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ENGLAND WIN AS BELLINGHAM & KANE DESTROY CROATIA

18 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.267 - 0.948 Lewis Bowden

All right, ready?

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Chapter 2: What were the initial reactions to England's victory over Croatia?

1.409 - 24.948 Lewis Bowden

Ladies and gentlemen, I42 would not want to be a Croatia fan right now. By the way, how funny is it that after every goal in the stadium, they played the Darts song? Yeah, they've done their research, haven't they? Yeah, they've done their research. We're off the back of going to the AT&T Stadium in Dallas. No, wrong.

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25.648 - 30.914 Bert Horobin

Don't call it that. It's the Dallas Stadium. They've covered all the branding. Yeah, well, they've had to change all the names of the stadium.

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30.974 - 32.595 Lewis Bowden

Wait, but that's actually what it's called, though, isn't it?

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32.615 - 34.757 Bert Horobin

It's the AT&T Stadium, but for the World Cup, it's called the Dallas Stadium.

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34.797 - 45.428 Lewis Bowden

Sorry, apologies to the AT&T Stadium. It's currently called the Dallas Stadium. We're off the back of going there and watching England absolutely rifle Croatia 4-2. It should have been about 6-2.

45.408 - 58.908 Gabriel Antoniazzi

I will say, walking through the doors there, it was one of the most mind-boggling things I've ever seen. I've been to many stadiums at this point, but you walk in and it's the immediate stadium you see. It's so huge and it's so steep.

59.689 - 74.835 Lewis Bowden

Genuine question, we're fans of obviously a lot of... places in the UK in terms of like football stadiums. I think there's a lot of stadiums in the UK that are brilliant football stadiums. Is that the best stadium you've ever been to? By far and away, that is the best ground I've ever been to.

74.855 - 80.885 Gabriel Antoniazzi

I don't think it's the best football stadium. It's a great, it's a fantastic stadium. And it converts into stadiums. Nah, mate, come on.

80.905 - 82.468 Bert Horobin

If you can't see the pitch, you can see the full...

Chapter 3: How did the stadium experience impact the fans' enjoyment?

104.656 - 111.184 Gabriel Antoniazzi

But there's less... There's less, I don't know. It's great, but it's too big.

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111.364 - 113.907 Lewis Bowden

I think it's just too big.

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114.227 - 124.198 Bert Horobin

You know what, obviously when you guys were, I was there like three hours before kickoff. When I walked in, it was complete, no, it was empty. Not a soul in the stadium. Oh, really? It was the most weirdest thing I've ever seen.

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124.218 - 124.899 Lewis Bowden

You were the first person in.

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124.919 - 130.225 Bert Horobin

Of course, because you went onto the pitch, it's very different. No, no, no, just walking in the stadium and seeing, I didn't know it was going to be indoors until I saw it.

130.205 - 131.247 Lewis Bowden

Or it's too hot otherwise.

131.407 - 135.854 Bert Horobin

It's way too hot otherwise. Hydration breaks. Bro, it's cold in the stadium.

136.175 - 137.998 Lewis Bowden

They AC'd the stadium, that's why.

138.819 - 142.646 Bert Horobin

So today in Dallas it was about 35 degrees. It's like they played at the O2. Yeah.

Chapter 4: What were the standout performances from the England players?

592.844 - 595.208 Bert Horobin

We've all wanted to see this. Such a good watch.

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595.589 - 604.985 Lewis Bowden

I know I'm an England fan and I'm very biased. I've seen us score four goals today. But that is one of the better games of the tournament. Yeah. From the competition that we've seen today.

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605.005 - 612.698 Gabriel Antoniazzi

And I recall from previous times where it was so frustrating. I remember the screams of, please put fucking sub on Jack Grealish. Like...

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612.678 - 625.74 Lewis Bowden

I remember in Euro 2020 when Jack Grealish was on the sideline warming up and the entire pub that you were in was going, for the love of God, poor Jack Grealish.

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625.78 - 638.702 Gabriel Antoniazzi

But now we're actually getting, by the way, we were only one goal up. We were only one goal up. And he made some actual offensive decisions today.

