After fake supporters were suspected, the English football anthem “It’s Coming Home” was sung outside the players’ hotel.
With the wrong words and melody.
At the same time, many people deny that they get paid to watch matches.
On Sunday, the FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar, and the participating teams have arrived in the host country.
There are also people on site who will watch the matches and images have previously shown how fans in match shirts stand in the streets in the suspected formations.
It was also previously reported that Qatar offered around 1,600 people an invitational trip to the World Cup, on the condition that they “sing at the opening and spread positivity on social media”.
Song outside the hotel
Several media outlets have now reported how the “fake” fans may have revealed themselves.
As the England Stars reported to their hotel, hundreds of fans waited outside and sang the classic championship song “She Comes Home” together.
Anyway, there was a problem.
The English supporters sang both the wrong words and the wrong melody, according to the Daily Star, among others.
The fans are fighting back
Many of the people The Guardian and The Times spoke to outside the hotel confirmed to the newspaper that they were genuine supporters who had paid for their World Cup visit themselves.
Although they are not English.
“They supported England growing up and watched players like David Beckham”writes The Guardian.
– If someone offers us money to support England, we say no. We’re real supporters,” someone told The Times.
In videos circulating from the crowd waiting area, chants of ‘Gareth Southgate is our supercoach’, ‘Sterling our superstar’ and ‘Pickford is our supergoing keeper’ can also be heard.