da luck： I think it’s fairly certain that the 2022 World Cup will be held during Winter. So certain that if I were a gambling man, I’d place a bet on it. If I’m wrong, so be it. Come back to me in 12 years time and berate me all you like.
da pinup bet： This may have some football purists up at arms – as if having the World Cup during the summer is an essential and integral part of the tournament’s makeup. The fact is when the World Cup is being hosted in a Nation like Qatar, you have to make some compromises.
To be clear, I in no way endorse the decision to host the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but that is our lot, and we might as well get behind it and make the most of it.
On a realistic level, you can’t help but feel that a traditional June/July tournament would fail given the Qatar climate. Summer temperatures are said to rocket to an incredible 50 degrees Celsius. The heat gets so bad during the Summer months that Qatar regularly requests that tourists do not travel to their country. If you’re a fan of slow, sluggish, football and don’t mind seeing most of the players burnt out before the end of the group stages, go ahead and get behind a summer world cup. If you’re hoping to see some decent football, pledge your support to a winter World Cup.
It’s not surprising that the World Player’s Union is behind the change. Heat like this causes a serious risk to the health and safety of players. I have a feeling that the only people to benefit would be the manufacturers of sunblock.
The trouble is, despite the support of the Player’s Union, for FIFA to start considering a winter World Cup, the Qatar Football Association has to send in a request.
Beyond the risk to players and fan’s health alike, there are a couple more benefits to a holding a winter tournament. The first benefit is that the football itself is likely to be more exciting. Given that a winter World Cup would take place mid-season, players will turn up fitter than they would at the start of a Summer World Cup and would thus be less likely to burn out over the course of a game. In other words there would be no excuse for another lazy and lachrymose England performance.
Another benefit is that the winter schedule is often disrupted by weather conditions. By introducing a Winter World Cup, fan’s, players and schedulers will no longer have to worry about playing football in difficult conditions.
In short, there’s no need to view a Winter World Cup as a disadvantage. It’s time that we start to consider each and every option.
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