with Kolo Muani in fluent French, because, naturally, in the middle of one of the most nail-biting moments in football, what’s better than striking up a little conversation? Martínez says, "Hey, mind aiming directly at my leg?" And Muani, being the team player he is, willingly obliges. In fact, in a moment of sheer dedication to the script, Mauni strolls off the pitch mid-game. Why? To practice his part in this grand script, of course! Spends hours perfecting the art of hitting the ball at the precise angle Martinez’s leg is at, because as we all know, footballers have nothing better to do during in the middle of the match. Having honed his craft, he saunters back onto the pitch, gives the crowd a cheeky wink, and executes the plan flawlessly. Oh, and let’s not overlook how in 2018, France was awarded FOUR penalties, one of the penalties were in fact against Argentina in their 4-3 victory, but no one batted an eye. No one said "It was rigged for FRANCE!!!" when they won it. Truly, if FIFA were trying to rig the World Cup in Argentina's favor, they have a funny way of showing it. It’s almost as if Argentina was destined to win it after 36 years and not a "scripted" drama. But hey what do I know?

[@smithryansmith]

get a life. Nobody wants to rad your tinfoil hat insanity.

[@FernieAriel]

Keep crying, little girl.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

"The three more controversial" but fail to mention 1966, THE most rigged word cup in History !😂😂😂 Could have to do with the fact you are from England ?🤔

[@dewsfutbol]

I don’t mention any besides the 1934 World Cup. You’ll find that when I make the 66 World Cup, there’s a lot of controversy surrounding it 👍👍👍

[@dewsfutbol]

Also, I have zero problems with discussing controversy surrounding the 66 World Cup.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

@@dewsfutbol In the video you showed two. But all right, I'll wait for that video then.

[@dewsfutbol]

@@NoName-hg6cc 😉😉

[@shanglaithotsem5771]

After 1966 world cup England has yet to win a major trophy curse of 1966 world cup winners

[@bdt378]

The biggest WC robbery was in 1966. in England

[@dewsfutbol]

Looking forward to making a video on it 👀

[@DTNenforcer]

Nah, it was in 1978. 2022 doesn't fall short either. The most rigged ones in history are the 1978, 1934, 2022, and 1966.

[@albertopendola2201]

Allegedly this vid is pretty bad, allegedly you make a video like this when you are scratching the bottom of the barrell, allegedly... allegedly the Italian team only won because of Mussolini, that is why they allegedly won in France in '38 too, allegedly... Allegedly I wasted enough time on this comment already...

[@deanbrown29]

No it was 2022 world cup

[@rikbos2249]

Qatar also deserves a top ranking in the 'rigged WC list'

[@PibeGarcia]

Please, kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3jXe3iDoaycntE

[@88heiling]

Yeah FIFA in their infinite wisdom, rolled out the red carpet for Argentina and their crown jewel, Messi, during the WC. It was nothing short of a masterclass in favoritism. In fact, Argentina's opener against Saudi Arabia ends in a jaw-dropping loss. Classic FIFA move, right? Giving Argentina the old confidence boost by ensuring they lose their first game in a stunning and embarrassing fashion. And those 3 disallowed goals in that game? Chef’s kiss. Two of them weren’t even offside (One of them was scored by Messi, the supposed golden boy of FIFA), but why let something as trivial as reality ruin the so called pro-Argentina narrative? But wait, it gets better. Against Mexico, with Argentina's backs against the wall, FIFA cunningly decided not to award them even a penalty. Why would they need one? It’s not like even a draw wouldn't have been enough to see them through the group stage. Pure genius from FIFA. As if that wasn’t enough, come the game against the Netherlands, and FIFA thought, "Let’s spice things up." So, they went ahead and booked nearly the entire Argentine squad, Messi included for talking back to the supposed pro-Argentina FIFA ref. Because why not? And then, as the cherry on top, they decided to give the Netherlands a last-minute free-kick right outside the box to tie the game. And let's not forget the nerve-wracking penalty shootouts against the Netherlands and France. FIFA must have been on the edge of their seats, hoping not to see Messi’s heart broken again. Because, clearly, setting Argentina up for potential shootout heartbreak was all part of the plan to... show favoritism? I guess FIFA forgot that Messi lost 2 finals to penalty shootouts (Copa America). All it takes is one of Messi's teammates to miss a single penalty, and Argentina gets knocked out of the WC or loses the final. Moreover, In the grand finale against France, FIFA’s scriptwriters outdid themselves. These geniuses must have thought, "What better way to shower our undying love for Argentina than by handing France not one, but TWO gift-wrapped goals in the final act?" After spending an entire 80 minutes essentially invisible on the field. Because nothing says "We favor Argentina and we’re rooting for Messi" quite like tying the game with penalties at the last possible moment to push Messi and Argentina to the brink of losing yet another final. I mean, setting France up to be the first nation ever in WC history to receive two penalties in the FINAL? How incredibly thoughtful. Clearly, FIFA was all about giving that year. And that last-minute save by Martínez? In a brilliant twist of fate, he didn't actually *make* that last-minute save. Oh no, he simply had a casual chat with Kolo Muani in fluent French, because, naturally, in the middle of one of the most nail-biting moments in football, what’s better than striking up a little conversation? Martínez says, "Hey, mind aiming directly at my leg?" And Muani, being the team player he is, willingly obliges. In fact, in a moment of sheer dedication to the script, Mauni strolls off the pitch mid-game. Why? To practice his part in this grand script, of course! Spends hours perfecting the art of hitting the ball at the precise angle Martinez’s leg is at, because as we all know, footballers have nothing better to do during in the middle of the match. Having honed his craft, he saunters back onto the pitch, gives the crowd a cheeky wink, and executes the plan flawlessly. Oh, and let’s not overlook how in 2018, France was awarded FOUR penalties, one of the penalties were in fact against Argentina in their 4-3 victory, but no one batted an eye. No one said "It was rigged for FRANCE!!!" when they won it. Truly, if FIFA were trying to rig the World Cup in Argentina's favor, they have a funny way of showing it. It’s almost as if Argentina was destined to win it after 36 years and not a "scripted" drama. But hey what do I know?

[@iakadayrneh]

No but there is evidence that Qatar rigged both the 2019 and 2024 Asian Cup tournaments for their nation they brought the victories. If anything Qatar and Arab nations rigged the tournament for Morocco to get far an Arab country.

[@CommanderRexYT]

More proof of Palestine existence 🇵🇸

[@gerdfernandez]

😂😂😂

[@solotx8798]

34 and 38 were the last/only remotely legitimate world cups. No mutually beneficial results, no penalty shootouts which are worse than the holocaust. You had to win every game to become champion. Those were the days...

[@benjaminaraya8073]

🤨 pause?

[@NoName-hg6cc]

I could have agreed with you if you didn't mention one of the worst tragedies in 1900 if not human History

[@bjehulk]

Either way, it was right that Italy won because it showed to the world how great Italian fascism was. ✋😎🫡🇮🇹✝️

[@7776odurohey]

this comment is horrifying what the hell man

[@jecko980]

It showed to the world how great a round-robin tournament was

[@NoName-hg6cc]

Dude, no.

[@bjehulk]

@@7776odurohey Horrifying? How?

[@bjehulk]

@@NoName-hg6cc Yes*