White Goes From Hero to Villain
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Welcome into the latest edition of ESPN FC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Craig Burley and Ishaq Ahislaw. Internationals galore today. We'll kick things off at Wembley. This was not a good tie at all. It would be kind of a B team that Thomas Tuchel named as it finished 1-1. Ben White, I suppose the big story. He was booed when he came on, booed when he scored and then booed when he conceded the penalty as well. In the end, it would finish one apiece. We welcome in Jurgen Klinsmann and Mario Malkiel who are watching their respective countries playing and this was kind of their B team, if you like, their B match. We'll get their views in a minute. Of course, it was a B side. It was my C match. Jaco was watching it.
No, I mean... He obviously didn't put out his best 11. They were on the bench. This was a reserves team.
There's a lot of players that are not going to start. But it was awful. I don't understand. I know he's got this huge squad. I really don't understand people like Jordan Henderson still in it. I mean, he's been a very good player, but he's 35 now. He's surely not going to go to the World Cup. So I don't quite understand that. It was awful. It was awful. It was slow. It was pedestrian.
What were the highlights of England's match against Uruguay?
It lacked any guile in the final third round. Who spurs players in the starting 11? That says it all. Yeah, Rashford had a couple of good runs, but maybe he held on to the ball a little long, but he injected a little bit of pace now and again. But it was a terrible game. I mean, Uruguay are not the most... Aesthetically, nice team to watch. They're rugged. There was a few dodgy challenges. Aroha on Phil Foden wasn't very clever. And they were rough and tough. But as I said there in the highlight, best player in the park was probably Fede Valverde. Gets around, tidy on the ball, scores the penalty, box to box. So he was the real live wire in the game. As for England, it looked like they were going to win it.
Should Ben White be included in the World Cup squad?
They didn't. What do you learn from it? That a lot of these players are either not playing for the clubs on a regular basis and are going to be struggling to get in the squad for the World Cup, which I believe is 26-man squad, something like that. Who the hell knows these days? On this performance, not many put their hands up and said... Take me to North America. Here is all the people.
Look at them all. There's lots of them. Jürgen, why when you've only got three matches to go, or four matches to go, I suppose, including this, before the World Cup kicks off, do you play this side when surely you can use this kind of match better to try and galvanize your starting 11?
What insights did Jurgen Klinsmann provide on Germany's win over Switzerland?
Well, I can only guess, obviously, for Thomas Tuchel that he uses this window just to see how the chemistry goes between certain players that he still has in mind to take to the World Cup. So it also tells you a little bit the story that he's not sure yet about his 26. And so he's trying things out. Obviously, to see England without a Harry Kane up front there changes already a lot, a lot. I think he just wanted to see individual performances, seeing who can play with who, what is the flow of the game. Definitely as a manager you can read a lot into it and you can learn a lot from a game like that. The result probably is secondary at the end of the day, even if you want to win your friendly games.
But if you sacrifice it just to see certain players that many of us would not have on the paper, that tells you that he's not decided yet how exactly looks his 26-man roster. So hopefully he knows now a bit more.
So there's a balance there between... Some of these players have played a lot of games, so you don't want to burn them out and send them back to the clubs with injuries and whatnot.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:40
2
What were the highlights of England's match against Uruguay?
1:40–2:19
3
Should Ben White be included in the World Cup squad?
2:19–3:01
4
What insights did Jurgen Klinsmann provide on Germany's win over Switzerland?
3:01–7:16
5
How will Raphinha's injury impact Barcelona's season?
7:16–10:45
6
What strategies should England adopt for the World Cup?
10:45–14:37
7
What factors influence player selection for the World Cup?
14:37–18:36
8
How do international teams prepare for the World Cup?
18:36–56:52
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