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Russia gets Nasty in World Cup Bid
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The gloves are well and truly off in the run up to Dec 2, when we’ll find out whether its England, Russian or Spain/Portugal that hosts the 2018 World Cup. While the latter bid is mired in some controversy about vote fixing, England and Russia are the leading bids, and the Russians are playing a high risk strategy to get the bid.
Earlier in the week Russia 2018 chief executive Alexei Sorokin critisised England drunken youth (I’m sure Russian youngsters are teetotallers by comparison) and the high crime of England’s capital city.
This apparently breaks FIFA rules where you aren’t allowed to criticise other bids (which seems odd, really) the English bid dithered for a few days before lodging a formal complaint. Apparently FIFA aren’t impressed with England lodging a formal complaint when someone broke the rules (I know, right?) and it could negatively affect England’s bid.
Meanwhile today, the Russians have gone all out not to reverse the situation. Where Viacheslav Koloskov (honorary president of the Russian Football Union) called England’s bid “absolutely primitive”. Which is a bit harsh.
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