The illusion of Messi’s Argentina, three months after the start of the World Cup. Photo: Rafael Mario Quinteros.
Tickets for matches in Group C of Argentina against Mexico and Saudi Arabia they were “the most in demand” less than three months later Qatar World Cup (November 20 to December 18), according to the tournament boss.
In an interview with Qatar’s national news agency QNA broadcast on Twitter Wednesday evening, Nasser Al-Khater, in charge of organizing the 2022 World Cup, indicated that the Mexico-Argentina confrontation on November 26 at Lusail Stadium is was the “most requested” match, followed by Saudi Arabia-Argentina on November 22 in the same stadium, the largest of the tournament with 80,000 seats.
Regarding the preparation of the event, Al-Khater stated that the organization was “finalizing all preparations”, before promising visitors the atmosphere of a “great carnival”.
A total of 2.45 million tickets were sold for the first football World Cup organized in the Middle East and the Arab world, FIFA announced last week.
Qatar, host country, United States, England, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, France, Argentina, Brazil and Germany are at the top of ticket sales by country of residence, according to the governing institution of world football.
The number of tickets available is 3 million, of which a third reserved for sponsors and collaborators. In total, 1.2 million visitors are expected in the country of 2.65 million inhabitants.
FIFA will announce the dates for the “last minute tickets” phase at the end of September, following the principle of first come, first served sales.
Argentina, 3rd in the FIFA ranking
The Argentine soccer team, champion of the last Copa América, maintained their third place in the FIFA world rankings under Brazil and Belgium, who maintained their positions even after the men’s ranking was updated three months before the Qatar 2022 World Cup .
Lionel Scaloni’s team won the last place on the podium on 23 June after beating Italy, European champions, in the Grand Final played at the legendary British stadium of Wembley.
The first ten places are completed without changes compared to the previous publication: France – world champion -, England, Spain, Italy, Holland, Portugal and Denmark continue between the fourth and tenth step.
The three Argentine rivals in Qatar’s group stage show the following ranking: Mexico (12th), Poland (26th) and Saudi Arabia (53rd).
The rest of the selected South Americans are found as follows: Uruguay (13th), Colombia (17th), Peru (21st), Chile (29th), Ecuador (44th), Paraguay (50th), Venezuela (56th) ) and Bolivia (81 °).
With information from Agencies
Source: Clarin
