as it counts down to kick off at the middle east, 1st football world come, defending champions, france tougher. another injury. play with star strike a carrion benson that route out. ah hello everyone. the i'm sam is there than delighted to be with back together again . lovely to have somebody to present with for a change of it. so just kind of the show on the page is that, you know, they're out there. we are team and we have extended coverage also, if he, if woke up 2020, which begins out in less than 6 hours. also coming up with the stars loom lodge where in an indian state where patrick debates rage about the world's best players making show cat r r a. cox above that, we'd meet the barbara, he's got the players looking shop. ah, it was an ambitious goal. now it's just 6 hours from kick off call set to make history as the 1st middle east country to host the tournament. yes, it's been 12 years in the making and the wild cut will finally get under way at albert stadium where the home team had taken at quick will wrestles said, i looked at some of the challenges that cattle has faced defining moment that started at 12 years journey is cut ha, winning the right to host to walk. the country has seized, undertaken one of the most ambitious construction of force in world history. building 8 stadiums equipped with sophisticated technology and dozens of other edmonds supporting facilities. multi lay roads now cross the capital, doha, and it's connected by a high tech metro system with driverless trains. infrastructure as a load catheter jump at light speed. completing change is infrastructure changes that will take other countries. decades upon decades, we see metro stations. we see massive mortar ways we see more modern as well as medical infrastructure facilities that we can use as residents of this country beyond the tournament. but to it all, cut our face challenges in june 2017 for arab companies impose an air land and sea blockade on the country that was lifted in 2021. when the pandemic broke out, but with core, with 19 story supplies of labor and materials cut our face more pressure to reach it 2022 deadline. it also introduce label reforms and shoot and all employees receive a minimum wage. any secret is sponsorship system known as cappella, to hello migrant workers to change jobs without needing the employee years. consent says when in the right to horse the world cop cut that has short keys is major. the allotment projects for the tournament. and also taking this opportunity to turn its capital doha into a world wide cultural, social and educational hob lift lacked in the heritage and life of the region. education city now was 8 prestigious international universities and new museums and libraries preserve the history of the country. and the region with experts comprising more than 2 thirds of its population cutoff has created many green spaces and social and entertain facilities. a bigger strategy in terms of, you know, modernizing the country, developing its infrastructure capabilities. and even just kind of putting it on the map so to speak, in terms of it being not just obviously a hub of, of natural resources, you know, as a, as a one of the biggest gas exporters in the world. but thinking about it also in terms of a cultural hub with the construction of its schools and museums and you know, film institute and off kinds of other array of, of cultural institutions could or sees the world cup is not the end of the journey on that is caught our national vision $20.00 to $30.00. it came to sustain is transformation starting with the fina world championships for aquatics in asia premier soccer tournament. the asian camp next year. kristen said f o g 0 de ha i let's head now to l. baker, stay the m, where the action begins in just a matter of hours. so that hammock is there with fans you've already started gathering. i can only imagine what the mode is like. was that we were still expecting thousands the fans to show up tonight. we're only a few hours away from the opening ceremony where the organizers have promised it's going to be a spectacular show. well, or a higher knowledge. there is laura hand a went to the production company, which is responsible for the opening ceremony. ah, i'm a i'm heading student to her studios. studio, responsible for the thought. walk up. carter 2022. remember to always spread love and be awesome. and now they faced 2 more challenges, the opening and closing ceremonies for which we had a sneak preview. and that's all we can play because so much of what they're creating here can't yet be revealed. one of the project i'm walking for this fee for is madeline, which means that after i joined different music together like a piece of puzzles. oh, last few moses is in is in my head all the time. what can i do or can i can make it better. is this really happening or what can i do? what i also i can i did. what else i can come to the music for the world cup is something that we're really proud of. it's a product that is being listened by many, many fans around the world. you have also the official mascot of the world cup larry, which is, you know, you can call him a godaddy product guitar studios will go into their big march in good form, having produce the official music videos and walk up mascot la 8th. we've decided to go with sort of a pixar out since it is a animated cartoon character type feel can we wanted very modern. x are sort of feeling when we approach music, but with little elements of arabic, music tradition, music arrogance, ah, all takes time to build. the facts should be quite magazine, maybe 6 in face orchestra as, as well as working with male clause female, cause sometimes together, sometimes in separate sections and building those lawyers so that we get and production values like a sound of $200.00 voice, $200.00 piece choir this or is want to be katara studios is responsible for the official world cup foam. and they shared these moments from the making of the music videos and fans from around the world. we'll have to tune into the opening ceremony and see how it all comes together. north on al jazeera katara don't. 6 honda, i now bye hi lisa howell and the founder of i loved katara who came in a little bit early. first of all, hi lisa. tell us how you feeling. i'm feeling super energized. i'm feeling super excited. i mean, you could not make this up like look at the weather right now. it's getting windy. it's like a storm is brewing for the most epic of battles. so i'm super excited right now. i'm calling for, i'm a big fan of q tips. oh, thank you. yeah, and