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In to Messi!

Lionel Messi!

Cuts inside. Pele...

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ITALIAN COMMENTARY

Gol!

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Whoa! Oh, my God.

What,
you never seen this before?

Dude!

It's another week at
the 2026 Oversight headquarters

in Miami,
and in the social media space,

there's something cool
happening.

Like, what even is that?
Keepy-uppies.

Excuse me?
Wait. Keepy-uppies?

You never heard
of keepy-uppies?

What, like, it's a thing?
Oh, man.

Yeah, no, it's great.

It's really... Oh!
No, hang on.

This is a big week,
with BLEEP about to unveil

its official ball
for the 2026 tournament.

The team have been looking
at ways to viralise the moment

on social media, and it looks
as if they might have literally

stumbled across something.

Whoa!

Jesus.
Nice and still.

Oh, my God.

It's all about
distribution of weight.

This is so cool.

Oh! Sorry, Will.

Yeah, no worries, yeah, cool.

OK. Bad luck. Just keep
your head still, yeah?

Ooh! OK...

Yeah, no, sorry.
Yeah, no, crap.

OK.
Nice easy rhythm.

Like, we should totally put
this on The Far Corner, right?

Right. Like, Oh, my God.
OK.

Like, as a challenge, right?
Yeah. Right, right, right.

Not thinking about my feet.
They're doing their own thing.

Like #KeepyUppyChallenge...

Right. #2026.

Like you post
your personal best, right?

Right. I can totally see that.

OK, OK, let's do it.

Like, like,
this is really cool, right?

Right. Hey, you want to try?

Me? Yeah.

Like, you should totally try this.

Yeah, no, I'm good.
OK.

Yeah. Fine.

So we had to work hard
on this

with the venues
and the manufacturers

and our alternative
technologies team.

But we got there, right?
We made it.

Viva!
Absolutely.

Meanwhile,
in the meeting room,

Sarah is wearing

her sustainability and climate
strategy hat in a big way.

So we are now able to say
officially that the lighting

in all public areas
around all of our stadiums

and all of our venues
will be powered exclusively

by onsite, solar-powered
generators,

producing 100%
sustainable electricity,

with zero environmental impact.

Right. Well, that's really...
I mean, that's really great.

Yeah, that is something, right?

"Shine A Light."

Shine A Light
is the flagship initiative

in her Better Place pledge
to leave the host cities,

North America,

and ultimately the world itself,
in a better place

after the 2026 tournament

than wherever it was before it.

This is cutting-edge
technology.

Yes. We're shifting the paradigm

for how these events
are managed around the world.

Exactly. Yes.

Because from now on, things
are going to be different.
Si, bueno.

Because they have to be, right?

Bravo, Sarah.

So there's a chip in the ball, right?

They put a chip in the ball.

Like, who is this guy, right?

Right. Right? OK.

But what they don't tell you is
that chip is a Chinese chip.

OK, so this is not good.

As in, it is a Chinese-made
chip, right?

Need I say any more?
He's a nutcase.

OK, so you cannot actually
say that.

Yeah, right, right, right.
But meanwhile,

back in the world of balls,

there's been an unforeseen
development.

Like, this is actually
the same chip they're using

in Chinese military drones

and nuclear warheads.

Of course, they don't want you
to know that.

What? Like, Oh, my God, that is so
yikes. Oh, my God.

A copy of an email
has appeared online

which claims that,
in early trials,

players are unhappy
with the new 2026 ball,

which they say doesn't behave
normally through the air,

prompting a virtual
overreaction on social media.

All right.
Thanks for watching, guys.

You know where I am.
You can subscribe here.

I'm also there on Instagram,

#ThingsTheyDontWantYouToKnow.

In the meantime -
no fear, no doubt, no sleep.

Right, so that's it.
OK.

Right.
OK. So this guy...

So this has come from nowhere.
Right? Right. Totally.

Right. Like, I've literally
never heard of him, right?

Right. So this is
Thunderbird Stingray.

What? Right, so that's probably

not his real name, right? Right.

I should hope not.
He has, like, this channel,

like Things They Don't Want You To
Know. Yeah. Yeah.

