now sonya set from algae, there is nova laugh available in your favorite app. still just sat for it and tapped on a new app from audi 0. need that you think it it watching the world cup in 1982 glorious technicolor from spain. i've never seen anything like these plays a lot of come from a different planet. and after that, i was all in on the welcome. i think we're forcing from doha, which is now my home on the very 1st woke up is going to take place in the middle east. it's going to be a night. it is a hugely complex and often controversial events cover. but once a ball is kicked, the passion and the excitement of football types are lou

count down to kick off the skies above cartels. capital doha light up on the eve of the middle east dispersed world cup. oh, but will viva is in the air fans all over the world to send on cats out of here on that that favorite scenes. hello, i'm darren jordan and i'm gemini sure, the extended coverage of the fif wildcard it's 2022. which begins in less than 11 hours from now also coming up beef as president slams critics of capital wildcard bass racists and moralistic. but the smaller lesson giving one sided as joseph or kristen badly defending champions france adel. another blo carrying

venza is ruled out with a $500.00 well just hours away now from reaching that goal kat are set to make history as the 1st middle east country to host a football woke up. yes. autonomy that's been 12 years in the making life and at al bait stadium with kat against ecuador russell's that looks at the unprecedented challenges the country faced a while racing against the clock due to a defining moment that started at 12 years journey is cut. ha ha, winning the right to horse to welcome the country has since undertaken one of the most ambitious construction of force in world history, building 8 stadiums equipped with sophisticated technology and dozens of other advent sporting facilities. multi lay roads now crossed the capital baja. and it is connected by a high tech metro system with driverless trends. infrastructure as

a load cutter to jump at light speed, completing change as infrastructure, changes that would take other countries. decades upon decades, we see metro stations. we see massive mortar ways we see more modern as well as medical infrastructure facilities that we can use as residents of this country beyond the tournament. but to it all, cut off face challenges in june 2017. for out of countries impose an air land and sea blockade on the country that was lifted in 2021. when the pandemic broke out, but before with 19 story supplies of labor and materials cut our face more pressure to reach its 2022 deadline. it also introduce label reforms and should and all employees receive a minimum wage. and it's the craft is sponsorship system known as capella to hello, mingled workers to change jobs without needing their employee years. consent says winning the rights to host the world. cop cut that has show keys is major though.

all of my projects for the tournament. and also taken these oppertunity to turn its capital doha into world wide cultural, social, and educational hub, reflect in heritage and life of the region education city now host 8 prestigious international universities and new museums and libraries, preserved the history of the country and the region with experts comprising more than 2 thirds of its population cut that has created many green spaces and social and entertain facilities. a bigger strategy in terms of, you know, modernizing the country, developing its infrastructure capabilities and even just kind of putting it on the map so to speak. in terms of it being not just obviously a hub of, of natural resources, you know, as a, as a one of the biggest gas exporters in the world. but thinking about it also in terms of a cultural hub with the construction of its schools and museums and, you know, film institute and off kinds of other array of,

of cultural institutions could or sees the woodcock is not the end of the journey on that is cut the national vision $20.00 to $30.00. it came to sustain is transformation starting with the fina world championships for aquatics and asia premier soccer tournament. the asian camp next year. kristen said f o jazeera, the ha. well one player who won't be involved in the world cup is friend strike a karen benjamin. you'll miss the tournament with a thigh injury janice with benjamin out. this is a huge blow for frost. it is indeed it is. a is a massive loss ready, but i guess you'd have to say not a total surprise. he's been struggling with injuries so far this season. he's in fact and he played around 26 minutes, a football in the last month for his club side, rail madrid, and saturday when he got injured. that was the 1st time he's been training with the french national side since they got together in day on monday. he suffered a tad to his left thigh in training, and a scam revealed he needs 3 weeks of recovery time. so potentially,

the tournament taken place of a $29.00 days. if france gets the lattice ages the tournament, he may have had some involvement, but he's decided to forego his faults. he writes on his instagram page in my life, i have never given up, but to nights i have to think about the team as i have always done. so reason it tells me to leave my place to someone who can help our group make a good wild cup. well, any last month, benjamin was named at the barn door when a given to the best play and well to fully have incredible season parameter. it last year, 40 full goals in $46.00 matches. it amazing form and help them win the, the spanish, the title, alika, and the, the champions league as well. and he was also top score for his country and the 2014 woke up and france, his top scorer at last law summers european championship as well. so it is, it is a massive blow in. i did a world cup countdown show and one of my guests was a former bomb unit player in spanish, woke up when a hobby martinez and he predicted that benz ma would be not any the best plan for

