Football World Cup 2022 Highlights: Teams line up before the World Cup. (AP)FIFA World Cup 2022 Highlights, November 20, 2022: The FIFA World Cup 2022 rolls on day two where England and Iran face each other in the first match of the day, followed by Senegal vs Netherlands in the second game. James Maddison and Kyle Walker are set to miss Iran game. Another matter concerning the English camp will be the confusion surrounding whether or not Harry Kane will wear the ‘One Love’ armband against Iran. FIFA has still not given permission for Kane to wear the armband. In the other game, Group A favourites Senegal and Netherlands will open their campaign at the Al Thumama Stadium, Qatar
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Hosts Qatar lose on field, win hearts outside
Alright then, time for the action to begin. We start with England taking on Iran in Group B, followed by Sengal facing the Netherlands in Group A and USA facing Wales to conclude day two action at the 2022 World Cup.
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One day before the Albicelestes take the field for the first time at the 2022 World Cup. Captained by Lionel Messi and powered by the likes of Paulo Dybala, Angel Di Maria, Lautaro Martinez, Rodrigo de Paul, Leandro Paredes and more, just how good does this Argentina team look!
The Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) has also issued a response on the same: “To paraphrase Fifa president Gianni Infantino - today LGBT+ football supporters and their allies will feel angry. Today we feel betrayed. Today we feel contempt for an organisation that has shown its true values by giving the yellow card to players and the red card to tolerance. “Never again should a World Cup be handed out solely on the basis of money and infrastructure. No country which falls short on LGBT+ rights, women’s rights, workers’ rights or any other universal human right should be given the honour of hosting a World Cup. Since 2010 we have been raising questions about the suitability of Qatar as a World Cup host. Everyone could see this coming and it’s astonishing that, on the morning of England’s World Cup opener, Fifa are censoring players and the nine national FAs – including the FA and FAW – who wish to share a positive message.”
Following the captain's armband crisis that have been in development since last night, the English FA and six other European FAs have issued a joint statement:“Fifa has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play. As national federations, we can’t put our players in a position where they could face sporting sanctions including bookings, so we have asked the captains not to attempt to wear the armbands in Fifa World Cup games. “We were prepared to pay fines that would normally apply to breaches of kit regulations and had a strong commitment to wearing the armband. However, we cannot put our players in the situation where they might be booked or even forced to leave the field of play. “We are very frustrated by the Fifa decision which we believe is unprecedented – we wrote to Fifa in September informing them of our wish to wear the One Love armband to actively support inclusion in football, and had no response. Our players and coaches are disappointed – they are strong supporters of inclusion and will show support in other ways.”
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Welcome folks! We have a triple-header on our hands today. We start off with the tournament's hot favourites England taking on Iran followed by Louis van Gaal's Dutch side taking on Senegal who will miss their superstar, Sadio Mane. For dessert, we got today Wales who are in the World Cup after 64 years and will be taking on the USA. Indian Express brings all the live updates so stay tuned!
They are part of a campaign “to promote inclusion and send a message against discrimination of any kind”. It was launched by Netherlands, and supported by England, France, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Wales, whose captains, it was reported, will wear the armband in Qatar world cup. It’s not directly associated to anti-LGBTW laws, but to promote inclusivity in Qatar, a country that has laws against same-sex relationships. [Read More]
Gareth Southgate has said that his England players will take the knee before the start of their opening game against Iran on Monday. It’s a ritual England have followed in games since the death of George Floyd in 2020 in US. “It’s what we stand for as a team and have done for a long period of time,” said Southgate. We feel this is the biggest and we think it’s a strong statement that will go around the world for young people, in particular, to see that inclusivity is very important,” Southgate told reporters. [Read More]
Germany go into their World Cup Group E opener against Japan on Wednesday knowing that this one game could potentially make or break their tournament hopes. With 2010 world champions Spain awaiting next, the Germans cannot afford any slip-up against the Japanese and risk a potential early exit again. The four-time champions have arrived in Qatar a new team since their 2018 World Cup first round shock elimination. They have since changed their coach, a number of players and even dropped their official monicker ‘Die Mannschaft’. [Read More]
THE REAL moment when it sunk in that the World Cup was upon the world was not when the fireworks wobbled into the smoky skies like flying snakes, or when Morgan Freeman spoke, or when Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani addressed the crowd, a sentence in English and rest in Arabic, or when BTS star Jung Kook belted out his single “Dreamers”. [Read More]
As the final whistle blew, one that ripped Qatari hearts like a poisoned arrow, the home players slumped onto the ground dejectedly. They dragged their defeated bodies and defeated minds, ruing the spilled chances at the end and their sloppiness at the start, as sanguine coach Felix Sanchez embraced them and applauded the spectators that had come in droves to support their nation’s greatest moment at the global stage. [Read More]
The Dutch television current affairs show EenVandaag ran a poll ahead of the Qatar world cup to feel the pulse of the Netherlands. They polled 28,000 people and the results are quite stunning. Just 14% say they are looking forward to the world cup. One in four planning to watch Netherland’s first game against Senegal on Monday said they were a little embarrassed about it. “I’m not going to ignore something like the World Cup but it feels a little dirty. ‘I’d rather watch it behind closed curtains,” one fan was quoted as saying. [Read More]
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka is all set to start England’s World Cup opener vs Iran.
Ever since Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, died three days after her arrest in Tehran over an alleged breach of the Islamic republic’s dress code for women, which includes the mandatory hijab headscarf, protests have erupted across the nation. In the recent weeks, Iran’s footballers and football fans too have joined in. In September, in a game against Senegal, Iran’s players came out to the dugout wearing black jackets to cover their national team logos during the national anthem in support of the women of Iran. The Iranian authorities had moved the match with Senegal to Austria, to be played behind closed doors, to avoid triggering protests. [Read More]
The largest Croatian fan flag, over 200 metres long and weighing 100 kilograms, is coming to Qatar a day before their game against Morocco. The flag has already seen the world: From Portugal to Russia. “The flag is ready, it travels as cargo, and the transportation cost me more than my plane ticket – he added with a smile,” Dado told Sata 24. At Russia, during the 2018 world cup when Croatia won silver, the fan flag was an eye-grabber and a hit with fans. Cut and sewn, she went around the world cup in Russia. [Read More]
What you should know about FIFA – that’s the football World Cup, which you didn’t bother to watch last night, but want to sound smart about, at the office water-cooler today. Yes, Express has your FOMOF covered. That’s Fear of Missing Out (on) Football, silly. Here’s your name-dropping check-list for Day 1, November the Twentieth, Qatar vs Ecuador. [Read More]
Amidst turmoil back home, Iran open their campaign against group-favourites England
Protesting gender apartheid, Iran’s women’s basketball team removed their hijabs and unveiled a picture on Instagram on Sunday. It was a show of support in the aftermath of the anti-government protests that have gripped the country following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the regime’s morality police for not wearing a hijab. The BBC reported an estimate of over 15,000 arrests, and over 300 deaths, in the protests. Sports, and football, in particular, have been a big source of support for the protesters in recent months. Iran’s water polo and volleyball teams refused to sing their national anthem, their beach soccer team led the way, with player Saeed Piramoon even mimicking cutting his hair after scoring a goal. [Read Full Article]
Welcome to our live blog on Day 2 of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. After Ecuador beat hosts Qatar 2-0 in the opening match on Sunday, England vs Iran, Senegal vs Netherlands and USA vs Wales will be live in action on Monday.