The World Cup that will open in a week in Qatar should not have opened in a week in Qatar.
He got there in sin, and to be honest - a series of sins, which include everything that is bad in today's global village
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Qatar (like Russia before it) bought its way to host the World Cup.
The list of suspicions and suspects is long;
Bottom line, they allowed the World Cup to be held in an unattractive, totalitarian country, at the most improbable time of the year - and to distort all morality and logic for that.
And if all this was not enough, then on the way to the opening whistle it became clear that the lives of no less than 6,500 foreign workers were sacrificed on the altar of the construction of the stadiums that will host the biggest football celebration in the world.
They played with fire: despite the protests - in the end football wins everything, photo: Reuters
The pressure worked
All these led to quite a few protests.
Some of them happened even before the games, and led to pressure on the Qatari authorities to allow a more open and friendly World Cup.
Thus, contrary to the strict alcohol laws in the kingdom, free drinking will be allowed (relatively; only in controlled places), and it was also made clear that during the games the strict laws prohibiting homosexual relations will not be enforced.
It is understood that a minute after the final whistle the Qataris will return to Suram, but the coupon judges - in the World Football Association and among the sponsors - are less interesting.
There will also be protests during the games.
Less from the audience and spectators, and more from the actors and the media.
Some of them are under heavy public pressure to take a clear position in relation to the Qatari conduct.
Several national teams (Denmark, Australia) have already announced that they will celebrate in different ways, as have some prominent footballers - England captain Harry Kane, for example, has stated that he intends to wear a ribbon in the colors of the pride flag.
All of these are important, but they are in the light of conscience.
Qatar proved that big money can buy everything.
She will of course try to prove in every way that this will be a successful and attractive World Cup, but it will not be an easy task for her.
Unlike other hosts in the past, Qatar is a harsh and unhappy country, and the strict control it maintains over the entry of foreigners into its territory during the games - under the pretext of a lack of tickets and hotel rooms, security concerns and the remnants of the corona virus - will make it difficult for the spontaneous celebrations that usually accompany tournaments of this type.
And despite all these, the World Cup is a World Cup.
32 national teams that will do everything to win the Holy Cup, and some footballers for whom it's all or nothing, headed by of course the greatest of all - Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and others.
From all of these (and from every other player who appears on the biggest stage in the world) the World Cup brings out something else: the patriotism, the madness, the knowledge that despite the publicity and the big money they have every day - here it is the real thing.
In the coming month this will be translated into a celebration of football.
As always, it will have human and sports dramas, and a lot of color, which will have a hard time completely blurring the stains that involve the very existence of the World Cup in Qatar, and what happened on the way to it.
Don't forget what happened around you
For everyone who will travel there, and for many who will not travel but will watch at home, it is recommended to try to enjoy the football, but not to forget what happened around it: in the end, it is the huge gap between the most popular game in the world that we all love and cheer for since childhood, and the powerful, megalomaniacal and capitalist place it has reached Today.
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