Ecstasy for Ecuador and draw puts Australia through: World Cup Daily
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This is The Guardian. Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly. Turkey beat the US with the last kick of the game in LA. Could they be the tournament's dark horses after all? No. The US took the lead with Aidan Trusty's trusty left foot. Turkey turned it around. Sebastian Berhalter equalized before the Turks salvaged some pride. But ultimately, it doesn't matter. The US still topped the group. Meanwhile, Australia-Paraguay was not a classic. Australia threw in second. Paraguay should get through second. Netherlands win Group F. Brian, brobby, brobby, brobby on the score sheet again. Also a great own goal by Tunisia, who've not had the best World Cup. Japan and Sweden both go through after a one-all draw.
Two delightful goals. Japan finish above Sweden, and their prize is a game against Brazil in the last 32. Joy for Ecuador in New Jersey. A sea of yellow watched Germany take the lead despite a very high foot kicking someone in the face. But they came back and won it late on. It looked like the whole stadium was in tears at the end. And two goals for Pepe for the Ivory Coast as they beat Curaçao. We'll look ahead to tomorrow's games. France, Norway and Spain. Uruguay could both be good. We know Mark Langdon's been on the brackets, but did he eat a vegetable? Find out on today's Guardian Football Weekly. on the panel today. Barry Glendening, welcome. Hi, Max. Hey, Mark Langdon from the Racing Post, of course.
Yeah, hi, Max. And joining us as well, Archie Rintut. Hi, Archie. Hey, Max. YouTube viewers may see that we are in our hotel rooms because it's very late and my bed is there and that's where I want to be. But before that, I will discuss these six football matches.
Just to be clear, it's not a hotel. What are we in? We're in an apartment.
We are in an apartment. I mean, okay. I mean, it feels pedantic at this stage. Let's get through the six games first.
I would argue there's quite a big difference between an apartment and a hotel room.
Yeah, I don't think I'd have a breakfast bar in a hotel. So I'm at the breakfast bar.
All right. Okay. Can we do these matches?
What were the highlights of the Ecuador vs. Germany match?
Let's start at Group D. So the U.S. topped the group, six points. Australia have four. Paraguay have four. They're both through. Paraguay have to wait, but they're probably through. Turkey are out. They were out anyway. But we'll begin with their win over the U.S., 3-2. They made lots of changes, the U.S. Pulisic came back. In the 97th minute, Mark, I wrote, overall, a brilliant group stage for them. Does that goal that happened after I wrote that make any difference?
It shouldn't do. Whether there is a slight change in the nation, I suppose, remains to be seen. But the job had already been done. This was a reserve team that was put out by Pochettino. It won't be anything like the side that plays for the rest of the World Cup as long as the US are in it. There were still positives to take out of the game, particularly with Pulisic coming back. from injury. So it shouldn't do. And I think if anybody kind of jumps to sort of wild conclusions on the back of a defeat to Turkey, I would sort of disagree with them quite strongly. You know, it didn't really matter.
Yeah. And I guess, Barry, they face some adversity, which is probably useful.
I'd largely agree with Mark, but I think from The supporters' fan point of view, this would be a bit of a wake-up call to see their team lose. I appreciate that some of the fans at the game tonight, like Brad Pitt, Leo DiCaprio, Colin Farrell and his stars and stripes, they're diehards. They never miss a game. So they'll know that this defeat is massively inconsequential in the cosmic scheme of things. But I think there are probably an awful lot of Johnny-come-latelys clambering aboard the USA bandwagon for this World Cup. And there's nothing wrong with that. That's how the sport grows. Who will totally have expected the USA to beat this apparently terrible Turkey team and will now be going, oh, they lost.
That wasn't supposed to happen. And Americans love to win. They'll follow their team in any sport as long as the team is winning.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:04
2
What were the highlights of the Ecuador vs. Germany match?
2:04–8:12
3
How did Turkey manage to beat the US team?
8:12–12:39
4
What are the implications of the US team's performance in the group stage?
12:39–40:25
5
What was the outcome of the Australia vs. Paraguay game?
40:25–41:25
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