At the 2022 World Cup draw ceremony, host Qatar drew the next draw and was placed in the death group. So, in a big tournament like the World Cup, will there be a controlled draw? Fu Yayu, former editor-in-chief of Football Weekly, revealed the inside story.
Fu Yayu revealed, "In fact, I said a long time ago that according to my personal experience, it is very easy to control the lottery. Hot and cold balls can be, whether it is the World Cup or the Olympic Games, the major competitions of each event can be controlled in a very simple way. ”
"Of course, being able to control and whether to control or not are two different things, this World Cup and the South African World Cup, the host is relatively weak, this is not the same as in the past. There has never been a team that has not played the main game as the host before, and I personally feel that the traces of this lottery operation are very small and have not been deliberately created. Qatar is weaker and a weak host. No matter what kind of opponent is drawn, it is difficult to make Qatar, which is almost an impossible task. ”
In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers in the Top 10 of the Asian Region, the national football team was lucky to avoid the two strong teams of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Fu Yayu revealed, "The 2001 Top Ten Tournament is the only world preliminary tournament in which the national football team has successfully advanced. That year's lottery ceremony took place in Bangkok in May or early June, and the AFC president drew a lottery with a group of Thai children, which had been well arranged. Which group the Chinese team will be assigned to, including the signing position and the opponent, is agreed in advance, that is, the live performance. ”
"I paid special attention to a detail, when it was time to draw the opponent, the little boy's hand was groping around in the fish tank, and there were only two red balls left, probably because the temperature difference between the balls was not so obvious, and after he turned around, when he was about to take the note out, he put it back and took out another one. At that time, the broadcast technology was not so good, and now it is a shot of a gang. ”
"Probabilistically, this is something I've personally experienced, and it confirms that I've heard a lot of people say before, there's a lot of cattiness in the lottery, and that's just one of them. If you think about it, whether it is a World Cup or other competition, the host will always be able to draw a good draw, which is abnormal and illogical in probability. ”