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Seeing Saudi Arabia supporters absolutely losing it inside Lusail Stadium following their team’s shock win over the eventual world champions.The final. Or maybe the legendary Lulu Centre, department store and destination of choice for the discerning Al Sadd denizen.Feeling the 974 stadium rattle as 40,000 Argentinians jumped up and down after they went 2-0 up against Poland was incredible.
roll in with the smug satisfaction of a man who is a long, long way ahead of you all and did those years ago.Off field: running in the 7am sun each morning under blue Doha skies with house music in the earphones. On field: the where Mexico had zero chance of progressing but went 2-0 up against Saudi Arabia after 52 minutes and seriously close to the third that would made the evening a sensation.I asked my editors if I could do an Argentina game because I had never seen Messi live. They let me do two. Thanks bosses!. Just so many zingers. Never before in the grand storied history of the Qatar National Convention Centre Hall One have so many dropping jaws and boggling eyes been witnessed. A wake-up call.
The best World Cup experiences are often the games you’re not working on but watch with friends and colleagues. I was done for the day before Spain v Japan and Germany v Costa Rica and so was able to watch them in the media centre amid the nearest a Qatari media centre comes to a raucous atmosphere.Pretty much what I expected to.
Gleaming stadiums, spanking new metro, sparkling lights, and next-generation skyscrapers yet all made to feel as part of a strange toy-town because even with the World Cup touching down there are too few souls about.Which Qatar are we talking about here, the real one or the World Cup version? For the past month I’ve only really seen the latter, tucked away in a bubble. Logistically, covering this World Cup has been brilliant, so much easier than any I have covered before.
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