638.682 - 660.133 Bert Horobin

yeah the subs were great well it's just been announced here as a post-match interview will has a break breaking news for us um harry kane just uh told itv credit to the manager at half time he gave us a speech and said if we lose we lose in our way i think we saw that in the way we came out in the second half we yes we went full gas and they couldn't live with it credit to everyone for the first game of the tournament

660.113 - 674.221 Lewis Bowden

Can I say, by the way, to give credit to Lewis Bowden, we were five, 10 minutes into the, obviously like Jude scored straight off the rip, but we were five, 10 minutes into the second half and Lewis was like, the speech he gave at half time must have been brilliant.

674.301 - 686.143 Gabriel Antoniazzi

Honestly, but it was, it was night and day. We were fucking on them. There was no, because at the start of the game, We were so scared. It was timid. We couldn't pass it. And the second half, all of a sudden, we were on them.

Chapter 5: How did Harry Kane's penalty technique affect the game?

686.163 - 689.269 Gabriel Antoniazzi

And it was, it was this case where Tuchel must have said something.

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689.289 - 697.483 Lewis Bowden

He nailed it directly. I will say credit to you because you're an observant guy. I'm an observant guy, yes. And he said it off the rip. But by the way, credit to Tuchel.

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697.803 - 698.324 Joe Campbell

Thank you.

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698.344 - 718.297 Gabriel Antoniazzi

Yeah, obviously you're not the one doing this. Tuchel, thank you for not being a little bitch and actually having some balls. Because that kind of talk, that can lead you down a way where you get too aggressive and you lose. But I fucking respect that loads where it's like we're going to go for it. Because that's what we need to do. Can't be pussies.

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718.317 - 724.788 Lewis Bowden

And then of course the game was put to bed by Ralkus Mashford. Brilliant finish. He could have had another one as well.

725.028 - 727.913 Bert Horobin

He could have had another one. Who was your superior player of the match?

728.234 - 744.863 Gabriel Antoniazzi

Superior player of the match. Harry Kane. Harry Kane. Yeah. Can I say, it's hard to say when you were in the stand because I was so blind drunk a lot of it. So it's hard to say. I wasn't. I wasn't blind drunk. I think, I think Bellingham. It's Bellingham.

744.883 - 746.225 Bert Horobin

Bellingham. He was the best bellingham pitcher.

746.245 - 763.311 Lewis Bowden

What do you mean, it's Bellingham? There's an argument for both. The correct answer is Drew Bellingham. What do you mean it's not? No. Harry, what are you talking about? He scored two goals in the opener. Harry Kane was so good. They were both brilliant, but there's an argument for both. Harry Kane actually did get the superior play of the match, by the way.

Chapter 6: What role did Jude Bellingham play in the match?

925.489 - 937.966 Gabriel Antoniazzi

So I'm like, how am I even supposed to eat this? Why don't you get a napkin? That's impractical, mate. Why don't they give you a napkin? It's all a load of shit. I had to use someone behind me's pre-ordered napkins that they used because my hand was covered in chilli and cheese.

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937.987 - 954.338 Bert Horobin

Apparently the cheesesteak was alright. I ordered a normal hot dog, Lou. And, you know, it comes wrapped so you can't see inside it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I got to my seat. I can't wait. I wonder what's in it. I wonder what's in it. There's like a bit of onions, everything on it. It was a dildo. It was bread and sausage. That's what a hot dog is. Where's the ketchup and stuff?

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954.719 - 964.412 Joe Campbell

It's just a guess gone. It was. It was a hot dog. That is the worst bit of commentary I've ever heard. I ordered a hot dog. I ordered a hot dog. I went to my seat.

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964.572 - 969.899 Gabriel Antoniazzi

There was none. Lads, they're not going to wrap it up with sauce because the sauce is all over the wrap there.

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969.98 - 973.264 Lewis Bowden

But then that would predetermine that every hot dog has to have ketchup.

973.424 - 974.626 Gabriel Antoniazzi

You're a you-know-what.

974.646 - 984.022 Lewis Bowden

You're a you-know-what, aren't you? That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. That's really nice. Yeah, it was good. Yeah, it was lovely sausage. All the food was banging. And the chicken and chips. Yeah.

