“We Germans are the biggest despisers of this World Cup.” Uli Hoeneß once again spoke plain language. At a panel discussion in Munich, the FC Bayern icon criticized the German attitude to the controversial football festival in Qatar, which begins on Sunday with the hosts’ opening match against Ecuador.
Of course, the footballers and officials could not detach themselves from the political events, “but the way we have been discussing it in the last few weeks is not okay. It’s about football,” said the honorary president of the German record champions.
Qatar 2022: criticism only in Germany?
But does Hoeneß assess the situation correctly? Is the tournament on the Gulf really only discussed and criticized so vehemently in this country that there is hardly any sense of a World Cup mood? Or is there also massive criticism and boycott calls elsewhere?
So how do people in the other 31 World Cup participating countries view the coming weeks of the Winter World Cup? An overview of the discussions before the mega-event of football.
Source: Stern
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