The duo will represent Portugal and Denmark respectively at the tournament, which opens with hosts Qatar facing Ecuador on November 20. However, controversy has surrounded Qatar’s hosting of the finals since they were awarded in 2010, with the country’s criminalization of same-sex relationships among the issues that have caused the most concern. Image: The World Cup in Qatar starts on November 20 The rally was also weighed on concerns about the plight of low-paid migrant workers employed to build infrastructure in the Gulf country. Last week FIFA wrote to World Cup teams urging them to focus on the tournament in Qatar and not lecture on morality and bring football “into any ideological or political battle that exists”. But speaking after United’s 2-1 win at Fulham on Super Sunday, Fernandes told Sky Sports: “We’ve seen the environment in the last few weeks and months and people dying in the construction of the stadiums. We’re not happy about this. “We want football to be for everyone and for everyone to participate and participate in the World Cup. It’s the World Cup, it’s for everyone. It doesn’t matter who. These things I think should not happen at any time. “But for a World Cup that is more than football, it’s a party for fans and players, and a joy to watch, it should be done in a better way.” Eriksen, who will join his Denmark team-mates in Qatar just 17 months after collapsing on the pitch during Euro 2020 last summer, added: “I’ve worked hard for the World Cup and I’m looking forward to it. It has been mentioned Wherever it is, it’s football. We’ve qualified and we’re just going to play football. “I totally agree with Bruno. There is a lot of focus on this, how the World Cup happened and why it happened in Qatar. It didn’t go the right way. “We are footballers, politics is something that is above us to make that decision. We try to speak our mind and do what we can. We want to focus on that, but change has to come from somewhere else. “
Saha: Players are not ambassadors
Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player Sky News’ Rob Harris describes how some of the issues have arisen ahead of the upcoming World Cup Former Man Utd and France striker Louis Saha was a guest in the Super Sunday studio and said it wasn’t easy for the players to throw their full weight behind the World Cup doom and litigation as a result – but added that it was unfair to wait for them. to act as ambassadors for the competition. He said: “It’s going to be a very controversial World Cup. People have different ways of protecting their true opinions because at the end of the day they are footballers so they have to be very careful. “It will be difficult because of the conditions and we have already heard stories so the players feel they have to comment. Decisions have been taken away from people who love football. “Nowadays, there needs to be more transparency in football. It’s difficult for players to have to be ambassadors – it’s unfair.” Sky Sports’ Jamie Redknapp, who represented England in the Euro 96 finals, said: “It’s not going to be easy as everyone has their own views. We all know he shouldn’t be in Qatar but it’s too late now. “We have to try to make the best of it, but it’s not in the right environment. There’s nothing we can do now.”
