Chaotic scenes broke out inside and outside the fan festival at Al Bidda Park in Doha on Sunday an hour before the kick off of the opening World Cup match between hosts Qatar and Ecuador after organisers allowed too many fans to flood the precinct.
The venue has a capacity of 40,000 but at least double that number of people tried to make their way in and for a long time many were let into a holding area between the main festival park and the perimeter entrance."It was dangerous," one fan carrying a child aged nearly four, who had exited the holding area, told Reuters.The police took about 45 minutes to clear the excess fans from the area.
"I think Qatar will be a great host. Now that the games are starting, the vibe is building," Jesus said. For 20 Qatari riyals, fans could do three laps of a pen on the back of a muzzled camel, overlooked by the studios of TV broadcasters.
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