that's alexia bryan. a for us in downtown to ha, often the old twas uri is a football analyst based in saudi arabia. he explains how people they're reacting to start things off. i think in the beginning it was more approaching towards the game. everybody was starting to have a laugh, so to speak, in terms of expecting to be beaten by the number 3 rank team in the world. so the more going towards the game was just a matter of, you know, just basing destiny. and i mean, for my family really shocked and surprised in a positive way. absolutely. i mean, i mean, when, when the equalizer came in, i could barely remember a thing. i think that like the whole room just went blank in terms of the motion. and right though, i mean, we just got the equalizer against argentina out of nowhere and it just you know, pounced on now for the thought animal hospital depend, robert got his name on the new for you. i could say are in the car you brought the kids in the back a had to pull over aside in disbelief and pinch of self

well, alexia bryan, is it saudi house, a place for the countries football fans together in dough? hi, and alexi has the reality of that epoch wing. when the sun came down there, i have to say, there has been such a merry mix of both jubilation and speechlessness. from the saudi fans here, and they speechless. not only because of that surprise when over argentina, but media are actually hor, sperm cheering for that same throughout the match. it has been described as one of the biggest days for arab football, possibly in history. not only because the saudi one, but also because shanicea managed to hold off against denmark, but for the saudi fancier. they've told me that never in their wildest dreams, but they'd have imagined that they would win against argentina. you have to remember saudi brenda. 51 in the world up against argentina. they're number 3. they have a team of leon al nancy. they won that the honda america. they are actually favorites to win this tournament. and really, you know, many bands came down here to watch the game. many more bands streamed down to that surprise

and one of their priorities is educating children, alexia bryan, explains, ah, in a corner of the fee for fan festival and ahas alberta park, it's not a football, attracting the crowds, but education and a foundation run by cutters. former 1st lady, she come rosa and advocate for ensuring the world's most vulnerable children have access to school. education above all operates in about 60 countries. and the beautiful game is one tool it's using to get children into class and onto a better future. 6 wow, 14 year old kina and the rate here was close to dropping out of school in columbia . his father says football brought him back when all that i see our yo yos, oil proper thought and got the teacher came into his life was because he was the one who said come here. do you love soccer? let's do this. you catch up with all the subjects that you have. miss ambrose stop playing soccer wanted it. the un estimate about 16000000 primary school age children are prevented from going to school by poverty and conflict. the event was held in this tant, which is based on a prototype by british iraqi a

a parts of the country capital have been transformed into fans zones. alexia bryan has been out meeting fans in one popular spot, so walketh i with i'm hearing a lot right in the things are as doha, with thing fan come from the world and captains like this population to get involved in the past. the atmosphere was st. brazillian chairs to rainy and flags with unity and fans. with drums, everybody's getting down yet and having a great time in a in the wake up went pretty sick. you mean? well, often tina firstly because the catalog people don't even 90 percent of the people who support us and then because of the 2 gods, the 1st is in this kind of mara, donna, the 2nd on the ground is messy. we are all brothers here. oh no, i'm actually very proud of my country and what we our competition over these 12 years and i welcome people from other nationalities to come and see what have you. a beautiful country. it is a everybody here had been black it tonight and they came together to celebrate each other to celebrate with football fans in the netherlands and germany divided on how to support the

but there are all sorts of cultural events in the city during the world cup, alexia bryan watched the show in the district known as the po. ah, i'm here in kind of court here, as you can probably see behind me, it was modeled only italian city of venice. there i all night building the can now i'm in a mentation realty bridge and the cultural shows like life behind me. they say organizing conjunction with my mind, the world renowned men in their avi acrobats. there's a one thing, right. and it's really enjoying the brown ah ah, ah, a earlier as the moroccans name and beat belgium to now belgium rank 2nd on the account number. and yet managed to come out on tom and people have been telling me, you know, didn't really tell me about the teacher from reagan that they're doing well at this . the nurse will come in the middle with iran, went over while they with the saudi when, of course, now morocco, the belgium, a huge in the world. i can wait to see what happens around the rest of the tournament. ah, oh cameron's football federation led by former captain samuel at o as denied hiring black

