2014 - 2015 Football Thread - Page 357

On November 13 2014 06:10 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Salty mexican fans whistling and puto-ing every time Robben has the ball lol

anyway good football from Mexico, deserved victory. Our squad plays so bad... I don't even know what this Promes is doing there.

On November 13 2014 05:45 Ferrose wrote:
http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/puskas-award/index.html#candidates

I like how half the goals were scored in 2013 D:

I totally forgot about that goal by Kasami. Damn.

On November 13 2014 06:56 Twisted wrote:
I thought Netherlands played pretty well. Just kind of unlucky. Mexico played well but I think a draw would've been more deserving considering the way the game was played by both teams.

Willems definitely showed he isn't ready for this level though. van Rhijn played really good I think in his re-debut. Krul was terrible too. Veltman will get a lot of criticism again, but shit's hard when Krul is passing to him when there's 2 Mexican attackers breathing in his neck.

On November 13 2014 07:49 KobraKay wrote:


Can't talk about the others, but at least Indi has been pretty solid so far for Porto. Nothing to blame him for so far at the club level.

World Cup inquiry clears Qatar but criticises English FA

The English Football Association has been accused of flouting bidding rules in its attempt to stage the 2018 World Cup - but 2022 hosts Qatar have been cleared of corruption allegations.
A Fifa report says the FA behaved improperly when trying to win the backing of a key voter.
Qatar faced a number of claims surrounding its bid, but the Gulf state is now in the clear.
In effect, Fifa's long-awaited report ends talk of a re-vote.
In a statement, football's world governing body welcomed the fact that "a degree of closure has been reached".

Fifa report 'erroneous', says lawyer who investigated corruption claims

The findings of Fifa's inquiry into allegations of corruption during bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups have been questioned - by the man who conducted the two-year investigation into the claims.
In an unexpected twist, lawyer Michael Garcia says the report "contains numerous materially incomplete and erroneous representations of the facts and conclusions".

On November 13 2014 23:24 Ysellian wrote:
They aren't even hiding it at this point. Surely there is a controlling body out there capable of taking care of the FIFA?

FBI moves ahead with FIFA corruption probe

"FIFA said its investigation found no corruption and has no reason to reopen the bidding process.

But the FBI, which is leading the U.S. probe, isn't ready to do the same. Investigators are moving ahead with their probe, which could result in charges against senior FIFA officials, the U.S. law enforcement officials said.

FBI agents based in New York are moving ahead with their 3-year-old investigation, which will likely benefit from the findings of a former U.S. prosecutor, Michael Garcia, who was hired by FIFA to do an internal probe. The FBI plans to seek access to Garcia's report, which FIFA hasn't yet released."

As for Russia, they have also been cleared, although the report noted its bid team made "only a limited amount of documents available for review".

According to the report, the Russian team hired computers that were subsequently destroyed, denying the inquiry access to email accounts.

Responding to the report, Alexey Sorokin, the chief of Russia's 2018 World Cup organising committee, said the country had nothing to hide.