As someone from the Horn of Africa who lost a brother in a work-related accident in Kuwait and has never heard from the company where he used to work, I am glad that someone is pointing out how these unholy and morally corrupted countries are run contrary to their claims.
@@phoenix5054 Yes of course! And we should accept Qatars culture even though it includes legal and cultural supression of anyone who isnt an islamic, straight male. I mean, how dare us judge these human rights abusers lmao🤣
@@MrReese yeah it’s sad what happened to his brother but how on earth has he not seen any other video talking about the corruption and human rights abuses in the Middle East, there’s at least 6 a day 😂
Come on guys, u made Qatar with no morals, stop being hypocrite, if someone lost his finger in any gulf country you point fingers to Qatar, no logic we need to stop one thing “ hypocrisy”
Man, Alfie is really going for the, "getting banned from and/or assassinated by a Middle Eastern country" speedrun, isn't he? Regardless, I'm so glad he's still talking about this because it NEEDS to continually be talked about.
Yeah, I find it strange, but I understand why these changes were made. That being said, surely there's a more systematic approach to time-wasting like implementing a stop-and-start clock, in my opinion.
@@thefifthhour45 I agree that they should stop the clock but that clearly isn't going to be implemented any time soon so the added on time is better than doing nothing
Well, we still have a lot of tournament to go. When these subjective measures are used to benefit a team in the later stages I don't think it will be so great. Just wait for a game in which Brazil/Argentina/France/etc (just examples, again, the tournament is just starting really) struggles late with a team pushing for a result and see how they add 1 minute of stoppage. Or the automated offside/VAR starts benefitting those same favorites. It has happened for almost 100 years, it will happen this WC
Time-wasting is more about disrupting the momentum of the attacking team rather than simply just running down the clock. As such, I suspect inferior teams will continue to do it whether the time is added at the end or not. The only difference is they'll get better at knowing how much time is remaining and be ready for it. I won't be surprised if some team is eventually able to cause 20 or 25 minutes of added time in matches.
Wow, thank you SO much for keeping a laser-focus on all of this! I’m in the US, where our tv/streaming coverage is literally paid for by Qatar Airways. Every commercial break has an ad for Qatar in it, (how innovative & inclusive it is!) Not one word has been said about any controversy- migrant workers, human rights, alcohol, rainbow signs, the obvious empty seats… none of it. They just blather on about how great the air conditioning is and how amazing the ostensible attendance figures are. 🤬
Every year, tens of thousands of migrants from neighboring countries go there to work because they can make a lot more money that way and support their families back home. This has been going on for more than a decade and they keep doing this even to this day because they don't mind how difficult it is, as long as they make 5 to 10x the money they make at home. They would rather go to Qatar than Western countries that would not take them in for work in the first place. IF white people care so much about their working conditions, please take them in and help them instead. Oh, but you won't.
The most crucial part of this video was when Alfie explained how 'World Cup related deaths' were defined by the Qatari royalty, and how it should be explained. Feels like no one else covering the story about their lies wanted to 'offend' the royalty despite that attempt to rightfully discredit the schmucks.
Day 78 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing comeback to European competitions in 2021 seeing the early exit of Greek giants AEK Athens in a sensational win in Athens!
The South African world cup took place in winter, our winter in the southern hemisphere, and it got quite cold for players and fans in the stadiums. And Qatari winter looks like normal summer honestly 😁
In the UK, Football is considered a winter sport. Every Premier League team plays the day after Christmas day, where temperatures can get close to or below freezing, and it only gets cancelled if it snows.
It's not just about the games being played in winter it's the disruption to the big five leagues that annoys me winter is for the Premier league summer is for the World Cup/Euros
@@stephenhyland4256 Yeah but if small leagues around the planet can take a break for the WC so can the Big 5. They are no more than others. 1 winter WC every 20-40 years won´t kill anyone. The worries about fixture congestion, should have less to do wit WC placement and more about the number of national and european games UEFA and Football Associations keep adding.
Big 5 leagues are where the money is though. Smaller leagues don't have the power the big 5 has. Look at all the teams who are actually in contention for the world cup and pretty much all players play in big 5 leagues including Brazil/Argentina
@@hugobatista9541 the issue is that the bigger leagues are the ones at higher risk since they contribute the most talent. By having it at the midpoint, when continental tourneys, domestic cups and leagues are already taking shape..., They're risking injury to players as opposed to at the end of the season when most of the tournaments have been resolved and the intensity has died down.
Mate why is all the focus on the LGBQT?! Why the media not talking about the poor migrants who build the stadiums? If you feel that strongly about it, turn off your heaters this winter, boycott the PSG in UCL and stop shopping in sainsbury!!
You're awesome man I love how much you don't sugar coat anything and just say it how it is and are not afraid to be wrong. You really stick by your points and deserve this. You are literally our main mouthpiece at the moment in regards to FIFA and Qatar and the absolute frustrations we are feeling with this whole situation right now! Keep it up man love the content and the effort you put into these videos!
No civilization has come up without any corruption and work-related injuries, remember that as well. England came up from looted wealth of other countries, USA used black people as slaves for economic profits in yesteryears. So Qatar has done that as well, Human Rights are just a recent thing that has come up after all the Western countries have flourished just to avoid the Asian and African countries to improve the it development.
@@mohammedfareed298 I never disputed that though I agree there are a lot of terrible things that countries in Europe and America and such have done and I understand the argument that it is trying to put down other countries but I dont believe thats a good enough excuse. The amount of money and power Qatar has is crazy but noone is saying that is wrong. Look at all the power China has. And I can talk about the US they are deplorable with their gun violence and corruption but its not like Qatar just watch this video and try to tell me a country in the West that is doing something that bad and yes some countries history has been worse at times but do we really want to start comparing why don't we just call out everyones wrongdoings. No-one is saying anything bad about other countries in the Middle East because they are not hosting the World Cup and thousand of people from many countries thats just what comes with the responsibility. When USA Mexico and Canada host in 2026 I hope they get scrutinised as much as they deserve whether thats not much or just as much as Qatar which I dont think is likely but I wont rule out because thats unfair and you just don't know what could happen. I agree that the Western media loves propoganda and warps issues as well so you have to take everything with a grain of salt but its been proven now just how dodgy the whole process of this World Cup was from so many sources. So I think it is more then fair to heavily scrutinise the whole process
@@abdullahfaraj8976 you sound like the Russian bureaucrat that tried to convince the public that the Chernobyl explosion was a roof fire in the USSR in 1986 and that Soviet governments reponse was effective, when the plant was emitting catastrophic levels of radiation into the atmosphere. However, unlike Qatars dictarship, the Soviets ended up doing the morally right thing by sending in its brightest people to effectively prevent the disaster from poisoning Europe. Where the Qatar officials basically created the chernobyl of world cups, but instead of learning from their mistakes and trying to improve the situation, theyre basically adding gasoline to the fire by harassing women, western minorities, physically abusing the press and international fans, lying about hosting the games in the summer, lying about alchohol being allowed, lying about respecting its guests, and hosting the worst world cup in history. You know Qatar is a disgrace, when they make the Soviets look good in comparison #justicforthemurderedslavesthatbuiltqatar
U can critique qatar all u want but i hope i see same amount of fairness and accusations towarss other hosts.. i still cant hear any issue against USA for 2026 and qatar is way better the USA when it comes to human rights
Every single thing about this world cup has made me angry. Football is one of my favourite things, so to be actively hated by one of the things I love, really hurts
@@abdullahfaraj8976 I would be arrested for going to Qatar as a member of the LGBT community, so no thank you. I would also feel extremely uncomfortable contributing to the economy of a country with such backwards laws and legislations.
