{"id":76243,"date":"2022-11-11T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=76243"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T11:12:07","slug":"are-you-excited-about-the-upcoming-world-cup-in-qatar-the-first-time-wales-has-reached-the-finals-in-64-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/sport-health\/are-you-excited-about-the-upcoming-world-cup-in-qatar-the-first-time-wales-has-reached-the-finals-in-64-years","title":{"rendered":"Are you excited about the upcoming World Cup in Qatar ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The 2022 World Cup finals will begin in Qatar <\/strong>and <strong>Wales will play against the United States.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76425\" width=\"769\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-12.jpg 415w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-12-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76425\" width=\"769\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-12.jpg 415w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-12-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>There will be 32 teams participating in the 2022 Qatar World Cup<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first time in 64 years that Wales have reached a World Cup final and it is a historic moment. Wales last competed in 1958, with the team making it all the way to the quarter-finals before losing to Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales manager Rob Page announced his World Cup squad, selecting nine defenders, eight midfielders and six attackers for the trip to Qatar, making it a more defensive-heavy team than in 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a a great event for fans all over the world, but this World Cup was also controversial since Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar and many immigrant workers had died here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Qatar World Cup also suffered protests: captains of England, Wales, and eight other teams will wear &#8220;One Love&#8221; armbands to protest against Qatar&#8217;s anti-homosexuality laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, FIFA&#8217;s response to the participating teams is to ask them to focus on football: &#8221; Please do not allow football to be dragged into every ideological or political battle that exists.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In view of the specialty of the Qatar World Cup, we are very curious about the attitude of people in Cardiff towards this World Cup: Are you excited this World Cup\u2014It is historic for Wales, but also a controversial one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Sam ledgerwood, 31, barber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-71.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76427\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-71.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-71-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-71-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-71.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76427\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-71.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-71-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-71-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c Welsh is the group I&#8217;m most looking forward to. But I\u2019m a little bit conflicted. It&#8217;s like I I&#8217;m a gay man myself, but i&#8217;ve always watched football. I think I am going to watch it, but like one of the boys I play football with said, they&#8217;re gonna watch it on like streams online. So it doesn&#8217;t show up on the viewing figures, but I guess that doesn&#8217;t really take away from the issues that are going on over there. I feel like they really shouldn&#8217;t have been awarded the World Cup in the first place at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Colin, 61, owner of bookstore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-61.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76428\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-61.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-61-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-61-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-61.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76428\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-61.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-61-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-61-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m interested in the England and Wales game. I support England, but I know Wales are quite good. I know there are various human rights issues in Qatar, especially the foreign laborers. These will take time to resolve.I\u2019m still kind of looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Connor Gibbs, 27, supervisor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76429\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-18.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-18-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-18-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76429\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-18.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-18-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-18-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am not a fan. I have a friend who lives in Qatar and he is transgender, but his rights are not guaranteed in any way. I don&#8217;t know anything about football, but I have quite strong opinions about Qatar. I feel like get the notion go ahead for a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Zhiying Deng, 23, student<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76430\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-19.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-19-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-19-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76430\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-19.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-19-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-19-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m kind of a fan because my brother is a crazy fan and he&#8217;s always telling me about that. I don&#8217;t know about the Qatar controversy, but I think football should just be a sport and not have anything to do with other things.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Kalpana, 43, cashier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-81.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76431\" width=\"772\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-81.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-81-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-81-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-81.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76431\" width=\"772\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-81.jpg 556w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-81-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/11\/Picture-81-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m a huge football fan. My first team I support is Liverpool, and the second one is Cardiff city. Those questions might have a little bit of an impact, but I&#8217;m still very excited. 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