Recently, the news that a girl born in the 1980s in Shanghai resigned to watch the World Cup has sparked heated discussion. To most people, just to watch a few games, travel through mountains and rivers, and make such sacrifices, perhaps it is too crazy to most people. However, with the support of the spirit of football, she came to Qatar without hesitation, and she was not the only one who only wanted to realize her dream of watching football.
Mexican fan Luis posted videos of himself saving money to go to Qatar to watch football as early as February this year on TikTok. At that time, the Mexican national team had not yet reached the finals of the Qatar World Cup. In the video, we can see that Louis raises the funds needed for his travel by selling various small cards, most of which are collections he has preserved since he was a child, but in order to watch football dreams, he had to "bear the pain of giving up". Some netizens did not understand his approach and joked: "Brother, you may end up in Qatar, but the Mexican national team can't go."
Fortunately, the Mexican national team successfully qualified from the World Cup.
Louis saved about $6,000. He spent about $2,000 to buy tickets for 16 games, and air tickets also cost about $2,000. In addition to the expenses of accommodation, passport, travel insurance, etc., Louis only has more than $1,000 left. He plans to stay in Qatar for 20 days, so he is planning to spend $50 a day in .
Video screenshot of Louis selling Dragon Ball cards
"Friends, I got off the plane, but everyone here is speaking English, I don't understand English. I'm going to take the subway, I hope I won't get lost." This is the first thing Louis said after being weathered and finally landed in Qatar.
Although he was in a mess, fortunately, TikTok fans warmly received him. In the next few days, Louis continued to report the expenses of the day to fans on TikTok. He plans to spend $50 a day, but the money seems to be far from enough in Qatar. One day, in order to save food, he ate the food left over the day before for breakfast, bought a 150 Mexican peso (about 7.6 US dollars) for lunch, and ignored it directly for dinner. Even so, his expenses were as high as US$70 that day.
On social media, more than one person has complained about the high consumption in Qatar. According to media reports, a Chinese guy who went to Qatar to watch football posted a video saying that a container hotel, which can stay for two people, costs up to US$200 per night (about RMB 1,450).
But there are thousands of Mexican fans as crazy as Louis. In every corner of Doha , Mexican fans cannot ignore...a unique dark green shirt, a national flag, and of course the ubiquitous Mexican wide-brimmed straw hat. According to foreign media reports, there are as many as 50,000 to 70,000 Mexican fans traveling to Qatar.
In response to this, Mexican fans said that they are optimists and like parties. They are very confident in the team and believe in the team's strength. Some fans joked that if the national team's strength is the same as that of the fans (number of players), we will have four or five championships.
Red Star News Reporter Song Xinze Pei Han Intern Dan Xinru Wang Yiqi
Editor Ou Peng
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