Former UEFA president and French football legend Michel Platini has confessed that the draw for the 1998 World Cup was rigged. Platini revealed that organisers engineered the draw to create the possibility of a dream final between two footballing giants.

With the World Cup in North America fast approaching, all qualified nations discovered their group stage opponents when the draw took place in Washington DC on Friday. However, nearly three decades ago, during the draw for the memorable France 98' tournament, Platini, one of the organisers, says the group selections were deliberately influenced to set up a potentially spectacular final for supporters.

In an interview with France Bleu in 2018, the former footballing great Platini confessed about that year's World Cup draw: "When we or

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