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2022 World Cup... gonna ruin the European Season

Norway could qualify for their first world cup since 1998 tonight. I hope we do, but then decide to boycott the damned thing. I don't think we'd have the balls to do so - but you can bet your ass we're gonna up the boycott-talk as soon as we crash out to Netherlands tonight. :p
 
Daisuk said:
Norway could qualify for their first world cup since 1998 tonight. I hope we do, but then decide to boycott the damned thing. I don't think we'd have the balls to do so - but you can bet your ass we're gonna up the boycott-talk as soon as we crash out to Netherlands tonight. :p
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I hope you do too, I enjoyed Norway in the 90’s and we’ve had a few Norwegians at Spurs who I loved.
 
Both Turkey and the Netherlands did their job, so Norwegian journalists can write their articles about human rights and think they're making a difference and everyone can easily ignore the whole tournament.
 
"Educate herself", hahahahaha. What a fudging tool.

"We have always been open for dialogue, we always welcomed constructive criticism. We have always had the doors open for anybody who wants to understand the issues, who wants to educate themselves before passing any judgment.”

Yeah, right, we believe you. I'm not gonna watch one minute of this brickshow.
 
Yeah, sounds plausible. :rolleyes:

Qatari official: Rainbow flags may be taken to protect fans

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Rainbow flags could be taken from fans at the World Cup in Qatar to protect them from being attacked for promoting gay rights, a senior leader overseeing security for the tournament told The Associated Press.

Major General Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Ansari insisted that LGBTQ couples would be welcomed and accepted in Qatar for the Nov. 21-Dec. 18 FIFA showpiece despite same-sex relations remaining criminalized in the conservative Gulf nation.

But Al Ansari is against the overt promotion of LGBTQ freedoms as symbolized by the rainbow flag that FIFA and World Cup organizers had previously said would be welcome across Qatar’s eight stadiums.

“If he (a fan) raised the rainbow flag and I took it from him, it’s not because I really want to, really, take it, to really insult him, but to protect him,” Al Ansari told the AP. “Because if it’s not me, somebody else around him might attack (him) … I cannot guarantee the behavior of the whole people. And I will tell him: ‘Please, no need to really raise that flag at this point.'”

Al Ansari is director of the Department of International Cooperation and Chairman of the National Counterterrorism Committee at the Ministry of Interior where he discussed World Cup planning for an hour with the AP.

“You want to demonstrate your view about the (LGBTQ) situation, demonstrate it in a society where it will be accepted,” he said. “We realize that this man got the ticket, comes here to watch the game, not to demonstrate, a political (act) or something which is in his mind.

“Watch the game. That’s good. But don’t really come in and insult the whole society because of this.”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said this week in Doha that “everyone will see that everyone is welcome here in Qatar, even if we speak about LGBTQ.”

Al Ansari said he is not telling LBGTQ fans to stay away from Qatar or warning them of facing prosecution.

“Reserve the room together, sleep together — this is something that’s not in our concern,” he said. “We are here to manage the tournament. Let’s not go beyond, the individual personal things which might be happening between these people … this is actually the concept.

“Here we cannot change the laws. You cannot change the religion for 28 days of World Cup.”

When it was pointed out that visiting fans and teams could take offense to the comments, Al Ansari said he did not view himself as being discriminatory.

“I am risking … a minority view against a majority,” he said. “We have to be close to the problem before it erupts and gets out of control. … If somebody attacks you, then I have to get involved and it will be too late.”

FIFA chief social responsibility and education officer Joyce Cook told the AP in 2020 that “rainbow flags, T-shirts will all be welcome in the stadium — that’s a given. They understand very well that is our stance.” World Cup chief executive Nasser Al-Khater also said “we will respect” FIFA guidelines on allowing rainbow flags.


But Al Ansari’s comments about the confiscation of fans’ rainbow flags have created confusion for activists, including Chris Paouros, a member of the English Football Association’s inclusion advisory board and trustee with the anti-discrimination group, Kick It Out, which want a safe and inclusive tournament.

