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the 1st man to school in 5 world cup. house nation cut off a thin at all with a well kept cold hanging in the balance. and england are in a much better position if they be the americans, they'll book a place in the knockout stage. ok, we have actually cover geisha with us in the studio, a good win for brazil last night. but it was a bit of a stub and the serbian side that they had to overcome wasn't if, as we expected, you know, from severe they're not a very easy team to break down. but brazil or brazil, they always score goals. and they showed that which are fun having an incredible stat to the tournament. and also really just showing that he's one of the players that we need to look out for at this woke up a shot. there are some kinds of a concerns about near if he's ruled out this would come as a huge blow for brazil. absolutely his there, the poster boy over the brazilian side. but also when you look at her, they are talking options. he's the more senior member in their front line, but these youngsters, you know, are the 2 gabriel's at martinez, lee and jesus, you have at digger you have finishes say it's very exciting to see. you know, such players are, you know, coming in to the brazilian side, but i think that, you know, they'll do a good job even without nima. those 2 sides are in group g also in that pool. switzerland. we're one. no winners over cameron on 1st. that means the source of 2nd in the group, little very early days, the only goal coming from breo m bolos away against the country. oh, perf, and christiana. rinaldo stopped talking and finally started playing football. at this woke up his criticism of majesty united resulted in his time at the club had been ended, but he remained central to portugal of plans at this torment. as andy richardson reports were there, how much longer will christiane rinaldo, his name be on the back of a portugal shirts. with his contract at manchester, united terminated the 37 year old is playing at this world cup in a state of semi unemployment sandwich. talk about ronald r, is he stover? the main man for portugal. robbers the legend in the world. we cannot doubt about it. you know, a break here. all the records fees a little bit. all. i have hold on him, but we have a lot of good players all of done rita, good to go on. as fans were out in numbers to support their players, seemingly unconcerned about the challenge. ahead to do, we are going to put him in our pocket. granado. these old is old. this is locked mark up. we are going to duplicate. how do you think your team can do this work that we're going to really serve the whole world today? i mean, even though the report abuse, have great players, you can measure the amount of hours that we have a very useful team be looking forward to speaking them back. the only way to describe it, to be honest, we're not afraid or not, but we're not like anybody. rinaldo was picked to start unkempt in his country. these teams met the 2014 world cup on that occasion. rinaldo school, portugal, winner woodley lunch. and i was in the 1st home for both around rinaldo. at one point he had to be in the midst of the goal to be ruled out for a file. in the 2nd cycle on rinaldo setup a moments of history, he converted the resulting penalty to become the 1st player to school. at 5 different men's world cups. don't count in andrea, you veteran of the school to reach the quarter finals and 2010 level to match 11 only for goals. syndrome. felix roughly leo. portugal 31 head late head of from osmond recovery. couldn't stop this night. belonging to portugal . rinaldo, in a moment to need looking to wound y'all. yes, this was a beautiful moment. my world caught one. we got off on the right foot with a very important wind on him. and we know that in these competitions, the 1st match is fundamental them and it's another record to be the only player to score in 5 consecutive world cups. but the great performance of the team is also something that makes me very proud and very happy. it was a tough fare when they're afraid. my rinaldo came into the game with a point to prove. he finished it with another record and his team of that group gone a bit managed to produce africa. the 1st goals in this world cup where the continent is still waiting to see its 1st when at the finals and the richardson algae era at doha 97 full stadium. okay. quite humorously. we heard one of the things they say that rinaldo is old. 37 is the number to be exact, but he's still integral to portugal hopes at this woke up, isn't it? yes, absolutely. you know, he's one of the best players to ever play the game of football in the world and you have to give him credit. i could see, even when the coach subsidies him, he was going to the bench and thinking i could have done a little bit more. but you know, his leadership as well. he was named captain, that sort of atmosphere is what they need and also to show him that we are here for you after what happened with them on tuesday night and at a how disappointed gun are with the result. do you think they had even a slight cancer guess he old or not? and history. i mean, when he's about fee for rankings are gonna the lowest team coming into the swell cap. but looking at the quality of the squad, they have very young players. were very, you know, they had a great season. i thought that thomas, but they could have done a better job in this game. we didn't see much of him, but upfront