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What were the opening thoughts on the World Cup?
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call is alongside me. Good morning, Enda. Good morning, Shane. And Dara Smith-Nocton is with us as well. Morning, Dara. Shane. So we're underway, lads. We're underway with the 2-0 win for co-host Mexico last night against South Africa. So... reasonable game not that good a game I suppose but Julian Quinonez is the goal scorer of the first goal at this tournament and three red cards John Duggan was posting last night there were four red cards in total at the 2018 World Cup so to have three in one game last night quite extraordinary and then a comeback win for South Korea overnight as well against Czechia let us know in the YouTube comments this morning if you got up or stayed up for that one because that was a brave, brave kick-off time
to be staying up you can get in touch with the show across the show WhatsApp us on 087918180 leave a comment on the YouTube as I said or tweet us at OffTheBall or email us breakfast at OffTheBall.com thoughts so far lads of the show or of the World Cup well the show is only two and a half minutes deep I think you're doing a fantastic job so far so good you almost went full Northern Ireland with the Shani Johnston yes you pulled it out of the bag North of Ireland of course and North of Ireland so yeah the World Cup last night I thought it was fantastic yep
It's one of those things that is like, finally we're here. Yes. And we're off. And I felt like a lot of people thought South Africa were really poor in this game. I didn't get that. I thought they weren't great. I'm not saying they were. But I thought they were better than maybe they were given credit for, particularly on the RTE coverage. I switched between RTE and ITV throughout the night, so... I stuck with ITV last night. Got the best of both, I felt. But I thought South Africa were decent enough on the ball at times. Mexico were clearly the better side. Mexico showing signs that maybe they'll be surpassing expectations. A lot of the Mexican journalists are very down on this team going into the tournament, saying they're not going to get past the round of 32.
I think they potentially might get a round of 16 in them, at least. The Azteca... the star of the show last night though unbelievable what a stadium only has 5 games which is such a shame none past the round 16 really that is the absolute crime of this World Cup yeah that's one of the most magnificent stadiums in the world where's the final New Jersey yeah New York New Jersey ah lads missed the boat there absolutely did Azteca there's political shenanigans going on in the background to ensure that the United States gets the final I understand all that but still iconic stadium
If there was a stadium I would most like to visit, it probably would be the Azteca and see a proper game. You're not going to see a better atmosphere than a Mexico opening round World Cup home crowd.
How did Mexico perform in their opening match against South Africa?
Yeah, they did something that is unusual in the modern sense is that when they were renovated and they kept the vast majority of the stadium and just... kind of give it a bit of a facelift and didn't turn it into one of these modern bowls the La Bon Bonera in South America is the one that I would like to go to most but they've since demolished that and they're turning it into one of these modern bowls that looks nothing like the reason that the stadium was so iconic in the first place so yeah they've kept the magic of the Azteca for sure
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What were the opening thoughts on the World Cup?
0:00–3:16
2
How did Mexico perform in their opening match against South Africa?
3:16–6:39
3
What were the significant moments from the South Korea vs. Czechia match?
6:39–13:06
4
What are the standout features of the Azteca Stadium?
13:06–20:27
5
What were the highlights of the World Cup opening ceremony?
20:27–47:12
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