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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hey guys. How's it going?
So we talked about the World Cup, Football WorldCup.
And yes, we're hoping the best for the Japan,Japanese national team.
Yeah.
And there are some informations that announced bythe FIFA side.
That they are gonna do some little adjustment,like a new rules, like new things for this WorldCup.
First, they're gonna have a halftime show.
Oh no. You were talking about that several weeksago.
Yes.
Talking about America wants to like turn it into ashow.
Yeah.
Turn it into like a Super Bowl game.
And how the football community is like, what thefuck America.
Yeah.
Now it's like officially announced.
It's happening.
They are gonna do a halftime show.
Okay.
Starring...
So for the halftime show.
Okay.
BTS.
BTS. Oh.
MADONNA.
MADONNA. Wow.
SHAKIRA.
SHAKIRA. Okay.
And Cold plays Chris Martin.
Wow.
Yeah. Those guys.
They're like top notch.
Yes.
I'm assuming, you know, one superstar per game.
Yeah.
You know, scattered throughout different matches,right?
And so does this mean that not all matches aregonna have halftime show?
It's for the finals.
For the final game.
Gotcha.
Only for the final game.
I see.
Which is like the top four?
No. The last game.
The very last. Okay.
Oh. So they're gonna have all four of thoseartists in one halftime show?
I think so.
Jesus Christ. That's a lot.
That's crazy.
Wow.
I mean, usually, Super Bowl halftimes, what, liketwo artists? Two or three?
Yeah. Maximum like two or three.
Right?
Yeah. Or even one.
Or even one. Right.
Yeah.
Wait. How long is the break time for a usual...
So usually 15 minutes or 20 minutes.
But for this, because they have to do a halftimeshow like this, it's gonna be 25 minutes.
Oh, 25 minutes.
Yes.
I see. You're gonna fit all those people in 25minutes.
I think so.
Damn.
Wow.
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That's announced.
Okay.
Yeah.
So it's the first halftime show in footballhistory.
Right.
World Cup history.
Okay. I wonder how that's gonna turn out.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
So that's one new thing.
And also, not only those artists, but somecharacters from Sesame Street.
What?
And...
Sesame Street? Okay.
The Muppets? Is that famous?
Yeah. The Muppets. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
For the kids. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So some of them are...
What the fuck?
What do you mean?
In the show.
They're gonna perform something?
During the halftime show or something?
I don't know. They're gonna dance maybe. They'regonna sing something.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Okay. That's something.
Okay.
Yeah. That's something. Yeah.
So that's one.
Okay.
And...
So...
Another thing.
So first of all, usually for the World Cup, youhave 32 countries for one World Cup.
Yeah.
But for this time, 48 countries.
Okay.
That's...
They expanded it.
Yes. That's a new thing.
Okay.
And also...
They're gonna have like a water drinking breaktime during each half.
Water...
That means like it's gonna be like split it intofour quarters kind of.
I see.
Just like basketball.
Okay.
So usually like we do 45 minutes for the firsthalf.
And then you have halftime, 50 minutes usually.
But...
But this time it's gonna be 20.
Yeah.
And then you have like 45 minutes of second half.
Okay.
But for this time, they have right in the middleof the first half.
Like they have three minutes of water drinkingbreak.
What?
What's that?
What is that?
It's...
The players can go back to their bench.
The game stops and then they drink water.
Where does that come from?
Sometimes that happen.
We do that sometimes.
Okay.
Yes.
Referee stop.
If it's like very hot or like very, you know,during the summer times.
Like for example, like the last World Cup we didin Qatar.
Okay.
It was very hot.
And during the summer time, it was too hot.
Yeah, for their health.
Yeah.
So the referee stops the game and then they cometo the benches and then drink waters.
And then, well, just 10 seconds, they just drinkwaters and just...
Just go back.
Just go back and restart.
Okay.
That was something we knew.
Okay.
Yeah, sure.
But now they do like three minutes of drinkingwater time.
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Which means it's like the coach can do things.
Right.
Coach can tell something.
They can do like little meetings.
Right.
They can reorganize.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So that's something very new.
Right, right.
So you don't need to...
You don't have to wait until the halftime toadjust the team like places and like everything.
Right.
So...
That's a new...
That's a new thing.
New game right there.
Yes, yes.
It will be...
It can be a game changer.
That's true.
Yeah.
But, you know, in terms of like health and well-being of the players, I'm sure, you know, onedrink time is healthy, right?
I'm sure.
Yes, yes, yes.
So it's not a bad thing.
Yeah.
Right, right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK.
OK.
And...
5-second rule.
So for like a goal kick or like throw-ins, youhave to do it within five minutes, five seconds.
Oh, OK.
Yeah.
What was it?
What's the usual?
We don't have anything like that.
Oh, OK.
If you use like too much time, then referee willlike whistle you sometimes.
But we didn't have anything like that.
Why do they need the rule?
Do people take advantage of that rule?
Because America...
Well, I don't know.
The FIFA side, they want the game to be likeshorter, smoother, like less pausing time, youknow?
Oh, I see.
Yeah.
Because usually, you know, when goal kick, andthen the goalkeepers will like place the ball andjust...
And then just, you know, take times.
And then just do this and just...
And then he finally kicks the ball.
OK.
That sometimes happened.
OK.
But they didn't like that.
Oh, OK.
Because people will like scroll you.
I see. You need more action.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, my God. OK. I see.
So that's a new point.
But isn't five seconds pretty short?
Pretty short, yes.
Right?
Yes, it is.
Five seconds.
Like I have an image of like people just, youknow, taking a breath once.
Yeah.
And then sort of like going slow.
Yes.
And then it starts to run.
Yeah.
And boom, go for the kick.
But like if it's five seconds, it's like...
I don't think there's any room for like, you know,you know...
Take a second to sort of like get it together.
Complete.
You place the ball and just...
Right.
You have to kick it.
I see.
Yeah.
I see.
And this is going to be like jian kuo yi if youuse like more than five seconds.
And it's going to be the yellow card.
That's pretty harsh.
That's harsh.
Yeah.
So it's a big thing.
Right.
If you do it and just give like have a yellow cardand then...
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It's going to be a different thing.
That's true.
That's true.
OK.
And also juu byou ruuru for koutai.
OK.
You know, there's sometimes like koutai, senshi koutai and then the players that's going to go out.
They, you know, like, you know...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Say hi to all the audiences.
Yeah.
The audience claps.
The players and everything.
Yeah.
And like sometimes referees shake hands and like...
Right.
And things like that.
Yeah.
Just walk slowly to the bench.
You know.
Yeah.
They didn't like that because they're using toomuch time.
Too much time?
Stopping time.
Oh, God.
OK.
So you have to go to the bench within 10 seconds.
I see.
Wow.
I see.
That's a new rule.
OK.
And yeah.
What are the reactions that we're getting from thefootball community?
Well, five seconds is like too short.
Honestly.
I understand the logic.
Yeah.
What they want to try, achieve.
But we understand it.
But is it too short now?
Like five seconds?
Yeah.
So...
I see.
We're kind of worrying about...
OK.
How they do that.
Are you going to watch it on air?
Yeah.
OK.
Is it going to be in one of the channels for theJapanese show?
Or is it like subscription?
World Cup.
So...
For...
I think for Japan's games,
it will be on some TV.
OK.
NHK, Minpo.
That's great.
OK.
It's great.
If you want to see every match.
Every match.
OK.
Got it.
All right.
Yep.
I'm excited, though.
Yeah.
Still excited.
Yeah.
It's going to be a fun World Cup.
Right.
Hope so.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
