OUR FIFA and his government Qatar eventually won the tug-of-war with a rainbow armband and the phrase “One Love”, which many predominantly European team captains chose to wear in protest of Qatar’s encroachment on his rights. LGBT community. Although at first there was a feeling that FIFA was not going to impose sports, only financial sanctions, its decision to give a yellow card to any player with an armband caused those footballers who had such an intention to back down.

It all started with the England captain, Harry Kanewho, after announcing his decision to wear the armband, appeared in the game against Iran without it after being pressured.

Instead, Iranian players were surprised when they did not sing their country’s national anthem to protest the violation of women’s rights in their country. The decision is expected to impose disciplinary action on the captains of the remaining (9 in total) national teams who have said they will wear the armband, even though one of them, Neuer from Germany, has said he will wear it. A BBC reporter, however, gave her an answer in the stadium with a bandage on her arm, and the Qatari authorities did not proceed to arrest her as they had threatened.

A lot of noise was raised by the opening of the tournament and the sudden departure of thousands of Qatari fans during the halftime match against Ecuador, disappointed by the poor performance and two goals conceded by their team. The scene was widely covered in the foreign media, while the local media downplayed it, reporting that the result of the match was not important, but that their country “highlighted the values ​​of respect and an invitation to unite cultures”.

There was also criticism of the lack of good organization in the huge amusement park for fans of Al-Bida, where the opening night had an image of chaos and a risk of tragedy. A blow to the organization was also the announcement that Karim Benzema, the best player in the world last season, will not strengthen the French team due to injury. The same thing happened to Bayern’s Senegalese striker Sadio Mane.