Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said that he has witnessed draws for European football competitions that were rigged using the "hot and cold balls" method.
Blatter claims no draw for any FIFA event has ever been fixed in his 18 years as the head of the world's governing body, but the same cannot be said about European competitions.
While he did admit he had the power to affect such draw fixes, Blatter insisted it was never carried out at FIFA, even though he knew of the method which was used in such cases.
"There was only one person who had that power in Europe," Blatter told La Nacion. "[Former UEFA president from 1973-83] Artemio Franchi used to do that for the club tournament draws.
"I did not do that for the World Cup in 1978. But with my magic, I could do anything. Once again, I am joking. The draw was honest down to the last detail.
"I never touched the balls, something that other people did. Of course, you can rig them by making them hot or cold."
When pressed on how the draws were rigged to favour certain clubs or countries, the Swiss explained the exact method in which the draw balls come into play.
"Of course it is technically possible," Blatter said. "This did not happen in FIFA but I have been witness to draws at the level of Europe, at which it happened.
"But never in FIFA. Of course it can be done but in my case it never happened, never.
"Before the draw you put the balls in the freezer. Then when you touch them you can determine which ones are cold or hot. By touching them you know what you have.

Hmmmm, corruption everywhere

No wonder Madrid strolled to the UCL cup

Corruption everywhere

Coming from St. Sepp blatter

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Go check my twitter timeline. I called all the Real Madrid opponents, from the quarter finals onwards, at least 24 hours before the official drawing. The system is so rigged out that I no longer take UEFA (and FIFA) serious. Even the officiating at this EURO championship appeared rigged to me as well. Go back and watch Portugal versus Croatia game, then tell me how Portugal didn't get yellow cards for all those crazy tackles, when most countries would've received a few red cards. Then Wales best player, Aaron Ramsey, was given a yellow card for a trivial hand ball towards the end of the game against Belgium just to rule him out of the match vs Portugal!

It's outrageous!

Hmmnm

Everyone or at least most people know these draws are fixed. Uefa makes more money from certain teams just like FIFA

Yup. It's fixed.

Let me surprise you by predicting that it's going to be [b]Barca vs PSG [/b]in this next UCL quarter finals. And Real Madrid would get the weakest opponent left at that stage. Book mark this page and revisit it after the draws.


O pari

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Hmmnm