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The World Cup has started.
On Sunday, the high-profile and controversial world championship kicked off.
The opening match between the host country Qatar and Ecuador was commented by Lasse Granqvist – who admits that he thought about whether he would really go to Qatar.
The opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup is over. Host country Qatar fell heavily to Ecuador 0-2 after an opening that was carried out for half an hour with great pomp and circumstance – and which laid the foundation for what is to come in the coming weeks.
The WC is called into question
True to his habit when it comes to championships, the Cmore commentator is Lasse Granqvist on site to guide the Swedish viewers through the championship. But this championship, as you know, is not like others.
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The controversies surrounding the World Cup in Qatar have been many and the discussions have been long, and even for Lasse Granqvist there have been doubts. In the podcast “Lundh” which is run by the journalist Olof Lundh Granqvist tells us that he was not completely convinced of actually going down to Qatar.
“You shouldn’t be afraid”
Because some believe that the championship should be boycotted even by journalists.
– I definitely thought about it. We have also talked about it on an ongoing basis. But I see a difficulty in being a journalist and using the card in the profession to, in this case, protest against the conditions that are, says Lasse Granqvist in the podcast.
He points out that – despite the controversies – he is there to convey what is about sports.
– We have different roles in the journalism industry, but my role when football is played is to comment and tell about what is happening from the sporting perspective.
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But he is also clear that you should be able to highlight what is also going on outside the field.
– I don’t think you should be afraid to weigh in on the reality that more or less everyone who watches knows. You shouldn’t be afraid of that. At the same time, I don’t see my task during a match as evaluating a goal against the background of the current world situation or the conditions that prevail for the championship in this country, says Granqvist.
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