Episode 2975: Italy Win Tournaments, Spanish Defence, Rice V McClean
Italy don’t have an amazing crop of players, aren’t playing very well and are having a football identity crisis. But they scored a delightful late late equaliser tonight against Croatia, and as Ken said, “Italy win tournaments!”.
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We chat to Gab Marcotti about their average strikers, muddled tactics and desire to be like Spain.
England have 4 points with a game to go in the group stages but the vibes are toxic. We discuss the beef between mister manic positivity, Declan Rice, and… RTE pundit James McClean.
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And Miguel Delaney joins us from the Spain game to discuss their no goals defence and the English soap opera.
The main person who questioned the fitness of the players was… England manager Gareth Southgate.
He specifically raised it to us!https://t.co/dCFL1MjBEx
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