What really got me was when players like Hugo Lloris and Eden Hazard came out and said “it’s their country we have to respect their (homophobic and patriarchal) laws” and “Germany were too busy protesting so they lost their game” respectively, made me realize that not only the people in charge are morally corrupt and don’t care but also some players are quite comfortable or simply don’t mind all of the oppressive laws and rules the Qataris have. When not even the players care then how will anybody else with a bit of power and decency would care :/
because no one gives af and thats how it should be every country is morally wrong and it becomes deluded for many ppl and players when some certain countries act like they are morally better and tell other countries what to do. Thats why u will find its nonsense to many ppl including players so dont be surprised. Harry Kane and all that will happily go their on holiday whole u act like they rlly care no one gives af
I mean who the hell gave the other countries the moral high ground to tell Qatar how to act. Tolerance and freedom of speech unless someone says something they don't agree with, hypocrisy at it's finest.
Great video. You laid out the relevant information. I did not expect anything different. Qatar is an authoritarian state and now that the show has started they can pretty much do whatever they want. Qatar is not going to change and after the world cup is over those foreign workers will go right on building thinks there with little to no rights or protections. I think FIFA needs to be overhauled. I know they say all the bad apples were removed but its the system itself that is rotten and needs to be reformed with more transparency in all aspects of the organization. In 2023 when the nest election for the FIFA president comes up they should turf out Gianni Infantino before he can do more damage to the game.
FIFA itself needs to be turfed out and boycotted by all the top teams. Without them no one will watch and they will quickly lose their sponsors. Time is right to begin addressing this rot.
Alfie, congratulations on your constant work regarding exposing everything around the WC. At this point FIFA is probably the most corrupt Federation in Sports. Keep up the quality work.
My main issue is how the world cup was bought by a nation whose people don’t even really like the sport itself. Sure there are fans in Qatar, but leaving before the games even finish and hiring people to pose as fans is not a good look.
@@tomthomassony8607 agree totally. If the ESL hapoens, nothing was done to stop it returning, then local clubs that's upoort communities will cease to exist. The clubs that helped so many through coronatime, deoste being in finacila trouble themsleves
The temperature is a rather mild 30 degrees at this time of the year in the middle east. The heat was never going to be a concern to begin with. Not sure why such a fuss was made mostly by the Brits used to living in cold miserable conditions throughout the year about the horror of a little sunshine.
@@areebsiddiqui758 lol! Maybe you should check out fifas own report on the suitability of Qatar. No one wanted it there. Deep pockets is what won the bid. Corruption Qatar style. Bigger badder and better than any before. Be proud son.
Why do we need or want FIFA? I don't mean as in some kind of governing body for international football, I mean as in why do we need a huge multi-billion dollar corporation like FIFA in charge? Since the 90s I've seen a clear shift where FIFAs main focus has become promoting themselves and increasing their revenue, rather than doing what is best for the game, and are now mainly focused around selling contracts for coverage of the world cup, which is not surprising since they are now making billions of dollars like this. For me we've reached the stage where FIFA is not actually good for the sport, and wholesale change is needed. FIFA's complete control of the game has allowed them to leverage their position in a way not seen with governing bodies in other sports, or with FIFA as they were before the last 20-30 years.
We need FIFA for centralized organization of football in global scale, otherwise would be chaotic patterns all over and the sports would be different around the world. The real problem is, how make FIFA less corrupt without removing their power? And thats difficult question
Well, who is going to organize the World Cup without FIFA? CONMEBOL supports Infantino. Unless you could get the Latin America and European countries to both break away, what can you do? You could in theory get UEFA to break from FIFA, but there is a complicated financial system connecting the various teams. I do support European and Latin American teams leaving and forming another organization, but you could end up with two world cups kind of like when there was once two popes.
@@QUINTUSMAXIMUS Yeah seeing anything change in reality is difficult to imagine, there is no oversight for organisations like FIFA and the IOC other than the criminal laws of individual countries where they can be applied, so they can pretty much do whatever they want.
Honestly I’m okay with them not supporting LGBT. As a Christian I don’t support it either, but I’m not going to dehumanize gay people or treat them differently. I’m also okay with them having their own beliefs and laws. We are there to represent “Our” country, not change theirs. What I am not okay with is the amount of people who died for nothing to make them billions.
They do not dehumanize gay people, they just ask them to have low profile and not try to force qatar to change their own views. They can do what they want behind the doors they will not be arrested as long as they don t make public outrage and stunts
The fact is it was corrupt that Qatar got it in the 1st place. Whats pissing me off though is all this virtue signalling from the players and ex players saying how it shouldn't be there while taking money from it ... sorry not right!!!
In Qatar, government projects are awarded to big contractors - mostly managed by foreigners. They hire workers from overseas through agencies in south East Asian countries. The agency takes fees from the companies/contractors. As a result Contractors expect the workers to not work elsewhere once the workers arrive in Qatar. The government cannot control every single recruitment happening in the private sector - which is run by foreigners themselves. For decades, workers have been coming to Qatar from south east Asia willingly (nobody forces them on planes). The workers know that conditions in their countries (and in Europe) are worse than in Qatar. If the Europeans are sincere about those south East Asians, then they should hire them in Europe.
I am south East Asian. I am in the west. I have rights here. Rights I know I don’t have in Qatar. Here I am not a slave. I am paid. I have shelter. I have food. I have my passport. Are you saying Qatari government has no control over how companies function? No laws to protect? They are so weak? The reason you NEED these people is because you’re too lazy to do it yourselves.
What I think is that Qatar is just using this world cup to confirm a lot of things about how these Oil rich economies in the Middle East operate and can help raise a number of issues and make a number of changes, if utilized correctly. And people like you are a key to this. Hope, this world cup will bring a positive change in the mindset among people in the right places.
You might be giving Qatar a bit too much credit there 😂😂no way they purposely set this World Cup to “raise awareness” of the problems in the Middle East. Although you are partly right and I also hope this World Cup brings better change to the region, getting rid of the Kafala System was a good start
Yeah, Canada was robbed of at least one penalty. No offense but, I will never understand why FIFA employs referees who have zero experience officiating high stakes matches. The only argument is diversity and we all know that FIFA does not care about that. So yes, world cup referees have a well documented history for being bribbed.
@@tonchigaming7238 no is not because he is black, so he is there without experience due to diversity 😢. Please stop spreading those lies. Ghana was equally robbed too against their match with Portugal, the US referee was biased against a bkack african country, FIFA should look into it
Sorry but to pick apart your point about homophobia in Qatar. They didn't say they'd allow for the promotion of the LGBT movement at their world cup, they only said they wouldn't prosecute people for being gay as long as it was kept private.