i recommend it to the fans who come here. what can you give them advice about getting here again to the stadiums. alright, of course i think the most basic tip that i could give is just come here as early as possible. just to make sure that you get a good see, to get to wander around, you get to experience the world's biggest tent and when it comes to transportation, public transportation is your best bet. you know. so you can quickly, you know, come on over just walker a few steps and take the bus, you know where to get to the parking guest spots. and am, i do recommend that after enjoying the match, that you then go and explore the area around as well. so you can enjoy the festivities and a fun stuff at our or what about in a dull hi, let's say, like on rest days or in the mornings? what can fans do? okay, well, 1st of all, there is no such thing as a rest day hearing cutter. okay, because there, so again, as i said, there's so much happening, right? whether it's a concert, whether it is places to go and dine, whether it's museum that you want to go and check out. again, there are loads of guides all over the place. you can check out the tourism page as well, so that you can see all of the different activities on the cornish is a huge pedestrian area. they can go and explore the fans zones that people, fans, zones, lots of free concerts, you know, for people to, to, to just party and janet. and more than anything. i really hope that people can just go and experience guitar culture. go to the silks, you know, check out some of our world heritage sites and reflect. and even when i came here, this was like 17 years ago. there weren't, there wasn't much to do. that's right. cut off, but that has changed a lot. can you talk it through the changes? okay, last years. so katara, my opinion is a modern day always this. because back in the day when you just think all just a desert you, it's, you think of an awaits us as a bit of water in a palm tree right now. it's so much more than that. we're talking about amazing experiences. skyscrapers have replaced palm trees. i guess, you know, just shooting out of the sand and dumb. yeah, we didn't start, we didn't have very much. we're, we're, we were a very poor country. people worked hard. we have an expression which they, i'm not sure which means but a donkey worker, you know donkeys by the way, are respected animals because they will break their back to make sure that something gets done. and that's, that's what the people are all about. you know, we just want to work as hard as possible to create something amazing, not for us, but for every one that's here in the country. so then from nothing to quite a lot, and i think it's a, it's a, it's a feet. and any thought, of course, you're going to be at the game at tonight to ecuador. again, santa cut out, what's ios? let's quickly briefly, briefly, okay, well, historically, you know, with the match, the, you know, that the last master we had with them. we had one. so our track record is really good. i think that we're on the home ground home turf. the people are definitely going to be cheering, as loud as they can, you know, for the cuts, our national team known as the land knobby and, and i am confident that we're going to give them. heck, danny, we are definitely gonna give them a run for their money. and i'm just looking forward to seeing how far we can take it, hopefully to the finals. you never know, and that's what football is all about. you never know what's going to happen on the pitch and to everyone that's out there that supporting cuts. i just want to say thank you so much. and her winner lose cuts are still wins because we got to host is amazing. you bet. thank you very much. how you found with your the best of them arose back to the studio with sammy, i thank so much. now one player who's out of the world cup is of course the french striker, korean, been sammy's, got of fi injury. right. so jenna, a huge, huge blow for the defending champions. right? yes sir, it really is. sammy, a huge blow, but not really a huge surprise. he's been struggling with injury so far this season. he's only when he played about half an hour full in the past month. for his at club side around madrid, and he's injured his thigh in training with the national side can no longer take part in the torment. he had this to say on his instagram page, he writes, in my life, i have never given up. but to night i have to think about the team as i have always done. so reason that tells me to leave my place to someone who can help our group make a good world car. of course, just last month, benz m, at one at the battle door given to the world's best player. that was for his incredible season last year with ra, madrid, at $44.00 goals and $46.00 matches that helped them when the champions league and the spanish league a title as well. he was also france's top score out the 2014 while cut. and at last year's european championship, but of course they do have some other good attacking players and not least killing him back a he's a was a handy player to having your side as me. yeah, i guess there must be a little bit disappointed though. he's not the only case, right? france has been hit with several injuries. who else is out? yes, i've been pretty decimated. you'd have to say sammy, they, they've lost pauper. he was instrumental in helping them when the tournament in russia 4 years ago. they've also lost the chelsea, midfield, angola, county, and, and the play he would have replaced benjamin probably as christopher and concur r b like strike a top score in the bananas league. he is also out and i guess his wife saying play as usually have a month between the season finishing on a world cup starting so i guess you'd have to say that is one of the disadvantages of a wind to world cup the quick turnaround time. and say, yeah, i mean, and from some a say, the 1st game is against australia on tuesday. so they do have off until monday to cool in a replacement. now moving on from france, sound that injury problems football fever has a gripped fans in the indian state of carola, who are known for the love of the game happening. metal is life force. now in korea code, have any really good to be with you again, as we can see behind g, fans that with their flags out, what's the atmosphere in the excitement that like you know, india hasn't qualified for the world. god, but that hasn't deterred fans. and as he was saying behind me, they're out today the opening matches in a few hours, the wedding, the favorite jersey, the supporting the favorite