buccheri s growing that goal, did you of course, you know, the lead of the steam. he plays here in said in katara, so he had a lot of experience on what better way for him to be the one to school africa as fast ago. so ghana, it's a very tough group for them. and i think that they still have a chance, you know, the fighting spirit that we saw yesterday. the coach will be very pleased with that performance and they can pick it up from there. well, so on the same group as portugal, you're going south korea played out the goal is draw your quiet twice, hit the posting to the in san diego, very late in the game next up for them. it's portugal on monday with south korea playing. gonna the 2nd round of group games. a kickoff as soon as wales and iran face each other in group be at the end of an alley stadium of far smell is standing. therefore i spar will will be relying on some gas bail magic once again. santa hi there we are the favorites having into this match. they do have experience. they've appeared in the last 2 years and championships, but it's the last time they played in the world cup was in 1958. right? yes. bail is a key to this team. now, we've seen him for a lot of late, important goals. he did bad in the game against the united states, where he came through in the 2nd half to give them a 11 tie. and his coach has been speaking about bales performance. i think it's gone to the level of the night again, isn't it? you know, with, with what you've done and you admit himself, you, it wasn't, it wasn't probably one of his back games or the night you minutes. but when you need him, he delivers fear. and you know, if you want anybody in the depression situationally on the game to get an equalizer, it be got to take apparently, and he's got time and time again for us for let's talk a little bit about iran of that 6 to thrashing by england. can they recover in this game? yeah, they are going to be devastated and they're going to come out. they're going to fight. they're going to really wanna win this match or they do have experience. they've played in 6 world cuts. they are the top rank side in asia. you know, this is going to be a crucial match for both teams. a win for whales. we'll put them on the road to the next round. a defeat for around. we'll put them on the road to exiting this tournaments back to you guys far as my live from my husband i li stadium. thank you very much for that. and we also have a dos jibari into her on doors after the heavy defeat against england. what is the feeling in iran ahead of this match against wales? well, center around is generally a country that is mad about football, but this time around the mood is very different. so it's very somber and the atmosphere is very tense. and that is because a number of ongoing events that have unfolded in the country over the past few weeks in the protests being at the top of those. and there is a general consensus that most people are not really at watching these games are not to really in the mindset to be supporting the national team. there are some that will be of course, but many people have spoken to say that they are not really a that interested in this world cup. we also have heard that news on late thursday evening, just to give you a sense of how tense the situation is in the atmosphere in the country. one of the former iranian national football players has been arrested a he is warrior caffery who was arrested on thursday evening on charges of propaganda against the state, as well as undermining insulting the arraignment national football team. there is a sense that any kind of criticism of this team is not going to be tolerated by the governments during this tournament door, given the politics, how difficult do you think it's proving for the team to actually focus on the football it was going very difficult and i think we saw the result of that on the field on monday in the game against england, the coach of the team carlos curos on that choose. they posted on his instagram account a number of messages, the team and him had received that were very, very insulting and, and a lot of threats made against the team. as a result of the players not taking his position at to align themselves with the protesters in the country. he said that really if the fans are not supporting the team, they should not be voicing their opinion or they should not show up to the games. there is no room for this kind of criticism when the players are trying to focus on the game and we heard also from one of the top strikers of the national team, met the tar me, who said in the past said 24 hours. that really this is a new game for them. this is when the world cup is actually starting for this team to go to put that loss with england behind them and look forward to beating wales in this game later on today. bill for january mar, throw can for you. thank you. well, angle in the get the, you a phase thanksgiving and the u. s. and you can be sure there will be a lot of interest in this one. let's learn more about the fixture with that samantha johnson. heading into cat at 2022. it was hard to find 2 sides struggling like england and the usa england have failed to win their previous 6 gains and to view as they were little better high on smothered johnson. this is wealth, hope one, o one england manager gal. the south gate is used to criticism when he was a teenager at lyndon club, crystal palace, his boss told him to consider becoming a travel agent. instead, he went on