france. he thought he was going to be player of the tournament, so really is a massive loss of france and also for us as, as fans and view as we're not going to see one of the best players in wealth football and also sadie amana, he was 2nd in the bathroom door, behind benjamin, he's also out as well. so it is a shame, but france still have obviously plenty of attacking talent, not least killing him. buffy. yeah. and, and i'm lucky but it's still worth pointing out that france of been hit with several injuries. jemma. who else is out there? yeah, they, they've been really lucky. they were many people's favorites going into this terminal. but a lot of people might reconsider that. now they, they've lost poor papa, he was instrumental in helping them in the title in 2018 and got a conte chelsea midfielder of pow house in midfield. he's also out in the man who you probably would have replaced at ben's him or the r b leipzig strike christopher and concur. he's the top score in the business, like he's also outs, and is, will say, just were worth making the points a when to wildcard that the turn around to play as it is so short, the season finishes, and they've had literally like

a week. so to come out and prepare normally had of a wild cup the season will finish in may and the woke up starts in june. so yet for week kind of period. so somebody like benjamin may have actually made the tournament. had this been a, a summer woke up say that so i guess one of the negatives perhaps because a lot of people to be saying this world cup is coming in start the season. we're gonna have fresh suppliers will midway through the season, i should say again to have fresh suppliers maybe have a high quality of football. but as i say on the flip side of that, somebody like benjamin it was a somewhat cut because of perhaps recovered in time. but that won't be the case unfortunately. and jim, this is set to be uniquely a unique woke up, i guess. yeah, it really is. russia 2018 was one of the most as spread out tournaments in world cup history. but by contrast, how thought 2022 will follow as the most compact. 8 stadiums are hosting matches the fewest number of venues since argentina in 1978 in terms of geographical size, cattle is the smallest nation to host football's of biggest tournaments. 70

kilometers the longest distance between any of the stadiums. starting in the south avenue is close to the city of our macro. the 1st of the brand new venues completed for the won't come with. it's just 15 minutes down the road to out the memo, which is near to catalyst to international efforts and the large industrial area ah, located in dough house port stadium. 974 is the wild cups of fust ever temporary venue. and it's right on the water front at ras. abby, a booth ah, 15 kilometers west were at the redeveloped caliph i international stadium, which 1st opened in 1976 and hosted the 2006 asian games. ah, a short journey across and ran is the education city stadium. it said the hearts of catalysts a center of learning,

and hype to 9 universities. ah, a 10 minute drive on the do you can highway takes you to ahmed banality. stadium is the furthest venue from the coast, with a capacity of $40000.00 and just to the north of doe hi is the venue for the wild comp final. the city of you sail was built for this tournament and its home to the biggest stadium with 80030 kilometers up the coast in the city of our cool lies the 60000 seater 8 stadium. it's hosted for our last year. mm. 7 years of construction, nearly $10000000000.00 spent with 7 brand new stadiums, a facing stage for the biggest football show on the planet. all right, so let's now head to the al bait stadium where it all takes off just a few hours from now. summer moose is live there santa,

all quiet where you are now, but it won't be be like that later. mm hm. absolutely . oh, down. it's not going to be quiet. it's still very early in the morning. as you mentioned in 11 hours time, it will all kick off the key. but 2 hours before that will be the opening ceremony and al jazeera, as laura had went to meet the company. will har responsible for the opening and the closing ceremony? and most of the fee for official that ah, i'm at a hotel village. i'm heading to her studio studio responsible for these people walk up carter 2022. remember to always spread love and be awesome. and now they faced 2 more challenges. the opening and closing ceremonies for which we had

a sneak preview. and that's all we can play because so much of what they're creating here can't yet be revealed. one of the project i'm walking for this fee for is med leaves, which means after joined different music together like a piece of puzzles. oh, fluffy mouse is, is in is in my head all the time. what can i do or can i make it better? is this really happening or what can i do? what i also i can i did. what else i can come to the music for the world cup is something that we're really proud of. it's a product that is being listened by many, many fans around the world. you have also the official mascot of the world cup larry, which is, you know, you can call him

a godaddy product guitar studios will go into their big march in good form, having produce the official music videos and walk up mascot la 8th. we've decided to go with sort of a pixar out since it is a animated cartoon character type feel. and we wanted very modern x are sort of feeling when we approach music, but with little elements of arabic music tradition, music arrogance. ah, it will take time to build the facts should be quite michelson. mailings in face orchestra as, as well as working with male clause female cause sometimes together, sometimes in separate sections. then building those layers so that we get and production values like a sound of 200 voice, 200 piece choir. this or is want to be very katara studios is responsible for the

official world cup foam. and they shared these moment from the making of the music video quite and fans from around the world. we'll have to tune into the opening ceremony and see how it all comes together. laura, on al jazeera katara don't. so the organizers are hoping to put on an impressive opening ceremony, but they have yet not revealed who's a performing tonight. it will kick off at the 14 gmc, which is 5 pm, a local a time, but i guess they were keeping it as a surprise. we'll just have to wait and see, we will indeed, i look forward to hearing you as performing a thank you for that santa we will come back to you in just a little while. now, many ecuador support is not able to make a long trip to the middle east. that's right. but that doesn't mean their excitement is any less back home. latin america edits, alicio newman is in the port city of black. you o.

