Despite worries about their daily lives due to the country’s economic and financial problems, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 provided delight to the Lebanese people.
The World Cup is being keenly watched on television by the Lebanese in their homes, restaurants, and cafés. Despite their political disagreements, they came together during this tournament to support their favorite teams, led by Brazil, Argentina, France, and Germany. They also came together to support the four Arab countries competing in the World Cup: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Lebanese Sports Analyst Mazen Naim told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that despite Lebanon’s suffering for more than three years from an economic and financial crisis, the World Cup provided an opportunity and an outlet to escape from their reality, alleviating the Lebanese’ feeling of their difficult living and life crises.
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Naim considered that Qatar not only succeeded in hosting and organizing this global football event, but also it succeeded in presenting an ideal picture of the Arab region in general and Qatar in particular, which was praised by no less than the FIFA President himself, who said that the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is the best World Cup in history.
Minister of Youth and Sports in the Lebanese caretaker government H E Dr. Georges Kallas had noted in a previous interview with QNA Qatar’s success in hosting the World Cup, considering that Qatar’s success serves as a message of peace from the Arabs to the world.
Minister Kallas affirmed that the State of Qatar has already proven through the World Cups opening ceremony and through its great preparations for the World Cup, its ability to organize this exceptional event, rendering it a civilized gathering that carries a call for peace through sports and bridging the gap between generations, cultures and civilizations. He added that Qatar has told the world that sport is capable of bringing people together a lot more than all political and international summits.
For his part, Lebanese sports analyst and former captain of the Lebanese national team Hassan Ayoub expressed QNA his happiness at the participation of the Lebanese in the World Cup activities, including traveling to Doha and presence at the World Cup stadiums, raising the Lebanese flag with the Arab masses, despite the livelihood and economic difficulties in Lebanon.
Ayoub claimed that Qatar brought the world, its civilizations, and its cultures together in a unique and historic World Cup that had never been matched before, noting that Qatar has put pressure on everyone who will host or organize the World Cup to put together a similar event.
