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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Hello and welcome to the Football Daily with me, Lloyd Griffith. But no Rick Edwards today. He's got the day off. And you're thinking, what's he doing on his day off? Has he gone to Las Vegas with Steve Jones? Or maybe he's in the Hollywood Hills with all the T4 people he's ever interviewed in the past. And the answer is none of those. He's gone to a backgammon competition in downtown LA.
Who with? He's gone on his own. Of course he has. What an absolute legend. We do have someone in his Birkenstocks though, arguably better and definitely less mean. I'll intro them in a second. But first, a recap on the scores. Ecuador beat Germany 2-1 to finish third in Group E and secure a place in the knockout rounds for the first time in 20 years.
Ivory Coast also reached the knockout stages for the first time in World Cup history thanks to a Nicolas Pepe double as they beat Curacao 2-0, finishing second in that group. Netherlands topped the group after beating Tunisia 3-1. Japan drew 1-1 with Sweden to finish second in that group. And Sweden have also made it through to the knockouts.
Paraguay and Australia ended goalless and finally already eliminated. Turkey have scored a goal with the last kick of the game to beat the USA 3-2. And you might be thinking, that is all well and good, Lloyd. But what does that mean for Scotland? Well, we've been checking the third place ranking table all day and all night. And as I'm sure most of Scotland have as well.
And at the time of record, Scotland have a 6.04% chance of still qualifying, which feels oddly specific. It's really quite simple. Honestly, it feels like I'm doing the late night shift on a general election coverage, just waiting for the other results to come in. A reminder, if you want to catch up on any of the scores or goals, highlights are available on the BBC Sport website and app.
Now join me today in Rick's absence. It is the fantastic Betty Glover. Betty, thank you for stepping in.
Hello. Thank you so much for having me. And I must add that I am not wearing Rick's Birkenstocks. I haven't borrowed them for the show because I'm not sure my feet would fit in them.
He's got quite large feet.
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Chapter 2: What was Ecuador's historic achievement in the World Cup?
So I set myself a challenge, Lloyd. Go on. So I gave myself 24 hours and I was like, how many different games of football can I watch with different fans from all over the world? So I watched the Canada game. Canada against Switzerland with some Canadian fans. I had some Canadian pancakes and waffles for breakfast. Lovely. Can we do this? It was really good. I then watched the Brazil-Scotland.
I ate some Brazilian food. Lovely. And it was insane.
What was it?
The best food I've ever had. I had some pineapples.
Pineapple?
Yeah.
Sorry, Betty, have you never had pineapple before?
No, no, no. So they had kebabs, right? Those are different kebabs.
Kebabs?
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Chapter 3: How did Scotland's knockout hopes unfold in the World Cup?
Yeah, I know, but I was trying to, you know, be healthy. I was doing a lot yesterday. I then went to watch South Korea against South Africa at a Korean fan park, and it was amazing. Can I just say the South Korean fans are the best fans I've ever come across?
In what way?
They're just so lovely. It's so nice. It was like a family vibe. They all sat on the floor and ate a picnic whilst watching the game. I know they lost, but...
I have felt that being over in L.A., everyone is very friendly. And you can see in the games as well, there's no segregation. People seem to be embracing each other. There was that lovely little moment yesterday where the Dr. Congo fan was just encompassed by the fans of Colombia. And after he sang the national anthem on his own, I think, oh, this is quite nice.
I mean, obviously, as an England fan, it's a very different vibe.
It is a bit different. It is a bit different. I think this nice vibe between all the fans is going to start shifting as we get through the tournament because it always does a little bit. But it has been really great.
And actually, I know there's been a lot made about fans are coming over to the USA and the USA are getting to experience, you know, all of these fans from across the world and loads of different fans are getting to experience the USA. It is... It's really nice to see.
The other day I was in a taxi and the lad, late 20s, lovely lad, massively into his football. And he said that the reason he got into football is because at school, all the lads at school basically supported a team. And there was loads of lads from the Ivory Coast that had come over to America. And because of Didier Drogba, they supported Chelsea.
There was loads of kids that were from South Korea that supported Spurs because of Sonny. And he was like, I want to get involved in this. I want to support a team. And I was like, well, who do you support? He's like, well, I'm actually from Bangladesh. And at the time, Hamza Chowdhury was playing for Leicester. So I chose Leicester. I was like, oh, really? He goes, well, it was great.
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Chapter 4: What were Betty's first impressions of World Cup life in Los Angeles?
You can go all over the world in L.A. without passports.
Absolutely. And one final thing as well. I was chanting to fans in the old King's Head where we're doing the podcast from today. And they are Americans who support Premier League team and they're so happy that the World Cup is here. And it's not just because the stars that they love are on their home soil. It's because they get to watch football at a normal time.
Yeah, true.
Because they just have to get up at the Cracker Sparrows to watch Tottenham versus Bournemouth at 4 a.m.
I've found that a lot of US citizens have started to come on board quite quickly with football. I was talking to a guy the other day who was basically saying, like, I wasn't really that bothered. I thought I'd watch a couple of matches, whatever. Now he's so into it. He's like, OK, Mauricio Pochettino must rest Pulisic because we need him for the knockout stage.
It's like so involved and it's great.
It's so great. Well, should we talk about football?
We probably should, shouldn't we?
Really happy to welcome back former Netherlands defender and massive fan of the podcast, the Guardian Football Weekly podcast, it turns out, Marion Melchior, who turned up last week when we recorded and we looked at his phone and he had the Guardian Football Weekly podcast on his phone. They've been listening on the way here.
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Chapter 5: What insights does Mario Melchiot provide about Ecuador's victory?
Come back soon, yeah? I will, I will. And please listen to our podcast.
Thank you.
Betty, thank you so much for joining me today. Have you enjoyed it?
I've had a great time with you. It's been brilliant. I got a message, by the way, from Rick earlier. Rick Edwards. Rick Edwards. And he gave me some advice. So he said, obviously, he was like, this is advice to deal with you in particular. So he was like, Lloyd is going to mention filming a lot in Australia. So just sort of like feign interest.
He said he's also going to talk about, you know, being an elite goalkeeper, probably. So just sort of smile and nod. Otherwise, he'll get very upset. And also just try and smile and laugh at some of his little jokes that he makes. Little jokes. But I haven't found your jokes bad.
I haven't really put any in today. I've just been trying to be charismatic. I've not talked about Australia.
You haven't talked about Australia. You haven't talked about being a goalkeeper.
I have not talked about Return to Paradise, which is available on the BBC iPlayer. The bosses will love that if they're listening. Thank you. And I've not talked about me being best mates. Kasper Schmeichel followed me today. Sorry.
I knew this was going to come up.
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