Gulf Times

Wales hail tournament atmosphere

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The fans of Wales football team have been placing great hopes on their country’s team in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

They depicted superb painting at the stands of Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium with their traditiona­l red uniforms, famous Welsh hats, in the atmosphere filled with their chants and shouts that did not subside.

Despite the fact that their team losing to Iran 2-0 the frustrated fans, given that it came at the fatal time, still believe in their country’s national team and its ability to do something in the last confrontat­ion with the English team in a special kind of derby.

In in their statements to Qatar News Agency (QNA) the Welsh fans confirmed that the English team is powerful, including the difficulty of confrontin­g a team with integrated ranks and have a distinguis­hed type of excelled profession­al footballer­s.

British journalist Bronwen Weatherby underscore­d that the presence of Wales team in the tournament is enormous achievemen­t after long absence lasted for over 64 years, adding that no one of her generation has ever witnessed the qualificat­ion of the team for any world cup championsh­ip, although the team made achievemen­ts over the six past years in UEFA

European Championsh­ips 2016 and 2020, indicating that she is pleased with her team which is playing under pressure, adding that the England team is fine and includes many excellent players and could top the list of group B teams.

Wales journalist Charles Robinson confirmed that the shows performed by the Welsh fans at the Qatari stadiums are part of the support plan for the team footballer­s, adding that Welsh masses who came to Qatar were keen to visit some tourist places and learn a lot about Qatari culture, especially the Souq Waqif, Corniche and the Katara – the Cultural Village, indicating that Qatar is certainly a small country, but it is full of vitality and is very similar to the lifestyle in Wales.

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