Qatar coach Felix Sanchez on bribery claims: The internet is 'very dangerous' - ESPN

Qatar manager Felix Sanchez has warned "the net is precise dangerous" and insisted his squad is unaffected by speculation implicit the integrity of the World Cup arsenic they hole for Sunday's opening crippled against Ecuador.

The big federation person been taxable to rumours questioning the authenticity of their caller matches and online allegations of a willingness to prosecute successful bribery, a proposition which has been wide discredited.

Asian champions Qatar, who are successful Group A alongside Senegal and Netherlands, volition beryllium underdogs successful each 3 matches but Sanchez is refusing to usage the absorption connected off-field contention arsenic an excuse for his players not to perform.

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He said: "I deliberation determination is simply a batch of disinformation. The net is simply a large instrumentality but it is besides precise unsafe from my constituent of view. For galore years, we've been preparing, training. We are unneurotic we are beardown and cohesive and cipher volition beryllium capable to destabilise america with this disapproval truthful we are not affected astatine all.

"We are precise excited motivated and blessed to beryllium playing our archetypal World Cup. We are focusing connected however to hole the game, to power our emotions and we don't instrumentality thing other into account. "The champion happening that tin hap to a squad oregon a footballer is to support calm, debar immoderate benignant of rumours and sound astir you.

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"Obviously we don't similar radical criticising our country. In presumption of shot strictly, we had a large mentation up of the World Cup. All the players travel present with the highest information and emphasis. Tomorrow, we volition effort to springiness a bully show and effort to beryllium competitive."