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tragedy and yes of violence. but it doesn't matter where you are. you have to be able to relate to the human condition with no country is a life and it's my job to shed light on how and why welcome to world have today on far i a smile and we're live at our studio and doe has waterfront in the house nation katara, we're counting down to the quarter finals with the mouth watering clashes to look forward to lena lassie looks and dutch dreams, argentina you're out for a big kaz against benevolence. brazil, stars have danced into the last 8th gracious stand between them and families. and

so far as so good had pets are 2020 to reflect on how the country is coped with delivering the well cap. ah. well, joining me in the studio for the next half an hour is football analyst, want a rambo will get his thoughts in just a moment. but 1st, elena massey's emotional world cup story continues on friday against the netherlands after a tea wine. when in the last 16 against australia, argentina face a team with high hopes is ending massey's final run. andy richardson reports whether he likes it or not. selina massey is the focus for most camera lenses. when argentina hit the training ground, competing at his last will cup, 35 year old messy is closing in on his 1st global title, etc. tens of thousands of fans of travel to cancel from argentina, hoping to witness one of the games all time greats. kathy's international korea

with football is biggest price financials i'm with ford is again casey. we see the effort that everyone has made to come here and be part of the games and also that people enjoying it from argentina. i know that all of our different tina would like to be here, but that isn't possible. the unity that we have enjoyed for a while is very beautiful at every much. it's incredible how they are living each game and transmitting so much passion and energy. i thank them because it's incredible in the netherlands t no face in the quarter finals certainly enjoyed the knockout when against the usa at the last world cup of parents in 2014 dutch fun came to an end with defeat against george and sina in the last 4, we know that you are 3 games away from glory. you could be 3 games. ready from glory and we are in this position right now,

we wanna show we want to perform and give leave it all on the page and hopefully get success. and this is opportunity. touch coach louis van hall is another rallying point for the players. he returns the job for a 3rd time last year, the 71 year old, guiding the team through will to qualification, while also being treated for prostate cancer of the big. she's a very good guys. well, you can speak to a normal and i think everyone is good for with him. and i think also because this will be the last one, wants to fight for women duelfer argentina sends a hoping it will be their team that can bring the netherlands 19 game unbeaten run to an end. and the richardson al jazeera so $110.00, and evelyn stand in the way of argentine are reaching the final for it's going to be a tough task, especially knowing that netherlands that were the weapons. the disposition to do so

there been a very consistency throughout this competition. but argentina start to come in into an, a sending curve. on top of that, you go to lucille stadium. it will be 40000 argentine fans against 1400 dutch fans . that will be present so that that'll be another factor. but both teams coming in at very similar moments, but one starts to peak a little bit more. we're going to see if it's enough of a peak for them to be able to overcome the dutch. well, the netherlands do seem determined, as you say, bad town, what's behind their extra motivation? do you think? well, it's a teen. it's obligated to win 1st and foremost, they're pedigree in their history requires that and demands that as well. but also, yes, there is that, that motivation that you see with, with louise and holla and, and everything that he's going through personally. and what he's been able to give a different leave. and hall a, when it comes to the, the netherlands and what they've been able to do. and so, so again that, that is a major factor as well. but overall it's a team that is not filled with stars. collectively is very strong and looking to prove a lot of people wrong. now what's your prediction now?

who's, who's going to win this fight? me saying, all that i know that it's going to be a tough one for the dodge, but it's gonna be maybe a little bit too much for the dutch overcome argentina. al caitler fee, wildly opening the opening at quite a final seas. brazil go against croatia. ah, brazil had been in this position several times before a new thing to european teams. and is that gonna be worrying that? do you think? i don't think it's gonna be worse than this. this is a confident team and, and a lot of those things have, are pretty much left in the past. now for the ones that were there, k some point name or he, he might have a little bit of blood in the eye that kind of pushes him to go forward. but against this creature, say that you can't really underestimate them. it's a team that we've counted out time in time and time again dating back to the 2018 walk up, and it ends up being of pretty much the worst that you can make. so now is it going to be another time for to be able to, to bet against croatia? yeah, because brazil is that strong and keep in mind speaking about name or he's this one

