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When the World Cup kicks off on November 20th, it will be day one. Qatar will be the first Arab country to host the tournament and the first in the northern hemisphere to host it in winter. In 1970, he stepped onto the field for the FIFA-affiliated Qatar men’s national team, playing his group stage match at the World Cup for the first time in history. Normally you would find reasons to celebrate on a historic day like this, but how we got here isn’t always heartwarming. Because they are willing to abuse, exploit and kill thousands of migrant workers. The games are played in the winter because it is literally too hot to play football in Qatar in the summer. The Qatar national team qualified for the tournament with a team assembled under somewhat dubious circumstances as well as exemption from the host country.
They were given the customary gift of automatic qualification for the host country, but Qatar should not be revoked outright. am. Qatar won the 2019 Asian Cup, conceding just one goal in the entire tournament as he beat Japan 3-1 in the final. They were then invited to his 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, reaching the semi-finals where they lost 1-0 to the United States. In a fair and moral world, would these guys be closer to a World Cup match? Probably not. But a just and moral world is not the world we live in. The simple fact of the matter is that the Qatari team can actually play terrible football.
Who is their main guy?
Their main player is Almoez Ali, the striker who dominated the 2019 Asian Cup. The 26-year-old scored his impressive nine goals in seven appearances in that tournament. 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He also earned this during his 2022 World Cup qualifying process as he appeared in six matches (Qatar participated in these matches to qualify for the upcoming Asian Cup). bottom. He scored his 6th goal. I don’t care who you are or what international football federation you play for. If over the three years he has scored more goals than he has scored per game, you are a bowler.
Ali has cut a meager figure for a striker, listed as 5 feet 11 inches and just 150 pounds. He’s not the type to physically dominate opponents with his muscular hold-ups or blurry runs behind the defense, but what he lacks in power, he makes up for in quick feet and deft touches. . Ali is always well positioned in the opponent’s box. When he receives the ball there, he uses his quick feet to create space and move the ball into the ideal shooting position, Finish with pinpoint. If there is one goal that best describes Ali as a player, it is probably his goal in the 2019 Asian Cup final against Japan. Try this his 3-touch bicycle kick.
Will poor little Ali spend most of his time removing grass from his teeth after being planted in the ground by Virgil van Dijk and Kalidou Koulibaly in the group stage? Yes, probably.become very interesting What if he could dance around one of these tanks in a tight space and push a toepork goal inside the far post? Yes, that would be very funny.
Who are their main non-scorers?
I’ll level with you: It’s pretty hard to find much information about Qatar’s non-goal-scoring players. It turns out that there isn’t much Western coverage of guys who spent most, if not all, of their careers playing football. .
Since his debut in 2014, the 32-year-old Algerian-born, naturalized Qatari has made 99 appearances for the national team, playing a variety of roles in those matches. Kouki originally played as a winger, but later switched to a central midfielder and now plays as a center back, supporting the Maroons’ defense.
The great thing about Khoukhi is that he hasn’t lost the skills that originally cast him as an attacking player. wait a minute! I can hear you protesting. This section is about the man who can’t score goals. It says it’s right there! I want you to know that I have heard these complaints and have rejected them.
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It is a crime not to mention him. Few things are more satisfying than a center back hitting a banger, so hopefully Khoukhi somehow finds an opportunity to move forward in the group stage.
where’s the beef?
Which team or player does Qatar hate? Do Qatar players like each other? Explore their potential enemies.
If the very existence of the Qatar World Cup is evidence of how much money and shameless ambition can be earned for global fame and attention, the national team itself is to a much lesser extent. However, it is similar. It goes a long way to say that some part of the football world has as much beef in the Maroons themselves as the country the team represents.
If there is one thing that has historically defined the Qatari national team, it is their bravery in trying to naturalize a player who is not really associated with Qatar. In 2004, FIFA had to convene an emergency meeting to tighten the federation’s naturalization rules, as Qatar was in danger of ceding citizenship to several Brazilian players with no connection to Brazil. I didn’t. Despite tighter regulations, Qatar continued to try to fill the national team with non-Qatari players. They’re not as obvious as they used to be, but it’s not uncommon to see teams fielding with four or five naturalized players in the first XI.
