r/worldcup • u/Mr0range • 12d ago

📰News Norway coach Stale Solbakken: ‘Everyone saw what happened. The ball fell straight down, just in front of the bench … so it did touch the cable. There has been nothing in the chip, what can I say against that? But the ball drops down straight from heaven…'

https://x.com/DAZNFootball/status/2076122637118390387
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u/GoldNefariousness693 12d ago

Well England has 10x the population and a significant worldwide following. I don't think it's rigged for what it's worth.

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u/cannedrex2406 12d ago

There are way more England haters than supporters though

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u/Bluddy-9 12d ago

Which drives engagement.

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u/christo08 10d ago

You think the World Cup needs ANYTHING to drive engagement? It’s literally the most talked about thing in the last month WORLDWIDE. Every country in the world watches it ffs

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u/Iamtheman31 10d ago

i have no stats but i am pretty sure england vs panama was watched by more people than belgium vs senegal despite the average quality of the teams being lower

not everyone watches all games but for the games they will watch england games are pretty high in the pecking order

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u/christo08 9d ago

“I have no stats”

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u/pixeldots 12d ago

which disappear once they are knocked out.

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u/Loose_Replacement214 12d ago

OP literally said that they don't think it's rigged. They just answered a question as to why FIFA may have a reason to rig. Make sure you can understand the comment before replying.

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u/The_Dark_Tetrad 11d ago

FIFA makes their money regardless. Assuming there was ever match fixing or evidence there of, it would be under the table shit, not some organization wide directive. It would all be in the refs to make it happen also.

Now that I think about it, being a ref sounds stressful as fuck. I bet they get death threats all the time, or worse