Well said, Alfie. You have to call out the lies, otherwise there may be a bid for World Cup Moon 2036! The Moon men put in a very convincing bid where they state that stadiums will not only have a breathable atmosphere but artificial gravity!
Your going to have a field day in a few years when America is going to be one of the host nations, there are legitimate criticisms that you can throw at Qatar absolutely but I expect the media and channels like this to be consistent.
How much more goalpost moving are Qatar going to do? We can hold it in the summer in air-conditioned stadiums. Waits until it's realistically too late to change hosts, resulting in the first winter world cup. We'll sell alcohol in fan zones in and around the stadiums. Waits until two days before it starts before deciding the world cup will be dryer than a desert. We won't act in a discriminatory way to anything we consider un-natural. Bans rainbows. I could go on but if we can move the EURO's by a year, why don't we just void this and hold it next year?
Wow you're such a beacon of truth! Showing pictures of stadiums an hour before the Kick Off. I'm a Bangladeshi and I know the working conditions aren't the best but it's far far safer than any s South Asian country. Maybe just say you guys are sad it's not being hosted in white majority country. BTW all this morale sh*t started right after Qatar banned Israel from travelling with Israeli passport.
Have you ever done an all world 11 of great players that never qualified for a world cup, with your knowledge and researching ability it would be interesting to see which players that i have missed on my own list or simply got wrong
After graduate at highschooll i Work in Qatar for 3years for WESTERN COMPANY as construction worker ,not saying some issue is untrue but it just too cringe how exagerated the media tell the story .
Iv seen a lot of people saying fans should respect the culture of Qatar. If you go on holiday tomorrow to Saudi. You absolutely need to respect the culture. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.. however. This is a WORLD CUP, this isn’t the Qatar cup. Qatar should have known the world is full of all different people with all different beliefs, sexual orientations, religious beliefs, etc. If Qatar didn’t want fans drinking. Or wearing rainbow hats, or talking about their problems. Then they shouldn’t have even tried to host the World Cup. And the fact they are hosting it. (Regardless of how) Qatar should respect the football culture and invite it as a whole in as guests.
Video suggestion for your next world cup theme related content. Do a video about how England were awarded world cup hosting rights in 1966 at a time when they still colonized nearly half the world. That would be great 🤗
None of this matters, if after hearing all of this, you continue watching the tournament. I doubt TV ratings will suffer by any measurable standard, which FIFA will exploit as “approval”.
Stop man you talk a lot this World Cup is the best of version of any edition so stop crying about drinking in the stadiums and come enjoy the moment ppl here are happy al hmdulilah stop your hypocrisy
They did. They did. The FBI and Swiss authorities arrested many people in 2014 from FIFA. Several FIFA people went to jail. Didn't you hear about it? It doesn't mean FIFA learned its lesson and has become clean. Even Sepp Blatter was arrested, though he was declared innocent. Others actually spent jail time.
Countries and human rights activists that keep highlighting these issues should create job opportunities in their Countries and bring in those immigrants. Just talking and protesting isn't going to make much of a difference. Action speaks louder than words.
Calling Islamic ethos draconian, in an Islamic country, just shows some colonizer mindset. Why don't 18-20 yo Brits protest in US for not getting served alcohol?
@@glennb6020 every country has its own laws and regulations. For Qatar, they should not have misrepresented themselves But you need to understand that Western values aren't universal. Calling someone's values / regulations draconian is offensive, especially coming from the ones who were the oppressors for centuries.
@@mfarooqullah that’s his point, Qatar lied, they promised something, pulled back and then only allowed it for the super rich: hiding behind their religion when they are being the hypocrites.
England is so perfect. Never colonised countries in Africa or Asia and never were racist either. Never locked people into there homes and let family members die either. 💪🏼
Cheers for this necessary commentary! It's hard as Hel to get people to care about anything these days, so it is heartening to see the difference you are making with the platform you have! Cheers Mate!
Again, the critique of Qatar World Cup is mainly motivated by hate towards that region and being able to accept that there is someone who can do better and different culture, that’s why we get uncomfortable and shout this kind of crap. In addition that’s no violation of human rights or bribes issued officially by any embassy or government has been proven, human rights is must be respected regardless of the difference in culture.
Can’t wait for you to do a video on how FIFA gave the US a World Cup to get us (them) to shut the f** up about FIFA and stop doing “investigative journalism” 😂
DAY 35: Hey Alfie, could you do a video on the life, career, controversies and tragedy of Justin Fashanu. It'd be your best video yet and it's a criminally underheard story. ❤️
Hey Alfie, I enjoy your content very much. I have a couple of suggestions for future videos. Could you do a video about the first ever World Cup? Maybe include oldest player to have played in one that is still alive?
How do you and everyone here feel about all the Twitter users saying "just put aside your politics for 1 month, and go about your business" or "Europeans shouldnt enforce their culture upon Qatar"?
Personally I'm torn on this one, the whole thing makes fools and hypocrites of us all. It's built on blood money and real people's deaths... yet I still watch some of the games.
@@ThereAre2TypesOfPeople and your countries weren’t? Save the rubbish, we don’t come to your land and enforce our culture, likewise if you wanna come here you gotta stfu and respect our way of life, just cause the standards of living in the gulf states are ridiculously better than the dirty west like the UK doesn’t mean yous gotta cry and try being your garbage, we don’t tolerate your rainbow confused dogs, keep that dirt in your own land and keep stabbing eachother all day in London 🤣🤣🤣 backwards dogs
@@QueerChica True, but its almost as if Qatar is the only place in the world which commits human rights violations. I don't remember this energy from Alfie when the 2018 world cup was held in Russia.
@@areebsiddiqui758 that's whataboutery though, and deflects from the point. There are plenty of us here in Europe that are disgusted by the actions of our governments. Difference is that we can show dissent, and we often do. I've personally done so, and it's a right I've cherished having lived in five countries, including China. The only way that change comes is through action x
@@QueerChica nah he's definitely a bit of a hypocrite who seems to have a bone to pick with Arab attitudes towards western ideals even if I agree with him for the most part. He's a bit too preachy for his own good.
Sorry bro. Alcohol is banned in various counties & places or work location or other stadiums across the globe. Qatar has went out of its way to provide Alcohol at various places for visitors convenience. Come to see football tournament and see culture and people, the place, the life etc Tickets are sold out btw..... Not come to be drunk at stadium. It's good Qatar does not believe in making money by getting people drunk.
