Van Gaal accuses FIFA of dirty 'tricks'

Van Gaal accuses FIFA of dirty 'tricks': Louis van Gaal has claimed that the World Cup fixture has given Brazil an unfair advantage, report the Daily Mail. Van Gaal’s gripe revolves around the fact that the scheduling of the last round of group games means that Brazil will know their likely last 16 opponents before they kick off. “FIFA plays these tricks and it’s not a good thing. It’s not fair play. We’re going to focus on a victory against Chile and I don’t think that will be affected by the fact Brazil will play after us. I am just assuming they (Brazil) will do their sporting duty. Why on earth are they (FIFA) doing that (with the match schedule)? That is the question,” said the soon to be Manchester United manager.Paper Round’s view: It does on the face of it seem a little odd that Group A's last round of matches kicks off after Group B - but when you put into the equation that the match timings mean Brazilians will be able to watch their national team at the end of the working day, rather than in the early afternoon, it makes sense. Any host nation would be granted the same favour - it just so happens that in this case, Brazil might have the theoretical option of intentionally losing or drawing in order to avoid either Netherlands or Chile. But it's a fuss about nothing: to win the World Cup a team needs to beat everyone who crosses their path, and Van Gaal knows that as well as anyone. There will be a subtle reason behind these comments from Van Gaal – there always is with a manager as wily as him – but in the end, it matters little. It is simple, win all their games and Netherlands win the World Cup regardless of any ‘tricks’ FIFA may or may not be playing.(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)Bakudailly.az