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Sion Morgan & Dylan James

World Cup fans face ridiculously long queues to get back to Doha on Metro after Wales v USA

Wales and USA fans faced huge queues to get back to Doha on the Metro after Monday night's World Cup fixture.

Rob Page's side registered a 1-1 draw against the United States in their opening fixture of the 2022 World Cup, with Gareth Bale getting the all-important goal with nine minutes of normal time remaining.

More than 40,000 fans needed to use the Metro service after the game, with Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium being the last stop of the line at the edge of the city and being serviced by just one station.

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A mixture of fans dressed in USA white and Wales red ambled their way at a steady pace towards the station as midnight approached in Ar-Rayyan.

A large concrete area outside the stadium was marked out with rows upon rows of barriers to usher fans towards the Metro, much like the set-up at Cardiff Central on a Six Nations match day. It took our reporter Sion Morgan one hour to get on the train back to Doha.

Wales face Iran in their next game at 10am UK time on Friday, November 25, at the same stadium.

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