In the preview of the Chile vs. Uruguay match, which will take place at the San Carlos de Apoquindo stadium, for the last match of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, La Roja will seek to defeat the Celeste and hope that Peru and Colombia do not win their respective matches to achieve the objective. In addition, Uruguayan coach Martín Lasarte referred to the alleged incentives and arrangements.
This last match will be played with the heart in the hand. There are three teams vying for fifth place. However, rumors and comments about incentives to other teams to achieve a favorable result begin to be heard in the preview.
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The coach of La Roja, Martín Lasarte, indicated that he does not find it wrong that there are incentives for other teams to increase their capacity and be able to win. A statement that has not been well received and leads to speculation.
"When you go for the win, I don't know what is incentive or not. In fact, a club or team pays a prize for winning. Now, the issue is that when someone from the outside pays you, it gives the feeling of something strange. But I always say: everything to win. Whatever it takes. Everything that is to enhance your performance, I don't find it bad. However, everything that is to demean or make your performance decline is against sportsmanship," he pointed out.
What does FIFA say about incentives, arrangements, and bribes in football?
FIFA is very strict regarding these issues, and expressed it in 2014 through a special document of specific recommendations to combat match-fixing.
Article 6.3.2 warns that "anyone who conspires or actually conspires to influence the course or outcome of a match in a manner contrary to sports ethics will be sanctioned with match suspension or prohibition from participating in any football-related activity, as well as a significant and proportionate fine, regardless of whether they committed the infringement of this provision for economic reasons, to gain a sporting advantage, or for any other purpose."