Carl Anka
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1,124 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 14 Aug
Carl Anka’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I think if Portugal are going to go far in this tournament, they're going to have to... The whole team needs to be built around Cristiano Ronaldo because Roberto Martinez doesn't seem to even entertain the idea of subbing him off.
And if you are going to build around Cristiano Ronaldo, especially 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, you need to put in a lot of crosses because...
understandably he's not as fast as he used to be but if you put the ball in the air or you put the ball in around the six yard box he still has that i mean years and years and years of repetition and he still has for lack of a better term hops in that ronaldo's just a lot higher a lot better at jumping in the air and getting ahead to the ball than anyone else so portugal go far it's going to be a lot of a lot of crosses and if ronaldo's gonna have a good tournament it's going to be a lot more headed goals
And he is also the first man to reach goals in six men's World Cups because Messi blanked in 2010.
So we'll take that one, which is the funny thing, right?
It's this constant back and forth.
There are a bunch of Messi statistics and there are a bunch of Ronaldo statistics.
And even now...
I mean, we spent, how many times did we use the term last dance in the 2022 World Cup about how this was going to be the last time we'll see them and they're both here and they're both scoring and they're both still having huge amounts of debate around each other.
So fascinating.
This Portugal team is absolutely fascinating.
Would they be better if they dropped Cristiano Ronaldo?
Maybe, probably.
Are we ever going to see enough to prove it?
Otherwise, absolutely not.
It also plays into travel, which I don't have a map of North America in front of me.
Yes, you want the less travel, the better.
So United States topping their group means they will mostly stay on the West Coast for their continuing journey.
Mexico topping their group also means they should, in theory, play more games in Mexico.
Yes, it's the travesty that the Mexico game stopped at the round of 16.
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