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The Women’s World Cup kicks off in Auckland, after a fatal shooting

New Zealand and Norway players kicked off their record-breaking World Cup tournament on Thursday in Auckland, hours after the “shock” of a fatal shooting in the New Zealand city. The first day of the World Cup continues with a duel between Australia and Ireland (12:00pm) in Sydney, where 75,000 spectators are expected to support the ‘Matildas’. The incident, which FIFA said had nothing to do with the tournament, and the New Zealand Football Association announced that three people were killed and six injured in Auckland. A rare phenomenon on the archipelago, which raises questions about the security of the event. World Cup with 32 teams, first World Cup in the Southern Hemisphere, first World Cup co-organised by two nations: The 736 players called up for this World Cup hope to take their discipline to a new level, four years after the successful launch in France. “This cup will become iconic and we will see exceptional matches here. The world will watch,” enthused FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who expects a “celebration” of women’s football, eight months after the men’s World Cup in Qatar. Marketing, around the global economy around the sport,” predicts American Megan Rapinoe, a planetary icon of committed and hardcore women’s soccer. And 32 this year. Eight countries will experience their first final stage, such as Haiti and Morocco, the only Arab countries that qualify. And a minimum amount of $ 30,000 is guaranteed for each individual player, first. Fifa has embarked until Wednesday on the business of seduction towards the inhabitants of the archipelago. This country is not just a country for the Rugby, but rather to awaken his passion for football. “Football Ferns” did not win a match in the final stage of the World Cup. This tournament in the southern hemisphere between July and August also raises the question of TV viewers in major football countries who will sometimes have to get up early to watch matches because of the time difference. FIFA has narrowly avoided audiovisual failure by signing broadcast agreements in Europe and Japan at the last minute. & nbsp; That many teams are armed to win the title: USA, of course, but also Germany, France, Spain, England, Sweden, Canada … b /