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At the World Cup in Qatar, England fans will be forced to go bankrupt and follow the Three Lions

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According to the Sun

At the World Cup in Qatar, England fans will be forced to go bankrupt and follow the Three Lions

Surveys show england fans have had to spend more than £9,000 a night at hotels.

The Qatar World Cup has built eight £5.2 billion stadiums

At the World Cup in Qatar, England fans will be forced to go bankrupt and follow the Three Lions

England fans will be forced to go bankrupt with the Three Lions

Qatar sells the world's most expensive beer, a pint (1 British product = 568.26125 ml) Heineken for £11.50 and wine for around £11 per glass.

Fans must also pay £1,063 and £724 for tournament tickets.

In addition, anyone found to be drinking in public in a strict Middle Eastern country will face six months in prison.

Beer is only available in special areas around the stadium and in some venues elsewhere in the capital Doha. England fans will have to book a hotel room to guarantee a late night drink.

Eight stadiums cost £5.2 billion, with another £150 billion for transport and general infrastructure for the first World Cup in the Middle East.

But Qatar is only the size of Yorkshire and may not be large enough to accommodate the 1.5 million fans expected to pour in.

Most hotels are already sold out, and there are still a few rooms where prices are soaring for tournaments that start on November 21, such as four seasons in Doha.

For those lucky enough to follow manager Gareth Southgate's Three Lions, the only place to buy "take home" liquor is the Qatari distribution company — customers need special permits to prove they're residents.

It was finally discovered that there was a black market deal outside its front door, with cases of beer being transferred from one car trunk to another — at the risk of being jailed for at least six months.

Alcohol is usually only offered at the hotel, but fans traveling to Qatar can at least enjoy it before the game after it was announced that alcoholic beverages would be served at ticket booths outside the stadium and at other venues, including the Doha Beach Club.

Qatar Tourism Director General Berthold Trenkel outlined the special measures fans have taken during the game to get thirsty fans to have a drink in the desert heat.

But he also warned: "It will be different in the actual stadium. There's actually only zero alcohol beer inside. ”

The beach clubs were opened relatively late, further demonstrating the country's willingness to change its normal rules and regulations during the tournament.

But expats warn that fans could still face a "culture shock."

Angela Norton and husband Chris, both 60, immigrated from Chester seven years ago so she could work in the hospital and enjoy retirement.

"There are a lot of rules they don't realize, like women need to cover up in the mall," she said.

"If you wear shorts or a little skirt, you're going to be scolded and other women are going to spit on you.

"The cost of alcohol is so high that most expats only drink during happy hour between 5pm and 8pm, while a pint of beer is still close to £8.

"Drinking alcohol in public is prohibited and if you try, the police will show up and take you to jail. There are CCTV cameras everywhere. ”

It is impossible to buy alcohol in the corner shops, supermarkets and most restaurants. The price of the hotel's drinks was staggering.

Poor migrant workers, and the 350,000 Qatari natives whose alcohol is banned under strict Islamic law, can only drink 0 percent of their beer — or resort to illegal pirated liquor.

It is usually sold in industrial areas for £3 per liter, but may contain butanol and pentanol, two industrial alcohols known to cause brain and eye damage.

But Faisal Ansari, a 22-year-old worker from Nepal, said: "The job is good. I've been here for two years and I will support Qatar during the World Cup. ”

England drew easy draws in Friday's group stage, where they will stay at the alcohol-free Souq Al Wakra Hotel in Qatar – at the end of a maze of winding narrow roads, next to a huge mosque.

They will be training at a nearby stadium, but there are concerns about the lack of activities in the hotel or even the lack of a swimming pool, which will make the players feel anxious and bored.

At the World Cup in Qatar, England fans will be forced to go bankrupt and follow the Three Lions
At the World Cup in Qatar, England fans will be forced to go bankrupt and follow the Three Lions

There is a black market deal outside the gates of qatari distribution companies, the only company in the country to be allowed to sell alcohol

At the World Cup in Qatar, England fans will be forced to go bankrupt and follow the Three Lions

England were easily drawn in Friday's group stage - Gareth Southgate looked very happy

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Note: This article is from the translation of the original text of the Sun newspaper modification, more or less reading is not very smooth, even if the translation is smooth is also half a bottle of water, thank you for understanding, Xiaobian just want to give friends real-time original football information.

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