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00:01Maradona! Maradona! Maradona!
00:06I'm sorry, it's Messi! Leo de Messi!
00:11He has cut inside! Penny, that's a lovely heart!
00:14I don't know better! Oh my word!
00:18Caravano, la gioca per Pirlo! Pirlo, Pirlo! Per Grosso, la girava il sinistro!
00:23Oh my God!
00:28Hey!
00:34Monday morning in Miami, somewhere in Florida.
00:38And Ian Fletcher is on a journey.
00:49The 2026 Soccer World Cup is to be co-hosted by the US in competition with Canada and Mexico, in
00:56what will be the biggest sporting event the world has ever seen.
01:03Ian's here because he's been recruited by F***, the organising body for world football, which we're unable to name for
01:10legal reasons, to lead its 2026 oversight team in Miami in a key new post of Director of Integrity.
01:27He's arriving at a moment when, in a divided world, sport means more to us than it's ever meant.
01:36And this is a post that's been specially created for him by F***'s previous Director of Integrity, who left...
01:44Ian!
01:46Eric, hi.
01:47Welcome to Oversight.
01:48Ah, hi.
01:49Very good.
01:51My God, who knew you were so big? We met on Zoom. For all I know, you are a pygmy.
01:55Yes.
01:55Turns out you are a giant.
01:56Well, I wouldn't.
01:57It's the modern condition. We are in each other's faces more than ever, but from the neck down, we are
02:02in uncharted waters.
02:03Yes. Well, it's very good to be here anyway.
02:06Let me introduce you. So, everybody, the special one is with us!
02:14Well...
02:18Well, thank you. Thank you. I was just saying to Eric, it's great to be here and to see you
02:22all.
02:23Wow!
02:24OK. So, let me show you. We have your own desk for you, I think.
02:28Right.
02:28Emily? Yes.
02:29Eric van de Putrens is mostly Belgian and is in Miami as FIFA chief coordinating attache from their headquarters in
02:37Zurich.
02:37Right. OK.
02:39So, here we are.
02:40Yes.
02:41We are in the very centre of things, yes?
02:43Yes. No, I mean, it's right in the middle, isn't it?
02:45Yes.
02:46OK. So, welcome. So, I will leave you now. Apologies if I have taken too much of your time already.
02:51No. And in the meantime, if I need anything, I can ask Emily, is it?
02:54Yes. Yes.
03:23Even though FIFA is based in Switzerland,
03:26Ian's first task is to establish his place in a corporate culture
03:30which is irretrievably American.
03:37OK, great. So shall we make some sort of start?
03:41Of course.
03:41Oh, my God, so British.
03:42By 10 o'clock, Ian is chairing his first-ever meeting
03:45of the Oversight Team's Strategic Operations Group, or SOG.
03:49So, first of all, I just wanted to say hi, really.
03:52Maybe introduce myself a bit.
03:53Hi.
03:54Yes, and perhaps say something about the journey we're all on together.
03:58Great.
03:58It's a crack squad of individual men or women
04:01chosen from soccer authorities right across the three host nations
04:05and assembled here in Miami to see what happens.
04:08As some of you might know,
04:09I was lucky enough to be involved in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
04:13Oh, my God, so great.
04:14The opening ceremony.
04:15Sure.
04:15You have Mr Bean, the Queen, falls out of a helicopter.
04:18Oh, my God, brilliant.
04:19So, just to clarify, guys, it wasn't like she fell, she was wearing a parachute.
04:23OK, well, yes.
04:24Either way, OK, you have the Queen coming out of the sky, no?
04:27Yeah, still pretty neat.
04:28Yes, well, anyway, what I realise now, that turns out to have been just base camp
04:32on the way towards an altogether higher and more momentous peak.
04:36For sure.
04:36So there are going to be challenging days on the way up.
04:39Yeah.
04:40Yeah, 100%.
04:40And we'll be relying on each other every step of the way.