Right. Yeah. You see,

for me, I'm sorry,

but for me... No, sorry. Crap.

For me, the guy's a nutcase.

So that is not OK, OK? I mean,

he's sitting in his bedroom.
He has about 12 subscribers.

So actually he has, like, 300, right?

Right. OK.

Actually 372.

Right.
OK. 372 other nutcases

sitting in their bedrooms.
OK. So...

I mean, I'm sorry, but it's

#GrowUpGetOffYourArse
AndGetAFuckingLife, right?

Yeah. Right, right, right.

Why would I do that?
I don't need to.

I don't need to tell him,
why would I?

OK, well, it's not his condo
either, right? It's...

By the next morning,
it's already Tuesday.

I don't care.

So that's just a legal thing,
right? That's just, like... OK!

Well, yes. Absolutely.

No, absolutely. That is a plan
and we will talk again soon.

OK. Absolutely. Great.
Sure. Bye! Bye-bye.

Hi.
Morning.

I just thought I'd pick up
a coffee before I start.

Absolutely.

By the way, I know I should
be drinking

ashwagandha tea instead.
Well...

I know, you left some for me

in the survival pack
in the apartment.

Right.
And I will start drinking it,

I promise. But sometimes...
Right.

So the guy showed up
to fix the garbage disposal?

Yes... yes! Great.

Yeah, thanks very much for that.
Sure.

It was a spoon, apparently.
It was my fault.

I shouldn't have taken
the thing off.

Probably not, no.
By the way,

it's so great, you know.

The condo?
Really, honestly.

I can't tell you, so...

Well, you know I'm glad.

Talking of the environment,
I see that Shine A Light

went live on the website this
morning. Right.

Looks great.
Well, thank you. Yeah.

You had any reaction yet?
Right. So...

...actually, as of now,
not yet.

Right. No.

Still... It's early days, right?

Absolutely.
And it's out there now.

Absolutely.

It's real. There you go,
saving the world again.

Oh, no! Stop it!

I bet you say that to
all the sustainability girls.

I probably shouldn't say this,
but who knows?

Maybe the world really can be

a better place after all, right?

Right. In spite of everything.

Yes.
So that's all good, then.

Yes.

Yes.

"They can control it
whenever they want,

"like, with free kicks
or penalties.

"Like, there's actually
a building in Beijing,

"like, there's footage out
there. Like, it's insane."

Right. OK.

I mean, fuck's sake,
this guy can barely type.

By nine o'clock, with
stories about the chip in the 2026
ball

now proliferating fast amongst

highly trained
conspiracy theorists online,

the Strategic Operations Group,
or SOG,

has gathered
in the meeting room.

"It can connect with any
Wi-Fi network wherever it is,

"using AI to bypass password
and security, and they can

"harvest information
from computers or phones

"on that network
without anyone knowing."

What? Exactly. Yes, I mean... You're
kidding.

OK, so this is not a joke, OK?
This stuff is out there.

It's like, where do these guys
come from? It's outrageous.

There's another one somewhere.
I saw it earlier.

"The ball can listen."
Exactly. Yes.

Yes, well... Listen? Yeah. Exactly.

What to? Well... What to?

Yes. I mean... What do you mean,
"What to?"?

What kind of a fucking question
is that?

OK, well... I mean,

us, I guess, in this case.

Us? Yeah.

Christ.

I mean, if that's true,
you got to say it's impressive.

Well... I mean, I don't know about
you guys, but

I don't find that easy a lot
of the time, and I've got ears.

Yes. Exactly so.

The official BLEEP 2026
football is made by BLEEP,

who we're unable
to name, for legal reasons.

And the pressure is on
to establish, firstly,

what the actual truth
about the ball is

and then, crucially, whether
that's going to be believable.

I mean, perhaps before we get
drawn any further into

the whole, you know... We're looking
at

a bottomless pit of shit here.

Yes. Well, that's one way...

Yeah, 100%.
Yeah. So, as I say,

before we get drawn any further
into that, shall we just

back up a moment and try
and establish a few facts here?

Ah, yes. Interesting.
Yeah, that'd be something.

