Jesse James Spezza

The night of the World Cup Final

Friday, 14. July 2006, 07:49:00

Well this will be the last blog entry about the antics of expatriates in Qatar watching a world cup football match. Some of you might be relieved however many of us are at a lost at what we'll do to keep entertained now the World Cup is over. Some suggestions include quad bike riding out at the sand dunes of the Sealine beach resort or ten pin bowling with interdepartmental competitions. I question the success of these replacement activities because they don't involve the alcohol induced fraternization among friends and colleagues.

But let me tell you about the night of the World Cup Final. The viewing venue was again Garvey's and it was host to every expatriate from the Doha region. The place was packed with French and Italian supporters.

Many were sympathetic to the cause of one French individual who is passive in nature yet fierce and passionate about football. Kadar, a.k.a Frenchie, is the leading representative for France in our workplace and he has faced much criticism from a plethora of Italian nationals about the substandard playing standards of the French team (according to the competition). The underdog position worked in his favour that night because he and his team inherited many first time French supporters.

This is Frenchie...