Algerian rejoicing at Saturday's 2-zero extra-time win over Tunisia in the very last -- precisely a year earlier than the 2022 World Cup decider, and with FIFA president Gianni Infantino within the stands -- will had been followed by using satisfaction from Qatari officials.
But now comes the tough work as Qatar prepares for the specific project of web hosting a World Cup in and round a unmarried city, Doha, with restrained hotel lodging and a transport community that is probably to come back below pressure.
The rich Gulf country may also be bracing for intense scrutiny after coming under fireplace over the rights of the migrant labourers who've constructed its infrastructure, inclusive of the World Cup stadiums.
And it is going to be aware of a cultural gap while fanatics from around the world arrive in a conservative Muslim united states with confined get right of entry to to alcohol, and where public drunkenness and homosexual members of the family are illegal.
More than 600,000 tickets were bought for the sixteen-crew Arab Cup, inclusive of a Qatari-file 63,439 crowd when the hosts played fierce opponents the United Arab Emirates inside the region-finals.
Six of the 8 World Cup venues were hired as Qatar took the threat to test its stadiums and training websites, shipping, accommodation, volunteers and other areas along with security.
A fan ID device turned into dropped halfway through the event following reviews of lengthy queues and proceedings from fanatics, however crowd hassle seemed restricted to a few broken seats at the area-very last among Tunisia and Oman.
- 'Lessons learned' -
Qatar will "take account of the classes learned to organise the exceptional World Cup", stated Jassim Al-Jassim, the establishing committee's vice-president of operations.
The Lusail Stadium, for you to host the World Cup final, become considerably now not used for the match. In October, its assignment supervisor told AFP that it nevertheless needed very last checks and tests.
