“We will do better next time, Inch’Allah”: we watched the opening match of the World Cup with Qataris

In front of Morgan Freeman translated into Arabic, the spectators remain quietly seated. Some black and gold chairs still have their plastic covers. “Inch’Allah Qatar will win!” smiles a Qatari woman, face veiled. Like many other women, she chose to take her son to Katara, the cultural district of Doha, to attend the opening match of the World Cup between Qatar and Ecuador.