fund zones, more than a 1000000 people are expected to visit the country during the world cup. alexia bryan has been out meeting fans, and so walking. oh i oh, i'm here to block it with her thought right in the center of doha. we've seen plans come from across the world and captains like this population to get involved in the past. the atmosphere was st. brazillian chairs, the rainy flags with trinity and fans with drums. everybody's getting down yet and having a great time with in the wake up when o, pretty sick. you mean? well, often piano firstly because that's how people don't even 90 percent of the people who support us. and then because of the 2 gods the 1st and you sent this kind of narrow donor, the 2nd on the ground is messy. we are all brothers here. oh wow, i see very proud of my country and how we are competition over this 12 years. and i welcome people from other nationalities to come because all of you, a beautiful country as a result them. and like i said, it was still a when the everybody had been blockage, denied, and they came together to celebrate each other. and to celeb

they'll be staying in all sorts of accommodation from hotels to cruise ships and fan villages, alexia bryan has been checking out. some of the options in the desert with were about an hour from the glistening skyscrapers of doha, but the view here couldn't be any more different over there. the, the raven gulf behind me kilometers of june. and they've got for a drive with their that is hugely important to not only the visitors, but also those of us who live here. because you can go june bashing. we can go style gazing, you can pick a june, pick a trail and just see where you end up. one of the best things though is camping and sound. the 1200000 visitors who are heading in to cut out for the world cup are actually going to stay at the camp. so we're going to go and check one of them out . we have the 96 them 16 clusters.

the 1st thing comes to mind when they hear the middle east is the desert. alexia bryan went to check it out while many visitors will be coming to cut off for the thrills on the pitch. there's also plenty to be found in the jews with dog 5 again the car life just follow the gravity. the 1st world cup in the middle east is giving football fans a chance to get a decent adventure under their belt with a different time of day. it's really feels different here like sunrise. it revealed very magical early morning. i'm different thing in the days when you can see the shadows of the teams on one side and one side is broad and they drawn even the sunset. it's michael here. we any cut his southern border call and a date or his locals now at the inman to see it's just an hour or so from the capital but feels like another world mohammed was. he has been leading june bashing to us for 15 years. he knows this area like the back of his hand. it's adventurous and plus it's freedom. i mean like you can 5 anywhere you want. you don't need to be stopping on traffic lights. there are kilometers of jews s

but there are also of cultural events in the city during the world cup, alexia bryan watched the show in the residential district known as the po, ah, i'm here in kind of court here. as you can probably see behind me, it was modeled only italian city of venice there all night building can now and then an invitation re alto bridge and the cultural show like behind me, stacy organized in conjunction with the people behind the world. we're now a one thing, right, and it's really enjoy the brown ah ah ah, a little earlier as the moroccans name and beat belgium to now belgium ranked 2nd on the home number with managed to come out on tom and people have been telling me, you know, really telling them the team from region to been they doing well at this the 1st well, in the middle me, there was, the iran went over while there was a saudi when a last week. the 4th now morocco, the belgium, a huge in the world. many, they wait to see what happens around the rest of the tournament. ah, stella head on al jazeera, germany get off the marks lighting back to earn a jaw with spain will have all the a

title for a 6th time, and supporters have been decorating their streets in honor of their team, alexia bryan reports move in 11000 kilometers away from qatar, flags flying high streets, a full list color brazilian fed say they read it for the world come up or the movie, the movie, the 1st of the world cup is one of unity, because there is no way we would cheer for not the tain. everybody is cheering for one. it's different from politics which has different ideology, different thought, the this is lobby money just outside re edition, erode much watch football fan. well, to me if francisco is doing his best to ensure his 3, his once again crowd champion of the st. decorating competition license plaza in the brazilian, we are brazilian and brazilians, even with so many difficulties. so many struggles so much to worry about. always make spice to celebrate the world cup. decorating the streets as a brazilian tradition. the world coppers providing a happy distraction to millions of people after a turbulent political year and elections that lived brazil deeply divided ha gyal sanara, the former pre

their fans had been decorating their streets in honor of the team, as alexia bryan reports ah, more than 11000 kilometers away from cutter flags. flying high streets are full of color. brazilian fans say they're reading for the world cup, or by the movie, up up of the moon. the spirit of the world cup is one of unity, because there is no way we would cheer for another tain. everybody is cheering for one day. it's different from politics which has different ideologies. different thought. this is gonna be my team just outside rio de janeiro. oh, much watch dog at football fan. well, to me a francisco's doing his best to ensure his stress is once again crowned champion of the st. decorating competition load something blessedly in a brazilian. we are brazilian and brazilians, even with so many difficulties. so many struggles so much to worry about always makes bikes to celebrate the world cup. decorating the streets as a brazilian tradition, the world coppers providing a happy distraction to millions of people after turbulent political year and elections that lived brazil deeply divide it ha

