Opinion – Juca Kfouri: World Cup will have a high level in stadiums built at the cost of thousands of deaths

The quality of Uefa’s Nations League matches is far from what is expected of Europe’s top teams.

That’s what you can play at the end of the season, which, not just today, has harmed the level of World Cups.

As the Cup was delayed to November in the face of the unbearable heat in Qatar, it is obvious that the tournament is being played with the handbrake on and with players spared, unlike what would happen in a World Cup.

The tragic irony is that we should have the FIFA championship played at a much higher level, with players in top form, but in stadiums or cities built at the cost of more than 6,500 deaths of workers subjected to ill-treatment, in a similar situation. slavery, as revealed in the excellent report by Alex Sabino on Monday (6), in this Sheet.

The Qatari government and FIFA deny it. It would be surprising if they were confirmed.