Qatar University (file picture)
Doha: Messi and his teammates will be staying and training at the Qatar University campus during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
Qatar University in a tweet welcomed the Argentinian national team’s decision to make the QU campus their base for the much-awaited football bonanza.
“We welcome the Argentinian’s team selection of Qatar University as its place of residence during the World Cup 2022,” QU said in a tweet.
A team from Argentina visited the campus for inspection recently and was satisfied with the vast campus and the facilities including several playgrounds and sporting facilities.
As per media reports the team will add some Argentinian touches to the place to make the players feel at home. It said that they will
"Argentina national team will stay at the University of Qatar. We can sleep there and the training is very close," Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni had said earlier in a press conference.
“What really interests me is that we are in one place and we can train and sleep in the same place. Don't grab a bus, go back and forth,” the coach said.
One of the big advantages Qatar 2022 offers is that the teams can stay in one place throughout the tournament as all stadiums are in close proximity. They don’t have to shift residences and training centres unlike in the past tournaments.
