FC Bayern will fly in the training camp to Qatar. The highlight: The friendly match against Egyptian champions Al Ahly. But the climate in Qatar is intolerable even in winter. Egyptians and Germans sweat to the bet.

We write the year of one after the awarding of the World Cup 2022 to the tiny Emirate of Qatar. Since then a lot has happened: the Qatari and President of the Asian Football Federation Mohamed Bin Hammam was suspended mid-from all positions and has nothing on lifetime to look more in the football business. Corruption in the election to the FIFA President has him Joseph» Sepp "Blatter accused, gave the FIFA officials Blatter faith. But also the Swiss no longer comes out of the negative headlines: since October is now even the FBI Blatter on the track and wants to prove his bribery.

Time and again, the word is corruption in connection with FIFA and the World Cup award. Nor-DFB President Theo Zwanziger puts on the Crown this suspicion: he wants to reconstruct the granting to Qatar, to understand how it came about that the World Cup not England or Australia went.

But the hottest debate turns around again and again - the climate. The FC Bayern München spends training base in the Persian Gulf for the second time. The weather was beautiful in the winter, the training conditions optimally - or corruption is lurking here too?

The Club in the Gulf or in other parts of the Arab world with Security feels comfortable and at home. The Bavarians are typically the only known German Club. «Without any phrase, an Arab of probably every German asks:» you are German? I love Bayern Munich. Whether in bad German, running English or just Arabic, it goes to Bayern Munich. And also in Qatar, over 500 fans swarmed during an autograph session to the kicker.


Blue in Qatar

It seems so in the Gulf to give football fans, the enthusiasm for Bayern is no farce, corruption, and bribery of the fans? -Absent. It moved at least 8000 football fans in the Stadium on Saturday to cheer the German against the Egyptian first division. From the outset, one was clear: both teams take seriously the game and want to win always.

Coach of Jupp Heynckes had run his best eleven. Al Ahlys Fußballdirekor Sayyed Abdel-Hafiz in advance announced that his team would give anything to give the fans a good game. Both teams kept their word. Ran, fought, Bavaria acted aggressively towards the front and Al Ahly had, however, aggressively. After just 11 minutes, striker Mario Gomez had to due to an injury from the square, the game promised to be thrilling.

Announced as a game, gave the UAE channel Dubai sports one of the friendly match. As usual overturned the commentator from sheer euphoria to his voice and generated excitement, where actually none was. «Only with the name, he always had his problems: from Heynckes he made easy» Heiniks «, short from Timoschtschuk» Timo «.» Finally also Bastian pig Teigers arrived name change on the Gulf, if still not quite correct. Almost lovingly called the comment"Schweinisteiger"whenever his ball contacts.

While the game actually looked quite normal from the TV and ran off, but something was different than in usual games. Broke at minute 13, the red shirts of Bayern seemed darker than usual, were you wet? It is raining in Qatar? No, it was not raining, it was just pure sweat that soaked the jerseys, trousers, after a very short time. Even the heat accustomed Egyptians glistened, the sweat trickled down two teams after only 13 minutes face down.

Sweating in the winter? Thereby, not only Franz Beckenbauer insists sustainably, to move the World Cup in Qatar in the winter months. No real alternative as it seems. But was it ever? Traditionally involves football viewers to the quotas to the fan itself. What thinks the emperor at such proposals? Fan zones have become an integral part of the football fairy tale in the summer, in the blazing sun with the players just with crowded pubs and restaurants - TV on all sides, sweat, indoors or out. Snow instead of welding? Who has bribed the Emperor? Maybe Qatar?

Cool 30 degrees - more does not

Suitable to the torments to the climate that now comes out: cool football stadiums with air conditioners down much had been too expensive - and highly unreliable in such large scale, finally admits John Barrow of the competent architects of populous. Sun-protected grandstands and traditional Arab ventilation methods should provide for pleasant 30 degree, less is not possible. Cooled stages were seen as the reason why the award to Qatar went. All lies or understands the Emirate, what is to come?

A few months ago, it sounded strongly to stick up to 150 billion euros in stadiums and infrastructure. The budget is shrinking continuously, the frustration of just German companies increases. Only 8 instead of 12 stadiums will be built, tenders take more and more. It will not be the great depression probably in Qatar.

Yet long not made to the chapter award of the World Cup in Qatar. Still, there are ten years to uncover the corruption allegations. Until then, the Emirate has flat, rather the balls before it shoots back.