Yes. Because just to be clear

about what we're dealing with
here,

in terms of the optics of this.
Exactly, yes. I mean, because,

well, there is a chip
in the ball, isn't there?

Well, yeah.
Well, we know that.

So that's actually true.
Of course there is.

I mean, otherwise how are we
going to know where it is?

Yes. And so,

just out of interest, then,
is it Chinese-made, do we know?

What, the chip? Yes.

I mean, I don't know.
Probably, right?

How do I know that?
Do we know that, Eric?

Well...
Because I know Zurich's

been working very closely
with BLEEP

through all the development
stages of this.

Well, exactly so.
Then perhaps we can say

we are all Chinese now, yes?

Right, OK.
It is where we are.

Bueno. OK. Fuck.

OK.
So with something like this,

the only people that are going
to visit the website

are people who already know
that it's there, right?

Right. OK. Totally. The thing about

the people who already
know it's there

is they already know
it's there, right?

Right. Right.

Meanwhile, Sarah is
with the social media team,

analysing early reaction
to her Shine A Light campaign.

And with three comments posted
on the website so far -

two of them from Ian Fletcher -
the main takeaway is

that there hasn't really
been one.

It's like the people that you
need to reach out to here

are the people that are not
going to visit the website.

OK. Like, they have literally no
idea what it is.

Right. Like, this is

a huge audience, right?
Right, totally.

Yeah, right. It's huge.
Yeah. Right, right, right.

But fortunately, as usual,
they've got

the whole of the internet
at their finger and thumb tips.

OK, OK. So apparently
the Rolling Stones

actually sang this song,
Shine A Light.

OK.
The Rolling Stones?

Right, yes.
OK.
Right.

Eww. OK.

Wait. What happened?

Not going to work.

No way. OK, sure.

Their task is to find a
way of connecting Shine A Light

with a younger and almost
universally unaware audience

on social media.

So, wait, is that...?
OK, so that's keepy-uppies.

Keepy-uppies?
Right. For the ball launch.

OK. So cool. So cool.

Like it's literally gone crazy.

Right, right, right.

OK, but that's Will, right?

What? Will?

Oh, wow. No way.
Will?

You posted a video?
Yeah.

That's so cool. Yes, I've been
practising

so I can do,
like, my personal best.

Right.
That's your personal best?

- No, but the hat.
- Yeah, say again?

In the video, you're wearing
the Shine A Light hat.

Yeah, no. Yeah.

OK.
Oh, my God.

Ian Fletcher gave it to me,
like, he said I could wear it?

OK, OK.
So, like, if Will was like,

I don't know,
like Cristiano Ronaldo, right?

No. Right. No. Like, oh, my God.

Like, oh, my God, shut up!

Yeah, I know, yeah, crap.

UPBEAT LATIN MUSIC

Meanwhile,
the controversy surrounding

the official ball
for the soccer World BLEEP

took a more serious turn
overnight,

with President BLEEP
posting on BLEEP

that BLEEP, the governing
body for world soccer,

should get rid of
the Chinese chip in the ball,

which he says can actually
listen to what you say,

and replace it
with an American chip

made by BLEEP, which he says
is far superior anyway.

Our sports correspondent
Dan Howard

has been following this story

and is outside the White House
now.

Dan, this is a story that just
got a lot more serious, right?

That's right, Alex. As you say,

this is a story that got
more serious overnight.

It's Wednesday
morning, and the issue

with the ball has got a lot
more serious overnight.

And with the President
posting again

in the last few minutes,

this time suggesting
that they should replace

the BLEEP ball itself,

BLEEP being a German company,
of course,

and replace it
with a BLEEP ball.

Right. OK.

Now, we here at CNC News have
approached BLEEP for comment.

Unfortunately, they haven't
gotten back to us yet.

And with the President...

I mean, the idea of us
dropping BLEEP

completely at this point...

Yeah. Uh... GABRIELA: No.
Excuse me?

I mean, presumably
that would be, you know...

No, no, no.
Yes, so we can say

this could be complicated.
Complicated?

Exactly so. OK. You want to know how
much

the contract with BLEEP is
worth over the next ten years?

Well...
$ BLEEP hundred million.

Right, OK. 700 BLEEP...

