Seeking Soccer Respect, Qatar Looked Abroad
Qatar's Senegal Soccer Camp
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When the world’s attention turns to distant Qatar in 2022, the royal family wants to inspire nothing less than utter astonishment. Providing premier stadiums and unrivalled spectacle will be easy — that just costs money, of which Qatar has plenty. Far more difficult will be fielding a credible national soccer team. So what is a royal family with unlimited resources to do? Cue the African teenagers...
Excerpt from The New York Times Seeking Soccer Respect, Qatar Looked Abroad words by NYT/ photographs by Jason Florio