Yesterday took place in Doha, the opening ceremony of the Asian Cup football, which allowed us to enjoy from our balcony fireworks drawn simultaneously from multiple locations.
Not a very good start for Qatar, which has lost the opening game 0-2 against Uzbekistan
confess that although I like football, this cutter is my passion but it's not very interesting follow as a repetition of the World Cup 2022. And then it gives me the opportunity to return to this subject that I would have liked to talk before.
When we came in register in October, Dock and I were very surprised to see posters absolutely everywhere: "A biding nation" and "support Qatar's bid for 2022". We wondered what it and after it was learned calculations have come to the surprising conclusion that it should be the World Cup soccer. Immediate verdict on my part:
they have no chance, it must be too hot in summer (early October because the temperatures were even blithely 35 degrees ...).
We then explained the project included air-conditioned stadiums. Re-immediate verdict on my part:
they have no chance, now is to ecology, a world cup "green" is what he must submit, etc., etc..
returned to France when I even started to find out about the nomination. That's when I learned that she enjoyed the "support" of Zidane and Guardiola ("beuargh" - excuse my daughter, a fervent supporter of the Real which has nothing but hear me vomit type the name ;-)), conditioned that the stadiums would be "zero carbon" and removable offered or lent to poor countries and that technology would be air conditioning, whatever the final vote, which was sold for free.
If you're interested here is the video presentation of 5 of these stages, my favorite is the first and I also like the one with the ribbons.
December 2, we watched the live award ceremony I could not believe my eyes!
must say their final video presentation is quite successful and of course the petro-dollars-gazo played in full ...
I admit I'm still not sure what to make of this decision, but what irritated me deeply are the comments I've read on various forums and newspapers: frankly wicked (to not to say racist), misinformed, stupid limit.
- no alcohol? well I'd be surprised! There will certainly zones around the stadiums. And without a World Cup hooligans stuffed with beer is good too, right?
- no women in stadiums? I do not see why women could not attend the meetings.
- No babes in bikinis? So you do not know me but during the last World Cup babes in swimsuits I have not noticed many views winter temperatures in South Africa in July. It was pretty jackets and caps in the stadium ...
As for temperatures, if the stages are really conditioned to 27, 28 degrees is certainly not more than the temperature of the Mexican World Cup 1986.
Now it seems that FIFA would prefer that this World Cup takes place in winter, should know anyway!
All that to say that even if the decision is "surprising" it is not nothing to impugn for 12 years in advance: obviously this World Cup will be certainly not the easiest to organize because the traditional problems inherent in such events added climate problems and probably political and religious problems but I think having the money available to the Qatari state everything will be settled and ready.
And anyway it was clear that Qatar would receive the World Cup in Qatar because there are camels and everyone knows that camels Blatter ... The kangaroos were rattling no chance!
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