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this is al jazeera ah. hello, i'm tom mccrae. this is the news. how alive from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes? china's former lead at jang zemett, who lit the communist party after the tenement square crack down, has died at the age of 96. after beijing in shanghai, anger and gone jo against chinas cove at 19 restrictions. the u. s. is it's reduced the number of joint patrols with kurdish fighters. it backs in northern syria and break through treatment to slow. the effects of l. simons shows early success. but there are some serious side effects. and in the world, captain, the c a must defeat france if they want to advance to the round of 16. ah,

we saw this news hour in china where the lead accredited with steering the country to global power has dies. former president jang hammond was 96. he came to office just after the 1989 tiana mon square protests and crack down he seen as one of the architects of china's transformation into a market economy. katrina, you look back on his life. rare among chinese leaders, joncelyn seemed to enjoy the spotlight. he stepped into the top job during a turbulent period. he was appointed communist party general secretary, in june, 1989 following the military crackdown on student led protests in tenement square. his predecessor jobs, the young, had been removed from power for openly sympathizing with the demonstrators. john was a former mayor of shanghai, a city then at the forefront of ambitious, economical forms,

slowly spreading across the country. those reforms would eventually allow china to grow into the worlds 2nd largest economy and shanghai into global financial hub. although china presents itself as a communist country, an increasing number of party members are becoming millionaires. and some billionaires. as economic growth surged under junk, foreign investment poured in. in 1997 patriotic pride sought when britain returned hong kong in 1999, john initiated a ruthless campaign against the spiritual practice of fallen. ha, human rights groups said hundreds of thousands of people were imprisoned or sent to labor camps. under his rule, china became a member of the world trade organization and was also awarded the 2008 olympics. but some things remained unchanged. the leadership continued to crack down on descent. china's market possession of its centrally planned economy brought dangers

. the gap between rich and poor widened and corruption worsened a legacy junk successive huge and pow inherited in 2002 in chinese history only melted on dung, shall ping and the current president. she didn't ping larger than jung. it remains to be seen whether he will receive the same reverence as china builds its position on the global stage. who katrina, you joins us alive from beijing known katrina. can you tell us more about his legacy and what the reaction has been so far there will say media just informed the public of this passing of this afternoon, wednesday afternoon, expressing profound grief over his debt, saying that he was a great revolutionary and a long tested communist fighters are there really upping his communist party credentials when they talk about him, but he's remembered among the people as so much more. he couldn't have been any

more difference to the rather straight faced or serious officials that we often see in china. today's certainly very, very different to ton is currently to she didn't ping who's a sort of portrayed as an emperor john. the min by contrast, was seen as more of an every man he had his characteristic, thick, heavy set black glasses. and he opened so quite candidly and quite frequently to the press. he used english quite often even gave entire speeches in english. he was fond of, for example, singing italian songs in front of foreign dignitaries. and it was well known that he played the piano and would often make jokes when speaking publicly. that's not to say he was not a serious leader though. during his 13 years of ruling china, china essentially transformed into somewhat of a pariah stays after the 1989 genamin square crack down into a global superpower. he implemented many economic reforms that had been instigated

by his predecessor dung, trial king. and it, which saw china opened up more, became more of a globalized country than it had ever been before. he also oversaw china's rejoining of the world trade organization in 2001. and of course, also the handover of hong kong back to mainland china in 1997. now, all of that is not to say that he was a tough or by any means a progressive leader. he also oversaw a crackdown as we just heard over the spiritual movement, fallen gong, and also of repressed many a protests in the countryside by farmers because of some of his reform. that's the same time he carried out a very coercive sort of approach towards taiwan. and while he was in power, china, so a lot of corruption flourish throughout many of its officials. okay. katrina, you thank you very much for that. over to gals, the vice president of the center for china and globalization,

he is also in beijing and joined us. now la, thank you very much for being on al jazeera. now i'll send you new him personally. we heard from katrina the that he was incredibly charismatic. what were some of the other attributes that made him a great leader? well, there is, sorry for the loss of the are. these are going to do tomorrow. journals of me today . i knew him personally in the 1980s. i even travelled on the same special playing seat next to him for a tower on more than 2 hours. so i know personally, and i think his legacy is a very great legacy because he was the, probably the china for about 20 years. and then his influence actually reached into the 4th generation and until very recently is better, much revisit and respecting china and in leadership of china. really all the saw

