World Cup Speech

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You may or may not know about FIFA’s absurd decision for Qatar to be the hosts of the 2022 world cup. A country that forbids homosexuality and drinking. A country with no footballing tradition. And a country where in summer, the heat is in excess of 40 ºC. I am against it, as you’ve probably gathered. Here are my reasons, justified in more detail. Number 1 is infrastructure. Qatar is a small country, so everything is relatively close. What I'm wondering here is their capability to deal with the huge amount of people a World Cup would bring to the country. Number 2 is Stadiums. The stadiums for this World Cup look awesome. On paper that is. It's true that the organization has 10 plus years to build or remodel them, but it may not be enough time as all constructions are huge. Number 3 is recognisable stars. Can you name any Qatari player? I can't. I don’t believe they have any. The guy in the picture is one of the players they used in their bid. His name is Gabriel Batistuta and he isn't from Qatar, he's Argentinean. My 4th reason is tradition. Football tradition in Qatar is nonexistent. It's true that there have been World Cups in places without a lot of tradition, but those places at least had some sort of tradition, whether it included football or not. In my opinion, Qatar has none. My 5th reason is national team. This could be embarrassing. Qatar, as the hosts, will automatically get a place in the world cup. Their national team has never played a World Cup. They will probably put on the worst performance of a World Cup host ever and will not allow a team with better chances to qualify. Reason number 6 is weather. Usually we refer to rain, snow and storms as bad weather. In this case the problem is the opposite. With an average minimum temperature nearing 30ºC and average high over 40ºC in the summer time, FIFA is considering a winter tournament. This I

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