Argentina vs Brazil in Doha on Nov 17!
Hello all, this is our magazine's cover story for this week. Thought of sharing this breaking news here on QL. This is definitely going to be a game to watch out for, especially after Spain backed out of a match with Qatar which was scheduled to happen in September...
Feast for Doha fans
Former world champions Brazil and Argentina are almost sure to feature in an exhibition match in Doha on November 17, writes Kumar Ravi.
SPAIN may have backed out of a proposed exhibition match against Qatar, but football fans in Doha need not be disappointed as a mouth-watering clash between Brazil and Argentina is lined up for November 17.
It is reliably learnt that the two South American rivals will play at the Khalifa International Stadium on the third day of the four-day Aspire4Sport Conference and Expo, being organised by the ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence.
According to sources within the organisational set-up, the deal is almost finalised and a formal announcement is expected soon.
“It’s true, Brazil and Argentina will play in Doha on November 17,” said the source.
“Argentina have already signed the agreement, and it’s only a matter of time before Brazil followed suit,” added the source.
The match is organised to promote Qatar’s bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, on the lines of the Brazil vs England friendly last November.
“I can’t confirm this yet,” said Qatar 2022 Bid Committee Communications Director Nasser Al Khater.
“Yes, there’s an initiative from the Bid Committee to host such a match, but there’re many aspects to be finalised before I could confirm it,” he added.
It may be recalled that the Qatar Football Association had made an earnest effort to bring the Spanish national team to Doha. It was looking at September 7 as a possible date for a friendly between the world champions and Qatar, but the former opted to play against Argentina. Subsequently, Qatar was hoping to line up Spain for a match on November 17, but the European champions committed themselves to play against Portugal, to promote their joint bid for the 2018 World Cup.
Spain’s pullout has only strengthened Qatari officials’ resolve and it is almost sure that they would bring the two former world champions, in all probability with all star players.
The Bid Committee is expecting huge international media presence for the match and obviously they are keen on utilising this opportunity to showcase some of Qatar Bid’s salient features, including its cutting edge cooling technology.
Follow this link to buy on local website...
http://buy2.tickethour.com/qfa2-ww/homePage.html
The one that says order your tickets online!!
lOL, The great big one on the left hand side of the QL website advertising the match!!
yeah right so where's the link.?
Just click on the link!! DOH
what is the address of the QFA website?
Well it would seem that the powers that be have got the ball in the net and this game is on for 17 Nov at Khalifa Stadium ko 2000 - tickets not yet available from outlets - in the true sense of joined up Qatari thinking, they will go on sale on the 16 November at a shopping mall near you - in the meantime you may purchase on line at the QFA website - prices range from QR500 - QR50. Enjoy!!!
any NEWS?
Any idea about when and where to get the ticket?
great news, when do tickets go on sale?
8pm game?
http://www.worldticketshop.com/tickets/brazil_tickets/92049_brazil-argentina?network=cleafs
Are the top players coming too?
Wow...but i won't be here in doha that time!!! waaahhhh...
let us know when they start selling the tickets..
school holidays have been extended to reduce the traffic on the roads while fifa visit.
alcohol is bad for ur health. its as bad as smoking. so save ur money and stop drinking!
where do u buy the tickets for this game??
exile now we're talking. Me think we expat should protest when the FiFa lot come here and ask them to ensure that we will get more bars in Qatar by the end of the year before they announce the result.
Atleast by then we can enjoy. If they loose they will take down those bars anyway..:)
For your questions,
No idea :(
But how are they going to keep the stadium cool when they come?
It's after Ramadan. I guess the inspection committee doesn't want to enter Qatar when it's too hot or when it's Ramadan time.
what are they coming to inspect? one kind of ok football stadium?
WK tell me is 13th September in Ramadan?
UkEng the FIFA inspection team is coming to Qatar on 13th of September so if there is nothing till then, then forget about it :)
cancel it and save the money..
just tell me two things .. are the Samba babes coming and if there are any designated drinking dens as Qatar as proposed in their 2022 bid.
I guess its better than nothing.... lets hope they keep the brown people out again when they turn up late....
well, its a football match... whatelse is valuable over here than this game... locals pay for ticket, which they are not gonna pay for basketball, right!
I hope they count the seats correctly this time. It's a very difficult task to match the number of seats to the number of tickets issued. Maybe a supercomputer is required.
Well any football is better than no football here..
It'll be a boring match. They'll come for the money, kick a ball around aimlessly and then go home with a plane full of cash.
I'll go for sleeping at home.
I'll go for BRAZIL...!!!!!!!!!!!
who will you support... ?
where's the match,what time, what about the entry ticket?
hope i will be here in Qatar so we can watch it, and thanks for Qatar,
i was planninu go to india for bakrid :( but i don wan miss out on watchin this game too.. was so lookin forward for the friendly hopin its in september.. why they had to keep durin nov 17 only when i have plans to go home :/ I hate QFA for this :(
This should be exciting...
I hope this match turns out to be successful,we will definately enjoy that match.
Would like to see this game but would settle for watching the English premiership on TV for a start....
having trouble sleeping i will buy a ticket.
i wonder if they know how many seats are in the stadium yet.
wow!!!don't wanna miss it
Lets hope this game has more atmosphere than the Brazil v England game last year...now is Qatar's chance to set a proper fanzone or several fanzones where you can have drink etc...if they are promising it for the WC they can start with this game!
Yo can't wait !!!!!! I would love to watch them play
WoW...That would be a treat to Football Fans around. :D