Brad Friedel
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889 appearances
7 recordings
5 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 8 Jul
Brad Friedel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I think France has the best squad and Spain, okay?
But the best squads don't always win.
Elements, as you can see from the results already with the European countries, it's tough over here.
The way that I look at it is this, is they got the best number nine in the world at the moment.
I think the two in midfield are brilliant.
Right down this middle.
I think whatever center backs they play are very good.
And a goalkeeper that's won me over, especially after the last four or five years, is Pickford.
And now that they have that element, and then they have the athleticism in the other spots, and they have Tuchel as a manager, I think he can get them over the line.
They have two big hurdles for me.
if brackets go the way that we think they're going to go.
One is playing at altitude, Estadio Azteca.
And it's not so much the grind in that game.
It's what happens in recovery because then your next game could be in Miami and it could be 40, 42 degrees on the pitch and they could have to play Brazil.
Maybe, maybe not with the way results have gone.
But those are two really difficult games of getting through the elements.
If they can get through those, I think they'll find the semifinals and finals there.
even though they'll probably be playing better competition and better opposition, I think they'll find it easier to get through those games.
So I think when you can maybe not be at your best or be really tired and you've got goals in your team, you've always got a chance.
And if they've got a goalkeeper in form, as we saw with Australia, you've always got a chance.
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