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icarus · 12-19-2022, 08:19 AM

They call it a winter World Cup but I guess for Argentinians and a couple other countries it was a summer World Cup. Nice for their fans to enjoy the victory in summer.

I was in Qatar for the first couple weeks and the weather was perfect at match time. Much was made about the air conditioned stadiums but I think those designs had already been made before they changed the dates. I'm not sure if they even turned the A/C on since the ambient temperature was so nice.

Anyway I have many fond memories of attending, two that stand out (besides watching Canada of course): being amongst the Morocco fans and the crazy Arab support; the other, my girlfriend getting on tv during two out of three Canada matches (and repeated SportsCentre replays) and having our phones immediately blow up from friends and family in Calgary, Singapore, Dubai, Toronto etc when that happened. I got interviewed as a random fan on the street for French radio and Arab tv so I guess that's all I'm good for!

12-19-2022, 08:19 AM	#3509
icarus Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Singapore Exp:	They call it a winter World Cup but I guess for Argentinians and a couple other countries it was a summer World Cup. Nice for their fans to enjoy the victory in summer. I was in Qatar for the first couple weeks and the weather was perfect at match time. Much was made about the air conditioned stadiums but I think those designs had already been made before they changed the dates. I'm not sure if they even turned the A/C on since the ambient temperature was so nice. Anyway I have many fond memories of attending, two that stand out (besides watching Canada of course): being amongst the Morocco fans and the crazy Arab support; the other, my girlfriend getting on tv during two out of three Canada matches (and repeated SportsCentre replays) and having our phones immediately blow up from friends and family in Calgary, Singapore, Dubai, Toronto etc when that happened. I got interviewed as a random fan on the street for French radio and Arab tv so I guess that's all I'm good for! __________________ Shot down in Flames! Last edited by icarus; 12-19-2022 at 08:21 AM.