Senior football sources told AFP on Wednesday, senior football sources told AFP the opening match of this year’s World Cup in Qatar would be one day before 20 November.
Sources say FIFA and the Qatar organizers have agreed on the change. According to the current schedule, Senegal and the Netherlands play their first match on November 21, followed by the official inauguration match between Qatar and Ecuador later that day.
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