{"id":114007,"date":"2022-03-28T11:21:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressarabia.qa\/?p=114007"},"modified":"2022-03-28T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:21:42","slug":"former-champ-lahm-football-world-cup-should-never-have-gone-to-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressarabia.qa\/former-champ-lahm-football-world-cup-should-never-have-gone-to-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Former champ Lahm: football World Cup should never have gone to Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/601684660556563553\/profile_2.jpg);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>DPA<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s former World Cup winning captain Philipp Lahm has said the award of this year&#8217;s edition to Qatar was a mistake and called for a modification of the bidding process. &#8220;In principle, I think it is indispensable that in future, when the World Cup is awarded, watertight criteria are laid down and then you stick to them,&#8221; the 38-year-old told the German publishing group Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland on Monday. &#8220;The selection procedure must be transparent.&#8221; And Lahm was highly critical when asked if Qatar should have been awarded the 2022 tournament back in 2010. &#8220;No, it shouldn&#8217;t have,&#8221; i&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/881130014023778304?c=819177386184916992\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by DPA Germany&#8217;s former World Cup winning captain Philipp Lahm has said the award of this year&#8217;s edition to Qatar was a mistake and called for a modification of the bidding process. &#8220;In principle, I think it is indispensable that in future, when the World Cup is awarded, watertight criteria are laid down and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":114009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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