DECRYPTAGE – For the first time since the attribution of the World Cup to the emirate twelve years ago, sport is supposed to take precedence over the controversy during the draw, this Friday in Doha.
From Moscow to Doha or the perilous split in world football. Four years after the coronation of the French team in the country of Vladimir Poutine, where no footballer (non-Russian) would today pose a crampon, Fifa gives, on the occasion of the draw this Friday (6 p.m., TMC and beIN Sports), the symbolic kickoff of the 22e History World Cup held in Qatar.
• Ten years of controversy
After Europe (11 editions), Latin America (7), North America (1), Asia (1) and Africa (1), the most prestigious of round ball competitions is setting its marquee in the Middle East. From November 21 to December 18, the eyes of the world will be on Qatar, a young state (independent since 1971) smaller than Île-de-France (11,586 km2) and almost five times less populated (2.8 million inhabitants), whose desert climate and suffocating summers (up to 50 ° C) did not deter Fifa, quick to sweep away the tradition of the big summer meeting to move it in the winter.
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