Episode 3606: Surgical Spain Into The Final, What Happened France, Argentina V England, Murph At The Embassy
This wasn’t an easy game to predict, but most thought France would win and nobody predicted Spain would thoroughly outplay the tournament favourites.
We chat to Ken about what happened to France’s famous strike force, sublime Rodri, the Deschamps legacy and we look ahead to Argentina England – the emotional semi final.
Plus there’s Murph at The Embassy, ’86 memories and the Maradona conspiracy.
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