World Cup diary
Sports show reporter Marcus Bark reports in the World Cup diary about the football World Cup in Qatar, his impressions and encounters.
Friday. So it would have to be cricket. Short check from the hotel roof. Is cricket. Music in the elevator. To be more precise, a song on a continuous loop. For eight days now. What does The Hague say?
Off through the desert to the DFB. Then back again with Amin, the all-rounder. Of course he laughs. One word is enough to change that. “Ronaldo.” Amin says: “Swallow. Scandal.” Go then. A couple of colleagues dropped off at the large media center, the last few kilometers to the stadium alone with Amin. Left work on time, watched the game on TV, cursed Ronaldo.
Eleven hour flight just for his crew
My assumption was correct that he always calls his family while waiting. Wives and two children, three and six years. After the World Cup we’re going to Ghana. Amin drives a taxi in Accrah. “You hardly earn any money there. That’s why I came here for the World Cup.”
Abdelaziz only came because of his team. The flight from Senegal took eleven hours with a change in Addis Ababa. Has been in Doha for five days, but already knows all the metro stations and transfers. Too late for “bet that…?”. Maybe next year. Instead of excavators. Sadio Mané saw Senegal win in Munich. Senegal’s superstar still in hospital after surgery. Says Abdelaziz. Then that will be true.
What does Abdelaziz Ahanfouf actually do?
Abdelaziz Ahanfouf. The brain cannot avoid this name. Would be a good player for a popular quiz. Screenshot of the stations in the Wikipedia entry, “Who am I?” Unterhaching and MSV had it, Hansa and Arminia not, Mainz certainly not. “Since August 2013, Ahanfouf has been player-coach in the Dieburg-Odenwald district league at SV Germania Babenhausen.” Says Wikipedia. The homepage of Germania Babenhausen says that she cannot be reached. Portal fussball.de says that Germania Babenhausen is now SG Langstadt/Babenhausen, with coach Wolfgang Kern. What does … Abdelaziz Ahanfouf actually do?
Qatar is out, England is in trouble against the Americans. Zapping through during the break. Music is playing on the second program. You guessed it.