teams. and they've been many found competitions in and around where we are in the run up to the opening match. in fact, a few hours from where we are a small village, even transformed it's skyline to markets and who's the awesome chief of eva has kicked off on the watchful eyes, larger than life. the lu over this river, the debate is on, who is the greatest of them all? argentina fans with the 1st 2 immortalized the i de leon, l massey. name our fans when bigger only to be outdone by ronaldo who stands at 15 meters allowed towards football is our in our game. so it is help you find said sobbing. challenges like this happening here and in the world. roberts are we have found park here. and it will be ready, very nice to utsa, will come from here in the fun part. care last year in southern india is all set for the world cup. fans have dressed the street in their favorite flags. billboards are celebrating the biggest stars. many local tournaments are underway across the state. why cricket is the most popular sport in the country, the beautiful game dominates this region. this world cup is extra special. people from care law, i one of the largest suits of people in cutter. so even though in the eyes and playing, they feel like the was cop is close to home. fee for has recognized care law special connection with the hosts, minature house or a popular artifact in the middle east. a 1000 of these have been shipped to cutter, where they are part of the tournament efficient merchandise. don't do 6, wasn't 26 of us worked on these issues of women did the reporting. we worked on these dna look on for 2 months, so we only focus on making these 1000 kilograms. i think the state government is organizing its own competition. it's asking enthusiast to score a 1000000 goals before the opening match. official say it's not only about football . we are collecting this message of course and b alpha drug act, you discount been intentionally the so that the people, especially students will ah, get into it. you know, they will learn more about this well, problems. so that is why we are collecting these football. and i'm deep um, oh, but campaigned together, some fans will be traveling to do how to watch the matches. even those who don't follow the sports, said they are thrilled and proud of all the attention that state is getting power of people from india and especially from kayla have helped cut their horse. the tournament. many of the volunteers that you will see in stadiums are from here, but there are some who are still here and i'm going to be watching the matches eagerly. i have would me one football fan in money. so what are you looking forward to this woke up, you know, i'm really excited to be a part of this work. i've even went over. you're not in the stadiums because i am a hot go germany fine. and the last year was enough time for us of loki dothan, the earliest ages itself. so i hope this. yeah, it'll be our wonderful year for us and it almost will last last walk up and i'm a big, huge fan of them. i hope a huge scored mortgage goes this year and really, really excited. you to tell us about the local events like the one we're at our house, caroline celebrating the woke up. yes. ok. this is ellie went up organized by okay . love with both science association. it owned us, dean clubs are joining with us today. it's about it's hundreds now. you know very soon it's going to be thousands here. displays is going to be filled with of football fans. and you can see in each and every gone off our state, you can see the giant got doubts and banners of all the favorite teams. and i know that it's all footballing. it would run the ad and football in the blad off k lights are. so we are really excited and we are really looking forward to this welcome. okay, so for the next few days are for next few weeks we are going to see local events like the celebrating of wild cup and all the frenzy that is happening around. do you have any in canada that thank you very much for that now he same soccer thinks the cats are looking at very good ahead of that opening game against ecuador, gan. he should know shouldn't be jemma, cuz he gets the inside scoop for him. half the team go to get the heck on the barbershop. oh, i'm for some sub crumpton is yes, a my mom, she's a hair stylist, so i grew up in her shopping. so for me it was easy to b. i was a born like have a barbara last year, not upkept. you need the division to be in the hope it got for football players. so got on national team thing is i'm a fan of the they made for me that reputation. it's can always come from people, so we will stop recording the office if our so it's on the line with when i watch the game, i always look ahead counselors. i want to change the has a name on the final when i cut and the national national football players, especially the national teams. i've been proud of myself because i worked so hard to get to this level. this is a call it a wall of faith, for example, thinkers are not getting high. did they meet together here in my shop, getting parking for captain national team, media player, and something as a standard card for most of the players. because i'm national and team and you know, most of them are out of my friend. thank you lou. something funny along with the familiar in and, and you know, people like like messing with the 12 and good moment when they announce that our house, the work of 2022. i was helping one kids head and he was excited to take a walk to the board. got together. not whatever work together. i will watch him playing, kept on national. did this kid go was and he's in less i see crazy. the on the next floor, walk up the country. it's make you feel proud. even me. i live here in cut up when you see how cut out dipping ready for the work of welcome everyone to come to. if something good, you know, you feel like you proud of this country and you proud like out of country, you gonna have to work out on the player to leave a team. got that national team. i can tell you that i need to handle the course and put the work a sam, if you ever had your head him to the saw that or the saw. but that's been done now maybe any, the electric chain saw and all the stars levers to not profit, all the faces are from the roller mode that way you guys will face up there. you were. you know, so i personally enough to visit that barbara, i should be clear. free to give her. i wonder how the place has been effect. nice. is it going to be blowing around in stormy weather? let maybe find out about the present to car that one of the conditions like well i must