Qatar Football World Cup: The day Pelé came to Qatar

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Qatar Football World Cup: The day Pelé came to Qatar Doha Stadium is hard to see today amidst the changing city of Qatar, which has more than a year to host the FIFA World Cup 2022. The glistening West Bay region has taken over 2,000 people, just a stone's throw from the vast expanse of Doha. But in the early Seventies, Doha Stadium was the home of the only grass football stadium in the country. Qatar World Cup fans from all over the world are called to book Football world Cup tickets from our online platforms WorldWideTicketsandHospitality.com Football fans can book Qatar Football World Cup Tickets on our website at exclusively discounted prices.

It has been a center of football life in Qatar, said Mohammed Al Siddiqui, a former Qatari defender Al Ahli who had the privilege of facing the star-studded Santos team, including Pelé, on February 14, 1973. All the local clubs were playing there, and it was busy all week, and when it was reported that Pelé and Santos were coming to town, Doha Stadium exploded, said Al Siddiqui, whose club Al Ahli is. ruling the Amir Cup champions. Everyone in the world wanted to be there. In 1970, Brazil won the third FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Azteca of Mexico City. In the tournament, Pelé became the only player in history to win the coveted trophy three times the difference he still seeks more than half a century later. It is every athlete's dream to compete against the best athletes of their time, and that is exactly what Santos stood for. Their team boasts of the greatest players ever, led by Pelé, a player who took the international thought for his skills and who is greater than the quality of life, said Al Siddiqui, his face still shining with pride as he narrated the story. For more to know about Qatar World Cup tickets Click here. Bayoumi Eissa, now 82 and retired, was Al Ahli's player coach in 1973. He had the incomparable task of trying to tag Pelé during the game. Eissa said: None of the players believed they would enter the stadium to face the powerful Pelé. For me, I needed to try to deal with the game in the same way I did


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