Qatar has been accused of bribing Ecuador players to lose their FIFA World Cup 2022 opener, scheduled for Sunday in Al Khor.

The FIFA World Cup 2022 is finally here, with hosts Qatar set to face Ecuador in the opener on Sunday, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor.

The hosts have had to get past countless controversies to reach this point. Some of the accusations revolve around Qatar paying bribes to win their World Cup bid and also allegations of human rights abuse for their migrant workers.

Now the Arab country finds itself caught in another fresh scandal, just a day before their World Cup opener.

According to Amjad Taha, an expert in strategic political affairs and regional director of the British center in Saudi Arabia, Qatar allegedly bribed eight Ecuadorian players 7.4 million dollars to lose the opener.

He stated that his sources were insiders from the Qatar and Ecuador camps, and also urged the world to fight FIFA corruption.

Taking to Twitter, he tweeted: Exclusive: Qatar bribed eight Ecuadorian players $7.4 million to lose the opener(1-0 ⚽️ 2nd half). Five Qatari and #Ecadour insiders confirmed this. We hope it's false. We hope sharing this will affect the outcome. The world should oppose FIFA corruption.

Since the allegation, neither Qatar nor FIFA has revealed a statement. The country also found themselves in controversy after banning beer in stadiums.

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Lol we bout to witness another brand of football ridden with lots of surprise

If true then Qatar football is simply stupid will they bribe all team to win the cup itself

I believe this rumor to a great degree. Qatar seems too desperate from reports I've been getting about them, especially relating to the series of corrupt events which eventually led to them hosting the world cup

i had a feeling this could happen tho.

Can this be true?

Tonymegabush1:
If true then Qatar football is simply stupid will they bribe all team to win the cup itself

The West won't stop at nothing in using their stooges and proxies in their smear campaign against FIFA and Qatar. They've not been able to come to terms with the "embarrassment" of the US losing the world cup bid to Qatar.

efembaba:
I believe this rumor to a great degree. Qatar seems too desperate from reports I've been getting about them, especially relating to the series of corrupt events which eventually led to them hosting the world cup

Most past world cup bids were ridden with corruption. You got to know about this one because the US lost the bid to an Arab nation, and they felt it was a slight on them. That was why they hounded the past FIFA executives out if office using the FBI and other apparati. The West is the most despicable and hypocritical setup on the planet.

So much corruption and greed in the world

HedwigesMaduro:


Most past world cup bids were ridden with corruption. You got to know about this one because the US lost the bid to an Arab nation, and they felt it was a slight on them. That was why they hounded the past FIFA executives out if office using the FBI and other apparati. The West is the most despicable and hypocritical setup on the planet.

Fake news

Op hungry go soon reset ur brain

Money miss road Qatar...