Tuesday night, Ahmad Bin Ali stadium, and my seventh game in five days at the 2022 World Cup. At half-time I run to the bathroom, re-emerging to hear the 1991 classic, The One and the Only, thumping out across the stadium. It doesn't sound quite right, and then I realise that there, on the touchline, is Chesney Hawkes himself banging out his one hit wonder. Qatar 2022, weird at every turn.The next morning, having cheered England into the knockout stages, I get a taxi at 5am to the airport. Mohammed, the driver, is cheery despite the hour, telling me how, at the end of the tournament, he is heading home to Bangladesh.

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