Qatar is already living what the 2022 World Cup is and the public that arrives in the Middle Eastern country shows the fever for the start of the tournament, but in addition to the boiling of fans from all over the world who meet at the International Airport of Hamad.
The departure, after the disembarkation of the passengers, is done with speed and great rhythm, while the different security personnel and collaborators are helping the passage of visitors from different parts of the world.
The first passengers that are seen are some Mexicans, who get off with their mariachi hats and go to the immigration windows.
A group of fans arrived in Doha on the first Aerolíneas Argentinas flight from Buenos Aires and after making a brief stopover in Rome, it shows the people dressed in “Scaloneta” T-shirts eager to arrive, after almost 20 hours of travel.
The exit and the security personnel check the luggage, to then disembark on the tapes and from then on leave in search of accommodation in Doha and surroundings.
A group of Serbs, with the official entourage of that country’s federation, gets ready to leave and a very well-dressed man with a sign that says FIFA is waiting for them.
At the exit, the different passengers who travel with shirts like the one from Ecuador, where the parents of a child and the latter have their Gustavo Alfaro “Tri” jersey, who will play against Qatar this Sunday in the opening match of the World Cup.
A Welsh fan opens a bag and takes out a replica of the World Cup, then picks it up. She does not reach 2 kilos and is far from the more than 6 that the precious original has and that passed through Argentina, where she was presented at the AFA Estate in Ezeiza and La Rural.
Meanwhile, a group of about 25 fans of the “Azteca” team, led by Argentine Gerardo “Tata” Martino and of whom Hirving “Chucky” Lozano lived while they indicated to an Argentine fan who took a photo of them, they asked him to leave. join in shouting for the “Tri”.
No fan wanted to feel less and a shirt from their country, a jacket with the Qatar 2022 logo or simply a cap were enough reasons to feel identified with World Cup fever.
The departure from the Doha International Airport was colorful, with the taxis, the buses and the metro that came together so that, together with private or official cars of Qatar 2022, they painted a panorama of people arriving more than those leaving Qatar, because nobody wants to miss the football party.
Media Center in Doha, the place of accredited World Cup fans
Photos: Fernando Gens
The Media Center is the site installed for journalists, photographers, television channel workers from all over the world, who go in search of the credential, but also to generate content of what Qatar 2022 will be, little by little they fill up and they all go in search of their passes to the World Cup matches.
At times it bursts with people, at others it is reduced, but no one wants to leave details to chance, while the means of transport prepare for the most important sports festival in the world. Warm your palms and your throat because Qatar is about to begin.
