Qatar World Cup 2022: Infantino speech reaction, the human cost to migrant workers & England latest

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Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

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🗓️ 20 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Join us for the first of our daily World Cup podcasts throughout the tournament as Adam Leventhal brings you the latest news, views and reaction from Qatar. Ahead of the start of the tournament, Matt Slater reacts to FIFA President Gianni Infantino's speech on the eve of the tournament, before Simon Hughes shares his thoughts having returned from an eight-day trip to Nepal to hear from the migrant families and their families who have prepared Qatar for hosting the World Cup. Plus David Ornstein and Laurie Whitwell are at Portugal training with the latest on Cristiano Ronaldo and England correspondent Jack Pitt-Brooke checks in from England's training base in Al-Wakrah. Produced by Guy Clarke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:03.0	So after almost 12 years of surprise, suspicion and scandal,
0:09.0	it's finally time for Qatar to host the FIFA World Cup. I'm Adam Leventhal here in Doha and this is
0:16.6	the Athletic Football Podcast. The winner to organize the 222 FIFA World Cup is Qatar.
0:35.0	Today I have very strong feelings.
0:37.0	I can tell strong feelings.
0:44.0	I can tell you that.
0:46.0	I'm still sort of, you know, getting over, processing some of it,
0:49.0	which was a kind of greatest hits of what about a ring.
0:53.4	You don't have a world cup just with stadiums, you need roads, you need hotels, you need
0:59.2	irrigation systems, you need a whole infrastructure to be able to host it.
1:04.0	So migrant workers built, guitar.
1:08.0	So, welcome to the first of our daily podcasts throughout this World Cup tournament in Qatar.
1:17.0	Here with me is Matt Slater, our senior football news reporter as we build up to the start of this tournament.
1:25.0	It's all beginning.
1:27.0	This evening, Qatar against Ecuador.
1:30.0	Our England correspondent Jack Pit Brook is going to be bringing us the latest from the England camp a little bit later on.
1:35.2	We'll also be hearing from Simon Hughes, who's done a special report on the situation faced by migrant workers in Nepal.
1:44.6	Now, Matt, it's good to see you.
1:47.2	It's been a, well, let's say an interesting,
1:51.8	a surprising start already to the
1:55.1	the preamble to this tournament. We'll come on to Janie and Fantino in a moment's time
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