Three Semi’s | The Beautiful Pod
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Welcome to the Beautiful Pod. We got the beautiful boys here today. Producer Sam, Adam, and very shortly, Elliot Smith. No, not that Elliot Smith. That one is still in heaven with You know, the rest of the rockers has got... They all get in? If you're a rocker, you get into heaven. Because God is like, listen, you did some bad things, but you're cool. And God cares. God is a bit of a clout shark. Is that what they call it? Do you think Phil Spector's there? Phil Spector, because he's cool. yes um in fact there's a band they're gigging up there right now it is uh jim morrison elliot smith uh you've of course got uh uh who else uh the big bopper um richie valens richie valens unfortunately what about the who the who what do you mean are dead do they all get in heath moon is the only dead one
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Sam, I kept you on the phone for about two hours trying to convince you of some sort of narrative. And I do think, unfortunately, I'm going to read you my text to Nick Wright. And then we're going to show you the tweet that he tweeted out yesterday. And I do think that I have kept his cold streak alive of betting in the World Cup. I texted Nick this yesterday. Can I give you a heater? What? Can I give you some heaters? I thought I was going to give this to him so he could say it's Broussard and all the other guys in the studio. I said, the guy who got them to the World Cup semi and two Afghans, his setup was way more let them have the ball and hit you on the break. They played a black... They played a back five.
Not always. The current manager plays a far more adventurous system, but we can assume that they're quite comfortable playing without the ball, and the game state against France will require that. France has really looked only kind of good at that point in the round of 32 match.
France hasn't played any better.
Yeah, well, they looked good in the round of 32 against Sweden. Again, I question the entire... This is what I was telling Nick, right?
Oh, my God.
Okay. Senegal were peppering them with chances in the first match. It could have easily gone their way. The main problem with their setup has yet to be exposed, and it's that they're playing a two-man midfield with four attackers, and they could easily get exposed by a halfway decent opposition. Paraguay low blocked the fuck out of them, and they did not deal with it well. So you're saying I should bet on Morocco, correct? I said, not necessarily, but it could go bad for France. There's a lot of history between the sides, six Argentine refs, but that's just the argument against France. If they put in Zaire Emery in midfield and pull an attacker, they could boss it. But Deschamps is a more, Deschamps, I meant Deschamps.
I actually thought tactically he was pretty spot on.
I think he was pretty spot on.
Moving Mbappé to the left was really smart because it forced Hakimi into these weird spots where if he marauded forward, which is what he does best, he's leaving huge spaces, which is how France won that penalty game.
And then Nick said, and I think I've ruined my relationship with him, I should be taking you to this game instead of my wife. And I said, here's another good one. Out of the teams remaining in the tournament, who could have held on at the second for 40 minutes with 10 men? There's only one answer, potentially Argentina.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–8:05
2
What happened in France vs Morocco and how did tactics decide the result?
8:05–13:55
3
How did hosts analyze France’s midfield weakness and potential threats?
13:55–28:55
4
Why is Kylian Mbappé being talked about as a potential all-time World Cup great?
28:55–49:19
5
How did Elliot and the hosts evaluate Argentina’s route through the knockout rounds?
49:19–51:34