Max Verstappen the fourth world title can no longer be taken away. In the penultimate race there is only racing for the brand world championship Train. Where exactly two years ago on the day German national soccer team nnoyed by political heckling, was eliminated in the preliminary round. For some media, it wasn’t enough that the DFB players covered their mouths during the team photo in protest against Qatar’s human rights ignorance. There were even high-profile calls for a boycott of the World Cup by kickers.
Meanwhile Qatar was in some sports World Cup venuewithout anyone puffing themselves up; Congresses on politics, sport and business took place in the gas-rich mini-state; their participants know that a sweater can be useful even when it’s 40 degrees because the Qataris like to cool the temperature in their 5-star palaces down to 18 degrees. What is still not known exactly is whether the conditions for guest workers have become more humane in Qatar.
It is undisputed that, contrary to many European games, the 2022 World Cup went off without a hitch; that, contrary to all concerns, players did not suffer from the external circumstances; and that the final won by Argentina under Messi’s direction was the best in World Cup history. While Central Europeans, especially German-speaking people, only proved to be world champions in moral club swinging.