say this time of the year. it's the most wonderful time weatherwise across, cut, lots of fine, dry, sunny weather to be found. you can see from the satellite image, we have had some cloud lingering, further north, across saudi arabia and queue weight, but largely clear skies for much of cotton. now we did have some warnings out for a strong wind. that's a shamal blowing down from the north, and it's certainly felt breezy out there around some of the stadiums, but that wind is set to die down in the coming hours ahead of the opening match. now the good news is that wind has knocked down temperatures. we were looking to have a look at the 3 day we had 31 degrees on saturday, that downward trend is set to continue on monday. a pleasant $27.00 degrees, lots of room whether to be enjoyed. now on tuesday, we could see the arrival of some wet weather, many around the gulf. thanks for a convergence. we could see some showers tickling into the very north, but we aren't expecting to see that wet weather arrive in dough instead. clear skies certainly on wednesday. lots of warmth for the foreseeable future or condition. sound pretty good for the players. i'm sure i'd be happy with that, kara, now we've got much more from the outcome the coming up in around 10 minutes. yeah. well, here's a sneak peak is what else is in store on day one of a tournament. it's day one of the before world cup cats are 2022 and it's impossible to overstate the excitements looking towards the 1st gate. it's a game deemed so important to the host and to be for that the opening date of the entire tournament was shifted to make way for it. but that's not all there is to the match between and ecuador. hi, i'm samantha johnson. this is well cut. one o one, the, it hasn't always been the case that the host nation gets to open the competition. it's sort of been a recent tradition, but until august it wasn't even on the schedule. then the torments which were supposed to start on november. the 21st was brought forward by a day, and never king. is that throughout the qualifying period and beyond chile for to, to stop ecuador playing. i mean at all, it all centers around base man byron. the ecuador claim him as one of the road totally. and he was born in columbia and questioned how he got his passports with their appeal to be forgotten. where anyway, have to order that ecuador decided not to take his beard to catch. of course, being born in another country from the castle is using is widely placed by academy to find nurture and educate youngsters not just from castle, but across the wide region. it is quite literally revolutionized geek squad. watch out for a crevice, b for boy in the tar cap to doha. he was key in winning the asian cup in 2019. and almo is alley originally from saddam, but raised through aspire after moving to cattle at the child's keys. the master of the hall to kick in the asian cup. final is often mentioned that he could tell he plays off from the setup. they've grown up together on the field and have a school desk. so expect a tightening team. of course, this is canceled us well, cut them barely in the international top. 50 ecuador, aunt, run to much higher. this might be, therefore wells cup. they might even have more experience, but cattle are playing at home if they're well. and that's come now to some other news and negotiates is that the comp $27.00 climate summit in egypt have agreed to compensate poor nations struggling to cope with extreme weather patterns. rich countries generate most of the carbon emissions responsible for climate change. now they plan to create a fund to help developing countries hardest hit by global warming. bob rango reports, ah, it's being pulled a breakthrough for poor countries. after 2 weeks of talks, nearly 200 nations agreed to establish a fund to compensate those most at risk from climate change. delegates at the club $27.00 conference in egypt less famous christian resort. ratified the declaration in the early hours on sunday. we heard the calls and we responded to de eurostar machine. we established the 1st ever dedicated fund for loss or damage, a form that has been so long in the making. it is a huge, itchy, to get an agreement to establish lawson damage. i'm city years small island states phone is developing it, trying to get this on. the negotiators still have to hammer out details and no decisions been made on where the money will come from, nor how grants will be distributed many, but delegates from low income countries that say they're optimistic, excited very, very excited. this is a very positive result home. when, when to be blue and africans, very, very exciting because for us success immediately she was going to be best. what i would get from most of them. yet a warning from the un secretary general. he says the font alone isn't enough to prevent climate catastrophe. but it's not the necessary for the climate guys. his wash is a small island slip off the map or towards that entirely african country to desert . a prospect many hoped would be addressed through a stronger commitment to limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees celsius. but that didn't happen, or that's despite that talk at being seen by many element as the minimum temperature eyes that will prevent the wes impacts of climate change. a barbara and gay pulse out to sarah among parties to india, drought turn, floods blamed on climate change are also contributing to the de facto famine in somalia. more than 7000000 of the 12 and a half 1000000 people, their face acute food insecurity. 213000 people face catastrophic hunger. from all this we're joined now by abdomen tay. he's the former planning and international cooperation minister of somalia joins us now from nairobi. good to have you with us. so 1st of all, is this loss and damage fund as it's been called? is it a breakthrough for nation suffering from the effects of climate change? it it did end. it depends on how you look at it. and sammy, i think b, it is a good news or, ah, it is somewhat of a progress, or the devil is in the details and they have not gotten into the details. and there are 2 other key points to remember here. why is that the overarching objective of reaching 1.5 degrees celsius? i'm happy, you know, although it is still remains the target has not been formally agreed yet. and the 2nd point is we have a fun but no money. and that's a even more important. i think so what we are going the right direction and how will it impact the challenge, the countries in the horn of africa facing now several countries facing of course, the