The Qatar World Cup kept political messaging away from the football so that fans could enjoy \u0022a little moment of pleasure and joy.\u0022
in the desert state had led to a significant amount of political discussion, with some teams voicing concerns about the host’s treatment of migrant labour, its approach to LGBT rights and FIFA’s threats to penalize players for political statements.
“Maybe everyone has his own problems. They just want to spend 90 minutes or 100 minutes or 120 minutes with penalties without having to think about anything else. Just enjoying a little moment of pleasure and joy, of emotions,” Infantino said. Qatar invested a reported $200 billion in the tournament, but after two weeks had received just over 765,000 visitors.Article content
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