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ah ah. hello, i'm adrian finnegan. and i'm devin ash with extended coverage of the 2022 a fee for wow. caught in just hours from now. i thought we'll make history as a fast middle east country it to stage the competition a tournament that's been 12 years in the making will begin at our bait stadium just

to the north of doha, with the hosts against ecuador pool raised looks at a momentous occasion. in global sport, ah, never before has a world cup host nation, how to wait so long for its tournament to begin. the 12 year buildup is almost over for council. it's one that hasn't always been easy. on the eve of kick off the head of world football, went on the attack against criticism a free for i'm the host country you go and defended their record of making progress on issues such as human rights. don't criticize, can't. i don't criticize the players. don't criticize anyone. criticized fees are criticized me if you want because i'm responsible for everything. but let the people enjoy this woke up infancy. now try to re direct attention on to the reason the world cup has come to the middle east is not wide, they're all just playing against each other. it's 2 football teams playing against

each other to bowl it's football. if we don't have at least football to bring us together, if we listen to you all, all who are criticizing or just want to divide, which wall are we going to? you want another wall? lord. okay, go ahead. without me. we found me atonement that began in order quite in 1930 is once again that breaking new ground. ah, the 1st for the arab world, the 1st time so many friends will be in one place and a 1st for cattle at national team. when cats are one, the bid to host this tournament, the team was ranked outside the world's top 100. now that number 50 and are the asian champions, and to give them extra hope or extra pressure. no house nation has ever lost its opening match at a well cup. not open. it is against ecuador at al mate stadium on sunday. yeah, but i'm a children from the age 30 gone the other. it's

a very important day for us. a historic moment and not a moment of happiness for the players and staff. it's an extraordinary day go like no other. the only going liberty, the winner to organize. the 222 c 4 vote cock is cut. ha, having won the vote to host this, woke up mark in 2010. cancel. it stepped into the sporting spotlight like never before. 7 of the 8 stadiums have sprung up in a decade. they've been a focal point for the safety of migrant workers. thief as president outs, though, also be emblematic of some of footballs greatest moments. now it's the world's best players who are ready to take center stage as the biggest sporting events in the middle east. history finally begins. paul reese out his era though all so it's almost time for the foot board to do the talking. we can now head to our

fate stadium where the action begins in less than 5 hours from now we can rejoin as santa. how many do you have? we have been speaking to throughout the day, is that when we 1st joined you this morning at around 8, i thought local time. it was pretty quiet, but i guess that isn't the case now. yes, jama. the fans have started to come in right now, expecting thousands of them when the match kicks offs. but for now let's talk about the beautiful venue where it's all going to happen to night. all bate stadium and i have with me here, professor doctor. so the abdul aziz, also known as dr. cool, who is the professor and chair of air conditioning. of course doctor, we're going to get into the air conditioning later on. but 1st let's talk about how windy it is to the hey. and i know that the stadium is a huge stance. beautiful, and looks very stable. but do you think this will affect the stadium late? i will attack the fans. i mean what, what a great day and what these, even

a great them they to, to test our facility. i mean inside is a completely isolated bubble from outside. and this is what we keep telling people around the globe that what we're creating is not only air conditioning, air conditioning is about speed of the, at the last of the air. and how pure is the air and then temperature and humidity. so inside that stadium is completely different, whether from outside the stadium. ok, let's move on to the air conditioning. you're known as dr. cool. so we're expecting to be a cool temperatures inside what is the difference between different stadiums because i've been to 974. and it wasn't that cool. 974 is a passive stadium. that means there is no cooling at told inside the stadium, but we are pulling air between the containers in order to induce some sort of ventilation because it's only designed for the winter at which is the game that we're in. but apart from that, it would be dismantled as part of the sustainable bland for it. and then it will be

moved to other venues as well. so that's the multi functionality of, of the stadium. if you look at the stadium, for example, say you have the the tent, the video intent, and you can see the color of it is white to reflect the solar rays. you can see around the stadium is old green to absorb that amount of solar radiation. and you can see all these polls, they're all solar powered, you know, you know, the lighting system, the p a system or solar powered doctor. let's talk about the organizes. they mentioned that did they promise this is going to be the 1st will cup, which is sustainable. welcome, am i correct? yeah, a 100 percent, correct? the amount of energy we use for our, our venues. these being fed through alca solar plant, solar power plant that did feed our main grid and took out our am then to our to stadiums. and am this enhanced the energy basket for kata that by adding p v a fall into our, into our energy basket?