04:44But when we get to the...
04:46...when we get to the top, which, by the way, we will,
04:48I think the view is going to be pretty incredible for all of us.
04:52Can I just say, that is so beautiful, Ian.
04:54Well, no.
04:55Truly.
04:56Yeah, great stuff.
04:58But anyway, in the meantime...
04:59With fewer than 200 days to go to the opening game at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City,
05:05the most pressing item in Ian's inbox is the official announcement
05:08of the semi-final venues on Friday.
05:11It's a big moment, both for the oversight team
05:13and for the two cities in question, wherever they turn out to be.
05:17And am I right in thinking that as of now, i.e. today, Monday,
05:21we haven't finalised where those venues are?
05:23Oh, my God.
05:24Nope, we have not.
05:25Correct.
05:26Right.
05:26Guys, do not get me started on this, please.
05:28No, okay, let's not.
05:30My name is Gabriela de la Rosa, and I am VP of Dix and Narrative at 2026 Oversight.
05:35So when you host a tournament like this, what are you doing?
05:37What you are doing is you are telling a story about who you are,
05:40and you are telling this story to the world.
05:42Right, yeah.
05:43So then, in this case, when you've got three host nations...
05:46Sure.
05:47How do you decide which story you're telling?
05:49Okay, for sure. This is a challenge, yes.
05:52Yes.
05:52So I played 207 games for Club Deportivo Guadalajara in the Liga MX Femenil.
05:57I represented Mexico on the world stage 35 times.
06:00I was CMO at the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación for three years.
06:04I am proud to be a Mexican woman.
06:06Right.
06:06This is my story, so this is the story I'm telling, yes?
06:09Right, yes.
06:10I mean, essentially, it looks like we're down to a short list of three possible venues for two games,
06:15which, I have to say, doesn't sound too difficult in principle.
06:17Good.
06:18The idea of making a last-minute decision about something as crucial as the venues for the 2026 semifinals
06:24is one of a number of outstanding projects bequeathed to him by Ian's predecessor as Director of Integrity.
06:31I mean, Owen, perhaps with your logistics hat on, do you want to just take us through the headlines with
06:35each of the options?
06:35Okay.
06:36I mean, is that okay with you?
06:38No?
06:38Sure.
06:39Okay.
06:39I'll give it a shot.
06:41Um, so, uh, Vancouver, LA, and Miami.
06:48Three very different options here.
06:51So, Miami, we know, of course, because we can pretty much see it out the window.
06:56So, I am Owen Mitchell, and I am VP Logistics and Execution here at, well, you know where we are.
07:03I didn't choose that title, by the way.
07:05I have also been the Chief Operating Officer at Canada Soccer for the past eight years, in case you're interested.
07:11So, basically, you're responsible for the practicalities of the whole thing.
07:15Really?
07:16Jesus, I'm still trying to figure out how the coffee machine works.
07:19I mean, planning, infrastructure, transport, everything.
07:21I don't know.
07:22I guess somebody must be.
07:24Hey, maybe it is me.
07:27LA, over there on the west coast, what can you say?
07:30Twelve million people, what they're all really doing there, we don't know.
07:33Stadium, functioning airport, hotels, palm trees.
07:36So, everything pretty much where it ought to be.
07:39That is when parts of it aren't literally on fire.
07:42Oh, my gosh.
07:43And you discount the existence of the San Andreas Fault.
07:45Our poor world, right?
07:47Yeah.
07:49And then, Vancouver, up there in Canada.
07:53What can I tell you?
07:54The BC Stadium, out there on False Creek.
07:57You can walk there from the SkyTrain station and you hear the harbour seals calling out in English Bay.
08:04When it comes to issues like the venues for the semi-finals, Owen's job is to bring his wealth of
08:09practical experience and knowledge to bear for the benefit of the whole group.
08:13Right, well, thank you for that.
08:15Sure.
08:15That's really helpful.
