Day -591. #WorldCup2018
It's going to be a long week waiting for Toronto FC's return match in New York next Sunday. I'm sure life will give me enough distractions.
In the meantime, I spent most of my writing energy and time this evening writing my response to a Facebook exchange of ideas, not an argument, about the latest case of possible match fixing connected to the Maltese national team. Fifa is investigating Malta's 2-0 loss to Lithuania earlier this month. It was alleged at the time that the match may have been the victim of criminal gambling. An unusual amount of bets were placed on Malta losing by two goals or more.
There may be a lot more about this story to come. It was reported in the Sun newspaper, in England, yesterday. The angle of their story was that this could affect results in England's World Cup qualifying group. The Sun managed to live up to it's tabloid reputation and amuse me at the same time. Or, it amused me because it did such a good job of living up to it's trashy newspaper reputation. And it's not because of the allegations.
The report mentioned that England midfielder Dele Alli had scored the first goal against Malta, a few days before the Lithuania match. It further reported, as an aside, that Dele Alli's girlfriend is an "undies model." Further down the story we are presented with a picture of the aforementioned girlfriend in her "undies", of course.
I wish the possible future Mrs Alli all the best in her career of choice. As for the possible future disgraced ex-footballers, guilty of taking bribes to throw a match where they are representing their country, I would hope they get what they deserve. I guess money is king in both careers.
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