Episode 3590: Old Man Ron, England Seize Canal, Taste The Bao
England are into the knock-out stages of the World Cup where they will face DR Congo. It took them just over an hour to score the first of two goals against Panama and previous Tuchel-Boosters are beginning to have doubts. Ciarán chats to James Horncastle.
It’s 2030 and Ken is in a stadium shouting into a microphone about the preposterous situation of the 45 year old Ronaldo lining out in a World Cup Group Stage game for Portugal – that, it seems, is the future we have to look forward to.
For now Ken and Branno were in Miami/Bogotá to see Portugal and Colombia both advance to the latter stages.
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A lot of things keep happening at the World Cup; Ken and Branno latest report from Miami.
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