08:16Yeah, right.
08:17I mean, this is a key decision in so many ways.
08:19Yup.
08:20Oh, my gosh.
08:21I mean, Sarah, I mean, from an environmental point of view.
08:23Absolutely.
08:24Right, so financially, it's huge.
08:26Yes.
08:26Financially.
08:27Yeah, like we're not trying to save the world here, right?
08:29Excuse me?
08:30Fuck's sake.
08:31What do you mean we're not trying to save the world here?
08:33That's exactly what we're trying to do.
08:35Well, I mean, shall we...
08:35Okay, and guys, we have not talked about Guadalajara yet, yes?
08:39Right.
08:39Jesus.
08:41Guadalajara?
08:41Yes.
08:42So, just a detail.
08:43Guadalajara is not actually on the short list.
08:45Exactly.
08:45This is what I'm saying.
08:46It is not on the short list.
08:47Yes, I mean...
08:48So, excuse my language here, but like, what is this?
08:50Like, what the fuck?
08:51Is it just me, or did we cover this?
08:53We're not doing this for shits and giggles, right?
08:54Excuse me?
08:55Honestly, I don't know why we're even talking about this.
08:57So, I'm Nick Castellano.
08:59I'm VP Business and Legal at 2026 Oversight, as well as at U.S. Soccer.
09:02So, basically, that's everything, right?
09:03The whole kit and caboodle.
09:04You name it, it comes through me.
09:05Right.
09:05Do you want to be a bit more specific?
09:07Specific?
09:08Yeah, you know, maybe some examples.
09:09Listen, I'm trying to save you time here.
09:11What is this?
09:11The Supreme Court?
09:12I mean, just looking at it, with the opening game in Mexico City
09:15and the final in New York, in other words, in the U.S.,
09:18is there an argument that at least one of the semifinals
09:21should take place in Canada, which would mean Vancouver,
09:23in this case, obviously?
09:26Don't know me.
09:27I mean, I don't know.
09:27Does that help at all?
09:32Oh, my gosh.
09:41With the meeting over, Ian has come to have a word with
09:44by Chief Coordinating Attache, Eric van de Putrens,
09:47who is visible in his office, talking on his phone.
09:53So, Eric is busy right now?
09:55Yes.
09:55He's actually in a meeting?
09:56A meeting?
09:57Yes.
09:58No, it's OK.
09:59I just wanted to have a quick word, if that's OK.
10:01Sure.
10:01If you could email me some time.
10:03What?
10:04No.
10:04Ian!
10:05Yes, hi.
10:06You are here?
10:06Yes.
10:07You are still with us?
10:08Yes.
10:09No, I was just wondering if you had a moment.
10:10A moment?
10:11Yes.
10:11Of course, yes, of course.
10:12And then what is life but moments?
10:14We must spend them wisely.
10:15Yes.
10:16Thank you, Emily.
10:17Yes.
10:17Really, she is a force of nature.
10:19Yes.
10:19Truly.
10:20In fact, I don't know whether you remember this,
10:22but I think there was some mention of me having an Emily
10:25of my own at some point.
10:27Absolutely, yes.
10:28Yes.
10:28I don't know if you need to talk to Zurich about that.
10:30No one has been in contact with you about this.
10:32No, not yet, no.
10:33So then I apologise.
10:35I think we have good news here.
10:36Oh.
10:36Yes.
10:37Perhaps we can say, watch this space.
10:39Right.
10:40I will unleash Emily on this immediately.
10:42Right.
10:42Then we can say, look out.
10:43Yes?
10:43Yes.
10:43Please.
10:44In theory, Eric acts as a conduit, not just between Zurich and Miami, but also vice versa.
10:50And already, even at the end of the first meeting, we move forward, the Vancouver decision.
10:54Yes.
10:55Then I think we can call this a result.
10:57Yes.
10:57So I wanted to ask you about process here.
