He added: 'You have enough time to do your Christmas shopping.'

他补充说，“而且你还有充分的时间进行圣诞节采购。”

FIFA has indicated the 2022 tournament will also be shortened to 28 days, instead of the usual 32. The competition is likely to begin (featuring the hosts'Qatar) on November 21.

FIFA同时指出，2022年世界杯赛程将从32天缩短至28天，比赛可能在11月21日开幕。

The decision means the traditional and popular Boxing Day club matches will take place as usual – which will come as some comfort to the Premier League who have strongly opposed the switch.

该决定意味着传统及受欢迎的节礼日比赛将照常举行，此举对于强烈反对日期改变的英超联赛来说是种安慰。

UEFA - the body that governs European football - had pushed for the final to be as late as December 23.

欧洲足球的管理者欧足联已经奋力争取将决赛最晚推至12月23日。

The Qatar World Cup has been mired in controversy ever since the shock decision to stage the tournament in the desert kingdom which has no footballing history and a questionable human rights record.

卡塔尔是一个沙漠国家，且该国没有足球历史，人权问题令人生疑，世界杯却在这里举行，因而卡塔尔世界杯自宣布之日起便饱受争议。

Sepp Blatter, FIFA's long-standing president, even admitted last year that staging the tournament in Qatar was a 'mistake' – justifying it by saying 'but one makes lots of mistakes in life'.

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