Philippe Auclair

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2,083 appearances 17 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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Football Weekly · France maul meek Morocco to reach semi-finals: World Cup Daily · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

And what can you say? matched

I mean, I've only just arrived in Paris and I have to say I'm surprised by one thing. matched

There seems to be more enthusiasm for the World Cup in France at the moment than there is in England where I've just come from, which is unusual. matched

Usually it's the opposite. matched

It's very pleasant. matched

And it felt that way from... But to be honest, most of the games have been pain-free for France so far. matched

Either it's been very easy or, you know, maybe there was the Senegal game, which was a little bit... We didn't quite know what to expect of this French team. matched

You will remember that, you know, I had quite a lot of reservations about this particular team, its midfield and its defence in particular. matched

And both of them have not been found wanting so far. matched

And yeah, I mean, stress-free games are actually, you know, especially you're talking to an Arsenal fan. matched

So basically somebody who lives in fear most of the time. matched

And it's actually very pleasant. matched

I do recommend it. matched

And it was fairly obvious that Morocco would sit back. matched

try to smother the French attacks, hit them on the counter, but that wouldn't quite be enough. matched

And the chances came quite regularly and you knew that something was going to happen. matched

Even when Kylian Mbappe missed this penalty, I think I didn't feel particularly nervous and nobody around me felt nervous either. matched

So it's actually quite, quite strange because I was expecting a much tougher game than this one. matched

I was expecting Morocco to be actually much more proactive than they were. matched

And in fact, as soon as they conceded the first goal, it was a game over, basically, which very, very, very unexpected from that side. matched

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