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Germany avoids elimination, China censors faces without Covid masks, Mbappé poses with Ivanka Trump… The news of November 28 – Liberation

2022 World Cup in Qatardossier

Find essential information on the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on the ninth day of the competition.

On the ninth day of the World Cup, the world sees politics polluting the game. Kylian MBappé appears with Ivanka Trump, Croatian fans take on a Canadian of Serbian origin and tension rises between Iran and the States United before their meeting on Tuesday. Four matches are scheduled for Monday:

Matches of the day

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Sunday’s results

Japan 0 – 1 Costa Rica. Japan suffered a setback at the World Cup when they were upset by Costa Rica 1-0 on Sunday in Doha, after beating Germany in their opener. The Blue Samurai thus appeared in great difficulty to impose their game due to an astonishing lack of technical accuracy against a wait-and-see and grouped opponent. The only goal was scored by Keysher Fuller late in the game (81).

Belgium 0 – 2 Morocco. Belgium, still as messy in the game, was punished (2-0) and doubled on Sunday in group F of the World Cup-2022 by Morocco, which relaxed in the last quarter of an hour and opens the way to qualification in the round of 16. The Moroccans, winners thanks to goals from Sabiri (74th) and Haboukhlal (90+2) now have their destiny in their hands: four days before facing Canada, they total four units and can logically dream of joining the top-16 of the tournament. The Red Devils will play their qualification on Thursday in a stressful clash against Croatia.

Croatie 4 – 1 Canada. The Croatian vice-world champions, held in check when they entered the World Cup against Morocco (0-0), revived on Sunday by beating Canada (4-1), the second team eliminated from the competition, at Khalifa International Stadium, Doha. Thanks to this victory, Croatia are back in first place in Group F, tied on points with Morocco (four), and ahead of Belgium (three points), which they will face next Thursday. The Red Devils will have to win to be sure of reaching the round of 16, after their embarrassing defeat earlier this Sunday against Morocco (2-0).

Spain 1 – 1 Germany. Abused during the first part of the match, the Germans managed to snatch a draw at La Roja (1-1), Sunday during the second day of group E. They keep a hope of qualification. The Mannschaft hopes to see the Spaniards take their next meeting against Japan seriously: Germany will play their qualification against Costa Rica at the same time. And if the victory is imperative, the qualification in eighth will be validated only if Spain does not bow. The match brought together 17 million viewers in Germany against only 9 million for the first match of the national team.

Tensions between Iran and the United States are exported to the World Cup

While the United States and Iran will play their qualification Tuesday in a highly political duel, the Iranian Football Federation fulminates. She protested on Sunday against the removal by the American Federation of the sign “Allah” from the Iranian flag before the meeting of the 2022 World Cup between the two teams. The flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran is made up of three colors – green, white and red – with in the center a stylized form of the word Allah, which was removed from the flag on an Instagram page of the federation. The idea? “Show solidarity with women in Iran” et “in this case only”said a communications official. “The flag has never changed on the federation’s website”, he asserted.

Chinese TV censors fans without masks

Chinese television, while broadcasting the matches of the Football World Cup, no longer shows images of spectators without masks, after these images angered Chinese people who can no longer take anti-Covid restrictions and zero-Covid policy in their country. Unannounced confinements are increasingly poorly accepted by the Chinese, and many demonstrations have taken place in recent days. To avoid showing Chinese viewers the stadiums full of fans without masks, the CCTV sports channel systematically replaced, in the broadcast of the Japan-Costa Rica match, each image showing people too close by images of the players. or of the stadium, or even crowd images taken from far enough away to not allow faces to be distinguished, AFP was able to see.

picture of the day

sentence of the day

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na

— France team players

The info had escaped us, but not the singer Gala. The short-lived star of the 90s rejoiced on Twitter that the players of the France team celebrated their victory over Denmark, synonymous with qualification for the round of 16, by singing his hit Freed from desire. The 1998 soundtrack was I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. 2018 was set to the sound of Bring home the cup of Vegedream, a supporter song on Benjamin Pavard and a diversion of Champs-Elysees to the glory of N’Golo Kanté.

The historical reference moved

In fan culture, good taste is not always the rule. Croatian fans held up a banner addressed to Canada’s goalkeeper, Milan Borjan. The text refers to Knin, the porter’s home town, from where the Serbs were driven out by the Croats in 1995. “Knin 95 – No one flees like Borjan”, can we read. Beyond the banner, Borjan was the target of chants in the stadium but also of personal intimidation, his telephone number having been made public before the match. Nationalism at its worst. “It shows how primitive people are. I have nothing to say about this. They should work on themselves and their families, because obviously they have some frustration, so they come here to blow off steam,” reacted the Canadian goalkeeper. He also specified that the Croatian players had behaved “like gentlemen” and that he wished them good luck for the rest of the competition.

MBappé appears with Ivanka Trump

Did he even recognize her? After the success against Denmark last Saturday, the French striker signed autographs in the hallways of the stadium. This is how he found himself signing autographs for Donald Trump’s grandchildren and posing with Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, a former top adviser to the White House. Ivanka rushed to post the photo on social networks, not Kylian MBappé.

The report

Every evening, thousands of Nepali, Indian or Bangladeshi workers gather in southwest Doha to watch the World Cup matches in a fan zone opened especially for them. For lack of money to buy a place for the World Cup, they also do not have access to more pleasant fan zones. A system leaving an impression of imposed segregation which ensures that well-to-do foreigners do not cross paths with poor foreigners, and vice versa. Read our report.

The World Cup seen from Brazil

“Well then, this jersey, are we wearing it or not today?” Thus the Brazilian rapper Marcelo D2 summed up the modesty of the left on Thursday November 24, the day Brazil entered the competition – “the most successful since the 1970 World Cup”, according to the very demanding commentator Juca Kfouri. Reason: the most famous tunic on the planet has turned into the battle dress of the far right, which came to power in 2018 with Jair Bolsonaro. But barely the Auriverdes on the ground against Serbia (beaten 2-0) that we were already welcoming the reappropriation of the “little yellow” by non-Bolsonarists. And in particular by the elected president, Lula, who beat the incumbent in the October 30 ballot.

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