Mark Critchley

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1,840 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 8 Jul

Mark Critchley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Who is winning the World Cup so far? · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

Messi etc but also we've seen the minnows perform as well and like there's a lot of you know there's people who think different things about a 48 team tournament but I think it's here to stay and I think this is a tournament we've got now and what we needed was for those teams like Cape Verde like Curacao Scotland even you know credit to Scotland yeah and the fans that's for sure we needed them to turn up and to make it feel like it wasn't a watered-down product and it hasn't felt like that voice-verified

I think in Spain they're saying, tranquillo, hombres. voice-verified

Calm. voice-verified

Por qué preocupadas? voice-verified

What were you worried about? voice-verified

Look, they took a lot of criticism last week. voice-verified

I think we sort of criticized the performance against Cape Verde on the show. voice-verified

And maybe a little bit unfairly because, what was it? voice-verified

It was like 27 shots on goal, 16 in the box. voice-verified

And sometimes the ball just doesn't go in. voice-verified

And that happens some days. voice-verified

And then some days you're 3-0 up before the hydration break. voice-verified

And that was yesterday. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

I think that this was the Spain that we were expecting to see. voice-verified

And for me, I still considered them favourites for the tournament. voice-verified

And I think they showed exactly why. voice-verified

The only thing is, sometimes you worry about, is there a little bit too much of a focus on possession? voice-verified

And I think we've seen that. voice-verified

You know, there was a stat going around after the game last week that I think they made something like 2,500 passes since their last World Cup goal four years ago. voice-verified

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