By Udo Samuel

There are great expectations as this year’s World Cup kicks off today, Sunday, November 20, 2022.

NewsOrient reports that aside unprecedented global online hookups, world leaders have gathered physically to witness the historic kick off as the host nation, Qatar, faces Ecuador on Sunday.

For football enthusiasts who followed the heated off-field controversies that trailed the 12-year build-up to a World Cup Finals in the Arab World, today’s kick off match is really historic.