to have a massively successful career, but at tattered 2022. the heat is really all england fans only want one results to hold the cup just like they did in 1966 and to go into a tournament like this with a worse record in 30 odd years is not what the fans at ordered. hill means that players like defend a harry mcguire have learned to treat twitter with caution or developing talents like fill photon are being showered with so much love. the pressure is crushing. greg bol halter has been coaching usa for 4 years, and he posts a sense 8.6 percent when rate recent results would help that, though his captain christine politic knows how to is at the beginning of the season . in the english premier league, he was struggling to get his thoughts with his side chelsea. but here's a story about how his coat and pressure in the past. i'm going to take you back to december 13th, 2013 the day politic played for the usa and the 17th against brazil. he knew there were hundreds of scouts watching. it was the biggest game of his life. he scored one goal and was on hand for the assist. he has a tattoo of the date in roman numerals on his wrist. it was the date. he says, it changed his life. ah, still in studio with a sure co makisha i should. let's hope you are so england. if the english, when bear on the cusp of the last 16, how likely are they to achieve their targets? am i to be quite honest? i of course, has a lot of rivalry between england and the usa, especially when it comes to foot. but i think that england looking good after that, when against iran, the buzzing, you know, with a lot of confidence and also the quality that the players come into. this woke up we but also just going into the woke up so many people were worried about, you know, it coming in the middle of the season, but it's actually perfect. we can see, you know, the primly players having a great time. you know, marcus rushford became a soccer, had a great game against iran, and i think that will play a huge breath in helping them win against the usa. ok, let's hear from the 2 coaches. now. we have to try to make history number one. and we're good at that, we got to talking highly of ourselves is a nation and on the basis of very low evidence. so what we've got to do is perform on the field, and we know that we'll play a highly motivated team. and perhaps even more motivated because if some of those types, the headlines but we've got huge respect for our opponent. we know a lot of the players from league and we know the quality that they have in the athleticism that they have. and so we've got to be best. we haven't achieved anything as a group on the world stage. you know, when you're talking about, you know, england coming in forth and then coming in 2nd, you know, there's, there's tangible things that you can say, ok, this group achieve something and we're not, we're just not there yet. we, we need to use this world cup to establish ourselves and then, you know, hopefully move to the next world cup and do the same. now before england and the us play, there will be action in group a were the champions of africa in a goal, and the asian champions cut armies who'll win this much will bear in mind that both of them are on the brink of elimination. and please do not break our hearts. we are wearing the room. well, when you look at that game, it's very, very difficult for both teams. katara know, as hosts that really they need to show the world that they're not only getting ready to host everyone at the woke up just of the field. we need to see that fight, you know, from them. we didn't see that in the opening game against equity, and for synagogue, the champions of africa, they need to prove to the world that indeed the world class team, but especially with outside your money. and i think it's going to be very tightly contested. but i think center go may wind up one from a single east perspective. what do we need to see differently from them compared to what we saw against the netherlands? the coach alyssa has to make a very tough decision if he will keep edward mandy, the goalkeeper, or bring in alfred gummies to give him a chance in this welcome. because edward mindy hasn't had a good time, you know, at chelsea. at some point he was actually put on the bench kept, was playing as number one choice, and then he was brought back in. but we've not seen that confidence, especially when you look at the 1st go that they conceded against the netherlands. so alyssa, if you can make a difference there, but then also we need to see more from i use my last are upfront leading to a talking for synagogue, and hopefully they can get something in that game. i sure. what can katara do to win this? and how important is it for the host nation to do good in this dorm? they have to go back to the basics. you know, the code such as i know he was a disaster. you know, like very sad about that result in the 1st game, but i think that they have to go back to the basics, let you know, let's go back and, and, you know, come together as a team, see what they can do and, but also for the is you know, the category funds and everyone who lives here in the car that was part of, you know, building the stadiums and, you know, the entire process of preparing for the woke up. they would want to seek gotta do well. so i think that will be enough motivation for the team to make sure that they get to result in this one while we're not far from the opening game on friday between iran and wales and fans are already gathering at 2 o'clock if in doha. and that's where we find katya lopez. how do i know who is that? how is the mood down her cat? yep. yeah. well, as you mentioned, bo 1st mash is just about an hour away. and as always as a walk, if you're in, dall. hi is a good spot to kind of get the pulse of the city tap into some of that excitement before some of the matches. we've seen a lot of bands from well nozzle, a lot of yellow teachers from brazil, people who are celebrating their. 