Well the South African WC was played during our winter - and the Temps for a few games hit well below zero (Celsius - we're metric here). Yes this WC was corrupt, it is being played in the wrong country for many reasons, and Qatar was always going to renege on their promises. But this is hardly a surprise - nor was it a secret. The migrant workers issue was well known from Day 1. FIFA and all the FAs of the world had 12 years to rectify the issue - but did nothing. Now teams are resorting to virtue signalling to try and make matters right. My view is this - you (the FAs) did nothing when you should have; either do the decent thing and pull out or shut up and get on with it. PS - the world's poorest countries are generally in Sub Saharan Africa
It's 'virtue signalling' not virtual. Though you're quite correct they should've all pulled out as the first game kicked off. This goes back decades though Russia, Brazil, South Africa (even the ball was bent), Argentina 78 world cups bought by corruption 💩
Still upset the US didn't get this World Cup. And it never should've been expanded to 48 nations for 2026 and beyond. 16 groups of three? Jesus, a bunch of teams will be fucked after just two matches. Oh, and Qatar became the first host nation to not qualify for the knockout rounds before the last group stage matches were even played. KARMA.
no mention of other nations with questionable ethics as well (do the slightest of research re Australian Aboriginal people) i hope Alfie covers Australia's record on human rights re: native peoples/first nation people.. since Australia is hosting the next women's WC. Or... does alfie just not care about the women's WC or Aboriginal people ? unfortunately this type of biased coverage from Alfie has lead to me to unsubscribe.. great content outside of WC but for some reason Qatar is causing Alfie to lose his shit.... well lets see if he keeps up this negative narrative when the WC is next played (in Australia). All the best Alfie. Also European construction firms did most of the work in Qatar and hence they used lax labor laws to save on costs by hiring cheap migrant work... Alfie, if you've actually taken the time to check you would have know that European/American/Chinese firms do most construction work in smaller countries so they are just as guilty for migrant the crimes you speak
Both Fifa and Qatar saying constantly that not only alcohol would be sold and people can wear any kind of armbands and things like that they want only to change their mind at the very last minute was obviously their way of avoiding long term discussions to try and come to another agreement. Funny that Infantino calls people hypocrites but sees nothing wrong with him being one himself.
France exploits workers in Africa to this day, do you support that? or does that not matter cause France is a "developed European nation"? Or how about global clothing brands treating labor from developing countries like slaves so they can make a larger profit?
@@silvanafernandes8875 you could say the exact same thing to the people making a stink about the World Cup? The noise about Qatar has gotten so loud precisely at the moment it was too late to do anything about it. The worlds media should’ve made these noises back during the 2014 scandal, back when there was still time to pressure FIFA to cancel Qatar and pick somewhere else. It’s all too little too late now. 😔
As someone from the Horn of Africa who lost a brother in a work-related accident in Kuwait and has never heard from the company where he used to work, I am glad that someone is pointing out how these unholy and morally corrupted countries are run contrary to their claims.
Point out this fact and you are just another “Western hypocrite”. The world has gone nuts over those critical over “non-woke” policies.
@@phoenix5054 Yes of course! And we should accept Qatars culture even though it includes legal and cultural supression of anyone who isnt an islamic, straight male. I mean, how dare us judge these human rights abusers lmao🤣
You mean you haven't seen thousands of videos about this already?
@@MrReese yeah it’s sad what happened to his brother but how on earth has he not seen any other video talking about the corruption and human rights abuses in the Middle East, there’s at least 6 a day 😂
Come on guys, u made Qatar with no morals, stop being hypocrite, if someone lost his finger in any gulf country you point fingers to Qatar, no logic we need to stop one thing “ hypocrisy”
Man, Alfie is really going for the, "getting banned from and/or assassinated by a Middle Eastern country" speedrun, isn't he? Regardless, I'm so glad he's still talking about this because it NEEDS to continually be talked about.
I agree. People have fell for the "protest than buy tickets and forget about the human rights abuses" tricj
relax, its a vid about the Qatari, not the Saudis
The time added on is brilliant. I think league football worldwide should implement it. Its only right that time wasting is added on in full.
Yes
Yeah, I find it strange, but I understand why these changes were made. That being said, surely there's a more systematic approach to time-wasting like implementing a stop-and-start clock, in my opinion.
@@thefifthhour45 I agree that they should stop the clock but that clearly isn't going to be implemented any time soon so the added on time is better than doing nothing
I have no problem with the 7+ minutes added time. It finally gets rid of time shitty wasting tactics
I have been saying it for years, if all the wasted time was given back, no one would bother to waste time.
Well, we still have a lot of tournament to go. When these subjective measures are used to benefit a team in the later stages I don't think it will be so great. Just wait for a game in which Brazil/Argentina/France/etc (just examples, again, the tournament is just starting really) struggles late with a team pushing for a result and see how they add 1 minute of stoppage. Or the automated offside/VAR starts benefitting those same favorites. It has happened for almost 100 years, it will happen this WC
Time-wasting is more about disrupting the momentum of the attacking team rather than simply just running down the clock.
As such, I suspect inferior teams will continue to do it whether the time is added at the end or not. The only difference is they'll get better at knowing how much time is remaining and be ready for it. I won't be surprised if some team is eventually able to cause 20 or 25 minutes of added time in matches.
Wow, thank you SO much for keeping a laser-focus on all of this! I’m in the US, where our tv/streaming coverage is literally paid for by Qatar Airways. Every commercial break has an ad for Qatar in it, (how innovative & inclusive it is!) Not one word has been said about any controversy- migrant workers, human rights, alcohol, rainbow signs, the obvious empty seats… none of it. They just blather on about how great the air conditioning is and how amazing the ostensible attendance figures are. 🤬
i don't watch football, but everytime there's a live match on my local tv, Qatar adverts keep appearing from time to time
Every year, tens of thousands of migrants from neighboring countries go there to work because they can make a lot more money that way and support their families back home. This has been going on for more than a decade and they keep doing this even to this day because they don't mind how difficult it is, as long as they make 5 to 10x the money they make at home. They would rather go to Qatar than Western countries that would not take them in for work in the first place. IF white people care so much about their working conditions, please take them in and help them instead. Oh, but you won't.
@@checkmate5338 Mate, the western world is all about telling others to do something while ignoring it yourself. Don't disrespect our cultural values.
Is the World Cup being shown by Fox Sports in the United States.
doesn't all US Politian's love these bastards anyway?
The most crucial part of this video was when Alfie explained how 'World Cup related deaths' were defined by the Qatari royalty, and how it should be explained. Feels like no one else covering the story about their lies wanted to 'offend' the royalty despite that attempt to rightfully discredit the schmucks.
no one cares
Accepting authoritarian regimes statistics at face value is a sign of moronity
1) Opens TH-cam
2) Alfie has a new video
3) Me: clears the next 30 minutes from my schedule
I think Qatar should be applauded for saving fans from the horror of drinking Budweiser 😂
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LOL technically Budweiser is still there but offering alcohol-free beer
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Amen.
Indeed!
Day 78 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar
From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing comeback to European competitions in 2021 seeing the early exit of Greek giants AEK Athens in a sensational win in Athens!
Derby County 😂😂
Really appreciate you covering this Alfie. It’s so important to continue to highlight this atrocity.
What atrocity
@@Irfan787 I could tell you….. Or you could just watch the video that you commented on.
The South African world cup took place in winter, our winter in the southern hemisphere, and it got quite cold for players and fans in the stadiums. And Qatari winter looks like normal summer honestly 😁
In the UK, Football is considered a winter sport. Every Premier League team plays the day after Christmas day, where temperatures can get close to or below freezing, and it only gets cancelled if it snows.