problem of drought when the country country is in the morning of africa and elsewhere around the world, welcome. this agreement certainly interior, some of this con is supposed to come and support response to crises, whether it's flooding or drowns, or famine and so on and so forth. so it is very much welcome news, but i think people remain skeptical and rightfully so about the actual implementation of this fun. because large imagery rich countries are still on the fan and china. the largest emitter today is classified as a developing country, which means is exempted from attributing to the fun interior. how concerned are you? i mean, i read to you and report saying that every minute a somali child is admitted to medical care because of malnutrition. to challenge that to, to one do that, we're looking at bigger measures put in place to actually achieve some of the climate goals. right. and that didn't come through that is absolutely correct. i mean, i think it's one of the, one of the factors that is exasperating the drought in somalia is the effect of climate change. and that's not what the somalis or somalia, or the one of africa, or for that matter most of africa has done needed done by rich countries and they continue to emit greenhouse gas is to the atmosphere and they're still on the defense. so i think a lot more work needs to be done in terms of getting into the details of how this fun is going to be stablish and what programs it would ultimately support. the idea that it supports preventative programs, non responsive programs because if level or drought happens, you know, it's too late for the people who are concerned like those in some money in today. i thank so much leave that have the id. now our environment at is in o'clock, has more details. now from more on the other. in madagascar it is an important breakthrough. lawson times is all about compensating the more vulnerable nations from the worst effects of climate change. and these are nations like the low island states, the pacific, and indeed, where we are now in madagascar as something they've been calling for since 1990. 2 sincere summit in rio and have heard he is on it has finally happened. it has taken that long. this time round has been pushed back from the u. s. from china and from russia, but they have come round. and the thing is, lawson damage was only put on the agenda at this particular caught caught $27.00 just before it started there were days of negotiations just to get to this point. and now this is happened. so is quite a triumph. and it shows that the un process does work despite the criticism that it gets. but note there is not yet any money in the fund for lawson damage. and as mohammed a doe of par, shift africa, which is an important african angio, he said, it's like having an empty bucket. and now we need to fill it. but he also said cop 27th has done what no other cop has achieved. it is a big moment. polls closed in under an hour in the paul's general election governing the parlor congress and the communist party of the main contenders. the election is the country. second, since the new constitution was adopted in 2015 political instability in nepal as though the 13 changes of government in the past 16 years i, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top. so is this out the least 1st have a football world camp set to kick off in less than 6 hours over $1000000.00 fans expected to cheer on their teams and cut off. over the next 4 weeks. the 1st match, we'll see the house face off against ecuador. defending champions, frowns of sub that major sat back star strike, a korean been zamiah's been rolled out after tearing a muscle in his left thigh meat at least 3 weeks to recover. leaders at the cop 27 climate summit in egypt have reached a historic deal to help vulnerable countries. they've agreed to create to fund for loss or damage caused by climate disasters. developing nations, a victims of extreme weather events, often made worse by pollution called by wealthier nations. let's continue our coverage of the fee for world cup as we look ahead to the opening game of the cutter. 2022. ah ah ah ah ah. hello from katara. after 12 years of build up, the world cup is finally here. welcome to our world kind of special lie from our studios that help is there. we're in doha, on far as mile. i'm going to get your okay, let's take a look at what's coming up over the next half an hour. the sun rises on the 1st world cup in the mid leap will be life. the album stadium where host castle and take home ecuador in the opening match just a few hours or hear from both teams ahead of that storage match. and what their hopes and expectations are for the big game on funday. we're in ecuador, where we speak through flight, had found who couldn't make the long trip to the money and the defending champions, france are dealt another blow. green bend, zima is ruled out with a sigh injury. we'll get to all of that in just a few moments. but 1st let's welcome latin american football broadcaster one a. rambo will be with us for the whole tournament. thank you so much for joining us . a one. and now you just got here like 2 days ago. first time in the middle east. first time in katara. what have been your 1st impressions? first and foremost, i will thank you for having me. second of all, you come in to you didn't know what to expect. there was a lot of things that you're waiting to see and well, 1st you come in, well, not much going on, but i was wrong because as the day progressed, you stars, he fans coming out, people coming out families coming out to really enjoy what the festivities are of the pre world cup, i guess you could say are all about and that's something that really had me surprised because everything's looked so far spotless. and just on that point, we've got this viral video that's come out overnight. i want you to take a look at it because it's of this policeman who has stopped one of the ecuador funds. we can see it. here is still one of the ecuador funds, because he's unhappy about the way he's put the flag on his head. in the style of a good tra and as you can, he, he's fixing it for me. and i think that really in capsulated, the kind of atmosphere that we haven't, the moment is nice for fans to see that it's a welcome to say here isn't it? is it's one of many gestures that you've been able to see throughout the city. i've been really rather surprised with that and, and it's, it's quite impressive. i've really been impressed. joe, it's, you know, it's been an emotional moment for me and you know, probably