The online community was surprised when the mascot of the 2022 World Cup looked like a ghost

According to sources from Olesport TV Live Football, on the evening of April 1, the official mascot named La'eeb of the 2022 World Cup was announced by FIFA in Doha, Qatar. The player with transcendent skill is the meaning of the name La'eeb in Arabic.

The mascot of the 2022 World Cup is pretty bad

According to sources from Ole Sport TV, Khalid Ali Al Mawlawi, Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Tournament Experience, shared on the FIFA homepage about the 2022 World Cup mascot: “We are delighted that La'eeb has returned. became the official mascot for the first World Cup in the Middle East and Arabia. The mascot this time comes from a distant land in the universe that humans have not yet discovered. This will stimulate people's imagination about a world that La'eeb was born in. A vivacious, playful character that will appeal to fans around the world of all ages. This exciting mascot will bring even more experiences to fans at the World Cup in Qatar.”

The online community was surprised when the mascot of the 2022 World Cup looked like a ghost.

After announcing the image of the 2022 World Cup mascot, the Twitter application became hotter than ever because of the comments of the online community. The account @holtcupcakes shared: "We are watching the biggest football tournament on the planet, the image of the mascot at this event even has no feet", accompanied by a crying face icon. In the famous animated movie Casper the Friendly Ghost appeared the image of Casper - the image of a cute main character, with a simple personality but always being bullied by three evil uncles.

Some people even have bad comments about the mascot of the 2022 World Cup. @WVPitt even said, "The image of the mascot reminds me of the towel we used to wipe our children's faces when we were children". A Barca fan commented: "Seeing La'eeb, I see somewhere the image of the world's top player Ronaldo playing in big matches." He hinted that the Portuguese player did not achieve top performance when facing top clubs.

Another account commented that this character is far behind the 1982 World Cup mascot in Spain named Naranjito. This is an orange character, representing a typical natural product of Spain. In Spanish the orange is called Naranjito.

According to sources from Olesport TV Live Football, on the evening of April 1, the official mascot named La'eeb of the 2022 World Cup was announced by FIFA in Doha, Qatar. The player with transcendent skill is the meaning of the name La'eeb in Arabic.

After the first World Cup was held in Japan and South Korea in 2002. It took 20 years for Asia to host the second World Cup. Due to the extreme heat of the Middle East when summer temperatures are hot. up to 40°C, FIFA decided to postpone the World Cup to winter. This is also the first time in the history of the biggest football tournament in the world to be held in winter instead of taking place in summer as precedent.
 
The opening match of the World Cup will take place between hosts Qatar and Ecuador at AlBayt Stadium on November 21. The final match will take place at Lusail Iconic Stadium on December 18. The difference compared to the FIFA World Cup in previous years, this year the tournament takes place in 28 days instead of 32 days like the previous World Cups.