i was here is alexia bryan, is the countdown clock on tow house waterfront. she's with us now live, lexi, no doubt, they'll be more and more people standing right where you are right now as we get closer to kickoff. that's right there. it's still been a radio behind me. lots of tourists coming down. lots of fans to take a photo of that clock clock which is counting down those key minutes and thickens until pick off at the moment whereon 6 days, 4 hours, 39 minutes and about about 45 seconds also to go until the tournament. it's really exciting. atmosphere is definitely mpeg up here and the coordination will be transformed from just what it is now is a beautiful place to come and see the sights and sounds of dar how you can see the skyline behind me. but in just a matter of days, it's going to be really a huge sort of major theater and an entertainment place for the crowds. they're going to be food trucks. they're going to be performance of all kinds. and of course, the preparations aren't just underway here in doha. of course. those are the major ones. but ba

see, i oftentimes are hoping that the spirit of mar donna will be with them for tonight's match. alexia bryan has moved this is the 1st world camp without diego madonna, who is widely considered to be one of the best players in the sports history. span festival includes memorabilia from throughout his career. when he was just 16 to the pinnacle of his playing years to when he was a coach and manager um i can, but under missouri with the most important thing for us is to pay homage to diego permanently to make sure he gets the respect he deserves to give back to him a little bit of everything he gave us with. maximilian o guy o was good friends with mera donna. he's also a big fan. he has a tattoo with the play, his hand on his stomach and his signature inked on his arm menu button. on a personal level, he was always great with made a mental lot to many people. one of the biggest draw cards of this experience is this plane, which was flown here all the way from argentina. and it's covered and paintings of merit donna. it's called tango deos, partly because his skilful footwork was often descri

i'll be saying, and all sorts of accommodations from hotels, to cruise ships and fan villages. alexia bryan has been checking out some of the options in the desert with we're about an hour from the glistening skyscrapers. the habit to view here couldn't be any more different. i've it is the ripened golf behind me kilometers of june, lamp dartford drive with his day that is hugely important to not only the visitors, but also those of us who live here because you can go june bashing. we can go style gazing, you can pick a june, pick a trail and just see where you end up. one of the best things though is camping and sound like the one point. 2000000 visitors who are heading into for the world cup are actually going to stay at a did the camp. so we're going to go and check one of them out. we have 96 them. 16 clusters of the inventory is distributed between the locked and a standard for the type. the locks are more with complete services of a hot room. they would be having the breakfast buffet, they would be having wholesale barbican right? happening with now if you do end up coming and staying

let's now join alexia bryan. it secret keith in doha, lexi found gathering their breakfast. what's been the chat over the kara? well, definitely love english and welsh. been here, in fact it's a big table of wells friends behind mate pull 64 years since your last well kept. what are your thoughts on today's match? well, i think we're definitely going to win. i'm extremely confident. think we might probably be about to know the english don't believe they can possibly lose to us the show are against. so i think we'll, we'll give them a big surprise. the other results to go away. and i'll be standing guitar for a few more days. excellent. i really do hope that for you because it's great having all the visitors and cuts. i know we're just going to go for a quick run. alice is going to come with me around this sculpture here and sorry, the crowds because just around the corner, we've got some english fans who i don't think will agree with that entirely, blokes, i'm just going to pop in here. drops something, which is excellent news. and but very quickly, what is your take on what

the south americans lead group a, with 3 points, and the valencia school, both of ecuador goals. alexia bryan has been out with fans in sure, lucky like i have to say it has had such an amazing atmosphere here all evening. a real party atmosphere, people out really to have a good time and the tools to cover all of the other fans to rein. yet from all around. the world with brazilian band was seen iranian bands with same fans from nicea. in fact, i have to say, but you know, the parents, they really know how to party and have been banging drive, and they've been waving flags. they've been walking around on each other's shoulders with same great song. and impact on that i'm joined now by i'm happy that you know the and ben. why do you think that you know the fans so good at showing they love the football in the country? first of all, i hope that you've been good and you've been a covering our via because we're all over the place. in every collective sports, we compete as one. this is in our culture. hospitality is something in our culture . beside football, we think of this down 3 and we found

they'll be saying in all sorts of accommodation from hotels, to cruise ships and fun villages, alexia bryan has been checking out. some of the options in the desert with were about an hour from the glistening skyscrapers of dough habit. the view here couldn't be any more different every day. it is the ripened gulf behind me kilometers of june lamp dartford drive. with his day that is hugely important, not only the visitors, but also those of us who live here because you can go during bashing, we can go style gazing, you can pick a june, take a trail and just see where you end up one of the best things though is camping and sound like the 1200000 visitors who are hitting into for the world cup are actually going to stay at a did the camp. so we're gonna go and check one of them out. we have $96.00 them, 16 clusters for the inventory is distributed between the lots and a standard with the locks or more with the services of a hospital, they would be having the breakfast buffet, they would be having wholesale, barbican, i happening with you do end up coming and staying at a camp like this, can

