FIFA World Cup 2022, Only Few Days Left, History and Political Games on FIFA
There are only a few days left before the World Cup kicks off in Qatar. However, the series of disputes and tensions has not ended. And football is not being discussed.
Believe it or not! How not to believe even more! World football’s biggest tournament, the World Cup, is just days away from kicking off in Qatar. However, the series of disputes and tensions has not ended. About 12 years ago today, such a meeting of four/five people was held, when it was not decided that the 2022 World Cup would be held in Qatar.
The meeting was attended by Nicolas Sarkozy, the then president of France, Michel Platini, the then president of the European Football Federation, and two high-ranking officials from Qatar. The topic of the meeting was about fighter jets and anti-missile defense systems. It is said that the same meeting gave Qatar the right to host the World Cup. Where is the issue of buying and selling weapons, where is the World Cup football! However, the fate was met. It was arranged.
Whether arms were bought/sold, that fact did not come out exactly. However, the World Cup will be held in Qatar. What is the relationship between these two things? It’s not hard to guess. Two others are said to have played an equally important role in arranging the meeting, one of which was the current Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Another Mohammed bin Hamam. Hamam is Qatari and once held the Asian Football Confederation and had dreams of becoming FIFA president. However, later he himself was banned from FIFA for life. The matter did not end there, Platini was also banned by FIFA. He played the biggest role in giving Qatar the right to host the World Cup. Meanwhile, the corruption case against Sarkozy was ongoing. His political life has become like a disaster. However, the decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar was not overturned. Qatar beat the US in a vote to decide who would host the World Cup.
Barack Obama was the president of America at that time. He was openly going to bring a decision in favor of America. Later, he said, “Giving the World Cup to Qatar is a wrong decision.” About 12 years later, Sepp Blatter, the then president of FIFA, also said, “It was really a wrong decision.” To what extent he said, Platini is the one behind this decision. When drawing the essence of all this, the matter goes from where to – on the one hand to the president of France, Russia and the United States. On the other hand, buying and selling arms. Easy economic manipulation. And in between the World Cup football. Writing about the events leading up to Qatar being given the right to host the World Cup makes a novel. The previous events are only a few pages of it. How many incredible events! Among them, there are some serious allegations against Qatar itself. Among them, the Qatari attitude and behavior towards human rights, migrant workers and the LGBTQ plus community are also being debated.
Thousands of migrant workers worked on the construction of the stadiums needed for the World Cup. Most of them were our Nepali brothers. They are considered to be subjected to considerable labor exploitation. It is also said that he was forced to work in extreme heat. Because of this, hundreds lost their lives. The number of deaths due to accidents is different. Again, same-sex relationships are legally prohibited in Qatar.
even infamous. Now, to remove this weakness and infamy, what those countries do is to invest in sports. Investment is like flowing water! The flow of dollars! Qatar held the Asian Games and the Asia Cup at the same time, now it is thinking of doing the Olympics. The World Cup is happening. Qatar is trying to sharpen itself in the run-up to the World Cup. Qatari investment in the field of sports is not only limited to his country, but also abroad.
France’s Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is a club with direct Qatari investment, home to players like Lionel Messi and Neymar. In the name of sports, Qatar does not hesitate to help anyone. Football itself has been hit. There are only a few days left until the start of the World Cup, and football is not being discussed. This is the grief of football fans in this tension.