trying to overcoming the very difficult, challenging pods in the early 19 ninety's and normalizing the relations with the united states and the west branch. and also joining w t o for example. which by the way, for the subsequent rapid economic transformation of china and a general domain was also a very few main figure. he knows many languages of foreign languages as well as domestic chinese style acts. for example, is very sophisticated and very customer policy. and he knows where he wants to china and she has left a very deeper thing, uproot all the political, just mean china on the chinese military as well as all how china need to open up and continue. you can make political reforms is a great loss to the chinese nation. and i of his morning the morning for his passing away and his legacy will be really very much more arised. him coming to

bass. ok. he came to power after the t. m and squared protest. can you explain what the country was like then? and the hurdles that he had to overcome at that time i would say a mr. jones, i mean, became the parties general the president of already of china and eventually the chairman of the central military commission, i'm all as by accident in 90 and the night was about to retire. and he was, of course, a member of the peripheral standing political standing committee. of course. however, i think what happened in 1999 really brought the positions and opportunities to him because he was really a very well qualified of that critical moment. and the subsequent years of his leadership also proved that his lives decision was a correct, his issue for the chinese communist party, for the military and for the whole nation as a whole. and i would say his sophistication, his knowledge base,

his knowledge about china versus the rest of the world. and the fact that he was actually based in the homeless over, you know, in the 19 the fifty's and also worked for a while in romania. also brought in his vehicle about the outside of a china and eventually it the fact that he was very much involved in the leadership of china's opening after the outside world foreign trade machinery, building for example, and also needing the great city of shanghai, paved the way and created all the credentials for him to eventually be promoted to the top position in china. and i think the human side is also very important for his leadership. and during his leadership, china was really a very happy period of time. everyone was improving their living standards and channels relations with the rest of the world, especially when the western countries will improve significantly just on that. you

describe them as a very significant man, but his gum, and also stemmed down to sin, to jail, human rights and pro democracy activists. that is also part of his legacy, isn't it? well, i would say either $1199.00 tears or in the twenty's 1st. the sandra. all you have now maintaining stability in china has always be amongst important, overriding, passed without stability. we cannot afford to really significantly improve our economic ah situation and thus improving living standers. people are therefore maintaining stability and fighting against the any reason or any forces which will deter deprived china else. nobility has been a constant challenge for china and i think and the former leader agenda made did a good job even maintaining stability paving the way for china's reconnection with

the rest of the world. and eventually the whole chinese people really benefit it, cries, wisdom is dedication is fought, sophistication has cosmopolitan is and for example, and his eagerness to push ok for greater opening of china to the rest of the world . ok, thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. that is victor gal, the vice president of the center for china and globalization. thank you. which one is government is warning, protesters are the crackdown as it faces. the biggest demonstrations and decades. unrest has now been reported in the southern manufacturing have of one jo, people there fought with his met suited riot police. calling for covered 19 restrictions to be lifted. similar demonstrations took place in beijing, shanghai, and other major cities. this week, china reported more than 4500 cove at 19 infections. tuesday johns hopkins university is tracking the numbers in the past 28 days. it's recorded nearly 750000

cases, and 315 deaths and china. the chinese government maintains its policies have helped contain the virus. it also criticized some countries for commenting on its handling of the recent protests. duncan, do me, do more facts over the years, have fully proven that china covered protocols have protected the security and help of the chinese people to the greatest extent, genuine and minimized impact on so she economic development. some countries have made remarks on china recently. these nations have enough issues to deal with at home. we hope they would heat the weiss as that interests of their own people instead of pointing fingers at others. or patrick for cares more from hong kong. as far as we understand, there has been quite significant protests going on just across the board from here in hong kong in wong. joe, there were clashes that took place overnight. i think you showed some video of that

just a moment ago, and these are perhaps arguably the strongest protests and reactions that we've seen so far. there were men in hazmat, security dress and has met, suits lined in formation, holding shields. and there are also videos of protests is throwing bottles in one video, a glass, a tig gas canister is seen being thrown as well. so this does seem to be an escalation of this protest movements of july. and it's coming despite authorities warning that there would be no tolerance for any illegal behavior. some of these videos have been verified. we're told that it isn't. hi jude district. remember won't. joe was really the center of john is covered at break right now and hide. you has been one of the worst affected areas. plenty of people there have been on the lot dance for long periods of time. now, we are also hearing a just

a short while ago, the center for the disease control has announced it will remove most restrictions in high jew, possibly as an attempt to appease people there. but that they have said that they won't do so in the areas of which are most seriously affected. but it's hard to say whether or not this is going to be enough to ease the tension. ah, his day to all the night, our foreign ministers meeting in romania is capital, where the focus will be russia, which the alliance accuses of middling in neighboring countries. on tuesday, ministers disgust sending more air defense systems for you. crime letter says it will help rebuild energy facilities and provide generators and fuel will. andrew, simon said, joins us now live from booker wrist and other concerns of no night. our members are the focus today. ah,

