Episode 3572: World Cup Heritage, No Country For High Pressing Europeans, “Dark Horses” Norway, County Curaçao, Ken At The Azteca
Brazil v Morocco; France against Senegal; Japan and the Netherlands in a battle of the dark horses; Spain taking on Pico’s Cape Verde; Mexico and SA in a packed Azteca – there are some amazing matches coming up in the first few days of this World Cup and we go around the Americas for today’s preview show.
We chat to Ken, who spent a fair proportion of his day at the Azteca, about brutalism, protests and his new hermanos.
We catch up with Lars Sivertsen in Texas to discuss the merits of using a high press in the heat, why he fancies Spain and Japan, and how many times Norway can be called “dark horses” before they stop being called “dark horses”.
And Mikos Gouka is in Florida covering county Curaçao’s opener against Germany and after that the Dutch, who may not even get out of their group.
Plus there’s the boys from Brazil, airport banter and Mexico’s World Cup heritage.
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