It's not just about the games being played in winter it's the disruption to the big five leagues that annoys me winter is for the Premier league summer is for the World Cup/Euros
@@stephenhyland4256 Yeah but if small leagues around the planet can take a break for the WC so can the Big 5. They are no more than others. 1 winter WC every 20-40 years won´t kill anyone.
The worries about fixture congestion, should have less to do wit WC placement and more about the number of national and european games UEFA and Football Associations keep adding.
Big 5 leagues are where the money is though. Smaller leagues don't have the power the big 5 has. Look at all the teams who are actually in contention for the world cup and pretty much all players play in big 5 leagues including Brazil/Argentina
@@hugobatista9541 the issue is that the bigger leagues are the ones at higher risk since they contribute the most talent. By having it at the midpoint, when continental tourneys, domestic cups and leagues are already taking shape..., They're risking injury to players as opposed to at the end of the season when most of the tournaments have been resolved and the intensity has died down.
Mate why is all the focus on the LGBQT?! Why the media not talking about the poor migrants who build the stadiums? If you feel that strongly about it, turn off your heaters this winter, boycott the PSG in UCL and stop shopping in sainsbury!!
You're awesome man I love how much you don't sugar coat anything and just say it how it is and are not afraid to be wrong. You really stick by your points and deserve this. You are literally our main mouthpiece at the moment in regards to FIFA and Qatar and the absolute frustrations we are feeling with this whole situation right now! Keep it up man love the content and the effort you put into these videos!
No civilization has come up without any corruption and work-related injuries, remember that as well. England came up from looted wealth of other countries, USA used black people as slaves for economic profits in yesteryears. So Qatar has done that as well, Human Rights are just a recent thing that has come up after all the Western countries have flourished just to avoid the Asian and African countries to improve the it development.
@@mohammedfareed298 I never disputed that though I agree there are a lot of terrible things that countries in Europe and America and such have done and I understand the argument that it is trying to put down other countries but I dont believe thats a good enough excuse. The amount of money and power Qatar has is crazy but noone is saying that is wrong. Look at all the power China has. And I can talk about the US they are deplorable with their gun violence and corruption but its not like Qatar just watch this video and try to tell me a country in the West that is doing something that bad and yes some countries history has been worse at times but do we really want to start comparing why don't we just call out everyones wrongdoings. No-one is saying anything bad about other countries in the Middle East because they are not hosting the World Cup and thousand of people from many countries thats just what comes with the responsibility. When USA Mexico and Canada host in 2026 I hope they get scrutinised as much as they deserve whether thats not much or just as much as Qatar which I dont think is likely but I wont rule out because thats unfair and you just don't know what could happen. I agree that the Western media loves propoganda and warps issues as well so you have to take everything with a grain of salt but its been proven now just how dodgy the whole process of this World Cup was from so many sources. So I think it is more then fair to heavily scrutinise the whole process
@@mohammedfareed298
Nope
There's no such thing as a hard working black
@@mohammedfareed298 based
@@stephenduke412 Don't be stupid. And racist.
As a long time subscriber.... Thank you yet again Alfie. Your videos offer so much more than others.
Where is Beckam telling us how much he is loving it there from his luxurious hotel
Making a boring show like that one he did on Disney Plus with his childhood team
Probably too busy visiting the spice markets.
Eating "a taco" while sitting out in the desert cuz u know, thats perfection to him.
Advertising that Qatar is the perfect place for a toilet break on a long haul flight. 😂
He has been paid over £100 million to promote Qater, so what do you expect??? Sad
I hope this continues to bite FIFA in the ass, hard. They need to learn this kind of bid can't work.
Well, unfortunately it did work. FIFA have achieved every goal they wanted to achieve.
And nothing will change. At all. Let's be real, the 2026 tri-nation bid that the US got was a make-up for the shitshow that is THIS World Cup.
They need to go completely
IT WORKED , IT WORKED , THE WORLD CUP IS GREAT
@@abdullahfaraj8976 you sound like the Russian bureaucrat that tried to convince the public that the Chernobyl explosion was a roof fire in the USSR in 1986 and that Soviet governments reponse was effective, when the plant was emitting catastrophic levels of radiation into the atmosphere. However, unlike Qatars dictarship, the Soviets ended up doing the morally right thing by sending in its brightest people to effectively prevent the disaster from poisoning Europe. Where the Qatar officials basically created the chernobyl of world cups, but instead of learning from their mistakes and trying to improve the situation, theyre basically adding gasoline to the fire by harassing women, western minorities, physically abusing the press and international fans, lying about hosting the games in the summer, lying about alchohol being allowed, lying about respecting its guests, and hosting the worst world cup in history. You know Qatar is a disgrace, when they make the Soviets look good in comparison #justicforthemurderedslavesthatbuiltqatar
U can critique qatar all u want but i hope i see same amount of fairness and accusations towarss other hosts.. i still cant hear any issue against USA for 2026 and qatar is way better the USA when it comes to human rights
You're a man of character! Unlike 99% of the clowns on TV who shill for these immoral tyrants.
Every single thing about this world cup has made me angry. Football is one of my favourite things, so to be actively hated by one of the things I love, really hurts
Don't be angry more than you already are , try to buy a ticket to Qatar and enjoy the World Cup
@@abdullahfaraj8976 I would be arrested for going to Qatar as a member of the LGBT community, so no thank you. I would also feel extremely uncomfortable contributing to the economy of a country with such backwards laws and legislations.
@@bobthebuilder352 I agree with you but how would they know you're LGBT? It's not like they're checking for LGBT people at the airport.
@@Darwinek fair question, let me rephrase. It would be if I show my identity in any way
@@bobthebuilder352 True. Understood.
Why is it so important to “express your sexuality” during a football match?
What really got me was when players like Hugo Lloris and Eden Hazard came out and said “it’s their country we have to respect their (homophobic and patriarchal) laws” and “Germany were too busy protesting so they lost their game” respectively, made me realize that not only the people in charge are morally corrupt and don’t care but also some players are quite comfortable or simply don’t mind all of the oppressive laws and rules the Qataris have. When not even the players care then how will anybody else with a bit of power and decency would care :/
because no one gives af and thats how it should be every country is morally wrong and it becomes deluded for many ppl and players when some certain countries act like they are morally better and tell other countries what to do. Thats why u will find its nonsense to many ppl including players so dont be surprised. Harry Kane and all that will happily go their on holiday whole u act like they rlly care no one gives af
Too rich to care, I guess.
I mean who the hell gave the other countries the moral high ground to tell Qatar how to act. Tolerance and freedom of speech unless someone says something they don't agree with, hypocrisy at it's finest.
I remember some draconian Covid-19 rules in Europe which our so-called leaders kept breaking. We all know what those who complained were called.
