Ian Irving

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542 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 12 Jul

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The Athletic FC Podcast · How far can Pochettino take the USA? · 20 Jun 2026 podcast

I've been laughing a lot at some of the tales that I've been hearing.

But you worry now, don't you, that those fans might not be over in the USA that much longer because this result now leaves them vulnerable with Brazil to face next.

Yeah, OK.

I mean, another stat that basically is a bit of a warning sign, I suppose, ahead of the Brazil game is that Scotland have now lost 17 of their last 19 matches against nations who were ranked at the time in the top six of the FIFA World Rankings, losing nine of the last 10.

So that doesn't bode well, does it?

They can still go through, can't they?

Third place teams that will go through and it's who's got the most points across all the groups.

So three points might be enough even.

Yeah, OK.

I mean, Scotland are actually currently top of the pile in terms of the third place teams at the moment.

The Athletic Simulator model has given them a 60% chance of progression to the last 32 as things stand.

So maybe all is not lost just yet.

Let's move on to Brazil then.

A bit more like it from Carlo Ancelotti's boys after the Morocco game.

I mean, they did recover Liam Toomey in that match, but to see them playing with a bit more style, a bit more freedom, scoring three goals, that was more like it, wasn't it?

Yeah, I found it really intriguing that he wasn't in the start of the tournament.

I expected him, from what I'd seen, what I'd read, that he would be the number nine for Carlo Ancelotti coming into it.

Obviously, in this game he was, he scored twice.

So I guess that's a sign that he could continue in that position moving forward.

Because even with the success, relatively speaking, he's had at Manchester United last season,

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