2: Blatter’s envelope charade in 2010

“The winner to organise the two-22 FIFA Vorld Cup is,” announced Sepp Blatter somewhat theatrically. “Qatar!” Many Australians stayed up late into the night to watch the announcement from Zurich but news was already filtering through that it was a done deal when it was declared by the FIFA head without a hint of irony.

Cue strained smiles from the rest of the world as the Qataris punched the air. Frankly we could’ve punched most of the ExCo members when it was confirmed some time later the voting process was mostly dodgy.

Welcome to the dirty world of football politics, Australia.

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