@@abdullahzackariah3642 fax. Alhamdulliah for islam
Aren't all world cups built on corruption . Seems like the fans have been given low quality accomodation and high costs
Great video. You laid out the relevant information. I did not expect anything different. Qatar is an authoritarian state and now that the show has started they can pretty much do whatever they want. Qatar is not going to change and after the world cup is over those foreign workers will go right on building thinks there with little to no rights or protections. I think FIFA needs to be overhauled. I know they say all the bad apples were removed but its the system itself that is rotten and needs to be reformed with more transparency in all aspects of the organization. In 2023 when the nest election for the FIFA president comes up they should turf out Gianni Infantino before he can do more damage to the game.
I can't have two wives in any western country, campaign for me b tch
Much like Infantino replaced Blatter, he will just be replaced by another morally corrupt rich man.
Election itself is already bad, since basicly a competition to see who have more power/influence
FIFA itself needs to be turfed out and boycotted by all the top teams. Without them no one will watch and they will quickly lose their sponsors. Time is right to begin addressing this rot.
Alfie, congratulations on your constant work regarding exposing everything around the WC. At this point FIFA is probably the most corrupt Federation in Sports. Keep up the quality work.
My main issue is how the world cup was bought by a nation whose people don’t even really like the sport itself. Sure there are fans in Qatar, but leaving before the games even finish and hiring people to pose as fans is not a good look.
Football has gone totally plastic following the money. Start following your local non-league team. Proper football.
@@tomthomassony8607 unfortunately not everyone has local football teams to follow :(
You must know, if there's a buyer, there must be a seller. FIFA is that seller. The bigwigs must've earned quite a bit
Arabs are obsessed with football let me just tell you that buddy
@@tomthomassony8607 agree totally. If the ESL hapoens, nothing was done to stop it returning, then local clubs that's upoort communities will cease to exist. The clubs that helped so many through coronatime, deoste being in finacila trouble themsleves
There seems to be none of the predicted chaos, mass arrests, heat issues etc so far, surprisingly.
The temperature is a rather mild 30 degrees at this time of the year in the middle east. The heat was never going to be a concern to begin with. Not sure why such a fuss was made mostly by the Brits used to living in cold miserable conditions throughout the year about the horror of a little sunshine.
Yeah make the whole world compromise already and then say everything went well. Lol
@@areebsiddiqui758 lol! Maybe you should check out fifas own report on the suitability of Qatar. No one wanted it there. Deep pockets is what won the bid. Corruption Qatar style. Bigger badder and better than any before. Be proud son.
@@areebsiddiqui758 well if the heat isn't an issue why did they build all the expensive air conditioning systems?
@@nikolas8203 Air conditioning is more so for the fans, not the players.
Why do we need or want FIFA? I don't mean as in some kind of governing body for international football, I mean as in why do we need a huge multi-billion dollar corporation like FIFA in charge? Since the 90s I've seen a clear shift where FIFAs main focus has become promoting themselves and increasing their revenue, rather than doing what is best for the game, and are now mainly focused around selling contracts for coverage of the world cup, which is not surprising since they are now making billions of dollars like this. For me we've reached the stage where FIFA is not actually good for the sport, and wholesale change is needed. FIFA's complete control of the game has allowed them to leverage their position in a way not seen with governing bodies in other sports, or with FIFA as they were before the last 20-30 years.
Agreed! How can fifa own football?
We need FIFA for centralized organization of football in global scale, otherwise would be chaotic patterns all over and the sports would be different around the world.
The real problem is, how make FIFA less corrupt without removing their power? And thats difficult question
Well, who is going to organize the World Cup without FIFA? CONMEBOL supports Infantino. Unless you could get the Latin America and European countries to both break away, what can you do? You could in theory get UEFA to break from FIFA, but there is a complicated financial system connecting the various teams. I do support European and Latin American teams leaving and forming another organization, but you could end up with two world cups kind of like when there was once two popes.
@@QUINTUSMAXIMUS what can you do? Stop watching. Simple. Find a non league to support
@@QUINTUSMAXIMUS Yeah seeing anything change in reality is difficult to imagine, there is no oversight for organisations like FIFA and the IOC other than the criminal laws of individual countries where they can be applied, so they can pretty much do whatever they want.
Honestly I’m okay with them not supporting LGBT. As a Christian I don’t support it either, but I’m not going to dehumanize gay people or treat them differently. I’m also okay with them having their own beliefs and laws. We are there to represent “Our” country, not change theirs. What I am not okay with is the amount of people who died for nothing to make them billions.
They do not dehumanize gay people, they just ask them to have low profile and not try to force qatar to change their own views. They can do what they want behind the doors they will not be arrested as long as they don t make public outrage and stunts
The fact is it was corrupt that Qatar got it in the 1st place.
Whats pissing me off though is all this virtue signalling from the players and ex players saying how it shouldn't be there while taking money from it ... sorry not right!!!
alfie dunks on the world cup once again !
In Qatar, government projects are awarded to big contractors - mostly managed by foreigners. They hire workers from overseas through agencies in south East Asian countries. The agency takes fees from the companies/contractors. As a result Contractors expect the workers to not work elsewhere once the workers arrive in Qatar.
The government cannot control every single recruitment happening in the private sector - which is run by foreigners themselves.
For decades, workers have been coming to Qatar from south east Asia willingly (nobody forces them on planes). The workers know that conditions in their countries (and in Europe) are worse than in Qatar.
If the Europeans are sincere about those south East Asians, then they should hire them in Europe.
I am south East Asian. I am in the west. I have rights here. Rights I know I don’t have in Qatar. Here I am not a slave. I am paid. I have shelter. I have food. I have my passport.
Are you saying Qatari government has no control over how companies function? No laws to protect? They are so weak? The reason you NEED these people is because you’re too lazy to do it yourselves.
Brasil had to suspend their own laws on alcohol on stadiums and qatar got scot free with same FIFA laws and sponsors
What I think is that Qatar is just using this world cup to confirm a lot of things about how these Oil rich economies in the Middle East operate and can help raise a number of issues and make a number of changes, if utilized correctly. And people like you are a key to this. Hope, this world cup will bring a positive change in the mindset among people in the right places.
You might be giving Qatar a bit too much credit there 😂😂no way they purposely set this World Cup to “raise awareness” of the problems in the Middle East.
Although you are partly right and I also hope this World Cup brings better change to the region, getting rid of the Kafala System was a good start
@@bababababababa6124 my bad, I forgot to add unintentionally.
Let's not forget that the ref in the Belgium/Canada match is currently suspended by the CAF for corruption.
Yeah, Canada was robbed of at least one penalty. No offense but, I will never understand why FIFA employs referees who have zero experience officiating high stakes matches. The only argument is diversity and we all know that FIFA does not care about that. So yes, world cup referees have a well documented history for being bribbed.
How on earth was he selected to be on the World Cup?
@@tonchigaming7238 no is not because he is black, so he is there without experience due to diversity 😢. Please stop spreading those lies. Ghana was equally robbed too against their match with Portugal, the US referee was biased against a bkack african country, FIFA should look into it
If they OBEY our laws (fat chance) we should abide by theirs(NO CHANCE) it works both ways.
Sorry but to pick apart your point about homophobia in Qatar. They didn't say they'd allow for the promotion of the LGBT movement at their world cup, they only said they wouldn't prosecute people for being gay as long as it was kept private.