Yes. It's not complicated. That's
Apocalypse Now.

Yes. And then,
when it comes to the idea

of replacing the BLEEP chip
with an BLEEP chip...

Oh, please.

OK, so these are just details.

But first of all, BLEEP don't
actually make their own chips.

They're actually made out of
either Taiwan or South Korea.

Right. Yeah.

And also this is
actually pretty interesting.

I believe BLEEP currently
supply the hardware

for a lot of the US
administration's own systems.

Right. But like I say,

those are just, you know,
they're just facts.

Yes. I mean, obviously
we need to get ahead of this

pretty quickly.
Absolutamente.

But when it comes to...

But when it comes to exactly
what the narrative is here...

OK. So what you have here

is you have a fire here,
and the forest is dry.

Yes? Right.
Great. We're on fire. OK.

Then in Mexico,
we have a saying.

La manera de extinguir
un incendio pequeno

es con un incendio mas grande.

Ah, yes. Right, well...

The way to extinguish...
Yes.

The way to extinguish...
Yes, extinguish a small fire.

...a small fire is with...

...a bigger one, yes.
Bigger one. Yes, exactly so.

Yes. So how do we do that?

Bueno. Then this is the question
here, yes? Right.

This is what I am saying. Yes.
Exactly so. Yes.

Also, nothing back
from Lionel Messi,

but they did ask us
to send him the hat.

OK. Cool.

Over in the social media
space,

having come up with the idea
of mashing up

their Keepy-Uppy
ball campaign

with Sarah's Shine A Light
environmental initiative,

all thanks to Will, the team
has been busy reaching out

to global sports stars to keep
the ball up and wear the hat,

but so far, without much luck.

OK, so we keep going here, right?

Like, it doesn't even
have to be a soccer player.

Like, it could be... Right. Totally.
Could be anybody, right?

Right. Like, even Will has,
like, 300 views now, right?

Right. Yeah. Right.
So it could be anybody, right?

Right. Totally.

Yeah, cool, yeah. It could
be anybody. Yeah, cool.

And no-one is more keenly
aware than Sarah of what's at stake

if they could somehow
pull this off.

OK, so Cristiano Ronaldo,
Lionel Messi,

Chad Vandegriffe,
Mohamed Salah,

Abby Dahlkemper, Kylian
Mbappe, Narendra Modi...

Wait. Narendra Modi?
OK, wait.

Yeah, like he plays
for Real Madrid, right?

Uh... So... No way.

What? No way. What? They love the
hat.

Who does? Uh, Lionel Messi. His
people.

OK. Lionel Messi?

Whoa! No!

They love the hat. They love the
idea. He wants to do it.

OK, OK.
Oh, my gosh.

- Cool.
- Will!

Yeah, I know.
Yeah, that's just like mental.

Can I hug you?

Uh, yeah.

- Would that be OK?
- Yeah. OK, cool.

I'm so sorry.
I just had to do that.

Yeah, no, no worries.
Yeah, cool.

Wait, you're saying,
legally, I have to tell him?

It's another morning,
and for Sarah,

it's another cup of tea
at the start of another day.

Tell him. I don't care.

What's he going to do about it, right?

OK, so sue me. Go ahead.

But you can tell him from me
that I...

Absolutely...

No, absolutely.
OK, sure. Bye. Bye-bye.

Ah, right.
Oh, hi!

I thought I might find you
in here.

Absolutely. Can't go on meeting
like this, right?

Yes. No. I was just...
Oh, by the way,

congratulations on the news
about Messi and the hat.

Right. I mean,

that would be amazing
if that happened.

Sure. I mean, wouldn't it?

So his management
has been in touch...

Right. And they're asking

about the issue with the ball.

Right. Yes.
So...

Yes. Right, when we were this close.

No, but I'm sure
we'll find a way.

I mean, in the end,
it's just a problem.

It's just a problem?

Well, there are all kinds
of problems, aren't there?

And I think we're at a point
with this one where

the only way out of it
is to find a solution.

Right. I mean, that's literally

the only way
of dealing with it.

So, no, I mean, it's exciting.

Right. Yeah. So anyway,

a big day,
but I just wanted to find you.