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attempts of the past 12 or 13 years to ruin the image of this tournament, than the, and we sent alexia bryan to a local football tournament in tahoe to meet some welcome funds. i am here at the go, ha ha. and with local fan lee and the 3 day competition that good football fans, the opportunity to dawn, the jersey of the country, they support not just the countries that they were born in or a citizen from right now, the semi finals are underway with god cut her germany and on the other page there is argentina. belgian i can deal with the play on the pitch over the past few days have been from several countries saying quarter ago when brazil, but most of them from india. so it's been like this that have gone at some criticism of cutter, that it is paying a fans and then lead up to the world cup of rejected the allegations as a disappointing thing that just traditions don't look the same as in europe or south america. it doesn't mean that the passion for the game is any legal center with people from india make up a quarter to a population and it is a sport loving nation for more on the aisle jo

and one of the priorities is educating children, alexia bryan, explains, ah, in a corner if the fee for fan festival and ohio albert park, it's not football, attracting the crowds, but education, and a foundation run by cutters. former 1st lady, she come mazda, an advocate for insuring the world's most vulnerable children, have access to school. education above all operates in about 60 countries. and the beautiful game is one tool it's using to get children into class and onto a better future. wow, 14 year old kina and the rate here was close to dropping out of school in columbia . his father says football brought him back when all that i see our yo yos, oil proper thought of. thank god. the teacher came into his large one because he was the one who said come here, do you love soccer? let's do this. you catch up with all the subjects that you have. miss ambrose stop playing soccer. wanted at the un estimates about 60000000 primary school age children are prevented from going to school by poverty and conflict. the event was held in this tant, which is based on a prototype by british iraq

ah, let's get out now and join alexia bryan, who's live from the pearlin dow. like, see what's going on where you are today? well the po for an international view is, is a big sort of residential area, just north of dough house. in fact, it sits sort of halfway between doha city and loose sales city, which will host that all important world cup final. on december 18th, there's been a really sort of party atmosphere with just most but a big sort of parade went around to part of the, the carnival that is spreading across the cutter with this world cup. we have a big screen over there, which is playing the belgian morocco game. big chia just broke out before when morocco school day ago. but of course, the big game later on is spain versus gemini. i'm joined now by some spanish fans who are heading out to the game tonight. we have got jordy santiago, duffy island, jose on the back. you guys are heading to the game. how important is it for spain? it's very important. we have to win today because we've not everyone is tied so we need to win. and i think is gonna be a

for many people, the 1st thing that comes to mind when they hear the middle east is the deserts, alexia bryan went to check it out. while many visitors will be coming to cut after the thrills on the pitch, there's also plenty to be found in the june. with thong 5, they gather the car light, just follow the gravity. the 1st world cap in the middle east is giving football fans a chance to get a decent adventure under their belt with a different time up. dave, it's really feels different here like sand rise. it will feel very magical early morning. i'm different thing in the days when you can see the shadows of the tunes on one side and one side is broad and they drawn even the sunset. it's much go here . we any, a cut is southern border call and a date boys, locals. now at the end and see it's just an hour or so from the capital, but feels like another world mohammed was. he has been leading june bashing tours for 15 years. he knows this area like the back of his hand. if adventurers have lost its freedom, i mean like you can park anywhere you want, you don't need to be stopping on traffic ligh

of course, alexia bryan, is it all suit keep no place to go shopping or to get some favorite of people got on the football as well tonight? absolutely, the football is really the center of the focus. yeah, it's been such a wonderful atmosphere this afternoon and evening as the same fans from all over the world. come down here, supporting their teams. earlier on we did see fans supporting catherine ecuador headed off to go and watch that all important opening match. but we have seen some movie and rousing football anthem from quiet joy about the injuries that are plaguing the french team. of course they're in the same group group day that the soon as the incense saying that they hope that it will help them advance through the tournaments those injuries. we've also seen some brazilian flags. we've seen a rainy and flags, the same mexican sombreros. lots of people singing and dancing down here, and it's really cool is wealthy, the fans from all the different countries getting together and having a chat and learning about where they're all from now. so walkie follows international view is