The bunker where the Argentina national team’s dream of winning the third World Cup will rest is deceptively simple. At a glance, the Qatar University campus it is of a limpid and measured luxury. A student hostel with low-rise buildings, three-star hotel rooms, a gym and a dining room. The pump is in the services of that large estate of over 25,500 square meters. In Doha, all that glitters is gold.

Small brick alleys set embraced by palm trees on a bright lawn are the distribution routes to the different sectors of the most important house of higher education in Qatar. The 26 players and the technical staff of the national team must take the path that leads them to the men’s wing of the University. There they will sleep and train from November 14, waiting for the World Cup debut against Saudi Arabia.

About a five-minute drive from the main campus entrance is a series of four-story square buildings where Lionel Scaloni’s team will occupy an 85-room block. At the entrance to the ward form, a sign warns that it is the dress code to enter. Neither flip flops nor shorts nor muscle. The do you live classic of a football player in a country where the heat can turn into haze. But, of course, like many other Qatari rules, this one won’t apply to special guests arriving after November.

In a dominant color palette ranging from white to ocher, the entrance to the building where the National team will live has a large reception area with circular armchairs and a patio of light that falls right on an internal garden. In the background, a dining room surrounded by windows where the entire Argentine delegation will meet several times a day. On the four floors there are single and double rooms, a gym and several rooms where the administration, health and games areas will be set up.