in y. yeah, kill ecuador is largest city. there's a frenzy to obtain the national teams jersey before they sell out all either. so for not every ecuadorian is a fanatic about football warp. already this woman confesses, she's buying a small one for her dog ha. football fever has taken over la oklahoma, cause we're going to win by one mill. a 12 year old jeremy disagrees. yeah, you're good. okay. and let them know. i think that in the 1st half will tie, but in the 2nd half we'll whim to nil. thanks to cancel a plateau, he's referring to ecuadorian football. idle gone shallow bladder, who like almost the entire team, grew up in poverty, gallagher, i'm doing some 22 year old platter nowadays for spain's rail via the lead, and has bought his family. this new house where he keeps many of his trophies, one wanting tie only, blacks,

whites mulattoes from the mountains to the coast. we will become like one, like brothers leather. back in his old neighbourhood. they haven't forgotten him. madeline is shows us a photo of black that was her grandson and says he's an inspiration for other boys . so the don't turn to drugs and crime. 2 weeks ago, the government declared a state of emergency and a curfew here. and why akil and 2 other provinces because of uncontrollable gang violence because of security concerns, local officials have had to cancel a huge fan fest that they plan to host all the same ecuador and all over guayaquil are preparing for the big day. even the gangs have called for an unofficial truce to allow people to think of nothing else but the game. a true ecuador has never come close to winning a world cup. but people young and old, tell us that this time, they're sure their team will take them further than ever before world war to see

a newman, al jazeera. why akil? well, gemini, have lots more coming up for you. but 1st, his a sneak peak into watson store on day one of the woke up it stay one of the b for wells cup cats are 2022 and it's impossible to overstate the excitement. looking towards the 1st game, it's a game deemed so important to the host and to people that the opening date of the entire tournament was shifted to make way for it. but that's not all there is to the 1st match between peta and ecuador. hi, i'm samantha johnson. this is well cut one o one it hasn't always been the case that the host nation gets to open the competition. it's sort of been a recent tradition, but until august it wasn't even on the schedule. then the tournament, which was supposed to start on november, the 21st was brought forward by a day. and then the kink is that throughout the qualifying period and beyond, chilly, fought to stop ecuador playing. i mean at all it all centers around this man. byron

castillo ecuador, claim him as one of their own chile and says he was born in columbia and questions, how he got his passports with their appeals to paper caught where anyway, after all, that ecuador decided not to take his deer to keta, of course, being born in another country isn't a bad from playing cats are, is using is widely praised, aspire academy to find and nurture and educate youngsters. not just from qatar, but across the wider region. it is quite literally revolutionized speak at tar squat, watch out for academic b, for boy in the car, we kept to doha. he was key in winning the asian cup in 2019 and almo, as ali, originally from sedan, but raised through aspire after moving to cattle as a child, he's the master of behalf. charlie. he says, the kick in the asian cup. final is mr. often legends, bertie, katara players are from b s y, a set up a grown up together on the field and at the school desk. so expect a tightening team. of course,

this is kettles. first wild curve. they're barely in the international top 50, but ecuador aren't ranked much higher. this might be their 4th world cup. they might even have more experience. but cattle are playing at home if they're wildcard, and that's come matter. well let we were going to go to center at albany stadium. is she ready for us? no, unfortunately, she's no hope to cross back to santa had me shut. i'll bait stadium shortly. that isn't shane darn, but hopefully we will get back to see you. now. that has been a criticism that's catalog doesn't have a football culture. donna, how may she met the prominent because her comedian, who says that's not true. my name is molly. i'm a producer entrepreneur and i write stuff and then i tell stories and hopefully people can find them kind of land that

a good morning. good morning. so 1st of all, why did you bring us to this place? and because it's and so was so so vulgar, i love to watch as a destination for anyone who's visiting about and it's the oldest market and pop up and the name comes from. so gloria from in standing markets. and that's exactly how trade these to happen. and this shop here is one of the oldest coffee shops in to walk. and football fans come here a lot had to weigh a comedian. that's very unusual on like how, how, i don't know, how do people respond to that? how did your parents respond to this when you 1st, or they still don't know? like it's a best kept secret. thanks for telling them. no good. they. they don't get it. you know, my with i come from an academic family, my dad, the reason we traveled. so i brought, i was born here, grew up in american ireland. so it was very,