very much sir. yet installed from the starting talks a short time ago with 3 states, a governor, georgia, i'm moldova, 3 states. i have one thing in common. he says i'm, that's russian pressure. he means covertly and over the influencing events in those countries, trying to cause instability. busy he is basically brought the foreign ministers together. they wanted talks with nate, so they all members, although georgia has applied for membership some considerable time ago. and they're looking at ways that nato can improve the security of these states. a number of measures are apparently on the table, but that table is behind closed doors and the talks are going on right now. it is hard to see what fundamentally large effects nato might have on

those 3 countries, but they all have one thing income and call them about is potential instability. there are also sent to take place about the membership of new states, finland, and sweden. both those states concerned about threats from russia related to ukraine and what might happen after that wall ends or indeed possibly during that war. but basically this conference is focusing more whatever on the ukraine and the wider implications of that conflict. okay, andrew simon, sounds like a very busy day here. thank you. with the u. s. is its forces in northern syria, have reduced the number of joint patrols with syrian democratic forces. a group mostly made up of kurdish fighters. the pentagons announcements comes ahead of a possible turkish ground operation. anchor imes to clear it's broader area of kurdish fighters, which it consider as part of the outlawed p k. k group to kiya is carrying out it

an artillery strikes against kurdish forces in the area after a bomb attack and stamp will earlier this month. let's bring in to laura as long olsa. she's a security analyst at the daily sub unused piper. she joins us now from anchor. thank you very much for being on al jazeera. what do you think the u. s. is reducing these patrols? now this is decreasing control. now at this time when turkey is morning, when you are on the pricing as a follow up to, it's a real question. syria is another indicator that there was a michael will buy washington to support b. s p f or the white, the organization in the face, open nato allies. so we've seen it since turkey announced to this potential prompt oppression, very weak statements by the united states and where we assurances by washington to

what's the yes, yes, this is. she clearly shows that the united states is using its commitments to what the s t f and they're trying to please turkey. but there was also in the 1st find one sheet to find a middle ground between 2 pm. yes, yes, it's local partner in the area. they're full and negotiate between your next they sent the ongoing over the s p f. and now it will not be a piece for their in demand that he has been working for years now. what's the reaction been and took here to that lack of will, like you say of the us of washington a turkey has actually for years now. paying united needs a partner such

a service organization as cohort turkeys. because turkey has already the capable. recipes to 5 dies for many years already within its borders. so it's washington doesn't need to partner like the sds and that could work together with turkey, with the turkish military forces. if it has any concern for potential revival by by dash. do you think that this could just be the beginning of a larger us withdrawal? and what do you think that would signify? yes, i can say that this is an indicator of a larger withdrawal because already in 2019 a u. s. president trump had announced a decrease in the u. s. as in syria, and thereby we have no wrong. it's only $900.00 us troops in the region, in the zone that we call the conflict, which is, which was

a we deformed by russia. so russia is actually the me play, you're not going to play in syria. whereas, whereas the united states has only a small contingent of troops, which is ensuring that the a 3 by 2 puts a military pressure on dice and to support for them yet. and now the reason that the us presence in the region is to curve the iranian influence and uranium of late in the region to support the regional allied israel. so, and these concerns will be decreased an upcoming time and i spread, it will also decrease. we can expect that there will be a further with throw us forces, but we can expect that there will be a certain amount of space there still. ok, thank you so much for your time. that is de larosa and also from ankara. thank you

. and you were jeff, and he's an american pharmaceutical companies have published results of a trial would show a new drug can slow down cognitive decline and else on his patients the drug called le kenema was tested on about 1800 people with early stage alzheimer's. it's the 1st drug shown to slow the progress of the junior to root degenerative disease, but it can also cause serious side effects, including a higher risk of brain hemorrhage. we believe that provides hope to patients, caregivers and physicians stimulates further research into all timers than or degenerative diseases and provide evidence that it is possible to treat these devastating conditions while it spring in by the straw for he is the director of the u. k. dementia research institute and joins us from live in belgium. thank

you very much for being on al jazeera. can you 1st of all, just explain how significant this is and what impact it's going to have for those people who do have else on this like fantasy finding it was coming already for a while, but no, it's that is drug. and so down to disease and basically validate the case, so it's hard to see to find the goals and, and to treat the cause of the disease. so i think also that this is only the beginning of the end now needed to find out where these drug will work best to find the right balance between side effects and treatment. and we certainly need to find to other drugs, but i think dash one through here is that alzheimer's disease chemical treatment. okay. you said it slows the disease but, and without getting to technical, how does it actually work?

