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Old 11-19-2009, 03:10 PM   #593 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tommysixfingers View Post
So what are you saying? Was the outcome of the match a result of corruption or a big cover-up in order to help France to the WC?

They were cheated for sure. The swedish referrees were useless, that is about it. I'm sure that they won't participate in any more international matches for quite a while.
What about the fact that the play offs weren't supposed to be seeded until FIFA realised big teams like France, Portugal and Russia could face each other in the play offs and knock each other out. Do you think the play offs would have been seeded had Portugal gone through and Denmark had to go to the play offs or if France had gone through and Serbia had taken their place in the play offs, my guess is no.
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