France earn favourites tag and Cape Verde make history: World Cup Daily
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly. Cape Verde reached the knockouts in their first ever World Cup. Second in the group, glorious scenes at the end, Voisinia's mum dancing in the stands, another clean sheet. They almost won it at the end, but it didn't matter. They'll play Argentina now. Messi isn't getting any change out of Pico Lopez. Saudi Arabia needed to go for it, but they were absolute garbage. Spain topped the group, beating a disappointing Uruguay. The players told Bielsa they were going to do it their way, and that way was about as effective as Bielsa's way. Poor Mislera, spooning a soft Baena strike, getting hooked, and that was that, before Canobio Uruguided up right at the end.
Three wins from three for France, the current favourites for the whole thing, the big Mbappe-Harland showdown, undermined slightly by Haaland being on the bench. Along with Norway's entire first team, it kind of made sense, but made for quite a tepid affair. Ousmana Dembele scored his way into the golden boot reckoning, while Jorgen Strand Larsson confirmed that he is very much the third best big man in Norway.
How did Cape Verde make history in the World Cup?
Still, there's lots of big men in Norway. Senegal are probably through after a 5-0 win over 10-man Iraq. A couple of great goals in this one. We'll look ahead to tomorrow. Release the handbrake, Thomas. Rhys James is out for England's game with Panama. There's an extreme listener tactic for avoiding vegetables. Your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly. On the panel today with me in LA, Barry Glendening, welcome. Hello, Max. From the Racing Post, Mark Langdon, hello.
What were the memorable moments from Cape Verde's match against Saudi Arabia?
Hi, Max. And on the night shift, Philippe Auclair, bonjour, ça va?
Ça va, mon gars. Bonjour, bonsoir, I don't know. Bonsoir.
Bonjour, bonsoir, bonne nuit. We are recording before Egypt, Iran, New Zealand, Belgium and Group G, so we'll cover those on... Saturday's pod. Let's begin with Group H. Perhaps not the greatest games of football today, but it's a day where the podcast is better than the football. But we will begin with Cape Verde getting through, Barry. The group finishes Spain on seven points, Cape Verde on three points, three draws. Uruguay and Saudi Arabia both out. Cape Verde drew with Saudi Arabia, nil-nil. And the scenes at the end were brilliant.
Yeah, and it's completely unsurprising because this is probably... Well, it is the greatest day in Cape Verde... Football history is probably the greatest day in Cape Verde history and I think they thoroughly deserve their place in the next round and for them to get to play against Argentina in a World Cup knockout match is just a phenomenal achievement and on the back of what they've done so far, who's to say? They can't put Argentina out. I remain gobsmacked by how good Cape Verde are. They were up against very little in Saudi Arabia today who were hopeless. Saudi Arabia had to win this game.
Why are France considered favorites after their win against Norway?
And at no point did they really seem to make much of an effort to try to win it. And it looked like they might have had Anthony Alangaitis in that they didn't quite know they had to win it. because it was a dismal effort on their part. Cape Verde looked like the team that needed to win, even though they didn't necessarily, and they had the better chances. They dominated in pretty much every regard, especially in the second half after an extremely cagey first half. I was... I wasn't surprised by how good they were because I know we all know how good they can be now. But I was genuinely stunned by how bad Saudi Arabia were. Yeah.
Before we get on to that, I mean, they were awful, awful, Mark. But the moment where their game is finished and all the Cape Verde players are around their mobile phones just finding out, just such a great moment.
It was, yeah.
What was the significance of Ousmane Dembélé's performance?
I don't know which sort of live score app it was, but it was great advertising. Surely the Guardian app is the one they would have been on. I'm sure, huge in Cape Verde, yeah, it would have been the one that they were. It's a great achievement. We've already spoken a lot about the extension to 48 teams and the problems that that causes.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:04
2
How did Cape Verde make history in the World Cup?
1:04–1:25
3
What were the memorable moments from Cape Verde's match against Saudi Arabia?
1:25–2:45
4
Why are France considered favorites after their win against Norway?
2:45–3:45
5
What was the significance of Ousmane Dembélé's performance?
3:45–8:41
6
What were the implications of Norway's decision to field a reserve team?
8:41–15:33
7
How did the panel react to Uruguay's performance in the tournament?
15:33–42:33
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