Can we just stick to the football please: What is the Qatar 2022 legacy?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 17 December 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
On the eve of the World Cup Final, Adam Leventhal is joined by The Athletic's Matt Slater and Laura Williamson to evaluate the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
From the build-up to the tournament, the treatment of migrant workers and the handling of the tournament by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, the panel analyse all aspects.
What comes next? What happens to the stadiums, Qatari football and what lessons have been learned? Plus, there's reaction to Infantino's announcement over an expanded FIFA Club World Cup as well as confirmation over his second term as President.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:05.0 | Soon, the Qatar World Cup will be done and dusted and the FIFA circus will gather up its branding and the Blazers and they will move on. |
| 0:13.0 | But what next? What will the legacy of this World Cup be? The FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, as expected, says it's been the best World Cup ever. |
| 0:24.5 | It's certainly been the most controversial, but has it been a success? |
| 0:27.9 | I'm Adam Leventhal. This is the Athletic Football Podcast. The unique cohesive power that this World Cup has shown, thanks to everyone who was |
| 0:44.8 | evolved to Qatar, all the volunteers, workforce, all of you, everyone who has contributed |
| 0:50.8 | to make this World Cup the best World Cup ever. |
| 0:58.8 | Today's episode is brought to you from the rather picturesque gardens outside the Qatar National Museum, |
| 1:06.0 | which is well worth a visit if you get an opportunity to come here to Doha. |
| 1:12.7 | I have been telling quite a few people that whilst we've been here and many have followed in my footsteps. It's been very interesting |
| 1:18.1 | to see the history of the country, but let's focus on this World Cup. Matt Slater, senior |
| 1:25.2 | football news reporter and Laura Williamson, the deputy editor of The Athletic, are here to discuss the experience of this World Cup, what it means and the future. |
| 1:37.0 | Laura, Matt, good to see you. |
| 1:39.2 | What we think, what the fans, the visitors from various different nations think, what those who have |
| 1:47.4 | built this place think, and what Janie M. Fentino thinks may well differ completely. |
| 1:54.5 | We heard from the FIFA president yesterday in his closing address. Matt, you and I were |
| 1:59.6 | sat in the auditorium for front row seats to see what he was going to come up |
| 2:04.6 | with. |
| 2:04.9 | And he wasn't as combative as he was in his opening address. |
| 2:09.0 | But basically, the long and short of it was, this has been great, let's move on, big tick in the box. |
| 2:15.5 | Yeah, it was very different to the eve of tournament rant where he came in, I think quite, |
| 2:22.3 | I think he's quite emotional actually, because I think he's had a really bumpy ride for a few |
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