This Friday, April 1, the draw is taking place to find out how the groups of the 2022 World Cup Qatar will be formed, which will start on November 21. Prior to that, FIFA released a video introducing La'eeb, the official mascot of this World Cup.
"He came from the universe of pets full of energy and is ready to bring the joy of football to the whole world. Introducing: La'eeb - the Official Mascot of the 2022 Qatar World Cup," posted the highest entity of world football on its social media.
During the promotional clip, other characters that represented previous editions of this tournament appeared. Among them are Gauchito from Argentina 78, Ciao from Italy 90, Striker from the United States 94, Footix from France 98, Goleo from Germany 2006, and Fuleco from Brazil 2014.
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The characters that La'eeb, the mascot of Qatar 2022, is compared to
After the presentation of La'eeb as the official mascot of the 2022 World Cup Qatar, through social networks, a large number of fans compared it to other popular characters.
Among them is Casper or Gasparín, the ghost that is the protagonist of an animated series. In addition, other fans indicated the resemblance of the mascot to the 'ghost of the B', an icon used to represent the relegation of football teams in South America.
What were the other mascots of the previous World Cups?
- Juanito (Mexico 1970)
- Tip and Tap (Germany 1974)
- Naranjito (Spain 1982)
- Pique (Mexico 1986)
- Ciao (Italy 1990)
- Striker (United States 1994)
- Footix (France 1998)
- Ato, Kaz and Nik (Korea-Japan 2002)
- Goleo (Germany 2006)
- Zakumi (South Africa 2010)
- Fuleco (Brazil 2014)
- Zabivaka (Russia 2018)