984.523 - 985.565 Bert Horobin

All he did was eat, innit?

985.766 - 985.946 Lewis Bowden

Yeah.

Chapter 7: How did the team's tactics change from the first to the second half?

1179.743 - 1180.885 Bert Horobin

No, it wasn't. It was 70,000. It holds 94.

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1182.587 - 1194.904 Lewis Bowden

No, yeah. Someone get him a mic, man. Attendant 70,389. No, it holds 94.

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1194.924 - 1199.05 Bert Horobin

No, it holds 94 at max capacity, yeah. No, capacity is 108,000.

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1199.17 - 1202.935 Gabriel Antoniazzi

I'm so derailed.

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1203.522 - 1208.351 Bert Horobin

Oh, God. In other news though, boys, other than obviously Dallas, went to the barbecue, had a great time out here.

1208.571 - 1217.727 Lewis Bowden

Yeah. Can I ask a question, boys? Okay. From someone that's watched England in the flesh, right? Yeah. You saw him today. That was me. You saw him today. Is it coming home?

1218.248 - 1218.308

No.

1221.376 - 1234.075 Lewis Bowden

Yes, is the answer to that. Do you actually think we're going to win it? Based on how we played today, not the scoreline, but the performance and how England actually went out and played that game, I think we can beat every team in this tournament.

1234.495 - 1239.823 Bert Horobin

You know, before the tournament, a couple of other teams we sort of pointed to maybe that have a chance of winning are Portugal and Spain.

Chapter 8: What does the future hold for England in the tournament?

1588.842 - 1589.884 Gabriel Antoniazzi

That's the hardest game of our group.

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1590.465 - 1601.243 Bert Horobin

England versus Ghana. Will Semenu put up a test against us? Do you want an update? On what? It's 0-0. Garner-Panama, 0-0. How do you think we fare against Garner then? It should be good.

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1601.303 - 1618.785 Lewis Bowden

It should be a 4-0 win. No disrespect to Garner because I think they're a great nation and they're doing a lot of amazing things, but I actually think we pumped the hell out of that team. Genuinely. I'm going to go out and say this on a limb, or whim, or whatever the perfect phrase is. I think we beat...

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1618.765 - 1648.553 Gabriel Antoniazzi

Garner by more than we beat Panama because we rotate for Panama and what we'll see on that as well I think we beat Garner 4-0 and then Panama 3-0 I'm really intrigued to see what the final score will be I think off the I think that team talk from Tommy T is going to give us a lot of confidence because we were bad we weren't bad but it wasn't great that first half and every one of those players saw the difference in that second half so I think they're going to realise let's just fucking do that like we don't have to be scared and then we're going to take that into Garner and that's where we do

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1648.533 - 1675.772 Lewis Bowden

get that big result i feel like that's a little bit harsh i feel like there's obviously a lot of but there was a lot of pressure on england going into the first game and we we ended up going up one nil in like eight minutes or so and then obviously a lack of concentration for two two but i didn't like it came out of it like we should have won by four or five goals but but yeah that but that's due to the second half mainly that that first half was a bit and like you have to remember it's like

1677.001 - 1692.128 Gabriel Antoniazzi

There's always, there's so much pressure on England and the England job is also the hardest managerial job ever. And then every single other player. It is by far the most- It's true. It's true. Why are we laughing about that? It's our sport. It's our fucking sport. Yeah, we should be the best at it.

1692.148 - 1700.041 Lewis Bowden

It's annoying. It's our sport. We're not the best at it. It's fucking shit. We created a sport, outsourced it to the world, and we're no longer the best at it.

1700.722 - 1715.464 Gabriel Antoniazzi

We should be the best. I think that team talk will give them a little bit of realisation. Like, look how much better we were in that second half when we played free. And hopefully, hopefully, we play free and confident from then on. I don't mind losing a game if we don't lose it like fucking bitches.

1716.045 - 1732.693 Bert Horobin

That's exactly what Tommy said to the boys at half-time. And on that note, guys, that... That was the end of the England review. We're going to be coming at you live and direct after every single England game for the initial reaction. Also, if you haven't already watched the vlog from the game, go and watch it.

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