10:59On his first day in the job, Ian is keen to get up to speed with who people are, how
11:03things
11:04work, and what that means.
11:06And when it comes to the other semi-final, LA or Miami.
11:09Yes.
11:09So this email about this Miami day thing on Friday?
11:14Yes.
11:14Which am I right in thinking I'm supposed to be making some sort of speech at?
11:17Evidently so.
11:18In which case, first of all, what is it exactly?
11:21Miami day.
11:22Yes.
11:23Well, yes, exactly.
11:24What is it?
11:24So what we know is that Americans, they love to have days.
11:28Right.
11:29Well, then perhaps we can say this is something that is exactly what it sounds like.
11:34Right.
11:34Okay.
11:35I hope that helps.
11:36Yes, well.
11:36Personally, I am looking forward to it.
11:38Good.
11:39But with the semi-finals announcement coming on the same day, I mean, is that just a coincidence
11:44or is there something else going on here?
11:45Ah, yes, exactly.
11:47Who can say?
11:48Right.
11:49Yes.
11:52By the next morning, it's a new day in downtown Miami.
11:59It's day two.
12:00Good morning.
12:01Hi, yes.
12:02Going up?
12:02Yes.
12:03Well, I mean, I hope so anyway.
12:04Absolutely.
12:09So, I just want to say it's so great you're here, Ian.
12:12Oh, thank you.
12:13That's...
12:13Truly.
12:15Well...
12:15And it's so great you're sitting at Bill's desk, you know?
12:19Right, yes.
12:20And you're British too, right?
12:21Which makes it...
12:22I don't know.
12:23Well, I can't do anything about that.
12:25Actually, it's kind of wonderful.
12:26Well, thanks anyway.
12:32Okay, so then the raw sewage is pumped from underground collecting tanks back up to ground level for
12:39treatment, which separates water from what we call sludge.
12:44Okay.
12:45Yeah, so that's how that happens.
12:47Wow.
12:47That's awesome.
12:48By nine o'clock, VP Sustainability and Climate Strategy Sarah Campbell is in a virtual meeting
12:55all of her own making.
12:56So, there are companies that specialize in the removal of fats, oils and grease, known
13:02as FOG, or otherwise high strength waste, from waste water.
13:08Okay.
13:08Like, they have tankers and they go all over the city literally sucking this stuff up out
13:13of drains.
13:14Wow.
13:15I know, right?
13:16So, what we discovered is that if you add FOG to the digester at the critical point,
13:23the chemical reaction supercharges the biogas production, enabling us to literally double
13:30the production of gas and therefore double our electricity production.
13:35Right.
13:36Okay, but here's where it gets interesting, right?
13:39Absolutely.
13:41My name is Sarah Campbell and I'm VP Sustainability and Climate Strategy here at 2026 Oversight.
13:46Essentially, it involves putting the environment at the heart of everything we do to deliver
13:51a 2026 that's at the very least carbon neutral.
13:54In an ideal world, and I truly believe it's possible, we would be putting carbon back into
13:59the environment as a net result of everything we do.
14:02Are you sure you don't mean taking carbon out of the environment?
14:05Excuse me?
14:05Otherwise?
14:06Absolutely.
14:07Right.
14:07Exactly.
14:08I truly believe it's possible.
14:1133 million room nights in LA hotels last year.
14:14A direct visitor spend of $24 billion.
14:17Right.
14:17And those are big numbers.
14:18Yes.
14:19Well, they are numbers.
14:20This morning, with one of the semi-finals already assigned to Vancouver, the team is under pressure
14:24to choose between the last two shortlisted cities, Miami and Los Angeles, for the remaining game, before the official announcement
14:31of venues on Friday.
14:32I mean, in the end, I suppose what we need to consider-
14:36Okay.
14:36Okay.
14:36Okay.
14:37So this is a no-brainer, right?
14:38Well-
14:39Los Angeles has eight matches already.
14:41Right.
