Qatar denys rumours it had offered bribes to the Ecuadorians to throw the game taking place at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor
“The best thing you can do as a team or as a footballer is keep calm and avoid any rumours or noise around you. Obviously, we don’t like people criticising our country but in terms of football, we have had great preparation.”Article content
“Obviously, everything we’ve done in the past three years is to have a very competitive team in the World Cup. Every country’s situation is different and we’re a small country,” Sanchez said. “All of our players play in our local league so we decided that one way of strengthening the national team was to take them out of their clubs so they are ready for the national team. It has been a massive sacrifice, we spent a long period of time abroad and away from our families.
Qatar came under criticism for its treatment of migrant workers who were responsible for building the eight stadiums being used for the tournament, along with all of the country’s infrastructure. There were reports thousands of workers had died before labour reforms were put in place in the country.Article content
Infantino said Switzerland has become an example of labour rights and inclusion and Qatar has made progress as well.
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