no sound like that. the, i'm gonna tell you which ones my favorite stadium and you get to tell me which one you feels. i know every, every stadium in the 8 of them, they all have their old, unique in their way. like for me, i'm a say albedo is one of my favorite, 974. for obvious reason, you said like for sustainability and all the containers, they're going to be shipped to other countries when the well cup is finished. what is your favorite me? i have 8 equal babies. i got to get all the same the only beautiful and they're all reflect until a. busy sorry about guitar, so each one of these stadiums are here to serve and, and we call them stages, but the, actually, they are multi functional buildings. so for example, upgrade to stadium inside there is a notation that would be a clinic inside as well. so, you know, these stadiums are here to serve its neighborhood for the next 100 years, and that's part of the system. the ability plan, disco so thank you very much for that. thank you much. well,

let's hope at the opening. sony will be as cool as the stadium behind me back to demo. i like what you did there santa and thank you to santa there and dr. cool. of course i heard that unit name as well, adrian. dr. cool. yeah, that right now, many at gross abilities are not able to make a long trip to them. at least that doesn't mean that the excitement back home is any less or less. in america, editor lucio newman reports not from the port city of go or kill in y, a keel. ecuador is largest city. there's a frenzy to obtain the national teams jersey before they sell out all over the room . so for not every ecuadorian is a fanatic about football warp already of 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. but 12 year old jeremy disagrees younger.

okay, and let them know, i think that in the 1st half will tie, but in the 2nd half will whim to nil. thanks to cancel a plateau. he's referring to ecuadorian football. idle gonzalo plata, who like almost the entire team, grew up in poverty, gallagher, i'm going from 22 year old bladder nowadays for spain's rail via the lead, and has bought his family, this new house, where he keeps many of his trophies with one. when john there 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 platter with 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 to 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, away from the party atmosphere surrounding the opening day of the tort about defending champions. france have been dealt another blow, cream benzo is ruled out with a phi injury. she's out of the world comp drama. that's going to be a huge blow for france. yes, absolutely. adrian. a huge loss for them, but not necessarily a big surprise. he has been struggling with injuries the season. in fact, he's only played around 30 minutes, a football in the past month for his club side,

rama dread. and now in training with his national side, he's has this tear to his thigh and which will keep him out for up to 3 weeks. and this is what he had to say about it. on his instagram page, he said in, 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. com. while only last month, you may remember karen benson the one that the battle on door award given it to the best player in world football. that was for his incredible season last year with rail 44 goals in 46 matches. and absolute, incredible record, pivotal in helping them win that the spanish delegate title and the champions league beating livable in the final. he was also francis top score on the 2014 world cup and at la summers european championship. and a few weeks back i spoke to you a spanish board cut when i have a martinez and he predicted that benjamin would be not only the star for the french

side in this tournament. before the tournament itself, he predicted he would be a standout player. so you'd have to say this is a loss for not just france goods for us, but we're fans or spectators if not getting to witness one of the best players in world. course china, india may not have qualified for the store, but that doesn't mean that football fever hasn't gripped firms in the end instead of carola, who are known for the love of the game, al jazeera, is probably natal reports. now live from color code. probably what's going on where you are like you say india hasn't qualified, but the sport has a huge fan base in care law, which is really the epicenter of all the work up action in india. and we're at the beach and the many people here who are wearing their favorite jersey supporting their favorite teams and players hours ahead of opening match. there are several local events, several fan events,