well in the brain, you have from optimizations. you have to keep or go legions recall that blocks and downs. and what does is boosting for those legions? remove them from the bread. and that's actually basically what, what it's doing. and regarding the small effects that strives to treatment has also be done with patients which have already symptoms. and the treatment has also been on for 18 months. so that is a lot of legal room there to improve with her. there are serious side effects, including a high risk of brian him, or is it worth the risk at the stage? well, that has to be evaluated basically for patient, i guess. but i also don't exaggerate the side effects. most of the side effects are hockey, noticed by the patient at which you read his brothers becomes really

last threatening. and as far as i can see was mainly the people who are under anticoagulation therapy which make the bleeding more severe. so this can be, i mean just needs to be further investigated. but of course with our side effects, but i wouldn't expect a drug side effect. i don't think they really exist. so it's a bunch about about risk and, and tell them how much you want to, to evolve time is use, okay, what is it about else on this that makes it so difficult to treat and, and get a breakthrough. i've been decades in the making this. yeah, so i mean, the 1st thing is that this is a heavily underfunded research area. i think you have 15 tantalus less budgets than atrophied of 2. there are more patients, dementia that in gaps so that the 1st thing that's the main thing is that this is a disease of the brain and that's for organ. and the top thing is that it's

extremely difficult to get drugs into the brain. the brain is directed by a blood brain barrier, and so that's an additional so not sure try a different groups. thank you so much. it sounds like the 1st break of hopefully many that is by the strip of the director of u. k. dominion research institute. thank you. thank you. of his time now for the weather. his everton and plenty going on. yeah, absolutely. there is plenty gain on us hoping we might see a little bit of rain for the well cut tomba. no side of that just yet. might see some by the end of the term, you never know. you can see the clouds not too far away. and we have had a little bit of cloud floating around here in doha, but look to the north. this plume, this massive plume of white cloud that brought to renshaw, rain into lebanon axis is about 16 kilometers to the north of beirut, just up the coast, cause widespread flooding, flash flooding imparts, and you can see kind of mayhem that it has caused here. now thank for that, where to weather is in the process of pulling

a little further east was the brighter darius guys coming back in behind. but we are still going to see some bits and pieces of re just scraping the way across northern parts of iraq pushing into northern iran snow over the high ground. there . look to the south of that. as you can see, it is fine and fry. as i said, there is a little bit of fair weather cloud just bubbling around across the gulf at the moment, but it will stay fine and dry, warm sunshine, 29 celsius there in dough. how once again, in terms of the temperatures for the game. so this evening, the early game, well we'll see temperature sat at around 27 celsius light winds. it will feel pleasantly warm. and then of course, those temperatures fall away as we go on into the overnight period. so temperatures getting up to around $24.00 degrees celsius. so good deal cooler. and with those light winds, them may even be a little bit of missed and fog to watch out for. so you will notice that i don't think will be your time to be looking for you jumper as we go on, but certainly fine and try tom. perfect. condition thank you so much,

overton. well, in today's world, carver action, the winners of group c and d will be decided on wednesday. argentina are off against poland at stadium $97.00 for and saudi arabia play mexico at the sale. france play too. nicea education city . while australia faced denmark had al jennifer stadium of france are already through to the last seen and are expected to bids tennessean, but as natasha butler reports. despite the bitter colonial pass between the 2 countries, the love of the game prevails. a training session in paris for under thirteen's at an amateur football club, founded by some of the cities, tennessee and community emerge. many are we once played with tennessee is national team, and most of the coaches have to, in, is in heritage little surprise then that they're all pinning their hopes on to nicea in this world cup. so theoretically, only rule, this is footballs, highest level, it won't be to for, to nisha. but if they qualify for the sickening wrong, it will be

a great result for their last pool game to nicea will play france for the french to msi and coaches. it's a win win combination with 2 teams to support in a tournament that's already inspiring the children for walner, where they see themselves in the players. only watch them on tv and try to do the same here on the pitch. and we help them take the best of what they see. so one day they can reached the highest level who are some already have future plans. now, of course on going to be a great player and play in the world cup frozen to nicea have played in several boswell cups. but this is the 1st time in the tournament history that they'll actually play each other. the teams that may not share a past at the tournament, but france and to nicea share a bitter history to in his he was under french colonial rule for nearly 80 years until he gained independence in 1956. since then,

political relations between paris and tunis haven't been easy, but france is home to the largest in his in community outside in india. and when it comes to football, the love, the game is what matters. profit dorothy, missouri, i always say french of june is in heritage. well, it's the same in football. jan is our 1st, but of course i support france to rocky young. of course, the best team should been, we had in france and we all brothers, we are the same even though i'd like to move yet of him. met him back in france of already qualified for the 2nd round, part tennessee, have everything to play for much will depend on the result of the match between the other 2 teams and their pool australia and denmark, tennessee, or support is no. the chances of progressing are slim, but whether it's passion, there's always hope. natasha butler, i'll just sarah paris. will be looking at all the world cab action in our special coverage with far ismael and joe. and i guess raska after the break.

