Argentina Fans Qatar includes fans from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. In Brazil, they chose Argentina as their favorite foreign team. Manifestations of affection and fanaticism towards Diego Maradona Y Lionel Messi There are from all corners of the world. That’s why it’s no exaggeration to say that the national team has the biggest fans in the world.
The group of Asians that formed in May this year emerged mainly from the city of Kerala, an Indian state on the tropical coast of Malabar, with a population of more than 35 million, which adores Ernesto Che Guevara, Diego Maradona and Messi. There is iconography of all three everywhere. Also, as journalist Fernando Duclos (@periodistan) told in his journey along the Silk Road, it had a communist government for decades, therefore, there are also images of Karl Marx, Lenin and Fidel Castro.
In August they announced that they would help all Argentinian fans in Qatar, from transfers to the smallest details. The group has more than 6,000 followers, although not all of them will be in Doha, the only city where the World Cup will be played, an unprecedented event since Uruguay 1930 when the competition was played only in Montevideo. In reality the stadiums are in Doha, Lusail, Al Rayyan, Al Wakrah and Al Khor, all within a radius of 60 kilometres.
Last Friday there was a flag waving at the Flag Plaza in Doha, one of the nerve centers of the host city. There, thousands of fans gathered to cheer for Argentina. “Most of the founding members come from Kerala, the southernmost state of India, where football is celebrated with the utmost passion. We have all followed football since we were children. Kerala was interested in Latin American football years ago and Argentina is one of the favorite teams,” explained Suhail Ali, one of the founding members.
Argentina is in seventh place among the countries that have bought the most tickets for the World Cup, with 61,083 entries. Host country Qatar leads the league table with nearly one million tickets purchased (947.86). Its immediate follower is the United States (2nd), which reaches 146,616 tickets, and behind comes Saudi Arabia (3rd) with 123,228. Then there is England (4th) with 91,632 units. A Latin American closes the Top: Mexico (5th), with 91,173. However, many Argentine fans are also estimated to have bought from those venues.
The three matches in the group stage had strong ticket demand from Argentina but also from Arabia and Mexico. The first two games will be played at the Iconic Lusail Stadium, with a capacity of 80,000 spectators, one of the largest. Meanwhile, the third, against Poland, will be at the 974 Stadium in Doha, which seats 44,950.
But The most curious thing is the poll spread in Brazil this weekend, through the UOL portal of Brazil. There they asked the people, about 1,800 people divided into three sectors and from all over the country, which team they would support at the World Cup. And 30%, yes, 30% chose Argentina above Portugal (24%) and Germany (22%).
Conversely, when asked which national team they won’t support, only 1% named the team they lead Lionel Scaloni. Believe it or it explodes, after the Copa América won at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, the albiceleste has multiplied its preferences.
Another of the countries that have a preference for the Argentina national team is Italy. It had already happened before Russia 2018, an appointment in which the Azzurri did not qualify. Now he won’t even be in Qatar, which is incredible for a team with Italian football tradition. The Neapolitans adore Diego Maradona and will always be with Argentina but favoritism is also registered in other places in the boot.
If we measure fury by population, Argentinian fans around the world are huge. To the 1,300 million Indians we must add 225 million Pakistanis, 166 million Bengalis, about 30 million Nepalese, a good percentage of the 214 million Brazilians, another 60 million Italians, without forgetting that in China and Japan they still love Maradona and they adore Messi. Argentina at stake.
Source: Clarin
