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Speaker: you will be hosting the draw with, first of all, I mean, what an honour. I mean, I'm sure you'd rather Italy not be there, but what an honour. Exactly. I had not something I've shared with too many people, but those I have told have said, oh, congratulations, you must be nervous, big opportunity. The only thing I'm nervous about is Italy and the outcome of the playoff bracket, because, yeah, look, I'm certainly looking forward to a great opportunity on the work front.
Speaker: The following is a clip from this week's Italian football podcast.
Speaker: Again, as I said, Italy finding themselves in this position, it just gives you that little sick feeling in the stomach. And I can tell you yesterday, in our first day of rehearsals, we did our first mock draw. I actually got to pull out the balls and pretend to be a FIFA legend, which was great fun. And I can tell you that the first mock draw released was Portugal v Poland semifinal, linked with Italy v Austria semifinal, with the final played in the Portugal Poland country. So effectively, that would have been our worst
Speaker: possible outcome and that's what we drew in the first mock draw yesterday so hopefully that doesn't happen on Friday.