ah hello, there's still no let up in sight for those stormy weather that continues to swirl away across central parts of the mediterranean. horridly seeing more very heavy rains, deep area of low pressure, and continued to intensifies, it makes its way across. so the southern tip of italy just pushing across into grease and more big down poles coming through here and quite lively winds as well. a little lighter on those went somewhat further north, high pressure in chart into that northeast corner. and that's drawing in a cold air minus 6 talk temperature. therefore, moscow single figures, if not below freezing their cars. so many eastern partial 5 celsius in berlin. single figures, therefore london at all. so for rep paris, along with bordeaux with those temperatures,

if anything will fall away further as we go through 1st they just to degrees and berlin at that state or the pastor scotland bill that i was of england, we'll see some bits and pieces of fray still singer lottie, dry weather, but cloudy weather, pretty a miserable there across a good part of england wells. and across much of ireland. wanted to show us that in place cosette east the side of the mediterranean east. there is a spain seeing some wet weather. in fact, much of the med, we'll see some showers just rolling across far north, but it's raining coast of africa also seeing some wet weather. well, we want to showers there for the far south of west africa. ah, the with

that was the time to be direct there basically on the verge of legalizing racial jerry battery to cut through the rhetoric. this isn't a universal death felony crisis. the seems to be one of particular populations to dismantle the sound bites. there are lots and lots of women who are likely agenda a kind of anti feminist agenda and demand the truth. those the size of a we have to really recognize what we're offering here. we are determining what is the future of democracy in this country. join me markham, on hill for up for what al jazeera lou with

with, with with with thanks for your company. a woke up today i'm joanna roscoe, live in doha for more teams of qualified for the round of 16 k to talk us through it all. is all football analyst usher comedy show. i'm far as smile. lots of world

cut drama to get through, including hardy and the u. s. bay american celebrate reaching the round of 16, after knocking out iran, england and their neighbor is back home. wales, finishing bottom of the group. santa gold floor, into the round and 16 thinking ecuador in the prospects. and we look ahead to wednesdays action including a clash of 2 stars as massey's argentina. they gone low in doubt, skis, poland, influence, feet but we start with tuesdays action were usa, eliminated iran to secure their place. in the round of 16 chelsea forward christian felicity gave the american lead in the 30 minutes, but paid the price with an injury and had to come all around, only needed to draw to reach the knock at stages. but they couldn't find that decisive moment. usa, held on for a one,

no victory. england secured their passage as group winners fight, collectively beating well well, needed a when to have a chance qualifying. but market rochefort had other ideas with it to her free kicks shortly after halftime after 5 2nd thing. when doubled their lead and hurricane cross for pho photograph, ashford completed the scoring feeling a female victory. a 3rd whole of the tournaments leads them as joint top 4 will finish and bottom. so here's how group be finished. england are on top with 7 points. you say, go through to the next round with 5 points and wales and around go home. of thousands of iranians chewed in to watch about match. dorothy jabari went to a cafe in tehran, were found to both teams for following the action. it was a roller coaster of emotions here as fans,

watch the rain in teams quite to the very last minute. now in this particular cafe that we were in throughout the evening, they were both sense of the usa team, as well as the iranian team. and the outcome was very upsetting to some but not to everybody. this was the wrong final cancel advance for the 1st time the on the group stage. but that was not the case. i had hoped that around would move on to the next stage. but the us was a better team. we hope it prepares the team for the next world cup. but yes, i'm sad. i came here to watch the football. i was rooting for ron. and naturally, i'm upset for this to feel guard list of political inside issue. jenny said it's about national pride, but we should admit the us had a better performance in this game and they deserve to in what i mean when i got so upset. i have no words. they could have moved gone in the tournament,

