Tariq Panja
speaker
632 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 24 Jun
Tariq Panja’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yes, he's playing in Saudi Arabia now.
But again, like Messi, he dominated the sport for 20 years.
Modric.
Great Croatian tactician in the midfield, the great captain of the Croatian teams.
This could be the last games he plays.
I wonder if he might even retire after the World Cup.
A true hero to the Croatian people.
But it is this kind of attachment between player and nation, fan and nation.
It's kind of a bit of alchemy that requires all of these things to come together.
Absolutely.
I mean, Portugal and Ronaldo, for example, he is the most important figure in that country, whether it's business, politics, culture.
Cristiano Ronaldo is extremely important to Portugal's sense of itself, I would say.
And also with Messi and Ronaldo in particular.
These aren't kind of soccer superstars.
These are arguably the most famous people on the planet.
I think Ronaldo has more Instagram followers than any other human being.
And then I think it's Messi is number three and they're sandwiched by Taylor Swift or somebody like that.
Yeah, and that tells you something about those guys.
It tells you something about this sport and where it's placed in the global conversation in our modern culture.
And then it tells you something, I guess, also, as we're entering it, about the World Cups.
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