very irish and then i moved here and it was like i had 2 people that understand what i was saying. so went from gives a bad out over there and we're here. can you pass this all please? i would like some of the things you can say things i want to keep talking to you and as much as i love this place to want to go see some of the go ahead. yes, i need a person gone quickly. let's go off to you madam. what a gentleman. my mamma raise me good. right. so we'll just have a little walk around to walk with . ah,

we hear now that do you need to get anything from you? what do you usually get from the so glad i'm waiting for a genie? and usually i need to man all the time. never word. be a billionaire. where's my thought you are a bit unfortunately? no. i only have one rosalie. not 7. such a hard life. no lamp, let's get your book or whatever. so this is why i come to walk up all the smell. you stuff like poor n, like incense and all that. yeah. and then i get textiles. but what i love about it is you get to see all of these colors that come from, you know, everywhere. so walking around the soup is always like an explosion of color. ah, we're just passing by what it is that this is the,

this is our great health care is above that. even falcons have their own hospital and it's a fact a hospital emergency? no, he's got an appointment, he's an outpatient. ah, let go. a ah. ah. there hasn't been a world called in a place the size of a city, you know,

you can get from the north northern most stadium a whole and bait to know for to a general vanilla in like 45 with one of my favorite kind of just as a i r p here is 974. and i said, well, that's built for purpose and then it will be gone. he built the stating that i'm shipping containers, that i just think that's fast. a lot of the main one is the same in i believe that i think the best way to have

a full on fun experience and mix with everyone is that public transport, metro and if take the metro and the buses, that's the best way to get you to a no, i've got for you and you tell me what they mean. and so a lot and shaw lot has multiple meanings and it all depends on how you saved in charlotte means. yeah, god willing, if god wills it, so it's shelby, you say in charlotte, in charlotte like how often shall i mean is that 5050 chance that he's not getting that? he's not in jolla in july. if it's like, if, if it's, if it hasn't fee before it, which means yes. like yes in charlotte, that means like, like we're about to show money. you know, like, it's never gonna happen and it wouldn't take violence to it. then it's like and

charla like you're hopeful, like like you said, align shuttle where like, it did actually mean what it means in charlotte and other words you can teach our audience off on for the fans who come in here. hello hannah is like, hello, hello. yeah. hello, hello. hello, thats like cut buddies. hello. hello. i thought he's longer, but he's when you hear it, just news. hello. hello means welcome. okay. yeah, that means let's go ahead and yeah, yeah. le let, let's go. what are good me? i love is like maria. let's go right now. mm. okay. how do, how would you pronounce? like i said, up up, up, up, up, up,

up. even an artist. there's 2 is a problem. i thought is the classic arabic, not one up up. i'm big. oh boy, joe, we, i told you i, i can't tell what was the funniest pronunciation, entire quatre? no, you do. i swear to god quaid are americans cut it all yourself where to get her going over to get her. so why do what it all with the stadium, there's a new stadium. what would you say to people?

i think it's not a foot willing hunting, and it's not ready to post a big event like the welcome growing up. we played football barefoot and like that was what we did is kids football is the most watch sport participate in sports in the country. so i don't blame people for saying whatever they're saying because they don't know. you know, it's our ability is buddies to showcase our culture, to bring people in. and that's exactly what we're doing and we're doing it for the whole arab world. it's not just for a couple of the host country. yes. companies are a minority and couple like a 140160 different nationalities living here. they all call this place home. yes. so can we go to the bait stadium? we're going to, i'll bait stadium where it's all going to start. yeah. because the to cut that was going to be ecuador. yeah. other stereotypes. i don't know that we all have cameras . i have never owned a camera. i've eaten a few, but i've never on the camel,

nor have i ever raised the camel. how does it make you feel as a country and moment when the moment of pride finally gets here? i don't think any other country has been exposed to the things that that has been exposed to in the media and it's fine. we're doing it anyway. it's happening to people will come to have a great experience and it's been arab oil, i thought of the nation. but there's so many different cultures here that are part of the fabric of our identity with tend to in the middle of nowhere. where you get to watch my favorite stadium. i think

people will be in all of this building. is this art? it's not just clear. yes. yes, yes. so this is it a bit stadium? can i change your mind becoming my favorite now? thanks so much. thank you. i'm he's a funny guy, is me. he was, he was like that. so as cats are, gets underway, poor 2022 will have a full day of coverage here on out to 0. yes, the 1st of all special woke up for a ground. this is at 830 at gmc join. i got your oscar and flora is mer. we'll be looking ahead to a huge amount to football in the middle east. ah .