Qatar has had 12 years to get ready for the World Cup it appears the nation hasn’t quite got there.
Like a uni student leaving an exam until the last minute, Qatar are cramming to finish off their building projects, including crucial accomodation for travelling fans.
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A TikTok video uploaded by @fanvillageqatarr showed fans arriving at their accomodation near Doha to find the place was still being built.
The video, which has gone viral on the popular social media site, shows two workers still finishing off the room, with construction material spread everywhere outside.
“POV: You arrive at the fan village in Qatar and your $200 cabin is still under construction,” the video caption reads.
It appears to be the Al-Emadi fan village in Doha, which has tiny $400-per-night shipping container-style rooms in the 3.1km site.
Pictures show the inside to be made up of either two single beds or a double bed inside cramped rooms.
Toilets, mini-fridge and tea and coffee-making facilities are also visible in the images.
There’s finishing construction late ahead of an event and then there’s still building four days into the World Cup.
Fans have not been happy at the World Cup with accommodation in the tiny gulf nation emerging as a massive issue.
Before a game had been played, it was labelled the “new Fyre Festival” as people slammed the $100 a night tents, seemingly without any airconditioning — because who needs airconditioning in the middle of the desert.
It’s not just the affordable accomodation that’s the issue as pricier accommodation was seemingly no better.
Expensive AirBnB accomodation was widely slammed in the lead-up to the tournament with cockroach-ridden concrete boxes going for upwards of $1000 a night.
Unfortunately accommodation hasn’t been the only drama plaguing this World Cup.
Qatar’s last minute beer ban has also caused mayhem with reports fans paid $146 for five beers in a luxury Doha hotel, along with some unappetising sliders and wedges.
And since the tournament kicked off on Sunday, reports have also emerged of disorganisation in the official facilities.
On Monday, there was a reported crowd crush in a Qatar fan zone, with thousands crammed into a small space.
Football fans were left packed shoulder-to-shoulder as the festival area with bars and a big screen was sealed off by cops at Al Bidda Park, Doha.
The official fan zones have been slammed online, with trolls comparing them to giant concrete car parks.
A small Greek salad will set supporters back £9 ($A16), while pints are an eye-watering £12 ($A21.50).
And fresh ticket chaos saw England fans turned away from the Iran game after the official FIFA app for supporters crashed.
— with The Sun