Surely there will be places where you can find alcohol in Qatar. The only question is whether you should be willing to look for that risk. There can be severe penalties in such countries. I think the weather conditions will be the biggest challenge for most players. The best teams mainly have players playing in top European competitions, and there it is quite cold around November and you can easily have temperatures around freezing. Then as a player you have to get used to if you suddenly have to play football in the sun with 30 degrees. Because of that, we could see some surprises in the group stage. After all, not all of them have the same amount of time to prepare because of the competition that is in full swing.