It's a bit embarrassing,

but I think
with everything going on,

I managed to leave my keys
behind

in the flat this morning. OK.

I mean, locked inside, obviously.

Sure.
So I was just wondering if...

Sure. No, no problem.
I have a spare set.

Oh, great. Phew.

So I don't actually have them
with me.

Oh, OK.
They're at home.

Right.
So I could just

bring them over to you
at the end of the day, right?

Er, well, that seems a bit...

I could meet you
at the condo?

Or I could come to your place.
Right.

Well, or if it's better
for you to come to my place...

I mean, your place, actually,

of course. Sure.

With news breaking
a few moments ago that

President Xi is threatening
to pull out of the summit,

describing recent comments
by President BLEEP

about the Chinese-made
computer chip

in the ball as unacceptable
and offensive.

Our diplomatic correspondent
Andrew Duclair

has been following this story
and is in Beijing.

Andrew,
this is a story that just got

a lot more serious
in the last few minutes, right?

Well, Alex, as you say,
this is a story that has gotten

a lot more serious
in the last few minutes.

Meanwhile, it looks as if

the issue
with the official ball

has got more serious still
in the last few minutes,

with China's
President Xi Jinping now threatening

to pull out of a scheduled
meeting with President BLEEP

at the G20 summit in Paris.

...the first meeting
between the two men

since the last time they met. OK, so
this is not good. Well, no.

President BLEEP,
as is his way, of course,

appears to be doubling down
with a series of new posts,

with another one coming in
just in the last few moments,

describing the new
solar-powered generators

to be deployed
across all 2026 venues

as "Chinese fake tech".

It's not good news
for anyone, but especially not

if your mission in life
as the person responsible

for sustainability and climate
strategy is

to make the world
a better place.

...saying they should
be replaced instead with

US-made diesel generators
running on US gas,

which he describes
as common sense.

Fuck's sake.
Where's Sarah? Sarah?

Yes. In the kitchen, I think. Yes.
OK.

No, you're all right,
she's gone.

...public areas having zero
environmental impact.

So things are moving fast
around here, yes?

Exactly. I have good news.

Zurich has been talking
to the White House.

Right. We have good relations there,
as you know.

Right, yes.
Yeah. Er...

They have also been talking to
Beijing. OK.

Who? Zurich have? Yes. Fortunately,

we know our president

is a personal friend
with President Xi, of course.

Right. Wait, a personal friend of
President Xi?

Ah, yes. Yes.
What the fuck does that mean?

So apparently they share a love

for opera. What?!

Huh. Perhaps we can say this is the
power of football and music

working together. Yes?
Yes. Well, anyway...

Opera? Yes.

Anyway, we will be releasing
a statement shortly,

which we hope will

de-escalate the situation.
Great.

OK.
And which we hope

will be acceptable
to all the parties involved.

Right, OK.

Then hopefully we can all
get back to football.

Yes, exactly. Exactly so.

So, good news. Yes?

Yes, but hang on. I mean, how?
How?

I mean, what kind of statement?

What's going to be in it?

Ah, yes. So we can say they
are very keen to know this.

Right.
Actually we can say

super keen.
Right.

Ah. OK. Bueno.

What you mean is, we're going
to be releasing a statement.

Well... Fuck's sake.

No, no, no. Perhaps we can say

when the big moment arrives
in the big game,

this is where you find out
who you are. Yes? Well...

No.
Sure you want to know that?

Esto no es la gran juego, es la
Tercera Guerra Mundial, yes?

Well, exactly, yes.

Meanwhile,
as rumours surrounding

the Chinese chip in the ball
continue to proliferate

on social media, and with

President BLEEP
and President Xi Jinping

apparently in a standoff,

the pressure is building
on 2026 organisers

to find a solution
to this problem

before it gets
a lot more serious.

I mean, so in terms
of what we know, we know

we can't replace the chip
with a different chip

and we know
exactly why we can't do that.

We know we can't replace
the ball with a different ball.

And again, we know
exactly why we can't do that.

Right.
So we're starting from

a place where we know
quite a lot already.

So that's all good.
Yeah, right.