2 when against our survey yesterday, but also a lot of other yellow shirts, and a lot of fans from ecuador, we're here from some fancy who are supporting their team and tell me about the excitement that's been felt among fancier in ecuador wasn't been. light is great. you can not have another emotion like this one. this is a world cup in which your country is going to be followed by 18000000 edward dorians. and you can see ace, you can imagine we'll do just fine. world series, again, find super bowl of this, not none like that. this is once every 4 years and is the best place to come over because of football or soccer unites continent. united people from all over the world. everybody is a brother here. everybody wants to take a picture of you every one share with you. and this is right here. they just came to join me from south america, so we can to poor april dor today douglas. today we're going to win. today we went up when again, and we're going to miss any finals. watch. is ecuador east come in to show who we are today? yeah, with them on the a lot of excitement here. obviously, this is our 1st are the 1st woke up in the middle east la has a lot of 1st here, experiencing the ambiance in this market mistook walking. what's it been like is definitely different than any other world cup? yes. well, we just guy, he, i just got here yesterday last night, but so far he's amazing. he's a great environment. a lot of people from all over the war are everybody to she would respect. everybody wants to like share and everything like talk to each other . were you coming from? you know, her so it would be glad to be here. thought, well, we have that out, but i know that before, are you guys? why did you do a quick chiera? so you just have a few seconds, but i'm out of there. oh, wow. wow. wow. yeah, they bring it, but normally, when or later on against netherlands, little have to wait and see. thanks for their katya now away from the souk, there was a well sing along unto his cool niece this morning, the welsh youth choir, the berry horns, marching band and singer songwriter david yvonne came together to perform. and laura khan was there. oh ah, i mean everything on the car, it's a it's a song by somebody run against a song about rails song, about small nations everywhere. who can survive against all the all. it's really something i would distinguish us from the rest united kingdom for example. you know, our language is very powerful, it's used in the databases as well. and i think this is one of the key elements that tell us about our culture where we are now. what we've been through is a collect herself, right? we're never going to go away, we're never going to give and we're still here, which is what a low my heat means. and it's a bite show in the world that you can. you can batter us, you could bruises, but you'll never break us. another symbol of false pride has become the pocket can be insulation behind me and many fans wearing them. it's really become synonymous with football. and more prevalent than the while strike and one on people's t shirt was found to be waiting a very long time that it's been 64 years since they were lost in the caffeine this morning. that definitely making the most of it. yes, ha, ha, ha, man, shout dial. oh, oh. okay, well during group be at the tune of how much of the focus is going to be on group, especially because that's where we find the host nation cutter. and they are in action or later today, hoping to avoid elimination. but also we need to talk about the netherlands in ecuador, whoever wins that match could be on their way to the last 16 history says the dutch will win. what do you say i should? i think that there louis van hale has done an incredible job with this. steam is not yet lost a game with them and their, their favorites. net of it. i had of ecuador in that one echo will come out fighting. but i think the dutch will come up, talk about 21 for me. i say your predictions quickly for the game. i think it's going to be a very close, but 2121 for the netherlands. and for katara to when again, for synagogue to win. yeah. all right, so we go watch. oh we're those predictions and we'll find out next on that we speak to actual convolution will hold her accountable to those results. all right? but i to as always, lovely to have you here. thank you very much. we'll see you again next time. and that is all that we have a time for. don't forget, you can get more from our world cup content on our website at sel. 0 dot com, forward slash will cup and we'll be back at 1030 g empty with plenty more from kata 2020 to include in the latest on the vital game from awful manner stadium were host nation cut out. we'll face cynical. all right, and that is all that we have time for. we will see you again next time and that was coming up at 1030 gmc will see you then why follow with when the taliban took control of afghanistan in august 2021. it sparked a 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