Scotch whiskey and 5,000 euros for a ticket

Two bottles of Scotch whiskey and 5,000 euros for a ticket. This is what an Argentina fan living in Doha is offering for a ticket to the final. How is it possible that living in Doha I have never bought a ticket before? If he did.

Diego bought four tickets but he forgot about his brother-in-law, that brother-in-law who was traveling from Ezeiza (Buenos Aires) and got a ‘hayya card’, the necessary visa, with number one of those assigned. tickets.

And why two bottles of Scotch? Because in Qatar it is hard to find alcohol. You can only buy it if you are a foreigner, more expensive than in Europe and at certain points. So a good distillate is more than appreciated.

Award-winning forecasters

Eric and his partner Jor had better luck. In their case they are very farsighted. They had already applied in March for all Argentina matches through the FIFA website. They entered the draw… And they won the lottery, they admit.

They were one of the faithful who joined Lionel Scaloni’s team from the first game, the unexpected defeat against Saudi Arabia. “Spain also lost its premiere in South Africa,” they remember looking for a parallelism. He already paid them back in March. Everything. A good investment.

A ticket worth its weight in gold

And if Argentina is eliminated, they will return the money. Now your ticket is worth gold. “They offered me a lot of money.” They paid them 400 dollars (about 400 euros, in return). Now he offered her 2,500 even though he knew they were being paid more, more than double by reselling mafias from all over Asia. “No number can pay for the possibility of being able to see Messi champion”, they admitted.

Concentration for the flag

Meanwhile, in Souq Waqif, the city’s souk, Argentina fans gathered for the flag. It will be 7:30 pm, as usual. It is expected to be even more emotional than the one experienced in the past two weeks, at the start of the decisive match against Mexico, when the second anniversary of the death of Diego Armando Maradona was commemorated.

This time they will return to the same point, the three-cornered one, right in the middle of the area, next to ‘Le Pouce’, a bronze thumb-shaped monument by the French artist, César Baldaccini.

First win before start

This will be the first conquest before the final, as the center will once again be albiceleste. From there, there are flags, drums, shirts… thousands of Argentina fans will start singing the whole repertoire of songs dedicated to their team, Diego Maradona and, obviously, Leo Messi. And with the World Cup hitting. Those “Boys” that everyone already knows, surely wherever they read about us, and even La Mosca covered it.

The flag, too, has been internationalized. Messi shoots a lot and with his football he has multiplied Argentina, colonizing amusements. In addition to the close to 40,000 fans from the southern cone expected for the match, it is also common to see groups of Qatari, Indian or Japanese fans wearing Leo shirts waiting for the big day to arrive. All of them are waiting to push 10 to achieve their dream. They want to see him lift the World Cup live.

A reception was prepared for the bus

That’s why a parallel action is also being prepared, novel so far in the tournament. Argentina fans will welcome their players at the entrance of the Lusail stadium, when they arrive on their bus, about two hours before the match. All eyes are on Scaloneta, who is one step away from achieving the long-awaited title, the third star, this time at the hands of Leo Messi. Another of his songs said so.