Former UEFA president Michel Platini revealed that during the 1998 World Cup in France, his country used a "small fraud" - they ensured that the French and Brazilians would not meet until the final match through the tournament draw. In 1998, the French won the title of world champions in the tournament held at home, and former M. Platini, who was in the organizing committee of that tournament, revealed that the hosts used tricks. "When we were drawing the groups, we made a small fraud. France - Brazil, that final was everyone's dream. So we made sure that if we and the Brazilians finished first in our groups, we could not meet until the final," the Frenchman confessed. Later, M. Platini added that similar tricks are also used by other hosts of championships. "We did not spend years organizing the World Cup to not take advantage of tricks. Do you think that other hosts of the World Cups do not do something similar?" The organizers' plan was executed perfectly: in the final, Brazil and France met, and the hosts won with a score of 3:0.
