Fans are “not here for drink”, Mark Drakeford has said while urging World Cup attendees to rally behind the Wales team ahead of the country’s first match against the US.
The First Minister visited Doha’s Corniche on Sunday, where a giant model of a bucket hat has been placed near the city’s Museum of Islamic Art.
Mr Drakeford reiterated his promise to raise issues around human rights, in particular the concerns around the treatment of LGBTQ+ people. Mr Drakeford said: “You simply can’t divorce sport from the context within which it is played, and I’m not surprised at all because if you know the Welsh players and if you know the Welsh football association, then you know the values that matter to them.”
An estimated £2 million has been spent on promoting Wales in Qatar, an investment that Mr Drakeford has insisted could reap far greater returns for the nation.The version in Doha has on it the Wales team’s motto “Gorau Chwarae, Cyd Chwarae”, meaning “the best play is team play”, while defender Ben Davies became the first person in history to speak in Welsh only during a World Cup press conference on Saturday.
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