go away from bailey. so it makes it even that much more historical of a context to be able to advance in the semi finals. yeah, i think probation is really flowing under the radar here. and i think people forget that how far they got at the last ro cobb. but they could possibly cause an upside . can the horse you know what, i don't know, you know, if i can call it and upset anymore, it's like, well, yeah, as expected croatia once again, proving us all wrong. yeah. our hey, okay, we'll see. or it will earlier we were joined in the studio by be in sports commentator andy gray. he gave us his assessment of the world cup chances of both south america's giants came into the turn of massively confident of their own ability and what they could do and where they could achieve. nothing has happened to, to change out. they will have huge faith that they can beat this creature, said, but it's not a given that crecia just going to roll over and be beaten. that are really good. say they've got a nice make. i know the aging crecia, but brazil just have to be careful, but they will have to be at the best stuff to be crecia to simple as outside. i

know you don't get a 2nd judge though. if you're off color, just for one game, for 190 minutes, the children, there's no coming back. so i've seen a lot of brazil and i like why see, i think there's a lovely mix and that team and this great experience and this was just a good feel about the whole place. and i love the really celebrated that goes back to me. said for so how about i woke up with somebody that was very funny. you look at argentine and you look at the dutch through history and that you always think of flamboyance and then and he got to say patiently set up the opposite. i've never seen more pragmatic touch sight, right? about 2 and then one button and hollis put together with a bike, 3 or 5 of you want and basing it just on the solid defensively. and i've just tina, i kept them not fatal. i took 2 years as well. see i've, i don't know one does something, something not quite right. we tv what i've liked about the fact that they've dug

after the last the soda and they've dug deep. they had to take deep. they had to, when the fact you went much since that and they've done that. you think they played a lot better since, but since that much against studies. yes. they've got better give a plane on the huge pressure on the 2nd. give huge pressure and it's about when you're probably going home. so that really well. and of course, messy sparks are every now and again, you'll do a little magic cut do often. but if he does it 4 to 5 times in the game and 2 or 3 of these, that effect of that they've got a chance. well, it's less than 3 weeks since the world cup got underway. and there are still plenty of big matches to come. the or not organizers are pleased with how the tournament has gone so far so far it's been tremendous, very pleased with the results of losing the level of people that's being played. we're very pleased with the attendance. we're at 96 percent dependence, $2450000.00 plan, ready,

attended the games of the group stages and the randal 15. you say a lot of the legacy that it's already taken place when to speak about improving workers welfare, which is a very important part of the legacy of the world, which will continue beyond the world cup. we've seen the infrastructure of the country that has developed over the 1010 years, which is something that you know would save after the world, the gulf which will improve tourism will improve commerce in the country. and of course, we believe that we've also put a blueprint or hosting i gave in some countries that are similar in size. in the past we've seen that may have been held with, with countries with a much larger area. and we believe that we've exhibited that it's possible to successfully host an event like the world cup and such a small country among all the asian confederation teams to play in the men's world cup finals, a title and have never qualified. he, we're sell,

dan guy is captain of the tie national team and it's countries a 2nd high school score with 53. why does he think that thailand can't make it to the world cup? i hope all moiety doesn't magna op. got kitty about coming in at that time. gone, gone, and erica. i went out on sunday mazda they'd be caught up a little help with one my, my thought, i'd say a barn lot went on and, and then got plenty and put on go by. and by now and all her lin voh. yeah. holland . i love my love indeed ma'am. now, but i now do you have to now paw when colbin the men guy law. com is wrong hot. oh yeah. they were like either me by looking how i did my pe linda. not until about. learn thing down my to lily. i got a call but i me. hawkeye leon talked about only

