Qatar held the final of the Asian Cup yesterday (Japan beat Australia 1-0 aet) but its all kicked off here with complaints about the organisation.
Thousands of ticket holders were refused entry to the ground last night as the organisers had bussed in coachloads of Indian/Nepalese labourers to make the ground look full!!
Only problem being that they let these workers in at 3pm and kick-off was 6pm.
So all these poor japanese and aussie fans were all turned away as the stadium was supposedly already full.
Riot police with dogs were deployed, but not called into proper action luckily. Chaos outside and thousands of disappointed people.
Roll on 2022!!
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By then it will be another load of freeloaders running the game who will wash their hands of any wrong doing whilst doing the very same thing themselves with the 2034 tournament
Imagine travelling out there from Japan/Australia.Wherever with your ticket for the final and NOT getting in. Shambolic.
Good game actually and a great goal to win. Japanese football is great and I predict them to do well over the next couple of world cups. Along with South Korea, who have a recent world cup record that is better than England's, I think they play some of the most entertaining football in the world.
As we all know Qatar is a joke host nation and I hope it goes horribly wrong for FIFA in 2022.
2 aussies who flew over for the match ended up being arrested and put in jail for jumping over the fence into the stadium after being refused entry with their valid tickets.
Friends of mine just walked straight into the ground without even showing their tickets, found people sitting in their seats and were moved to the VIP area above the Emir and ended up watching the game from armchairs in the stand!!
Piss up & Brewery spring to mind.
Cracking goal to win it in the end.
Great to see them rewarded for their excellent national association (motto Green Grass and A Ball Expands the Circle of Friendship) and individual endeavour
To get into the top two (professional) leagues, clubs need to be backed by their local government, a community of fans and have to have corporate sponsors rather than a parent company or a corporation.
Japan has very strong links with Brazil due to migrations there in the late 19th century, so they have many excellent Brazilian players in their leagues
I have watched a lot of Yokohama matches (my local team when staying over there), spurred on by their success in the late 90's. Kashima continue to be the Man U of J football, sadly.
PS I like the fact that Japanese association changed their name from shu kyu (kick ball) to sak ka (soccer) after WW2 occupation
They've been unofficial World Champions since October.
England captain Harry Kane wants to 'shine light' on Qatar issues - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60852693
Also disgusting that FIFA is willing to force a country to change it;s laws to provide tax breaks and protection to FIFA officials, but would baulk at the idea of requiring a host nation meets certain H&S standards, even if only related to construction of venues and staging of the tournament.
The organisation of accommodation is the biggest logistical mess people are dealing with at the moment. I actually went and paid over the odds through an agent to ensure getting accommodation for 10 nights.
Think this will be the last World Cup that is handed to a single country, and especially one as small as Qatar.
It was possible to change various international sporting events for Covid, so why not for this?
Be lovely to see FIFA and Qatar sort that one out n all
were they throwing themselves off like lemmings 🤷🏻♂️