23.5 million people have requested to buy World Cup tickets in Qatar, according to the FIFA website! Most of them expressed interest in watching Argentina matches. Messi's influence on the pitch is quite obvious, the man is way too influential. He has more influence than anyone could imagine. Argentina's fans have always been amazing. Messi would still be the reason for those people to watch Argentina.
The pandemic effects, including the financial world crisis were fastly dissipated, it seems... Tickets for games of world cup in Qatar are approximately 30% more expensive compared to the last world cup of 2018, while for the final games the increasement hits astonishing 45%! That can mean two things: fiat inflation is out of control, what means money isn't worthing anything along the years, or the pandemic plus post-pandemic must have been a profitable period of time for determined segments of our socities. For the average citizen, there is no other option besides sticking with the old and good television to watch the games. At least it's almost free. 