Do you all remember laser episodes on FIFA qualification match between Egypt and Senegal? FIFA punished Senegal's football organization for fan disorder during the match. Action quite justified as they have abused fellow opponents for a long time. Laser that is being used by so many countries should have fined but nothing happens to them. Otherwise FIFA continuous to be the joke association for others.
The truth is any team would take a $200k fine + a game without their fans in exchange for a spot in the FIFA world cup to be honest. It’s a shame though that Senegal got away with this one. The fixture should've been replayed in a neutral venue. Although, some fans would argue that Senegal only gave Egypt a taste of their own medicine but we have to agree that is unacceptable.
I really don't understand what FIFA's reason was for not repeating the game, it is known that the laser thing is one of the dirtiest things I've seen in football, I don't agree that these things happen, which sometimes I answer myself is that in that game Senegal had a slight advantage over Egypt, perhaps the physical condition of the Senegalese players was much higher than that of the Egyptians, but in the same way it is not justified, although for the World Cup I think that the people who discover these types of acts should be banned for life from not letting them pass to any soccer stadium.
I am not surprised by this, and such discounts are given to the citizens of the host nation every time they stage the world cup. And in case of Qatar, it should not matter much. Do you know why? Because Qatar do have only around 300,000 citizens (and all of them may not be interested in watching football). Millions of tickets are available for sale and the number of tickets is greater than the number of Qatari citizens (only around 10% of the population of Qatar is made up of nationals). Some of the stadiums in Qatar can accommodate the entire Qatari national population in one go.
Apart from that Qatar is rich countyr. There GDP per capita (current US$) in 2020 is 50k$ according to
world Bank data , so giving discount to there citizens is not a big deal for Qatar.
It's not not people of Qatar who will be there to watch the World Cup but spectators from entire globe will come to see that event and that's where Qatar will be targeting to earn profit.
YES, you are absolutely right, there are many fans worldwide who do whatever it takes to be able to enjoy the World Cup, they do not mind lending money or selling anything, from South America many fans go and find a way to get to any country to support their selection and although their national team is not there, they will live the experience of a World Cup, you just have to see the Argentines and Brazilians how they do everything to support their teams, they do not care about anything, they simply live the world.