14:41Eight.
14:41Jesus.
14:42They have a quarter-final already.
14:43They had the Olympic games in 1984.
14:46The Olympic games?
14:47Yeah, I think that's different.
14:48LA is LA.
14:48We know what it is.
14:49It is oatmeal and Monjaro.
14:51What?
14:52Hmm.
14:52It is La La La Land, like the movie.
14:54La La.
14:55Excuse me?
14:55It's not La La La.
14:56Okay.
14:57Yeah, La La.
14:58Right, well-
14:58You know, I do not think we would end up getting into this.
15:01Guadalajara is not on the fucking shortlist, okay?
15:04This is not about Guadalajara.
15:05We are not going back there.
15:06This is about the story we are telling.
15:08Plus, no, it's not a fucking story, Gabriella.
15:11Should we come back?
15:11Like, what am I, a fucking five-year-old?
15:13Don't answer that, okay?
15:14So we calculate that with the increase in stadium capacity from 30,000 to 45,000 for the tournament,
15:23like, there's a sweet spot for this technology.
15:25Right.
15:26A microbiologist both by training and by temperament,
15:30Matthew Jones is leading a flagship environmental project at the BMO Stadium in Toronto,
15:35where six of the 104 2026 matches will be played.
15:39And the good news is that everybody poops about a pound per day, give or take, right?
15:44Great.
15:45And we calculate that if we can increase that by just a small mark-
15:48Wait, increase it?
15:49Right.
15:50By just a small margin, then we think the stadium could be completely self-sustaining,
15:57which would be, like, a first.
16:01Wow.
16:02All just by taking the city's fog and co-digesting it with our sludge.
16:07Oh, my gosh.
16:09Yeah, I mean, for me, with LA, you had Beckham, LA Galaxy, 2007-8, The Glory Years.
16:16Yeah, right.
16:16You had Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane, Ashley Cole.
16:19Yes.
16:19Excuse me?
16:20It's iconic, it's showbiz.
16:22Okay, so first of all, Ashley Cole is not iconic, okay?
16:24Well, that's...
16:24He is not.
16:25What I'm saying is, you got all these statistics, right?
16:28Okay, fine, that's great.
16:29I get it.
16:29But I'm sorry, but for me, football is about emotion, right?
16:35And there's something about LA, you know?
16:37Well...
16:37And you can't put it into words.
16:38No, evidently not.
16:39Yeah.
16:40So, I'm Phil Plank.
16:42People call me Woody.
16:43From Manchester, originally.
16:44You can probably hear that.
16:45Warrington, actually.
16:46But over here, nobody knows where that is, so I just say Manchester.
16:49And I'm VP on pitch protocols for 2026 Oversight.
16:53I was playing football back in the UK.
16:55I had trials for all them athletic.
16:57Had a few games for the second team.
16:59I actually played against Phil Neville once when he was coming back from injury.
17:02So, yeah.
17:03Beat that.
17:03Yeah.
17:04I mean, Owen.
17:05Yep.
17:05As VP Logistics and Execution.
17:07Right, I did not choose that title, by the way.
17:09No, but in that role anyway.
17:10Yeah.
17:10Where have you landed with this?
17:12Right, so for me, this whole thing, I mean, I'm Canadian.
17:15What do I care?
17:15It's like Vancouver and someplace else.
17:18No, but really, all and all, in my gut, I guess I would go Miami.
17:23Great.
17:23Of course.
17:24As the semi-final debate continues, it's beginning to look as if opinion in the room is now universally
17:29divided.
17:30Oh, right, Eric.
17:31So, apologies everyone, what can we say?
17:34When you are in the Zoom, where are you?
17:35You are everywhere and you are nowhere.
17:37Yes.
17:37Yeah, right.
17:38So, what is the score here?
17:39Do we have a result?
17:40Right, yes.
17:41Well, it's a good time to arrive, actually.
17:42Looks like we might need a casting boat.
