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Friday 25th November 2022 7pm – The FIFA World Cup – Stadium Khalifa, Doha

If the walk from the Metro drop off at the Al Thumami was long (1 3/4 miles) then the trek to the bus park was even longer. I’d manage to clock up 10,000 steps just getting to and from the public transport hubs at this game alone. With every step, the opportunity to see four games in a day was disappearing, but I wasn’t prepared to give up just yet.

Al-Thumama to Khalifa, where Netherlands were playing Ecuador was a 15 minute drive away. If they were running ...