Looking back on the 2022 FIFA World Cup

 After a month of football, the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar has concluded with Argentina beating France 4-2 in a penalti shootout after drawing 3-3. Record numbers of penggemar were expected to watch the nail-biting final match at the Lusail Fase just outside of the Qatari capital Doha.


The turnamen fiturd a highly competitive grup stage, increased global representation in the knockout rounds, dramatic upsets and outstanding individu performnces — highlighted by Argentina's great Lionel Messi and emerging mega-bintang Kylian Mbappé of France.


From the event FIFA announced Qatar as the 2022 World Cup host in 2010, non-sporting controversy has plagued the moment. In addition to bribery charges against FIFA officials, questions were raised about the suitability of a small nation with limited football history or infrastructure hosting the World Cup.


Complicating the choice of Qatar further was the desert nation's hot summers which made penjadwalan the moment in its normal June-July timeframe impractical — necessitating the move to November-December, which European football associations viewed as disrupting their reguler schedules.


Beyond the logistical issues, the 2022 World Cup will also be remembered as one of the most politically scrutinized sporting moments in recent times. A sample of global politics intersecting with the World Cup include:


FIFA threatened to give yellow cards to tim captains who wear One Love armbands in dukungan of LGBTQ+ rights.



German players covered their mouths during the pre-game foto to protest the Qatari government's human rights violations. Situs Togel Online 


Some Morocco penggemar rioted in Belgium after the North African nation defeated the Belgians.


Serbian players displayed a map of their home nation in their locker room that included Kosovo with the words "No Surrender." Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. Situs Togel Terpercaya


Iranian state officials called for the U.S. to be kicked out of the turnamen after the U.S. Soccer Federation displayed an gambar of the Iranian flag on media sosial without the Islamic Republic emblem. Agen Togel Terpercaya


There were tensions between pro-government and protest-supporting Iranian penggemar.


Penggemar refused to be interviued by Israeli media tokos.


The Palestinian flag was waved by tims and penggemar.


Tensions escalated on the field and in the stands during Serbia's match with Switzerland who fiturd players of Albanian descent.

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