17:44Me?
17:45Yes, I mean...
17:46No, I'm sorry.
17:47What?
17:47I cannot be involved.
17:48I'm afraid I am the conduit only.
17:50Absolutely.
17:51Yeah, right.
17:51Especially with something like this.
17:53Right.
17:53Perhaps we can say, cometh the hour, cometh the man, yes?
17:57What?
17:59Right, yes.
18:03By the end of the week, it's Friday morning and Ian is on his way across town to the Craftsman
18:08Centre for Performative Culture and Arts for the Miami Day thing, whatever that turns out to be.
18:14So, why Miami in the end?
18:16Well, someone had to make a decision, I suppose.
18:18Yes, but why Miami, though?
18:20Why not LA?
18:21Right, yes.
18:22I mean, LA's great, obviously.
18:23But in the end, I mean, what do I know?
18:25I've only been here a few days.
18:26But somehow it just feels...
18:28Oh, actually, I'm going to just take this.
18:30Sure.
18:31Gabriella, hi.
18:33No, I haven't.
18:33Why?
18:36Dallas and Atlanta?
18:37What do you mean, Dallas and Atlanta?
18:38Where the hell did they come from?
18:40No, I know where they are.
18:42I know we did.
18:43But just when it looked as if the decisions on semi-final venues had been made, suddenly there's the sound
18:48of goalposts moving.
18:50Yes, I know it is.
18:51Yeah, I know we have.
18:52Yes, I know.
18:53Actually, Gabriella, can we come back into English for a second?
18:56Great, gracias.
18:58Power of poop.
18:59Right.
19:00OK.
19:01Meanwhile, back at Oversight HQ, Sarah is in a meeting with the 2026 social media team.
19:07Hashtag power of poop.
19:08Like, we really like that.
19:09Totally.
19:09Yeah, like, dude.
19:11OK.
19:12They've been working on ideas for giving her Wastewater Future campaign more grippiness in a famously slippery social media world.
19:20I don't know.
19:21Wastewater Future just seems more...
19:22I don't know, I guess.
19:24OK, so this has got to pop, right?
19:26Right.
19:26Right.
19:27And truth is, poop pops, right?
19:28Sure.
19:29Totally.
19:29I guess, like, maybe we could just try it, right?
19:33Sure.
19:33Totally.
19:33You know, see what happens?
19:35Right.
19:35I mean, if it doesn't work, I guess...
19:37So it's done?
19:37I guess we could...
19:38Excuse me?
19:39It's done, I just posted.
19:40Cool.
19:41OK.
19:41Sure.
19:42Like, this is going to be so cool.
19:43Right.
19:43Totally.
19:44Right, right, right.
19:53Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light...
20:05Across town at the Craftsman Centre for Performative Arts, things are getting serious.
20:11Particularly since the oversight team have just received an email from Zurich ahead of the announcement this afternoon confirming that
20:18the 2026 semi-finals will be played in the cities of Dallas and Atlanta.
20:23Neither of which is anywhere near either Vancouver or especially Miami.
20:28The land of the free and the home of the brave.
20:50I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands,
20:58one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
21:07Thank you, guys.
21:09Truly.
21:11May I invite you all now, please, to remain standing as I have the honour, as mayor of the city
21:19of Miami County, of introducing the chair and founder of Miami First Enterprise, Daniel Krasman.
21:36Thank you so much, guys.
21:38Guys, please.
21:39Please, be seated.
21:41Thank you, Mayor Santos.
21:43Thanks, Juan Diego.
21:45Elected officials, distinguished guests, and other people, thank you for being with us today.
21:55So, first of all, I want to welcome members of the 2026 Oversight Team for taking the time to be
22:01with us here today.
22:02Welcome, guys.
22:03It's truly an honour for us to have you with us.
22:06And I want to say a personal thanks to you for choosing Miami, this great city of ours, and the
22:15soccer capital of the USA.
