Sports show reporter Marcus Bark reports in the World Cup diary about the football World Cup in Qatar, his impressions and encounters.
What just happened? The day is just two minutes old when Grant Wahl tweeted this. What’s happening right now?
The question he asks because Holland equalizes in the last second to make it 2-2 against Argentina comes back to him a few minutes later.
“Doctor, doctor, doctor“, they yell four rows higher. On some faces you can read that every concern is justified for whoever is lying there, hidden for most of them by the rows with desks and desks.
“Should be stabilized“, it was said later in the press conference by a colleague who overheard it from colleagues in the elevator.
Messi speaks until 2.45 local time, 3.30 bed. Out of bed early because Messi’s words have to go online. Whatsapp of a colleague: “noticed?“
The emergency gets a name, and an anniversary of death. Grant Wahl, just 48 years old, dies in the stadium, four rows up, while 80 yards down penalties make the difference between victory and defeat.
Does something have to happen first? That is the question that is now being asked by everyone who is also in the mill. Tournaments are a mill. She has to stop sometimes, but there is every day the danger that it will be postponed until tomorrow.
Sleep well, eat well, drink plenty of water. Such a sad day is like New Year’s Eve. resolutions.
Mill keeps turning. Al Thumama Morocco does it for Africa. Finally. Three continentals in the semifinals. World Championship.
In England versus France, a chair remains empty in the media stand. Flowers adorn the table, with a picture of Grant Wahl in front of it. A memorial.
Kane sinks the penalty. shut it. Quitting time. Bed.
