The Qatar Football Federation announced this Sunday morning that it is suspending all sports competitions held in its territory. This affects the local soccer league, where Spanish players such as Joselu, Pablo Sarabia and Luis Alberto, internationals with the Spanish team, play.
Precisely a national team match is the most relevant event that should be played in Qatar this March. On the 27th, Spain and Argentina were to meet at the Lusail Stadium to compete for the ‘Finalissima’ title, a kind of Super Cup to determine who is better between the champion of the Copa América and the Euro Cup.
Despite there still being a month left, the situation suffered by these Middle Eastern countries, with Israel and the United States attacking Iran and it attacking the American bases of countries like Qatar or the United Arab Emirates, are not not at all promising in terms of being able to resume the Qatari championship and give the green light to this competition. It remains to be seen whether it would be discontinued or taken elsewhere.
Spain should also play a duel against Egypt on March 30 in the same place, something that also seems unlikely to happen.
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Good afternoon. In the midst of the attack by Israel and the United States
United on Iran we take a look at the possible implications
canal!
far away a soccer World Cup in the United States or a Spain-Argentina
final in Doha
in less than a month
Qatar in the middle of the crossfire now distributes geopolitical play but
also in sports.
Spain must compete there in the very final
against Argentina in four weeks, a tournament about 40 kilometers from
distance from largest base
of the United States in the Middle East…
…nor does the World Cup escape international tensions…
…the Iranian national team..
It is classified and would have to travel to the United States, a venue that voices have already questioned
from germany
in response to threats of annexation of Greenland.
Infantino called for calm in his hands
Trump even received the FIFA peace prize.
Geopolitical tension reaches sport: this is how it can affect the World Cup and the Finalissima
Iran, the first country to stop competitions
Iran, which is going through a very turbulent time, automatically stopped all its competitions after the attacks by the United States and Israel. Players like Antonio Adamformerly of Real Madrid, Atlético or Real Betis, have been lucky to be able to catch one of the last planes that left Tehran before closing the airspace.
Sports board – Antonio Adán: “I have taken one of the last flights that have left Tehran”
Others, like the Real Madrid and Valencia Basket under 18 basketball teamswho were playing a tournament in Dubai, were not so lucky. The tournament was stopped in the middle of a match, when missiles began to fall near the place where the competition was being held, and for the moment they have not been able to leave the hotel where they are staying.
Also in the Euroleague, a tournament with two Israeli teams and one from Dubai, the clash that was to be played in Tel Aviv between Hapoel and Paris this Wednesday the 4th has already been suspended. The European teams had returned after several years to play matches in Israel, something that could be stopped again if the situation continued to escalate.