22:21Thank you for choosing us as host city for seven great games already.
22:31What can I say?
22:33You guys have made the right choices up to now.
22:37And hopefully, it's not over yet.
22:41Miami First!
22:42You know it!
22:43Miami First!
22:44Miami First!
22:45Miami First!
22:47Say what?
22:47Miami First!
22:48Say it again!
22:49Miami First!
22:50I can't hear you!
22:52Miami First!
22:53Miami First!
22:55Miami First!
22:55Yeah!
23:02So, I believe I'm right in saying Eric is in Atlanta.
23:05Eric's in Atlanta?
23:06Yes, exactly.
23:07Yeah, no, he's completely gone, yeah.
23:08If it wasn't clear what the Miami Day thing was about, it is now.
23:12So, Eric is not replying.
23:13Yeah, right.
23:14Okay, well...
23:14His notifications silenced.
23:16For fuck's sake.
23:17It looks as if the dignitaries at Miami First have timed Miami Day deliberately to coincide with the announcement of
23:23the semi-final venues on the assumption that they'd got one.
23:26But the problem for the oversight team is that apparently they haven't.
23:30Anyone know what this is?
23:31Well...
23:31He's playing that audience like a fucking violin out there.
23:33Well...
23:33It's a shakedown.
23:34It's a layoff.
23:35It's a ham and cheese sandwich.
23:36Yes, well, whatever it is.
23:37Oh, okay.
23:38Yes?
23:39Excuse me.
23:40Oh, right.
23:41So, we're busy, yes?
23:42Sure.
23:42Okay.
23:44Anyway, the point is, we can't stay in here.
23:46Essentially, we're in a toilet and we're going to have to come out.
23:48Yeah, nice one.
23:48So, when you're on the pitch, attack is the best form of defense, yes?
23:51Right.
23:52What?
23:52Without a doubt.
23:52What the fuck does that mean?
23:54I mean, is there anything we can give them instead?
23:56What?
23:56This is what I am saying.
23:57So, like, what?
23:57Well, I don't know.
23:58Yeah, really.
23:58Some fucking flowers?
23:59You know, just something as a kind of, you know, just to make it seem...
24:02You mean like the third place playoff final or something?
24:04What?
24:05Excuse me?
24:05Yeah, uh...
24:06The third place playoff?
24:07I'm just...
24:08Well, hang on.
24:08Fuck's sake.
24:09Are you actually mad?
24:10Wait a minute.
24:10Okay, I'm just saying.
24:11The third place playoff final.
24:13Yeah.
24:14Right, okay.
24:15Interesting.
24:16Yeah, or fucking flowers.
24:28Okay, here we go.
24:29Cool.
24:30It's happening.
24:31Meanwhile, back across town in the social media world, events are unfolding literally IRT.
24:37But, so, like, what is happening here?
24:39Okay, so?
24:40This is the power of poo.
24:41Right?
24:41Right.
24:42Totally.
24:42Right, like, hashtag power of power of poo, right?
24:45Right.
24:45Hey.
24:48So, like, who are these people?
24:49Who are they?
24:50Like, who's Shiny Earwig?
24:52Okay.
24:53Like, have they actually read...
24:54Like, I don't know who Shiny Earwig is, right?
24:56Who is Mr. Beast?
24:57Like, these are people who until a few moments ago had never...
25:01Mr. Beast?
25:02Wait.
25:03No way.
25:04What?
25:04You're kidding.
25:05No way.
25:06Oh my god, it is. It's him.
25:07Dude.
25:07Oh my god.
25:08What? What is happening?
25:09Mr. Beast?
25:10Jesus Christ.
25:15So, yes, we look forward to sharing the journey with you as we count down to June the 11th,
25:23to the start of the greatest sporting event on earth, and to celebrating everything that
25:30Miami can bring to that event in its many and various ways.
25:34So, yes, thank you.
25:36Yes.