but they didn't have a good performance. our team last in the game on sat bags fat for england will be senegal who secured their tickets. the next round, by defeating ecuador, she won south americans. only needed a raw to qualify, but we set a goal. we took the lead just before half time, thanks to a penalty from smiling. far a corner for ecuador led to their equalizers an hour into the game. wanted to say though, in the right place at the right time facing elimination, santa gold reached the lead less than 3 minutes later. captain kelly do feel about putting clinical into the not can't face for the 1st time. 20 years. also when grew bay, the netherlands book their spot in the round of 16, after comfortable to know when over car, kodiak, po, grab the opening, go to any his run, boring in every game so far, this world cup or it's one of midfielder. frankie, the young score,

the other go up and all that went against the host, but the netherlands threw on 7 point senegal or close 2nd with 6, the world cup journey ends for ecuador, and kat term counter become the 1st host nation in the tournaments history to lose all 3 group games. let's get more from joe and usher. so also we now know the line up for some of the opening last 16 games. how england going to do against cynical, do you think it's going to be a very tightly contested game, but you have to go and understand that england come into that fixture as the favorites of good 9 goals in this tournament. that's impressive. that's the highest number of goals we've seen scored by a team in this tournament. and also really the amount of talent that they have. can you imagine a player like trend, alexander, i know coming of the bins because rushford has been incredible for england, but against synagogue, the 50 african champions they set aside that has shown that they can do something

even without this stuff player side, your money. 5 goals, all scored by 5 different play of just to show you that team work that they have, you know, as a t and within 10 ago they've defeated before defending woke up champions, france in 2002. so it's a side that has a lot of character. lucy say the coach is one who prepared very well. and i think that they stand a chance against england. well, you mentioned mom was rushed there in a new coach, county south gate had full of praise. in fact, for marcus rush, but in the post much news conference you can see with his club there's been happiness in his performances this year. and i have to say that shown itself on the training ground all the time with us. you know, we've got a different version completely to the play we had in the early summer. so he's, you know, he's, he's managed to produce those moments tonight, could have, could have had a hatchet, really with the charts in the 1st half and then the one at the near post towards the end. but great for him. and because it's great for him,

it's great for us. okay, so also who wins between the netherlands and the usa when the us sweating on the fitness of christine search? well, just looking at his instagram polices said he'll be fit, you know, for the game against the devil lungs on saturday. but looking at the netherlands, a very young side, obviously caused by louise on how very experienced coach that we know over the years. but also got full stop player, he's scored in each of the 3 games have a lot of confidence going into that 6 so he should be one to look out for. but team way as well is shown quality upfront for usa. so it should be very interesting to see an usa there. the next host of the woke up. so they want to see how far they can go in this one. just to show that, you know, we have this, we are yes, as a country in you know, says, but just, you know, looking at it, it would be tight, but i think the does have an extra on there that can help them get to the call to find this, all right, well let's hear now from the u. s. coach on his expectations for the team. in the

knockout around coming into the tournament our, our goal was. ready we had 2 goals, the 1st was to advanced through the group stage tournament and then and to the knockout tournament. and from here anything could happen. all we need to do is play one game at a time, and there's no need to even project. you know, how far this team can go, because the next match is against holland. and that's our main focus. it's a great to be in this knockout format. you know, we, we relish this, it's an opportunity for our guys to, to keep grinding and, and to stick together and enjoy this experience. ok, well let's take a look at how the round of 16 matches are shaping up the netherlands. play usa in the opening game of the knockout stage. december, the 3rd anger will meet senegal, a day later, france i likely to emerge as the winner group deep. the group see remains wide open

on the other side of the draw portugal in brazil, both through helping group g and h, respectively. so to today's faction, as the conclusion of group fee and deep $2.00 stars at the top of their gang will face off the place and the knock that round at fake lena massey's argentina. and robert long dorski, poland, play at stadium $974.00 on the argentina camp had plenty of respect for the parts lana for the mid august. this from grant quoted, from pretty late you 1st, lemon. dusky is a great player. it's a privilege and a pleasure to be placed with that most. and your question is tricky whether he is at the same level of messy. i believe we have to enjoy it for how good he is. there's no need for comparison with others. let's enjoy it. and that's it, there's no point in doing comparison. so that gave them as bring in rather swath cause kosky who is the professor of football sociology, university of dice in poland. he joins us now from dice, can be time

a wellness of program year has the build up in poland. been all about living belsky versus messy. and how i found feeling about that seems chance progressing in this woke up hello from fall to thank you very much for costing me. definitely fall out. polish fonts are really concerned about the re values ation. the competition between live on da skin messed the special that many polish fans. think that the 11th sky was more desert for golden ball in, for example, 2012 to 21 when messy. one, the one the tighter. but when we pass to the chance of progressing of this, so our cap, it is changing because the most of the sponsors change can i went? the expectations are really, really high. so so was taylor we waiting for for today?

