Oooo football fans do like their booze.
What’s worse than a drunk hooligan? A hooligan you’re denying to get drunk.
There is a bribery scandal with Ecuador game.
Don’t like the rules, don’t go.
My family almost moved to Jeddah in the 70s when it was more westernized. We visited and had a book taken from our luggage before we got there. No fricking way I ever would have wanted to live there, even if we would have been on a compound with other Americans (where wine was home made). And, I had to wear a long dress or pants at all time in public.
At least we don’t have to worry about drunk fans turning into hoodlums like they do at home.
Apparently, it is allowed in the luxury boxes.
How is it poking the eye in Western civilization? It is in Qatar. If they’re going to hold an event there, then they can go by their local customs. I find a lot of other things they’re doing there much more disturbing.
Hooligans need not to buy tickets. Not enough alcohol on the planes to keep their blood-alcohol levels sustained let alone survive a stay in country.
“Qatar’s refusal to sell alcohol in stadiums as a disgrace, I see this refusal as another illustration of the clash of civilizations that pokes a finger in the eye of Western culture. This time it happens on the biggest stage of all.”
He sounds like a drunk.