25:38Great.
25:39That is so great to hear that from you guys.
25:41Truly.
25:41Okay.
25:42So, we have time for a few questions, if anybody...
25:45Yeah.
25:45Hi.
25:45Judith.
25:46Go ahead.
25:47Thank you, Daniel.
25:49Judith Jones, Channel 3 News Florida.
25:50Hi.
25:51Hi.
25:52So, you're announcing the venues for the semifinal matches this afternoon.
25:55Yes.
25:56Obviously, there's been a lot of speculation around that.
25:59Daniel made reference to the fact that Miami is ready and standing by.
26:03Yes.
26:04Is there anything you'd like to say about that ahead of the announcement?
26:06Right.
26:07Yes.
26:08Okay.
26:09Great question, Judith, by the way.
26:11Yes.
26:11Excuse me.
26:12Ian, you go ahead.
26:13Yes.
26:13It is.
26:13I mean, obviously, these are big decisions.
26:16It's something we've given a great deal of thought to.
26:19Obviously, I won't pre-empt this afternoon's announcement.
26:22You wouldn't expect me to.
26:24We'll have to wait and see what that contains.
26:26But, in the meantime, I think I can say this.
26:31Well, in fact, I'm going to.
26:33As I say, we've given a lot of thought to this.
26:35Semi-finals are fine.
26:37They're one thing.
26:38They're great occasions.
26:39But, in the end, they are semi-finals.
26:41Or, as you would say, semi-finals, after all.
26:44And, as you say, Daniel, this isn't just any city.
26:48This is Miami.
26:50Yes.
26:52Yes.
26:54The soccer capital of the US.
26:59And, so, without giving too much away, maybe Miami deserves something better than that.
27:07Well, I don't know.
27:10What if Miami deserved a final all of its own?
27:14I mean, I don't know.
27:17Am I right?
27:23Miami first!
27:25Miami first!
27:26Miami first!
27:28Miami first!
27:29Miami first!
27:31Miami first!
27:32Miami first!
27:33Miami first!
27:34Miami first!
27:34Miami first!
27:34Miami first!
27:34If it's starting to look as if Ian Fletcher might have survived his first week in Miami
27:38as Director of Integrity, perhaps the last thing he expected was a hero's welcome back at Oversight HQ.
27:45Oh, well, no.
27:47Really.
27:48Power of the US!
27:52Power of the US!
27:54Power of the US!
27:55Power of the US!
27:57Power of the US!
27:58Power of the US!
27:59Power of the US!
28:00Power of the US!
28:00Oh, hi.
28:01Hey Ian.
28:02Just thought I'd come in here for a bit.
28:04Absolutely.
28:04Me too.
28:05What happened out there?
28:06I feel like I've missed something.
28:07Well, you know...
28:09Don't tell me you've managed to save the world after all.
28:11You know, it's funny you should say that.
28:13So I don't exactly know what happened here.
28:15What's happened is that thanks to the power of the power of poop
28:18and a random like from global YouTube superstar Mr Beast, who is a real person,
28:23incredibly 400 million people have become aware of Sarah's Wastewater Future initiative
28:28when they were previously aware of virtually nothing.
28:31400 million followers.
28:33400 million?
28:34I know, right?
28:35Congratulations.
28:36I know.
28:36I mean, that's incredible.
28:37Yeah, so...
28:38You want a high five?
28:39High five?
28:40Uh, yeah.
28:43This has been some week, right?
28:45Well, yes.
28:45Maybe we didn't save the world.
28:47I mean, not today anyway, but...
28:49You've got to start somewhere, right?
28:50Yes.
28:50You've got to try.
28:51Yes, I mean, no, it's certainly been a great week.
28:53But if it's been some first week for Ian, it might not be quite over yet.
28:58Will!
28:59Oh yeah, hi, yeah.
29:00What the hell are you doing here?
29:02Well, yeah, I dunno, you're mental.
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