tonight's match against the agenda not, but there is a big expectation that will make promotion to the next stage. i'm definitely getting that fences off from my family and also is there a feeling that this is the last chance for the senior members of the polish team? to make their mark on the international stage. it definitely is because when we consider playing us like live on dusky, but also meet a defender gleick and to even go keepers, chance name is one of the hero. after match against this, i would be or avia, a generation for which the championship is probably the last. so yes, most of them are considering this is cut our championship as a last chance for success as a player of national polish team,

a professor in poland as a real tribal culture, with domestic teens. i'll the trends from each of those clubs coming together in support of the national team. yes, this is really interesting issue because when we consider this tribal culture to us, fans are really aggressive day, sometimes, you know, make some aggression and violence between each other. but when we consider supporting the national team, they are more united day, just the feeling as the one who drives group and support national national team. and then you know, that happening of some violence and aggression is less visible. so definitely definitely they are more united when they, when they support the national team. well, thank you very much for joining us. that other stuff cause i called sky there, professor a full size theology in clear med. he put it on your post. thank you very much.

about problem start showing off, making sure and i look bad speaking and polish. okay. very good. i sure. okay. argent tina? very confident after there went to get it and mexico but poland are going to be a lot more tough. won't they shouldn't be poland of just conceited one goal in these tournaments. so they're very difficult to break down and perhaps we could see them play a back for or even a back 5 just to make sure that they stop. but i didn't tina looking at that mexico game. the 1st half was very difficult for jen tina. but in the 2nd half out of nowhere, you know, messy, you know, stands up to the occasion. schools that great go, that gave a just, you know, the momentum and we could see the same. they want to start this game, you know, in a very high, not put pressure on poland. and perhaps, you know, get, that only goes so that they can grow into the game is going to be very tough, but i think messy will come up to him. okay,

thanks. i sure. argentina has not only produced 2 of the world's most talented players, but also some of footballs. most unusual, some say bizarre superstitions and customs are latin american editor, lucy newman, tells us about the widespread use of what is known as the kabbalah. ah football players are notoriously superstitious. former french striker long blown used to kiss the bald head of his team's gold keeper before every match. your net metty can't cut his beard until after the world cup. argentina's national team seems to believe it's there. good luck charm. ah, anne, speaking of argentina, nowhere is football more associated with superstition charms and rituals lou, 31 year old musician whenever linkedin considers himself a rational person. why is that?

except when it comes to cobble us before the world, word refers to objects, rituals, words or habits, that football fanatics used before and during the game to help their team. when it telecoms a bigger paserel beetle, i put away this jersey of hurricane my club in 2014. it brought us the national championship. after 41 years, i always wore to the stadium. but after we won, that was it. now i need a new cobble i, especially for this world cup ah, filling the in the watch, the next game with the same group of equally superstitious friends in the same place, sitting in the same order and wearing the same clothes. but that's nothing compared to this football shop called kitty cordial. it's named after a man who became famous in 1982 for putting a curse on rival teams. argent time football coach, catalyst be louder, law incorporated, dd gottshal into his team. dia k through under juan,

thrown anybody each time as students as de la plata, played, he would make kit a coach or greet the rider team by the end, each time a student as would win or draw, i'm sure, except for the one time that kid a coach out mr. game, he obey. since then the cursor kid a culture has become famous. everyone is also the kitty coach a spray. the aroma is called aroma of a goal. and a lot of parents buy this for their kids and doesn't smell bad actually. but my favorite of all is the g, the cordial, revenge t shirt you where this and you don't have to say a word. you just send out the vibes of d, v gottshal. it's even crossed the atlantic from argentina, italian captain, ga coline admits he put the key, the coach of course on the english team. so it would miss a penalty that costed the 20200 come got the total madness. so with that as soon as he that we consulted psychoanalyst marcella helpful and i did

dinner very, it has ancient read we're it has to do with richer wiley. magical thinking that occupies our rational mind is the more you suffer more the more intentionally than if the woman does. he adds that in argentina. football is a religion for and like all religions here in argentina, football and it's cavellas. however, irrational are st. lucie and human al jazeera window situs, so the same group, saudi arabia, plain mexico le sales stadium. it's a must win game for mexico, has yet to school at this world cup. and they faced the saudi team who beat argentina. samantha johnson explains at the beginning of the 2022 world cup finals in qatar, saudi arabia were considered one of the make weights aside to make up the numbers that then k, one of the most extraordinary stories to come out of the competition since it began saudi arabia beat argentina. hi, i'm samantha johnson. this is weld cup one

o one. no one's and estimating saudi arabia now. yes, they may have lost to poland in the last game, but let me just repeat, they beat argentina who won the 2 scorers who shook leno mess his men to the call sally, a chevy, who normally plays his football in the saudi capital viet and his teammate in red asylum aldo city hardly household names, mexico would have cheered them on at the time for them any argentina defeat is a victory for them. but now it's their turn. a mexican lost to argentina to nil. and they'll know that if the saudis can beat argentina well on their day, they can beat anyone ah, now, sure, they, saudis gave us the 1st shock of the tournament. does that put a lot of pressure on them are coming from an asian football perspective?

