“Liberation” sent three journalists to Qatar to cover the Football World Cup. For nearly two weeks in the field, they have been interviewing the locals, deciphering the various encounters and analyzing the fallout from this planetary event.
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Three journalists from different departments, who left for the Gulf with equally distinct objectives, tell what they are doing in Qatar. Football specialist, Grégory Schneider exclusively follows the French team during training, matches and press conferences. Hala Kodmani, of the planet service, testifies to everything that is not sporting, what she calls the “next to the World Cup” : it questions the feelings of the Qataris, the supporters but also the workers on the holding of this World Cup and on the atmosphere.
Julien Lecot, journalist with the news service, observes the other matches of the competition and also the mixed zones – obligatory passage where the players pass after a meeting – with the challenge of trying to make the said players speak. It tries to capture the general sporting atmosphere of the competition. In this video, Grégory Schneider, Hala Kodmani and Julien Lecot tell us about their presence in Qatar for almost two weeks.