During the roughly 30-minute World Cup opening ceremony, stars such as American actor Morgan Freeman and Korean pop-star Jungkook took the stage.
The 2022 World Cup has finally arrived and for anyone who needs a quick refresher, Mackenzie Salmon has got you! She breaks down the top 5 things you must know before the games get started.Then again, nothing about Qatar's hosting of the 2022 FIFA men's World Cup has been traditional.
During the roughly 30-minute production Sunday – produced by Olympic ceremony veteran Marco Balich – stars such as American actor Morgan Freeman and Korean pop-star Jungkook took the stage. "What unites us here is so much greater than what divides us. How can we make it last longer?" said Freeman, who 12 years ago was a face behind the United States' attempt to secure the 2022 World Cup bid before FIFA awarded the tournament to Qatar amid waves of corruption scandals and bribes.
"The supreme committee wanted to create a real show, which FIFA is not accustomed to," Balich told the Associated Press last week. The ceremony, which preceded the first match of the tournament between Qatar and Ecuador at 11 a.m. ET., was one of the reasons why in August the World Cup start was moved up a day in a late switch, giving the show a more prominent viewing slot.
"FIFA and the supreme committee – especially FIFA – realized how much effort was going into creating the ceremony and creating for the first time something that’s not just someone singing before the opening game,” Balich said.
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