several san competitions in the run up to opening day. in fact, for a few minutes from where we are one village even transformed it's skyline. to mock, it's enthusiasm about the world cup. fever fever has kicked off under watchful eyes. larger than life they loom over this river. the debate is on who is the greatest of them all. argentina fans with the 1st to immortalize the i de leon, l massey. name our fans when bigger only to be outdone by ronaldo who stands at 15 meters allowed doors for bodies are in our g. so it is help you find sites upping challenges like this happening here and in the world cupboard. so we have fine park here and it will be ready very nice to utsa will come from getting the fun part. care last 8 in southern india is all set for the world cup. fans have just the streets in their favorite flags. billboards are celebrating the biggest stars. many local tournaments are underway across the state. why cricket is the most popular

sport in the country, the beautiful game dominates this region. this woke up is extra special. people from care love, i one of the largest suits of people in cutter. so even though in the eyes and playing, they feel like the worst cup is close to home. fee for has recognized careless special connection with the hosts. many aged house or a popular artifact in the middle east. a 1000 of these have been shipped to cutter, where they are part of the tournaments officially, merchandise don't do 6, wasn't 26 of us worked on the status of women did the reporting. we worked on these dna look on for 2 months. we only focus on making these 1000 kilograms. i think the state government is organizing its own competition. it's asking enthusiast disco. a 1000000 goals before the opening match? official say it's not only about football. we are collecting this message or for an b alpha drug activities campaign in collection with the saw that the people,

especially students, will ah, get into it to know they will learn more about this well, problems. so that is why we are collecting these football. and i'm deep um, oh, good campaign to by some fans would be traveling to do how to watch the matches. even those who don't follow the sport, said the are thrilled and proud of all the attention that state is getting thousands of people from india and from 10 i actually have head start, the prepay for the was thought, many of them are born and chance you will see in stadiums in doha all from here. i me someone who's not just a football fan but also a football player. my watch at me. what are you most excited about in the world? got that begins today. i'll be happy waiting for this. so will use what is happening. so i'm a biggest fan of this unit, so i was 25th. that is happening. so i'm really excited. do i to mad because my

favorite is happening there so. okay. yeah, there's so much excitement around football around the woke up. what does that mean for players like you, especially female players like you get like japan baseball football. so most of them are immensely on promoting football, lease kind of ads. we can also see most of the media men side. yeah. so this guy, no promotion getting had helping movements or so no on board a foot board things the i had been really getting excited for this. so i am happy for that. and even diana would, would be on my family members, just say that it's just fornia entertainment, so it's not like guide separate facility. we can see the voice f one so that see okay, so there you have it. many local events, lot of excitement, we're going to see a lot more of events of fan events found engagements till the final of the next few weeks out there is probably natal reporting live there from jello in india. any

thanks. pompey. alice camera on that house nation castle, they're going to play its 1st ever wild card game and for the small golf nation, and it's people, it's been a long and hopeful journey. his more from santa hamish, i'm here at the venue were host katara, take on ecuador, in the opening game of the world cup. earlier this month i caught up with hammer, the la mattie, a comedian, was also known as the cutter, a guy, and we discussed the different aspects of the country culture. my name's hammond and molly, i'm a canadian producer entrepreneur and i write stuff. and then i tell stories and hopefully people can find them. i'm not a good morning. good morning. so 1st of all, why did you bring us to this place? i'm because it's, it's a walk. so, so gorgeous. i love to, well, you as a destination for anyone who's visiting about and it's the oldest market and pop up

and the name comes from. so give me standing market. and that's exactly how trade this to happen. and this shop here is one of the oldest coffee shops in to walk. and football fans come here a lot hathaway 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, 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 grow. i was born here, grew up in american arlin them, so it was very, very irish and then i moved here and it was like, i had 2 people to understand what i was saying. so i'm from get 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, but i want to keep talking to you and as much as i love this place to want to go see some of the papers have been gone quickly. let's go, let's go off to you madam. what a gentleman was my mamma raised 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 supermarket? i'm waiting for the genie. and usually i need and all

