World Cup 2026 Preview
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What did FIFA president Gianni Infantino discuss in his press conference?
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Welcome to the World Cup Preview Show on the Football Daily. With us, former England captain Steph Horton, former Scotland captain Rachel Corsi, and live from Mexico, Chris Sutton. How are you, Chris? OK, yeah, I'm OK, I think. I don't know whether I'm jet-lagged or not. We'll find out in the next hour and a quarter. What did you just send me about cricket? You sent me a message saying, if you score a 50 or five wickets, you buy a jug of beer. What's happened to cricket? It's another private text you really shouldn't be bringing to air.
How is the Scotland squad preparing for the World Cup in the USA?
You're talking about club cricket, though, there, aren't you, really? Well, it's a similar thing. I think, do you not buy a jug? Do they not do that in the professional game? I don't think if you get a 50 at Lord's, you go in and buy a jug of beer for everybody. I mean, can't players go out and have a dust-up anymore? I mean, what's happening? We'll chat about both home nations. We'll chat about the hopes. We'll look at some of the other countries who will hope to go the distance as well. Cesar Azpilicueta, part of our BBC team, will be with us. All sorts of off-the-field stuff going on as well with political uncertainty still hanging over this. John Murray with us.
What challenges does Dean Smith face at Charlotte FC?
John has been across Gianni Infantino's press conference this evening. The FIFA president giving his usual eve of a World Cup interview with the media. He highlighted three common topics at the start of this press conference and topics that have surrounded the build-up to the tournament. So Iran, tickets and visas. This is what he had to say about Iran.
On Iran... I'm very happy because I went to see myself the Iranian team in Turkey, in Antalya, in March of this year. And when people were saying, well, it would be impossible for Iran to come to the World Cup, I told them and I promised them that they would come. And if I had to go with a bus to Tehran and drive them Here, I will do that. Their answer was, we will take the bus ourselves and drive it if need be. We qualified and we want to play. And this is the spirit of football. Of course there are challenges.
What are Spain's expectations following their Euro 2024 victory?
Of course it's not easy. I don't know who else would have been able to ensure that in these circumstances, which we cannot influence, obviously, In these circumstances, Iran could come and play. And when Iran plays, the stadium will be full and I hope there will be a positive atmosphere because this is football. This is about people forgetting for a moment their realities and being able to focus on a match and on a team. So I'm very happy that we managed to get Iran to come and play in this World Cup. And I'm proud of the work of my team and grateful to the administrations of the three host countries for having cooperated with us to make this. And there are some issues that we are still dealing with, of course, to make sure that everything goes in the right way.
Well, you were watching this press conference, John. I mean, what on earth is he on about? Well, I mean, he is here in Mexico City. He's actually speaking, has been speaking over at the Azteca at the stadium. And he spoke for about an hour and 10 minutes, I think it was. And that was really it on Iran.
What predictions did the panel make for the World Cup matches?
So, yeah. To watch it all, I've seen him in action before, he is very adept, he is a former lawyer, and he does have all the answers. And he is underlining there the positivity, as he would put it, of the fact that Iran are actually playing at this World Cup. But the other points were put to him by the journalists who were in the room with him, about the fact that you know they've had to then move and base themselves here in Mexico so that means they're going to be traveling they have to travel there and back on the day of the game and they've got trips from here in Mexico to LA two trips to LA and one to Seattle also the the issue of the visas for the Iranian squad and all of the staff as well but that was the extent of his answer on Iran so that's it that's what you've got
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:06
2
What did FIFA president Gianni Infantino discuss in his press conference?
0:06–1:18
3
How is the Scotland squad preparing for the World Cup in the USA?
1:18–1:59
4
What challenges does Dean Smith face at Charlotte FC?
1:59–3:03
5
What are Spain's expectations following their Euro 2024 victory?
3:03–4:34
6
What predictions did the panel make for the World Cup matches?
4:34–5:51
7
How is the weather affecting teams during the World Cup?
5:51–8:15
8
What are the implications of ticket pricing for fans?
8:15–1:03:45
Speakers
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