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a young lady that was on my panata alone. yeah. i'm on a monday. you couldn't go on payments. i might do it. i doubt it. ha ha, ha, ha, die gone along with how in another i lie. kellen been clamp and call number 11 running. oh, let's get back to the cut tired. 2022, a quarter finals where there is a huge all european clash. that's a france and england, and yet, one, even before this tournament started and we were talking about how france we're going to struggle because they're missing team players through injury. but you know, they've, they've really made it easy despite bad. are they the favorites heading into this match course they are, i mean, and, and it's as many times as people were saying that they're going to have problems

being able to, to replace them. well, many times we've said here that they were going to be able to find those replacements and find those replacements. they did. killian and bob ends up being always the focus on the attack, of course, being the leading goals where many or even considering probably the best player in this world cup. he's going to be taking all the responsibility. so we'll see how, where ends up being if it's them, believe it's as you would if it's, if it's guzman, the ones that are also come through, if it's already enough, you know, to, i'm any that ends, i'm reading that anchor in the middle. but again, english is going to have their hands full and, and we're going to see which is one of those players which is going to be the strategy implemented by gary southgate that can put them through a semi final for a 2nd work up in a row no one is going to be their strategy. can england stop and buy pay and france? i don't know if it's so much of stopping in france, but it's more of trying to let the rains go more on the attack. i mean, if there's one thing that many of accused gary southgate of of being as maybe a little bit too cautious to inhibit, in terms of, of his tactical implementations and so much on the premier league in england. they

talked about how good a coaches, garris al k, where he could get a job in the family. and sometimes they said they wouldn't be able to get a job with the top 10 team. but today or this in this match against france, he could have an opportunity to prove them wrong. ok, well the other quarter final is morocco against the portugal. morocco have been good so far they are grades. do you think though that they will need to change their game plan facing portugal? are they going to need something extra? yes. a and it's going to be different. why? because you're not facing a team that's going to be passing the wall from side to side like spain did. you're going to see a portugal side that's going to be more direct. it's going to look for more goals, scoring opportunities, compared to what for what spain was able to offer in that match that ended up going to extra time and penalties. you know, you're going to start seeing a new where offensively, portugal can, can harm you. they have a lot of options that have a lot more weapons,

they're better forwards in spain did. so what's going to be the answer is about going to be the answer in the middle, being able to plug those holes in neutralizing portugal. that's going to be major in terms of how defensively they're able to step was. we've seen the record morocco's defensive record and what they've been able to step is that going to be enough know offensively, they're gonna have to step up as well as mr. lot of opportunities. if you look back at the spain match and you know, there's still talk about rinaldo and overshadowing porch goals preps, what do you think is the tactic going to be used by the coach dealing with that whole situation? it's really tough to go and say, you know what, after player scores a trick, set them down because another player has the play yet you got to go with what's high. you got to go it, you know, with the hand that that's really working for you right. now portugal is playing at their best without christ general and all but now does that mean that he's no of no good? no, no, absolutely not. he is a great option to come off the bench at this stage. and maybe he's, he's

a different player that can come in and make a difference in the last 3040 minutes of a match. maybe that's a possibility. but you start to see portugal, just be maybe a little too much in terms of pedigree in terms of names and also in terms of office of disposition. ok, and what is your prediction? who's he was going to come out? the winner look, i have to coincide with santa who moves in terms of where i stand, my heart, my hearts with morocco. i like to see that story continue. i want to see portugal herb mill. hi. logically portugal have to go through. all right, we'll see all merchandising for the fee for while cap is a multi $1000000.00 industry, and most of it is manufactured in one city and china. security experts are warning people searching for seniors to watch out for fakes and scams. alexey o'brien reports, if you're a football fan, looking for something tangible to take home with you on top of those world cup memories, you're in luck. from trinkets to brandon gear,

the practical accessories to bespoke designs is cut 2022 merchandise for just about every budget. and this year, 70 percent of the 1st world cup accessories comes from just one place. the manufacturing hub if you were in china that's according to the local industry association. says the city sold sporting goods worth more than half a $1000000000.00. just the 1st 8 month of the year. and my tina this time, our product range expanded to include a lot more new products, including world cup pascals, patches, key chains, clothing, footballs, trophies, and so on. and you have been described as the world's supermarket and factories have been working overtime to kill orders,

merchandise from ye rose being st. around the world. 30 even set up a spatial shipping route to make sure the goods arrived in time. it only goes up and shop like this one, and though ha, so that anybody who wants to can own and little bit the 1st world cup in the middle east tournament virgin knife is big business and fif is known for doing everything it can to protect its brand and its bottom line about 10 percent of fif is revenues come from licensing arrangements and, and licensing arrangements or all manner of different things from t shirts or. busy muskets and stickers, badges, and right through to full trading cards. so to put a finger on it, we're probably looking at somewhere around $600000000.00. london police say the world cup is also a lucrative time for counter features. who can use the cash more serious offenses like drug trafficking and money laundering in the u. k. fake football jersey is