With the world's media
watching

and what would once have been
diplomats

in both Washington and Beijing

waiting for an official
statement from BLEEP,

this is about as serious
as it can get.

Unless it gets
more serious still.

I mean, is there a way...?
And, listen,

if I had a better idea,
I would tell you about it.

But is there a way we could
just turn this thing off?

Right, OK. Turn it off?

You mean the chip? Right.

Sorry, what do you mean,
turn it off?

Look. So, look,
I love technology

as much as the next guy.
So recently,

I've actually started
sleeping with it.

But in this case.... You what?

But in this case,
it is the technology

that got us where we are here, right?

Well, yes. That's true. Right.

So I'm just wondering...
OK. OK.

That's an interesting light
to shine on this, isn't it?

Interesting?
Is it? I don't know.

Fuck's sake.
So, Nick, you don't seem...

So this is a BLEEP chip, right?
Right.

Right. How do we know if it's on or
off? OK. How do we know

what it's doing? Yeah, no, OK, yeah.
Fair point. So, what,

we get our guy
to have a private word

with President Xi
at Cosi Fan fuckin' Tutte?

Yes. Or, I don't know, maybe we cut
a deal. Maybe they get to keep the
chip

switched on if they promise
not to invade Taiwan.

Yes. OK. You know, actually,

that's not a bad idea, actually.

I mean, what is this, a fucking
high school slumber party?

OK, bueno.

So what you have here,
this is a runaway train. Yes?

Well...
Exactly. Then when you have

a runaway train,
what do you do?

What you do is you make sure
you are laying the track. Yes?

Right. What? Exactly. I'm sorry,

but I'm struggling here. So this is
instead of the fire, is it?

Excuse me? Yeah.

Fire?
I think that's a different...

Obviously, this is not my area,
but I'm pretty sure the train

is on fire as well, here.
Exactly.

Well, OK. Yeah. Got it.

With the clock ticking and
the world waiting for a statement,

the challenge is to find
something acceptable to Zurich,

Beijing, Washington,

and conspiracy theorists
the world over.

And in an era
of competing narratives

and with fact
heavily circumcised,

they need to find a story
that's better

than anyone else's story.

OK, so let's go back
to the beginning

and start again.
Really?

Haven't we done that once
already?

Well, sometimes when you
tell yourself the story again,

you see something that's been
staring you in the face all along.

Huh.

Yeah, like disaster.

OK, so the chips are made
by BLEEP.

Correct.
And just to be clear,

all the software is BLEEP
too?

Right. Uh, well, no.

Actually, I believe
the ball-tracking software

itself is actually US-based.

Right? It's written by

a bunch of 14-year-olds
in Silicon Valley.

OK.

Right. OK. Right.

Huh.

By the end of the afternoon,

with the press
now gathered outside,

there's a growing sense

that something
has got to happen.

Hi, yes, it's Ian. I'm not sure
where you are at the moment,

but I just wanted to say...

I just wanted to bring you
up to speed, really.

But in the meantime,

Ian is having a brief moment
in the kitchen.

It looks like we're on to
something. And if it works,

then it could even be
that this whole thing goes away

as quickly as it flared up.
So, for Shine A Light and for,

you know, saving the world,
basically, that's all good.

Yes. And then with the keys,

I'm not quite sure
what the plan was,

so it might be good to firm up
on that.

Anyway, um, I hope you're well.

Um, I mean, I hope you're OK.

Yes. So, er, anyway,
we'll speak soon. Yes. Bye.

CLEARS THROAT

Oh, right.

OK, bueno.

First things first.

But eventually,
after intensive track-laying,

and with the train
still on fire,

the time has finally come

for someone to go downstairs
and say something.

There are a lot of TV crews
down there now. Right.

But we have said you will make
one statement only, yes?

Right, yes. Don't worry. I am there
to protect you.

Right. OK. In this situation,

I am in midfield, controlling the
game. You're just scoring the goals.

OK. Yes. It's a perfect scenario.
Yes.

Ah, right. Yes.
OK, here we go.

Yes. So I've been in contact
with Zurich.

Right. What I can say to you is

they are super happy
with your statement.

Right. Super happy.

Good. Exactly. Yes. They just have
one little thought...

