Doha greeted us with a frankly suffocating temperature, as well as the image of a city that is not interested in how much money it spends and invests, with only one goal: the organization of the final tournament was impeccable, Gazeta journalists write. Sporturilor.

Watching FIFA’s corruption documentary on Netflix, one obvious conclusion is that Qatar bought the votes of the Executive Committee members who decided to host this year’s tournament. “This is called an attempt at justification through sport, that is, an attempt by regimes that do not respect human rights to buy sport. Just like Hitler’s Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, as well as the World Cup in Argentina in 1978.”

These are the questions we will find answers to during this World Cup. However, the first impression is great. From the moment you get off the plane at the Doha airport, you feel that the country is connected only with this competition. Volunteers are everywhere to guide you even where you don’t need help. Extraordinary kindness. When they realize that you are also a foreigner who comes exclusively for the World Cup, they treat you like a high-ranking FIFA official.

But the first really big shock you get is when the airport doors open and you step outside. The immense heat almost takes your breath away. It is now 23:00 and 25 degrees. Worse, the air is impossible to breathe. What day is it when it’s so close to midnight?

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