Doha Diary: Argentina fans finally bringing the colour to this World Cup

The Argentinians, bless them to the heavens, are doing their absolute best to ensure that Qatar 2022 feels like a proper World Cup. Here in their droves, opening wallets and lungs once more

BRINGING THE COLOUR: Argentina's soccer fans gather holding a life-size cutout figure of late soccer star Diego Maradona on the eve of the World Cup group C soccer match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia, in Doha. Pic: AP Photo/Jorge Saenz

Janny ready to do all his own time crunching 

No World Cup has had a longer lead-in than this one. Now that it’s here, Qatar 2022 doesn’t seem to want to leave. The games have seen an extraordinary amount of added time, England’s clash with Iran topping the lot with an extra 29 minutes on Monday. Across the day’s three games there was a full 59 minutes of additional football. While FIFA haven’t yet commented on whether this is a specific diktat, it certainly looks that way. But perhaps not for long.