Sure, everything about the World Cup may be horrible, but evidently not as horrible as growing up as a ginger in Switzerland.
Well said, Alfie. You have to call out the lies, otherwise there may be a bid for World Cup Moon 2036!
The Moon men put in a very convincing bid where they state that stadiums will not only have a breathable atmosphere but artificial gravity!
Your going to have a field day in a few years when America is going to be one of the host nations, there are legitimate criticisms that you can throw at Qatar absolutely but I expect the media and channels like this to be consistent.
How much more goalpost moving are Qatar going to do?
We can hold it in the summer in air-conditioned stadiums. Waits until it's realistically too late to change hosts, resulting in the first winter world cup.
We'll sell alcohol in fan zones in and around the stadiums. Waits until two days before it starts before deciding the world cup will be dryer than a desert.
We won't act in a discriminatory way to anything we consider un-natural. Bans rainbows.
I could go on but if we can move the EURO's by a year, why don't we just void this and hold it next year?
Wow you're such a beacon of truth! Showing pictures of stadiums an hour before the Kick Off. I'm a Bangladeshi and I know the working conditions aren't the best but it's far far safer than any s
South Asian country. Maybe just say you guys are sad it's not being hosted in white majority country. BTW all this morale sh*t started right after Qatar banned Israel from travelling with Israeli passport.
So many people defending Qatar on the grounds of accepting their 'culture' or saying criticism is somehow racist. Makes me sick.
What European have done in past 1000 years, these are nothing.
I'm so of you making this series, not many youtubers have the balls!
.....football daily
Have you ever done an all world 11 of great players that never qualified for a world cup, with your knowledge and researching ability it would be interesting to see which players that i have missed on my own list or simply got wrong
Qatar did not increase their profile with this World Cup at all. All the worst fears of people are coming true.
The empty seats are people leaving early and praying. You’re the real liar here
After graduate at highschooll i Work in Qatar for 3years for WESTERN COMPANY as construction worker ,not saying some issue is untrue but it just too cringe how exagerated the media tell the story .
@Tony Montana cause it from western doesn't mean it clean,lol .damn some people really too poor to go traveling
Iv seen a lot of people saying fans should respect the culture of Qatar.
If you go on holiday tomorrow to Saudi. You absolutely need to respect the culture. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.. however.
This is a WORLD CUP, this isn’t the Qatar cup. Qatar should have known the world is full of all different people with all different beliefs, sexual orientations, religious beliefs, etc.
If Qatar didn’t want fans drinking. Or wearing rainbow hats, or talking about their problems. Then they shouldn’t have even tried to host the World Cup. And the fact they are hosting it. (Regardless of how) Qatar should respect the football culture and invite it as a whole in as guests.
Video suggestion for your next world cup theme related content. Do a video about how England were awarded world cup hosting rights in 1966 at a time when they still colonized nearly half the world. That would be great 🤗
Nice whataboutism.
None of this matters, if after hearing all of this, you continue watching the tournament. I doubt TV ratings will suffer by any measurable standard, which FIFA will exploit as “approval”.
True, which is why I haven’t watched fifa for over 10 years. Can’t do it anymore, not with a clear conscience.
Stop man you talk a lot this World Cup is the best of version of any edition so stop crying about drinking in the stadiums and come enjoy the moment ppl here are happy al hmdulilah stop your hypocrisy
Call me cruel but honestly I don’t really care. I enjoyed watching the World Cup and that’s it
Cruel
Same
One thing I don't understand is that no one is going at FIFA that wrongfully gave it to them.
They did. They did. The FBI and Swiss authorities arrested many people in 2014 from FIFA. Several FIFA people went to jail. Didn't you hear about it? It doesn't mean FIFA learned its lesson and has become clean. Even Sepp Blatter was arrested, though he was declared innocent. Others actually spent jail time.
The best documentary series on this disgraceful World Cup is right here, courtesy of Alfie.
11:33 They should have to break the news of a death to the family's face using the official world cup slogan "Focus on the football."
Countries and human rights activists that keep highlighting these issues should create job opportunities in their Countries and bring in those immigrants. Just talking and protesting isn't going to make much of a difference. Action speaks louder than words.
Calling Islamic ethos draconian, in an Islamic country, just shows some colonizer mindset.
Why don't 18-20 yo Brits protest in US for not getting served alcohol?
Some say if he were to wear old fashioned clothing he'd look like a typical coloniser.
This is a terrible false equivalency…
@@glennb6020 every country has its own laws and regulations. For Qatar, they should not have misrepresented themselves
But you need to understand that Western values aren't universal. Calling someone's values / regulations draconian is offensive, especially coming from the ones who were the oppressors for centuries.
@@mfarooqullah that’s his point, Qatar lied, they promised something, pulled back and then only allowed it for the super rich: hiding behind their religion when they are being the hypocrites.
@@mfarooqullah arresting two consensual adults for loving each other. It is draconian
The ban on beer doesn't bother me in the least. The ban on vuvuzelas, however, is agregious and unforgivable!😏
England is so perfect. Never colonised countries in Africa or Asia and never were racist either. Never locked people into there homes and let family members die either. 💪🏼
@Tony Montana History must remember
@Tony Montana so like you doing to Qatar. Its only asumption. And the history tell the truth
If you dont like it dont watch it. Instead you show your hypocrisy
Cheers for this necessary commentary! It's hard as Hel to get people to care about anything these days, so it is heartening to see the difference you are making with the platform you have! Cheers Mate!
Again, the critique of Qatar World Cup is mainly motivated by hate towards that region and being able to accept that there is someone who can do better and different culture, that’s why we get uncomfortable and shout this kind of crap. In addition that’s no violation of human rights or bribes issued officially by any embassy or government has been proven, human rights is must be respected regardless of the difference in culture.
Would we agree that Qatar is the first country to attempt to sportwash themselves and just came out the other side worse?
The obsession with the LGBT+ community is honestly cringe.
Can’t wait for you to do a video on how FIFA gave the US a World Cup to get us (them) to shut the f** up about FIFA and stop doing “investigative journalism” 😂
DAY 35: Hey Alfie, could you do a video on the life, career, controversies and tragedy of Justin Fashanu. It'd be your best video yet and it's a criminally underheard story. ❤️
Dont think ive ever heard of this guy which is why i really wanna learn about his story. Make it happen alfie
Totally! A story that needs to be told. Especially now. ❤
Hey Alfie, I enjoy your content very much. I have a couple of suggestions for future videos. Could you do a video about the first ever World Cup? Maybe include oldest player to have played in one that is still alive?
This man is fully running the Organisation for the Prevention of Qatari Bullshit and i am loving it
How do you and everyone here feel about all the Twitter users saying "just put aside your politics for 1 month, and go about your business" or "Europeans shouldnt enforce their culture upon Qatar"?
Personally I'm torn on this one, the whole thing makes fools and hypocrites of us all. It's built on blood money and real people's deaths... yet I still watch some of the games.
