00:04the 2026 world cup in north america follows on from the 2022 edition in qatar
00:12the tiny middle eastern nation with little football heritage was a surprising choice
00:17to host such a massive event but fifa was keen to promote the tournament
00:20as an opportunity to deepen football's engagement with the arab world
00:28we cannot just transplant part of the world to another planet we are all living here
00:32but we need to know each other we need to meet each other we need to
00:37understand each other even if we don't agree sometimes or often with what is happening in
00:42some parts of the world but this world cup is a unique opportunity for qatar for the arab world
00:48but for the entire world by the time the tournament got underway in the northern hemisphere winter to
00:55avoid the qatari summer heat fans from around the world were treated to state-of-the-art facilities
01:00and football to remember
01:05it's been 10 years in the making and this is the biggest event in the middle east and the biggest
01:11event that has ever happened in the middle east it brings the world together it brings the arab
01:16world together it's a moment of pride and the history of this part of the world
01:22the group stage delivered plenty of eye-catching results including saudi arabia defeating argentina
01:28and cameroon downing brazil but the big losers were belgium and germany with both pre-tournament
01:35favorites failing to reach the knockout phase
01:42here morocco became the story of the world cup beating spain on penalties then portugal to become
01:50the first african nation to reach a world cup semi-final whereupon defending champions france restored order
02:01to go back to back the french would have to rain on leonor messi's parade after argentina overcame
02:07their opening match upset squeeze past the netherlands in a quarter-final penalty shootout
02:13before finding form in a semi-final cruise against croatia
02:20the final may well be the greatest in world cup history argentina stalwarts messi and angel de maria
02:27scored in the first half only for killian mbappe to send the match to extra time with a late brace
02:33messi restored his side's advantage but mbappe still had time to become only the second man to
02:39score a world cup final hat-trick and send the fate of the world cup trophy to a penalty shootout
02:50this was emiliano martinez's opportunity to shine the argentina goalkeeper a penalty specialist
02:57saved kingsley coman's effort then bewitched a really ensure many into firing wide
03:08after years of build-up the landmark 2022 world cup had its defining moments
03:14leonor messi the greatest player in football's history finally lifted the most precious trophy
03:20in the sport above his head at the fifth time of asking
03:25it was a world cup triumph for messi but also for africa thanks to morocco
03:31and also to asia with qatar reveling in a job well done
03:38a big uh shukran to uh qatar for having been a fantastic incredible host congratulations thank you
03:48and uh mabruk as well to qatar because what that you have done what they have done to welcome the
03:57world
03:57in this country this beautiful country has been unbelievable and everyone felt home
04:06so
04:06so
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