Looking ahead to the World Cup knockout stages
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The Pat Kenny Show. With Timber Living Log Cabins. Saturday and Sunday from 10am on Newstalk. Conversation that counts. John Duggan is hosting this afternoon as he does every weekend. You're the weekend man like myself now. Thank you, Pat.
Yes, I enjoy the sports of the weekend. Everything is live and everything is great. And I got to bed at 3am after watching Colombia-Portugal, the best game I've seen so far at the World Cup.
Now, it was a nil-all draw. Yes, fantastic game. I was looking at the result this morning. I didn't stay up for that. But a fantastic game, pulsating game.
Yes, end-to-end. Colombia had over 20 shots. They were the better team. Ronaldo walked around a bit. Portugal, though, also had their chances. I was like watching 1982 World Cup highlights.
Which standout World Cup group-stage match kept fans up late and why was Colombia-Portugal so thrilling?
It was just pure abandon in Miami. Fantastic support and what the World Cup should be about. So bring it on for the knockout stage.
Okay, now let's talk about who went home, who perhaps you didn't expect.
So the teams that went home, the third ranked teams that didn't get through, Scotland, for example, are going home. Uruguay, I would have expected to do better. They're going home. Marcelo Bielsa and the players didn't seem to get on. Iran, unfortunately for them, are going home. And South Korea, they were all teams that finished third. And then when you come to the groups themselves, like Turkey finished last in their group. That was a bit of a surprise. And unfortunately for us, because I think we would have done a better job. Czechia had a dreadful tournament. They go home as well.
I want to play a little clip from the national team captain for Iran, because they really were badly treated by FIFA and by the United States. So this added to what you have to do on the pitch, number one, but all the other stuff that they had to do as well. So disaster, World Cup, disaster. I mean, FIFA, they have to solve every problem here. But unfortunately, they couldn't solve since the beginning. And we don't have our logistic people here. They don't have a visa. As professional players, professional competition, it's not right. We have to fight against everything here. As I said, when the first game came, I said we will solve every problem here. But actually, it was nothing. FIFA did absolutely nothing and they were without their logistical people.
So on top of, as I say, having to play the games.
They had to go to Mexico. They were meant to be based in the United States. They had to go to Mexico. They were so unlucky. They're out of the World Cup now, Pat, by a bizarre set of circumstances because they drew with Egypt the other day. But that was a game in which they had a penalty missed. They had a goal disallowed very late on and then they hit the crossbar. But they were still going through until the 96th minute of the Algeria-Austria game overnight in Kansas City when Sasa Kalidzic, if you're a Wolves fan, you'd know him, scored in the 96th minute to eliminate Iran. But FIFA and Gianni Infantino, there's a shrug of the shoulders, I think, when it comes to power.
Which notable teams were eliminated in the group stage and which exits were surprising?
And same with the Somalian referee. And if USA want to call the shots in certain circumstances, then teams like Iran are going to feel like they're being treated the way they have.
Now, what do you make of the 48-game system? I mean, we were all boggled trying to work out the permutations and combinations.
I see two things about it, Pat. I see, like, the World Cup is... the joy of life, the joy of humanity, the colour of humanity, the best of people, right? So the 48 teams has brought extra colour. Curacao at a World Cup, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Cape Verde and Pico Lopez from Crumlin. Still going. We're still going. So we all know our World Cups that we've been lucky enough to, or European Championships that we've had an Irish team at. Multiply that by 48. That's what's going on around the world. So the joy of humanity is a beautiful thing.
Okay, explain. The unanswerable question is, Rangers and Celtic fans would be at each other's throats in Glasgow at a match. Yes. There were sweetness and love and lovable all over America.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:46
2
Which standout World Cup group-stage match kept fans up late and why was Colombia-Portugal so thrilling?
0:46–2:56
3
Which notable teams were eliminated in the group stage and which exits were surprising?
2:56–4:31
4
How did Iran describe their off-field treatment and what issues did their captain highlight?
4:31–6:47
5
What criticisms were made about FIFA logistics and refereeing affecting smaller nations?
6:47–9:42