World Cup diary
Sportschau reporter Marcus Bark reports in his diary about the World Cup in Qatar, his impressions and encounters. Today: Cricket and the Pronunciation.
Cricket is a national sport in Qatar. But not because the Qataris like to play cricket, but because of the people who put their labor at the disposal of the Qataris.
The national team of Qatar in cricket, according to the homepage of the Qatar Cricket Association currently 17 players. Eight of them have Pakistani and three Indian nationalities. Another six players come from Sri Lanka. What cricket may have learned from the Qatar national handball team.
Cricket in the desert
In football it wasn’t that easy to put together a team. But football and Qatar is only Sunday.
Today is cricket. The app shows 27 degrees, but since the dusty desert pitch, where at least 300 more games could be played at the same time, it’s probably already hot at 7:30 a.m. Cricket as a morning sport. Before work or after the night shift? Pass the day and ask.
Silent “l” and English “w”
First DFB press conference in Qatar. Association President Bernd Neuendorf speaks in Al Ruwais. The colleague from the radio explained during the cricket games in the messenger service that it is pronounced “Arru wais”. The explanation is: “The ‘l’ is not pronounced, the ‘w’ like the English ‘what’.”
Cricket could be played wonderfully in the red fortress, where the German footballers will train together for the first time on Saturday. But by the time Germans understand the rules, Christmas and even the World Cup will be over.
The final is in a month. Unless someone comes up with the idea of changing the schedule again. At least they realized two days before the first game that they didn’t want alcoholic beer to be sold directly at the stadiums. Too expensive and too hot anyway. Anyone who still wants to go to the fan festival. There is even now the “first official anthem”. It’s called “Tukoh Taka” and is “the latest release from the official World Cup soundtrack”. Writes FIFA. “Tukoh Taka” is sung by Maluma, among others. The “l” is spoken.