The Qatar Football World Cup 2022, after the round of 16, he stops for two days. From Friday 9 December the quarterfinals: Croatia-Brazil, Holland-Argentina, Morocco-Portugal And England-France. The president of the took advantage of the first break of the tournament fifa, Gianni Infantinoto take stock: “We will reach 5 billion viewers, there are two and a half million fans on the streets of Doha. It was the most exciting group stage in the history of the competition”.
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Infantino: “The most exciting group stage ever”
“I’ve watched all the matches and I can say with certainty that this was the best group stage of a game World Cup ever”. So the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, commented the first part of the World Cup in which 56 matches were played in 17 days. “The matches were of great quality in beautiful stadiums, but we already knew that. However, the crowd that was there was also incredible. Over 51,000 spectators on average – continued Infantino speaking to the official channels of the Federation -. Record figures on TV with over two billion viewers. Two and a half million people on the streets of Doha and a few hundred thousand every day in the stadiums, all together, cheering for their teams. A truly fantastic and exciting atmosphere”.
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Infantino: “Goal 5 billion viewers”
“In the end we just want to give some joy and smiles to people all over the world. This is football, this is the World“. Qatar 2022 for Gianni Infantino it is the fair of emotions. But the FIFA president he pampers his World Cup and record audience data when the world championship has now reached the quarter finalsscheduled for December 9th and 10th. “These are record numbers in TV, we’ve already had over two billion viewers, which is truly incredible. I’m sure we’ll reach five billion. And then there are two and a half million people on the streets of Doha and a few hundred thousands every day in stadiums, all together, cheering together, cheering for their teams. A fantastic atmosphere, great goals, incredible emotions and surprises.”
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