“This inconsistency and the continued lack of detail in terms of how that will be provided beyond the rhetoric of ‘everyone is welcome’ is concerning to say the least,” Paouros said.

The FARE network, which monitors games for discrimination, called for the freedoms of fans to be respected at the World Cup.

“The idea that the flag, which is now a recognized universal symbol of diversity and equality, will be removed from people to protect them will not be considered acceptable, and will be seen as a pretext,” FARE executive director Piara Powar said. “I have been to Qatar on numerous occasions and do not expect the local Qatari population or fans visiting for the World Cup to be attacked for wearing the rainbow flag. The bigger danger comes from state actions.”
 
I cant understand why anyone would want to go to any country which put restrictions on the way they live their life. My whole idea of a holiday is to do what I like with in the bounds of decent behaviour which include having a few beers, eating what I like, having the occasional bet, wearing my unfashionable clothes and kissing my partner whenever I want to.
 
Brilliant from a watching in the UK perspective

Four matches will be played each day during the group stage of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, FIFA has announced.

The group games will be played over a 12-day period, with matches not being assigned to particular venues until after the finals draw in March 2022 in order to choose optimal kick-off times to suit television audiences in different countries as well as supporters out in Qatar.

Kick-off times for the first two rounds of matches will be 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm local time (10am, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm in the United Kingdom), and with the stadiums all within a 40-mile radius of each other it will enable supporters and media to realistically attend two games on the same day.

Kick-off times in the final round of group games and knock-out round matches will be at 6pm and 10pm local time (3pm and 7pm UK time).

For all but three games there will be a three-day rest period in between

The tournament's opening match will be played at the Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor on Monday, November 21 in a match which will feature the host country.

The 2022 final venue is the Lusail Stadium in Doha, with the showpiece game to be played on Sunday December 18, kick-off at 6pm local time (3pm UK time).
 
Daisuk said:
"Educate herself", hahahahaha. What a fudging tool.

"We have always been open for dialogue, we always welcomed constructive criticism. We have always had the doors open for anybody who wants to understand the issues, who wants to educate themselves before passing any judgment.”

Yeah, right, we believe you. I'm not gonna watch one minute of this brickshow.
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Keep us posted on your alternative choices. Could be joined on the bandwagon as this schitshow rolls on.
 
markysimmo said:
Brilliant from a watching in the UK perspective

Four matches will be played each day during the group stage of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, FIFA has announced.

The group games will be played over a 12-day period, with matches not being assigned to particular venues until after the finals draw in March 2022 in order to choose optimal kick-off times to suit television audiences in different countries as well as supporters out in Qatar.

Kick-off times for the first two rounds of matches will be 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm local time (10am, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm in the United Kingdom), and with the stadiums all within a 40-mile radius of each other it will enable supporters and media to realistically attend two games on the same day.

Kick-off times in the final round of group games and knock-out round matches will be at 6pm and 10pm local time (3pm and 7pm UK time).

For all but three games there will be a three-day rest period in between

The tournament's opening match will be played at the Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor on Monday, November 21 in a match which will feature the host country.

The 2022 final venue is the Lusail Stadium in Doha, with the showpiece game to be played on Sunday December 18, kick-off at 6pm local time (3pm UK time).
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I loved working at the '86 World Cup in Mexico for just this reason. Only during group stages, but we rented a big-assed American Chevrolet and five of us journalists went whipping about the highways of central Mexico trying to jam in as many games as possible. One of us would leave a bit early, get the car started and in position. Either at, or just before the final whistle, we'd bail from the game and race to the car to beat the crowd.

It'll be a doddle in Doha. Not that I'd remotely dream of going there. Absolute sleaze pit of a tournament.
 
Exciting draw for Canada. First World Cup since their first - and only - at Mexico '86. Played honourably back then - losing 1-0 to France and 2-0 to both Hungary and the Soviet Onion.

This time, we meet Belgium, Croatia and Morocco in that order. Great young core of players here who will be around for some years. Priorities are sorted. First goal, first point, first win. Learn and prepare for being a host team in 2026.
 
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