“This hardcore fan culture has always existed. It’s better than European football culture, it’s more like Latin American football culture. We have loudspeakers, drums… the songs, the flutes. That’s all part of our culture, not something we’ve imported.” 

-Yasin, a Saudi Arabia and Al-Ittihad fan who’s travelled to Doha from Jeddah. Saudi Arabia’s fan culture wows the World Cup [Aljazeera]