because, you know, we were here since kathy was awarded the right to host the world cop decide 12 years ago. and now i, i remember that day like it was yesterday. you know, i remember exactly what i was doing. i don't remember exactly. yes. so i went down at the c quack if i was probably the most junior report that was sent out that day because we really didn't expect castle to win the right to host this. well, come up and it was full of fun. so people with their kids, they were watching the announcement and as you can see there was just this real feeling of excitement. oh, there you go, baby joe in the crowd getting swamped. i couldn't hear a thing. and it was really, really busy that it took me a long, long time to walk back. so good seen that, but you know, some bad news this morning. so defending champions, france the 2022 balance door when i cream beds and he's out one, you know, i watched him in training on thursday with the french camp and he was training off to the side. and i was wondering what that was all about, how do you think that him going out this tournament now is going to affect francis johnson is defending the title, especially because i've had so many injury. yeah, the morale is going to be low as far as friends, but i'm going to add a little something that you said there is not just friends. if the world cup itself is going to be effective with player of that magnitude. missing out the raining balin door when one of the best players in the world, but not only bins and was gonna be gone. you also are missing your, your, your key central defender. you're missing your to keep holding it fielders. and on top of that, you're also missing the backup. they're getting bins. emma and chris are in cooper . so there's a lot in terms of that that france is missing out. but all that being said there, so probably one of the deeper seems in tournaments. mm. okay. not long now before it has harm makes history as the 1st country in the middle east, an arab world to host a football world cup and tournament its been 12 years in the making. will open our bait stadium against acquittal pool race looks at a momentous occasion. in global sports, ah, never before has a world up host nation had to wait so long for its tournament to begin. the 12 year buildup is almost over for cats off. it's one that hasn't always been easy. on the eve of kick off the head of world football, went on the attack against criticism, a fee for and the host country you go and defended their record of making progress on issues such as human rights. don't criticize cut. i don't criticize the players, don't criticize any one, criticize fif upgrades as me if you want because i'm responsible for everything. but let the people enjoy this woke up infancy. now try to re direct attention on to the reason the world cup has come to them. at least it's not to, i don't know just playing against each other. it's 2 football teams playing against each other too long. it's football. if we don't have at least football to bring us together, if we listen to you all who are criticizing or just want to divide, which wall are we going to? you want another wall road. okay, go ahead. without me. we followed me. atonement that began in order quite in 1930 is once again breaking new ground. ah, the 1st for the arab world, the 1st time so many friends will be in one place and a 1st for cattle at national team. when cats are one, the bid to host this tournament, the team was ranked outside the world's top 100. now that number 50 under the asian champions, and to give them extra hope or extra pressure, no house nation has ever lost its opening match at a well cup. not opener is against ecuador at al mate stadium on sunday. yeah, but i'm a children from the age 30 gone the other. it's a very important day for us. a historic moment and not a moment of happiness for the players and staff. it's an extraordinary day. go like no other. the only going liberty, new winner to organize. the 222 feet far vault cup is cut ha. having won the vote to host this woke up back in 2010. cats are stepped into the sporting spotlight like never before. 7 of the 8 stadiums have sprung up in a decade. they've been a focal point for the safety of migrant workers. thief as president hopes they'll also be emblematic of some of footballs. greatest moments. now it's the world's best players who are ready to take center stage as the biggest sporting event in the middle east. history. finally begins. paul reese out his era though our well let's address some of the christian there with one ringo. one, in 15, i was reading scathing of the western media. the european media is something that's being discussed also in south american media to is being discussed. yes it is. is it being discussed front in center? no, it's not. i mean, you go, you go to places like argentine numbers or they're focused on the actual tournament itself. they're focused on on what their teams are going to do, their focus on, well, trying to end that dominance of european football for the past 20 years. there is that there is, whoa, is massey going to be able to play his name or going to be able to play or they can be able to be healthy and be able to perform at a high level that has been more of the conversation so much so that yesterday the press conference that ecuador gave, they asked the question like that some ways, this guy, so the star may feel from brighton, and coach started final comments and look, don't let the get players involved. this is not about them. he said in a very paternal, in a very jocular manner, when it came to that and that was very important to see as far as trying to ship the focus away from the players and in the 2nd into the spectacle. and that's thing, a famous thing i believe also walks out of a, of an interview when he was off the same question isn't frontier then right? that we should be focusing on the football. and it would bring the world together because of course, the world. so divided right now this is his point. do you think we should be focusing now on the football at this stage? at this stage? it's about it should be about the football. although let's be honest, football in politics, sport, and politics in general are something that end up being hand in hand. so it does infant do. you have a point she does, but in terms of trying to be able to separate the 2 as a very difficult thing to do. all right, well we're going to put the control the c to one side. now we're going to go over to far the wall where we're going to focus bit more on the for far. yes, thank you so much joe. we'll