Of course, Qatar is not the only country doing this. In fact, the USMNT hopes to spend the World Cup with some high-profile players with lesser ties to the United States. However, Qatar’s use of naturalized players still provokes the ire of its opponents. Currently, players wishing to change nationality must meet one of the following criteria:
Things get a little worse… I think you could say you’re ambiguous when it comes to Qatar’s explanation of how a player like Almoez Ali, who was born in Sudan, previously met these criteria. . At the 2019 Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates filed a formal complaint against Qatar saying that Ali and another player, Iraqi-born Bassam Al-Rawi, should not be allowed to represent Qatar in the tournament. claimed it wasn’t. Both players immigrated to Qatar at a young age and graduated from the country’s Aspire Academy. Naturalization of young players from all over the world, especially from Africa.
Ali entered Aspire Academy when he was just seven years old and spent most of his life in Qatar. Still, the UAE Federation said that since he was 22 years old at the time of the Asian Cup, he must meet the final criteria for naturalization by living in Qatar for five consecutive years after he reaches the age of 18. argued that it was not possible. Ali’s mother actually claims to have been born in Qatar, fulfilling the second criterion. The case eventually went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2020, at which point the Qatar Federation apparently presented a copy of Ali’s mother’s Qatari birth certificate to the court, confirming Ali’s eligibility. The court did not investigate Bassam’s eligibility as the United Arab Emirates withdrew his appeal after being suspended for the Asian Cup semi-final.
For Ali, now 26, this won’t be an issue at the World Cup, but don’t be surprised if some raise eyebrows about how national teams tend to behave when filling out rosters As you know, the only legitimate way to get foreign-born players onto the roster is to find players who have spent their entire lives elsewhere. He has a Surinamese father with dual American citizenship.
Most likely David Ospina or James Rodriguez Maud
Who are Qatar’s best candidates for a breakout performance to score a career-changing transfer? Like Colombia’s James Rodriguez when he moved to Real Madrid after a starring role in the 2014 World Cup , will this post-tournament transfer possibility work? Or will it go awry, as it did when Colombian David Ospina moved to Arsenal after a starring role in the 2014 World Cup?
This belongs to 25-year-old winger Akram Afif, the Maroons’ best attacking talent aside from Ali. He has scored his 23 goals in his 83 appearances for the national team and is also one of the rare Qatari-born players to actually gain traction in European football. He signed for Villarreal in 2016, becoming the first Qatari player ever to reach La Liga. Villarreal immediately loaned him to Sporting Gijón, then to Belgium for the following season, and then to Qatar’s Al Sadd, where Afif now plays on a permanent basis. He has 62 goals (lol) and 53 assists (lol) in just 77 appearances.
Afif has been to David Ospina Mode once in his career, as evidenced by his unsuccessful move to Villarreal despite being clearly Leo Messi of the Qatar Stars League, so this section Some might argue that it is not eligible for inclusion in But I decided to believe the young man. he’s only 25 That means he has plenty of time left to score some great goals on his stage in the group, regain the buzz that was around him early in his career, and secure his destination. It means that there is I don’t understand, Benfica? Why not!
David Ospina Mode Probability Score: 37.6
James Rodriguez Mode Probability Score: 19.3
Notable Moments in Football History
Many UAE fans threw their shoes at Qatar after they scored in their 4-0 win over UAE in the 2019 Asian Cup semi-finals!
fun geographic facts
You’ve probably already noticed the fact that Qatar is pretty hot, but you may not have thought much of what it means to live in a place that hit an all-time high of 122.7 degrees Celsius in 2010. For example, does Qatar now have to use outdoor air conditioning systems to keep the country livable? from washington post:
To beat the summer heat, Qatar has installed air conditioning not only in soccer stadiums, but also in markets, along sidewalks, and even outdoors, such as in open-air shopping malls, allowing people to feel the cool breeze while window shopping. increase. “If you turn off the air conditioner, it’s irresistible. It can’t function effectively,” says Gulf Research and Development Agency founder Youssef Al Khor.
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If you want to feel good or sad about the current state of the world, I recommend spending some time thinking about Qatar. has a peninsula that heats up more rapidly than any other place on earth outside the Arctic, exports more liquefied natural gas than any other country on earth, and keeps people from dying while walking to and from shops. and blows cool air onto the sidewalk. Pretty clean!
Good flag or bad flag?
I kinda dig it! I think it’s a great flag.
Good anthem or bad anthem?
This is not included. Sounds like a show tune.
How can we win them all?
Qatar’s path to World Cup glory is simple. The team should play hard, be confident and hope that FIFA will change the rules at the last minute under the “strong advice” of World Cup host Qatar’s royal family. automatically advanced to the finals.