worth $600000.00 was seized just days before the competition kicked off while a cutter thirty's confiscated these imitation trophies. so if you want a momento from this historic world cup, remember that all that cliff is not gold. alexia ryan, al jazeera, doha danish star. now the and adam was with us earlier to talk about how football changed her life. adams led afghanistan as a 12 year old refugee in to 1000 with her family. her father, who was a general in the afghan army, was murdered by the taliban. she never even take to football before she arrived in denmark, and she told us about her journey to the top of the sports. so me, at that point football came as, as you know, a light in a very dark time and, and then suddenly a could be a child again and, and for me thus the beautiful poor full boy doesn't really matter who you are.

we've been through your religion, anything just on the field, you're part of the team and then you can play anywhere you want to. and then, and i think that's what kind of attracted me to the game. and i'm one of those people who get obsessed with thing and i want to get, improve, want to be better. and you can do that with football. and yes, brought me a lot of amazing places of giving me some of the best experience my life. and i love it, i love the game idea as if it's not enough that your football saw. you also speak 9 languages and you were qualified doctor. yesterday i was watching your interviews and your game. my niece with my niece is a big fan. she's a 10 year old. she plays football. she wants to get into a medical field, obviously when she grows up, but she always feels that she has to do one or the other. i think you 1st form was we are always told that this, this, this are your limited, you're being put into boxes and you just try to live in this box. i don't believe

in that. i think we as human being are capable of doing way more than we are. you know, we, we've been told as fresh as women and girls, you know, we probably have small boxes and a lot of other people people. so you can do what you, whatever you want to do, it just it takes a lot of hard work and dedication and so you can fill etc annisa. you can do both. it's not impossible. i've done it. and if i can do it, you can do it as well. okay, one, i wanna get your final thoughts on the quarter finals. i'm really looking forward to france, england. i think it's going to be a close game. i think it's good match up and there are 2 countries in teams that have a lot of history together. so i want to know what you're looking for here. i mentioned before the one that the intrigues me a lot is brazil creation because of what we mentioned before. former runner up in the world cup 5 time champion who's actually now in brazil looking to see how to get the 6 star design on that. chris, is it thinking forward a little bit too much,

or is it manifestation? i'll leave that question to you. ok. what else? what other 11 more. who do you think you're going to be surprised by morocco? morocco, portugal. i seem to be just completely mystified by what, what morocco are doing right now. and that's so papa is going on in portugal or lack thereof, a soap opera. maybe it's a drama that could be another story. alright. okay. it's going to be exciting. it's not just football happening and cuts her this month around the world. a cup there have been musical gigs and festivals. earlier, we are joined in the studio by haitian american rapper one g, a. he's going to perform for a shortly. but i asked what it's like being like, what it's like performing here in cats are, you know, the people are super friendly and i think music has a big, big they have a, there's a lot of music lovers here. and you know, coming to can tars a performer, you hear all the different things, but when you get here, you just see how the crowds act. everyone knows the songs,

everybody knows what's happening around the world with european culture, american culture. so i'm excited for the opportunity, but again, regarding the music culture here and guitar, it shocks me on how much the car carries though, about hip hop music. how my thanks t one for joining me for this show. we'll be looking ahead to the quarter finals in our next world cut special at $830.00 a g m t, sorry, join geminus and peter senate for that right here on al jazeera anna's promise to will leave you with wrapper won g performing for us alongside the fireworks and now has water fronts. ah, baby, meaning we could spend the money hit the lottery. wait, wait, wait, wait. we could try to money back to rob. thank the ro say i love. we can spin yang john, bobby, that liberty like godaddy is mama god, everything don't is not good. so mama, tree,

good to me. she minute listening to re jail when you brought the light. this break to re do it. all right, let's make your re one. we make you up at night. must make 2. ah, i think elaine, vera i and we're aka became a world like to be able from egypt and jordan. muslim say that morocco is parrying the

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