the stereotypes never word be a billionaire. whereas i thought you are a bit and unfortunately i only have one rolls royce, not 7, such a hard life. no lamp, let's get your book order. so this is why i come to log up. so all the smelly stuff, like poor n, like incense and all that. yeah. and then i get text of 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, passing by. what is this that, this is think this is our great health care is and above that even falcons have their own hospital and it's a fact a hospital that you go to emergency law. he's got an appointment,

he's an outpatient. alaska. ah let go. a ah ah there hasn't been a world cup and a place the size of a city you know, you can get from the north northern most stay the whole bait enough or

to a general vanilla in like 45 with one of my favorite kind of just as a i r p 's. yeah, it is. 974. on i said 4, that's built for purpose and then it will be gone. he built the state of shipping containers. so i just think that's fast a the main one is in i believe that i think the best way to have a full on fine experience and mix with everyone is that public transport, metro. yeah. school. and if you take the metro new buses, that's the best way to get you a no,

i've got for you and you tell me what they mean. and so a lot and show a lot has multiple meanings. and it all depends on how you saved in shot. i mean, yeah, god willing god wills it. so it shall be you say, and charla in charlotte like color and shall. i mean, is that it is 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 in shellman, you know, like, it's never gonna happen and it wouldn't take violence to it. then it's like in charla, like you're hopeful, like like you said, align shuttle where like, it did actually mean what it means in charlotte. and then other words, you can teach our audience on for the fans who come in here. hello hannah is like,

hello, hello. yeah, hello, hello. hello, that's like a buddy's hello. hello. i thought he's long got buddies when you hear it, just news. hello. hello means welcome. okay. yeah, that means let's go. la la and. yeah, yeah, le let, let's go or go me unless it's like maria. let's go right now. mm. okay, how do, how would you, like i said up, up, up, up, up, up, up, even an artist. there's 2 ways to help them about the classic arabic, not one up, up, up. i'm big. oh boy, joe, we got to do. i,

i can't haul. what was the funniest pronunciation entire quade are? no you do. i swear to god quaid our american cutter cutter. know yourself learned at her going over to get her. oh boy do what it all with business essay. what would you say to people who could decide this type of thing? it's not a foot william country and it's not ready to host a big event like the welcome growing up. we played football barefoot and like that was what we did this kid football is the most watched 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 ours 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 hours. the host country, yes. companies are a minority and cover 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 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 has been exposed to the media and it's fine. we're doing it anyway. it's happening people will come to have a great experience and it's been a nation. but there's so many different cultures here that are part of the fabric of our and then there's like, massive tend to in the middle of nowhere. they get, they like, wow, my favorite stadium. i think people will be in all of this building is art with

yes. yes. yes. yes. so this is it stadium, can i change your mind becoming my favorite now? how much? thank you for. oh, and we're just few hours away from kick off and let the who have the last laugh as host nation katara take on a quiet dog and the opening game of the well cup here at all. bait stadium and alcor. enjoy bag. a bit of comedy and a good tourist casala now focused on may not be playing in the world cup in castle, but one neighborhood in karachi is giving up for the tournaments are no less than a month. messy big word, money to buy the word got a i feel as if he thought that thought marty ward with a good beside it but able to kill me. how much of a guess but beyond nikia that's out about it. got to say, but i'm maybe so which again do enough funding that again. no. com. got it. i live

over could is this when i went to go to did a some new funding, but again it still a young. i think i'm a good ah, what was the i'm out of order with while ago or so good. but to look the it was want to go, i'd say, i'm not going to be a dependency when the other barely get out for us and they take it on it. but he made a lot of art on it. and i'll get on with my up or down like it was got, think it would all get to do with it. girl lindsey, i think the other a year with.