In April of this year, he presented himself to LA'EEB, the official Qatar World Cup 2022 that will take place from November 20 to December 18. It is clear to us that one of the favorite things for football fans before and during a World Cup, both for young people and for older ones, are the Official pets. Always present during the duration of the tournament – welcoming, inspiring and encouraging fans along the way and even the closure – it is not only an excellent way for the host country to represent its traditions and culture. Pets have also played a key role in promoting the World Cups By becoming an important symbol since he appeared at the first at the 1996 World Cup in England, a lion called Willie.
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Official Mascota of the World Cup 2022
In April of this year, during the raffle to determine the finalist teams of the tournament, FIFA presented to LA'EEB, the official pet of the Qatar World Cup 2022. Its name means Super skilled player in Arabic and with Qatar being a country that offers so many cultural activities and being this the first World Cup held in the Middle East, LA'EEB It embodies the Arab and local traditions with its design based on the Ghutraa typical Arab headdress of the Qatari dress. According to a FIFA statement, «LA'EEB encourages everyone to believe in themselves with their motto 'Now is there'. Will bring the joy of football to all. ”
LA'EEB It comes from a parallel world where all the pets of the previous World Cups live. You can know a little more about this character in a quite imaginative video starring the Moroccan-sueco singer-songwriter, Redone (also FIFA creative entertainment executive). In the video, LA'EEB He explains how he has attended all world cups and even participated in some of the most notorious goals in history, such as the goal of «the hand of God» of Maradona In 1986.
He also mentions that pets have been present since the beginning of time trying to inspire us. In the video you can see pets from other years such as Juanitofrom the 1970 World Cup, Ciao of the 1990 World Cup in Italy and of course the first official pet in the history of FIFA, the lion Willie of England 1996.