if absolutely for the very 1st time, the issue of the woke up, we have 6 asian teams taking proud. and of course it is in the mid list, you know, the, the walk up. but just looking at the 1st, you know, opening a group game, they had a lot of hopes. they got the 3 points and then they came back down to earth with the rest of us. but just looking at them generally they are now the representatives really of edger, of course, guitar are out and iran, it lies on them with the south korea, japan and australia to see if they can go on to the round of 16. and i think the one to if they dont it will be huge disappointment, not just for saudi arabia, but for the entire isn't region. all right, well m to group d now to nicea need to beat france if they are to reach the na counts as for france earlier football. right, jonathan johnson told us he's been impressed with how the defending champions have coped with a list of injuries. obviously keeping them back a fit is key, but i think something else has been really important. i'm really impressed at the beginning of this tournament has actually been sort of the togetherness that

missing this many players and perhaps, and elements of misfortune as managed to create with additional group. because part of the issue for from post 2018 and the success in russia has been managing to continue this united mentality that carried them so far in the early years of dish . all right, so now you know, to have, you know, that sort of chemistry back within the players is very, very important. but obviously adults usually when you have a player suit the stop player, like actually back in the, the form that he's incur. nice. so as long as he is fits and fire, you know, i think it will feel that they have a chunk of going all the way the belief is now growing. i don't think that there is much confidence that this 4 hands. but i think having seen the way the fronts of handled themselves in the couple of games, dealt with the best falling behind against australia than being peg back against denmark. i think people are now starting to recognize that this is a better from team with a stronger mentality than the one that we've seen in the last couple of years. certainly the one that we saw the euro last year. but i don't think that too many

people in france just yet, you know, are going to be in that position where they consider for us to be favorites. it's still a long way to go. but obviously, if they can get 9 points out the time with the victory over soon as you know, people will feel more and more convinced. i think us are, is there any chance such and as you could pull off a huge shock today? well, it doesn't look like they have yet to score a goal in this tournament. and really going into the tournament here in katara. we thought that, you know, tenicia are playing at home. there's more than 30000 fans, that tunisians that live in katara. they've been going to the stadium, but after, you know, the 2nd game, some of them have been selling their tickets and you know, they don't want to go to the stadium because they're disappointed. they played the fine of the cups. so you felt like, you know, the, you know, coming to the, with a lot of energy, but again, france even without them. but if the coach decides to rest him, it's still going to be very difficult because the quality that france have interest on them and is incredible. i think that, you know, the game will go to france. also in that group,

its denmark against australia to algae, new stadium, victory for denmark should be enough to put them through a while a draw for australia will likely put them into the last 16 or coach graham. arnold won't settle for that. never coach to play for a droll it's, it's all about winning and you know, when we talk about 6 and now and things are that, you know, we want to be the and we want to go for it. and as, as said, you know, get to get to when i was 6, we got one and one girl and ambitions to get to wins. and had the most twins over at $11.00 world cup about going out and wanting the guy usher. this could be some tournament, couldn't get frustrated if they get out of the group. sage australia have just 3 winds in the entire history of the world cup. so this could actually be very good for them if you look at their, because i guess the european teams have not really had much of that. but looking at

this job, you know, young group of players, they wants to fight. so how do you know to make a name for themselves? and i think they'll get into this one knowing that they can get victory. and yes, they come. all the teams haven't really come good yet. will they be relying on ericsson today? ericsson has been incredible actually for denmark industry and of course going into this edition of the world. kathy had had a great season. we might just say knighted. and that has really helped them to get this for. and when i say these for, i mean to stand a chance to make it to the knockout stages. so i think he's going to come and replicate that form that he had in the opening to games. and they could have a chance. but australia looked like they can edge them there. all right, well we will see how it's going to go with them. that full, we've got time for. thank you to assure come a geisha for joining us once again. don't forget you can get more well cut content on our website. al jazeera dot com, forward slash world cup. hey, well, jose gonna teach me some poll if during our break, but we'll be back. at 1330 gmc,

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