just like joe and i saw her news was also here 12 years ago. when cuts are one, the right to house, the world cup. she's now as l by stadium. and funny, how does it feel to be standing in front of the stadium that is about to host the opening match? well, 1st of all, fire, how's my hair looking? i don't, don't answer that thing, but as journalist as a sports journalist, of course, we're very, very lucky to be part of it exciting times for us. i mean, we've covered so many big events in katara, but this is the event apart from the olympic. this is the biggest sporting event in the world and on the personal side. d as an ab, i'm very proud that the a world cup is coming to my region for the 1st time. and i know as soon as that match kicks off this evening. all the talk off the field will stop and the excitement of football will start. let's hear from the coaches, from uruguay and the cutter, but i'm a show that on the a study called the other. it's a very important day for us, a historic moment, a moment of happiness for the players staff. it's an extraordinary day, like no other. we've made such a huge effort in this country. we've devoted ourselves to this world cup and invested so much. i just hope it's a great party where we can enjoy football, ash pool and do our talking on the pendulum for you. no, no, i'm more. no, not at the moment we understand the importance of the gang for the 2 teams. we'll try to focus on what to we don't feel any kind of pressure. of course we're a bit nervous because for many of us this is our 1st world cup. to be honest with on, we're very karma looking forward to the game and showing what we can do as phil sanchez has mentioned, there's going to be a big footballing party tonight. the host nation cutoff is take in ecuador, in the opening game of the 1st wall cup in the middle east. and it will start that 16 jam t and 19 local time here. and i'll hor next to the al bait stadium back to the studio when, what's your take on this much? it's, it's 2 teams that come into this tournament with a great deal of adversity overcome. and a lot of questions in terms of what the future has in store for guitar. of course, knowing what this nucleus of fema is going to be able to do with ecuador coming in is one of the youngest sites in this tournament. it's going to be interesting to see how they end up being able to counter each other. how to be able to play this batch, of course, with the eyes of the world in front of them. that's as can be one of the keys to look at, especially an equity side that still wasn't ready for prime time a couple years ago. but now they really are front center. what else have gone through a lot of changes in the last 4 or 5 years? i'm jo. what do you think their chances are? i think it's important to remember far that they are the 2001900 asian champions. it's a long time ago now considering these had a panoramic since then, and they overcame so much adversity in that tournament. you know, it was a very difficult tone for them in the u. a. they, they have grown up together this team because they were all a majority of them were all fire academy together and they were all under felix sanchez at that time. so i'm stuck with him. he's now the coach of the senior team and you know, they know how they fit in the team and how they can play together. having said all that, looking at the way they've prepared for this tournament, they've base e gone into camp around a full time. and it really shows some of the results have shown that, that may not of the night a good idea because they've missed now on we can we count football in the domestic leagues and the results have not been great the last few months you'd have to go back to august, really for that 1st way and i mean they were even beaten by the creation on the 23 team. so it's going to be difficult to see. it's difficult to predict how they'll do it and tournament because the pressure is going to be on them as the highest liliana. another aspect to that, because when they do play, it's a team that's really impress, keep in mind. they also played in a couple america back in 2019. they also played on the gold cup in previous version . and they really give it a good impression overall as far as how they play their work. a couple of times maybe some questions to the tail end of matching in terms of their overall fitness . but overall it's a team that really gave a good impression in south america in north american that part of the world. and it'll be interesting to see, especially a team like equity coming in, who well, there was a survey done a few years ago in terms of their chances of qualifying for the work up 95 percent requisite no, no way. so that's interesting to see with, with a new coaching gustavo, looking ahead, one, he's likely to get out of this group casara acquittal. at least he, teens. that's a good question. um, you would say because of the home field advantage, if you would say will be guitar, but based on what equity has been able to do. and if you look at her past 6 matches and how they play defensively, it would end up being ecuador. but then the question is both teams are struggling offensively. how's that go? who's going to be able to overcome that particular obstacle? and i guess we're going to see that today on the pitch. but now many eggroll supporters and not able to make a long trip to the middle east. but that doesn't mean their excitement is any less back home or latin american editor, lucy, a newman is in the port city of guayaquil in y, akeelah. ecuador is largest city, there's a frenzy to obtain the national teams jersey before they sell out. all i got in trouble for not every ecuadorian is a fanatic about football walk over here. this woman confesses, she's buying a small one for her dog. ha! football fever has taken over la oklahoma, cause we're going to win by one mill. the 12 year old jeremy disagrees. yeah. okay, and let them, oh, i think that in the 1st half will tie but in the 2nd half will whim to nil. thanks to cancel a plateau. he's referring to ecuadorian football. idle gonzalo bladder, who like almost the entire team, grew up in poverty, gallagher, i'm going from a 22 year old bladder nowadays for spain's rail via the lead, and has bought his family, this new house where he keeps many of his trophies one. when joe ne, blacks whites mulattoes from the mountains to the coast, we will become like one like brothers leather. back in his old neighbourhood. they haven't forgotten him. madeline is shows us a photo of platter with her grandson and says he's an inspiration for