@@ThereAre2TypesOfPeople and your countries weren’t? Save the rubbish, we don’t come to your land and enforce our culture, likewise if you wanna come here you gotta stfu and respect our way of life, just cause the standards of living in the gulf states are ridiculously better than the dirty west like the UK doesn’t mean yous gotta cry and try being your garbage, we don’t tolerate your rainbow confused dogs, keep that dirt in your own land and keep stabbing eachother all day in London 🤣🤣🤣 backwards dogs
To reply to my comment then block me is an act of cowardice pal. I'm not from London BTW @BigPoppaPump or whoever you are.
@@ThereAre2TypesOfPeople I didn’t block you? and I mean the UK/west in general
@@bigpoppapump430 Well unfortunately I can't see your original comment so I've nothing to reply to really.
Abolish FIFA and build a new organization from the ground up.
Damn, Alfie has made more videos on this world cup than on any other subject matter he must be pissed.
You would be too if you cared about human rights...
@@QueerChica True, but its almost as if Qatar is the only place in the world which commits human rights violations. I don't remember this energy from Alfie when the 2018 world cup was held in Russia.
@@areebsiddiqui758 that's whataboutery though, and deflects from the point. There are plenty of us here in Europe that are disgusted by the actions of our governments. Difference is that we can show dissent, and we often do. I've personally done so, and it's a right I've cherished having lived in five countries, including China. The only way that change comes is through action x
@@QueerChica Calling out Eurocentric hypocrisy isn't whataboutism.
@@QueerChica nah he's definitely a bit of a hypocrite who seems to have a bone to pick with Arab attitudes towards western ideals even if I agree with him for the most part. He's a bit too preachy for his own good.
Except Budweiser is not really beer.
I'm from Missouri, even reading this would get me hanged. But...I agree...Busch and Budweiser are ass.
@@TheReddShinobi13 I lived in Madison, WI for 6 years. Add PBR to the list ;)
Sorry bro. Alcohol is banned in various counties & places or work location or other stadiums across the globe. Qatar has went out of its way to provide Alcohol at various places for visitors convenience. Come to see football tournament and see culture and people, the place, the life etc
Tickets are sold out btw..... Not come to be drunk at stadium. It's good Qatar does not believe in making money by getting people drunk.
Well the South African WC was played during our winter - and the Temps for a few games hit well below zero (Celsius - we're metric here).
Yes this WC was corrupt, it is being played in the wrong country for many reasons, and Qatar was always going to renege on their promises.
But this is hardly a surprise - nor was it a secret. The migrant workers issue was well known from Day 1.
FIFA and all the FAs of the world had 12 years to rectify the issue - but did nothing. Now teams are resorting to virtue signalling to try and make matters right. My view is this - you (the FAs) did nothing when you should have; either do the decent thing and pull out or shut up and get on with it.
PS - the world's poorest countries are generally in Sub Saharan Africa
It's 'virtue signalling' not virtual. Though you're quite correct they should've all pulled out as the first game kicked off.
This goes back decades though Russia, Brazil, South Africa (even the ball was bent), Argentina 78 world cups bought by corruption 💩
@@stepheng8779 thanks - auto spell, now corrected.
Ah shit, here we go again...
I know, remember when this channel was about football, those were the days
True, so much crying over beers and queers.
Great vid, this world cup has been a disgrace. IF England win it, it'll be like Liverpool winning the PL in an empty stadium
Keep bashing the Qatar World Cup, I love it. Sensational.
Still upset the US didn't get this World Cup.
And it never should've been expanded to 48 nations for 2026 and beyond. 16 groups of three? Jesus, a bunch of teams will be fucked after just two matches.
Oh, and Qatar became the first host nation to not qualify for the knockout rounds before the last group stage matches were even played. KARMA.
no mention of other nations with questionable ethics as well (do the slightest of research re Australian Aboriginal people)
i hope Alfie covers Australia's record on human rights re: native peoples/first nation people.. since Australia is hosting the next women's WC.
Or... does alfie just not care about the women's WC or Aboriginal people ?
unfortunately this type of biased coverage from Alfie has lead to me to unsubscribe.. great content outside of WC but for some reason Qatar is causing Alfie to lose his shit.... well lets see if he keeps up this negative narrative when the WC is next played (in Australia). All the best Alfie.
Also European construction firms did most of the work in Qatar and hence they used lax labor laws to save on costs by hiring cheap migrant work... Alfie, if you've actually taken the time to check you would have know that European/American/Chinese firms do most construction work in smaller countries so they are just as guilty for migrant the crimes you speak
Attempting to strawman... vague gesture towards hypocrisy. Bad faith acting all around
6500 deaths for 64 matches played. Just imagine Qatar and FIFA actively executing at least 100 migrants workers after every match of the tournament.
Stop deleting comments, and stop spamming videos about the same topic for views.
Maybe given the fact that there is so much gas in qatar, gaslighting seems perfectly normal to them.
Spitting pure fire
Alfie, as much as i don't watch football, i gotta give some credits to you for being front and honest with what's going on.
Both Fifa and Qatar saying constantly that not only alcohol would be sold and people can wear any kind of armbands and things like that they want only to change their mind at the very last minute was obviously their way of avoiding long term discussions to try and come to another agreement. Funny that Infantino calls people hypocrites but sees nothing wrong with him being one himself.
Funny, whilst watching this I got a Visit Qatar ad. The irony of the TH-cam algorithm. 🤣
It's illegal to drink alcohol in public spaces in Romania (EU member), including stadiums... So that issue doesn't really mean anything
Romania is also not hosting the WC🤦♂️
Who remembers those cool Budweiser adverts with the toads in the early 00's 😂
RIP to the numerous Migrant workers who died building these stadiums. Modern day slavery is the norm in Qatar. Do you support that?
France exploits workers in Africa to this day, do you support that? or does that not matter cause France is a "developed European nation"?
Or how about global clothing brands treating labor from developing countries like slaves so they can make a larger profit?
Brilliant reporting! Thank you for speaking out for all the migrant workers, and oppressed people within Qatar
Alfie's stop whining and let people enjoy the games, not every one has the same values as you Europeans
So you're pro-bigotry and killing of workers huh? Cause that's the two biggest issues "Europeans" have
Whether it's 3 or 1500 or 6 bloody thousand people who died for the world cup is awful!! 0 people should die at all!!
HITC jealousy makes you nasty hahahaha
Haven't watched a second and won't
Alfie you are a different breed. Nothing but love and respect. Keep up the good work and honest journalism👍
Qatar has blood on its hands and history will not forgive this.
An Islamic country being islamic what else do you expect exactly
Is lying about everything supposed to be Islamic? Huh, weird
Which verse in the Quran said slavery was ok?
Which verse in the Quran said that lying at every opportunity was halal?
Politics, politics, politics! What about the sport? I feel like the football is taking a backseat at this World Cup 😅
If you're bothered, simple, go watch something else instead of complaining
@@silvanafernandes8875 you could say the exact same thing to the people making a stink about the World Cup? The noise about Qatar has gotten so loud precisely at the moment it was too late to do anything about it. The worlds media should’ve made these noises back during the 2014 scandal, back when there was still time to pressure FIFA to cancel Qatar and pick somewhere else. It’s all too little too late now. 😔
Another great one Alfie. love your work mate. Keep the bastards honest.