Yes. OK. Just to save time
here, I'm going to be making

the statement that we agreed on
in the room, if that's OK.

Ah, yes.

Not some other announcement
that I haven't seen yet

and that I won't have time
to look at

until it's coming out of my mouth.

No. Well, then, in this case,
we can say good luck.

Yes, well, thank you.

Gracias. Thank you.
Yes, exactly so.

BELL DINGS

Si, si.

So we we're avoiding mentioning
BLEEP, BLEEP, BLEEP,

BLEEP or Donald BLEEP
by name

at any point. Right, yes.

You can literally use
any other words you like.

Right. Donald BLEEP?
I added that one.
Right.

You got a problem with that? No.

Right. No.

OK. Bueno.
Great.

OK, so this is going to be
great.

Right, well. Good luck.

Thanks. Yeah, good luck, mate.
Yeah, cool, yeah.

So I guess
I shouldn't say this,

and I mean it as a compliment,
but in case it helps,

I'm glad it's not me.
Yeah, me too, yeah.

Yeah, 100%. OK.

CAMERAS CLICK

Thank you.

So, thank you
for gathering here for this,

and welcome to Oversight.

So we've become aware,
obviously,

in the last few days
of a number of rumours

surrounding the official ball
in the 2026 tournament.

So it's a great opportunity
for us to clarify things.

So, for a while now, there has
been a chip in the ball

used in many, if not most,
professional soccer games,

and there's nothing different
about this tournament.

But soccer is nothing
if not a global game,

and every four years
the world comes together

to celebrate that fact.

So it is no secret
and no surprise to find

that the chip in the 2026 ball
is manufactured in China,

just as it is no surprise
to find

that the software that controls
it is written and created

here in the US.

So what do those two facts
tell us?

They tell a story of two of
the greatest nations on Earth,

the US and China,
working together in lockstep,

united in creative
and technical endeavour,

whether it's this

or the cutting-edge
solar-powered generators

across all our venues

and connected
to the rest of the world

through the power of sport,

soccer, the 2026 World Cup.

We live in a complex
and often troubled world,

and I don't know about you,
but that's a story

we need to hear now
more than ever.

Who knows? Maybe the world can
be a better place after all,

in spite of everything.

Thank you.

Mr Fletcher, have
you spoken with the President?

Gracias. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Exactly so. Yes.
Is this...?

BELL RINGS

CHEERING

Oh, hi. Hey.

I hope
you haven't been here long.

This is so good of you.
No, not at all.

It's the end of a long
day,

and Sarah has come over
with her spare set of keys

to let Ian back into
the apartment.

So I just wanted to say
thank you.

Me? No, I mean, what for?

That was a brilliant thing
you did.

Oh, no. Well, I mean,

sometimes it's like with pilots
and bad weather.

Sometimes you can't
go round it or over it

so, in the end,
you just have to go through it.

You know, that's so true.

So, I want to show you
something.

OK.

Have you seen this?

I don't know,
it depends what it is.

OK.

MUSIC PLAYS

Wow!

They just posted it
on the Far Corner site.

That's amazing.
Right? Right?

No, he's definitely better
than Will.

Right!

How many followers has he got?

500 million on Instagram.

Right. Have we got
500 million hats?

Anyway, I just thought
you should see it.

Well, that's amazing.

I mean, well done, basically.

Well... So, really,
coming over here

to let you in
is the least I can do.

OK. Well, anyway, thank you.
It's very good of you.

Huh. OK.

So...

OK...

Actually, is that...?

I mean, has someone changed
the locks?

OK.

I mean, could that have happened?

OK, so we should probably talk,
I guess.

Right. No, look, I mean,
it's fine.

I'm truly sorry about this.
No, honestly.

Really, it's fine.
I'll phone the hotel.

It is not fine.
You know, they know me.

I'm sure they'll be able to... Also,
you're not going back to a hotel
tonight.

Honestly, it's...
You're not. This is my fault.

No, it's...
No, it's not my fault, but...

I mean, it's one of those things,
isn't it?

It's just...
You're not going anywhere.

There's room at my place.

Right. Um...

If you would like that.

Right.