other boys. so the don't turn to drugs and crime 2 weeks ago the government declared a state of emergency and a curfew here. and why akil and to other provinces because of uncontrollable gang violence. because of security concerns, local officials have had to cancel a huge fan 1st. that they plan to host all the same ecuador and all over guayaquil are preparing for the big day. even the gangs have called for an unofficial truce to allow people to think of nothing else. but the game. a true ecuador has never come close to winning a world cup, but people young and old tell us that this time, they're sure their team will take them further than ever before world war to see a newman, al jazeera. why akil. as you saw earlier in the show, is it walk here for as long as i've lived here has always been a popular hang out with the locals. and that hasn't changed natasha again. i'm is there right now still early, but things are bound to get a lot more busy down there as a day goes on natasha. oh, it's so fun to see people from countries you're not used to seeing it here in so walk. if i just spoke to some fans from germany, i spoke to some of the americans earlier. i'm going to guess that to walk if more than a century old is the only place on the planet right now where you can get a henna tattoo. a traditional country breakfast and i won't put this on, i'll spare you the visual cut, our team wig brazil hat. this is one of the many cultural offerings that fans will get to enjoy over the next month or so. it's also an excellent opportunity for the countries to show the world how they've preserved their cultural heritage. and given it a modern twist, a lot of people have been asking, where are the fans? 1.5000000000 fans are expected to come to katara over the next 28 days, and they're going to come in waves. according to the organizing committee, the busiest days are going to be november 24th. through the 28th there, about 100000 bookings on those days, even so the organizers are saying they'll still have about 25000 rooms available. but in any event, it's going to be very busy those days. the organizing committee has also encourage people, even if you don't have tickets, after the group stage matches and on december 2nd, they're encouraging people to come and enjoy the festive atmosphere of cuts are bear in mind that cut our wants the world to get an experience. not just a football and the passion around football, but get a window into their culture. this is the 1st time that an arab and muslim country have posted a world cup. this is the 1st time that a world cup is inspired to be carbon neutral. and now this is katara moment in the global spotlight. i think it's interesting to note that according to the booking so far, it looks like saudi arabia the united states and mexico are going to have a very excellent showing here over the next month. all right, natasha. get 9. enjoy yourself down there. all righty. of that later. one you have you had a chance to go down to the seek and if no what, what are the things that you are looking forward to doing one grand katzoff? well, the 2nd one was placed, they still have to go to a have knock on there. i was over by the coronation. at one of the things i did see was the amount of support that other teams are obviously got cover is getting their, their, their fans behind them to rally behind. but it's a, it really left an impression upon me seeing so many argentina, brazil as dizzy. some germany and tunisia as well. obviously there's a great job. there's a large tunisian community here and got are. so it's, it's very important to start looking at. but seeing argentina and brazil, and the fans coming in waves and sometimes seeing some of the fans locally supporting those countries, ends up being such an important historical aspect of, of the impact that these 2 teams have had throughout world football. and seeing a husband with a brazil jersey away for that argentina jersey. i start sending those pictures back home and they're like, ha, that happens. people do that. it's interesting to see that dynamic in how important it is that to what footballs been and what it means, the football. oh, good. well, as you mean i, this is a really unique world cup in russia. 4 years ago, it was one of the most spread out tournaments in welcome history. by contrast, katara will follow as the most compact. in terms of geographical size, cat i is the smallest nation to host footloose and biggest tournaments. 70 kilometers the longest distance between any of the stadiums. starting in the south, albany is close to the city of our macro. the 1st of the brand new venues completed for the won't come. it's just 15 minutes down the right out. the memo which is near to catalyst to international apples and the large industrial area. ah, they hated into a house port. stadium 974 is the wild cups of us ever temporary venue. and it's right on the waterfront at rest, abbey, a, b, i. 15 kilometers west were at the redeveloped kelly for international stadium, which 1st opened in 1976 and hosted the 2006 asian game. ah, sure journey across and round is the education 50 stadium. it's at the heart of catalyst center of learning and have 9 university. ah, a 10 minute drive on the highway takes you to been out. he stadium is the venue from the coast. the capacity of $40000.00 ah, just to the north of the venue for the world comp final. the city you said was built for the tournament and it time the biggest stadium with 18030 kilometers uppercase in the fifty's, our cool life, the 60000 seater stadium pizza, are cut in 7 years of construction. many $10000000000.00 spent 7, a brand new stadium facing stage for the biggest, but will show on the planet. as cats are 2022 gets under way. we'll have a full day of coverage here on al jazeera and from 1300 gmc, will have an extensive build up all the way to the opening game between katara and ecuador. all right, well that is all we got time for this. welcome special from far a me and juan, it's good bye for now with with mm hm. mm hm. every footstep moving in the sink with the world to bring health equity for all to be together again with the ones far apart with transformation and collaboration . indonesia urges and leads the world in moving forward as one wrench over together, recover stronger ah, the passionate about their sport and determined to succeed against the odds. you are fighting. keep on training despite obstacles. algae, as they were world tells the inspiring story of a group of somali women in pursuit of 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