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Foreign. Welcome to the beautiful pod. I'm Adam Freeland. We got CR in la. I'm at home today. This is perhaps our penultimate episode. Yeah, I'm getting a little emotional. But in the next episode, I will be next to you and I will smell you. I will feel your essence. Guys, real quick, just on a serious note, I wanted to mention we have a rematch of a long standing rivalry which is Argentina, England. We lost 255 beautiful boys in the Falklands, our southern border. So I just want to recognize. We don't have much time today. But real quick, I want to recognize Paul Brian Callis, Nigel Arthur Root, Michael John Nowak, Chen Chi Shing. I guess he was from Hong Kong, maybe. Nigel Robert Smith, Keith Phillips. I'm going to read all to. I'll keep going. Just.
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I'm gonna go get a banana if you're gonna do this.
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After Norway, Tuchel got, you know, his post match interview and, and he's a pretty fiery guy. And I also think that sometime he kind of comes off like a little bit like he doesn't quite know the impact of every English word he's saying. Although maybe he does. People have been saying he has Jose esque mind games going on. But he was basically like, we didn't play that well. We know technically we were bad. We didn't. We didn't cycle the ball enough. We made a lot of mistakes. He also was incredibly complimentary about their effort and their mentality. They immediately took those quotes, ran to Jude Bellingham and they were like, yo, what did you think of what Tom said about you guys after this game? And Jude kind of took a subliminal at Tuchel's not extraordinary playing career. And he was like, well, it's really hard playing in these conditions and maybe he would know that if he, if he played at this level. Now, he didn't say that, but like kind of like that. And because we have like this vacuum over the last couple of days, the English media has blown this up into crisis in the locker room. Crisis between Tuchel and Bellingham who have had previously.
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They're calling this. Yeah, they're calling this Princess Diana too, I believe.
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Yes, I believe they are. That's the headline in the Guardian today. I think this is much ado about nothing. I think that that was actually like a pretty normal quote. They didn't play that well. It was a weird game. It was 100 degrees or whatever with humidity in Miami against Norway. I don't think it was like watching peak Barcelona. And I think he was probably frustrated with some of the football he saw and he. It's not his job to be like, we, we get a. We get a pass because of the weather. He has to demand more from them, especially if they want to beat Argentina.
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Shocking stuff indeed, Chris. Shocking.
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What about you? Did you think this was bullshit or did you think it was like actually spoke to like a schism between the manager and the best player?
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I think that the British tabloid press literally killed our princess. The Princess of hearts. It's just genuinely speaking, like if you think about the 1970. Was it four final or when, you know, debuild sent in or Build, whatever the name of the Journal.
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Sounds like a Dutch footballer, but Build is the newspaper.
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Yeah. Stefan de Build. Yeah. And he's. He's like literally decapitated about four people. Yeah. During his short run at. At Manchester City before charges were placed for cocaine trafficking. Anyway, okay, yeah, they said screenplay idea.
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Hold on, keep going.
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Oh, well, I have a screenplay idea for you later on. Here's the thing is like, everyone like, I'll contrast it with the. The way that all The Casuals and Yanks and I don't know, some people, like, think that it's. It's Israel or something nowadays. Messi is Israel or something. They're all making the Argentina team out into a villain right now. If there's any squad that will not ever be affected by people not liking them is the Argentine national team. I think if there's any team that is vulnerable to media circus, it has troubled England in the past. And the funny thing is, in 74, it was the other team sending the sexy girls for the sexy girl pool party to sabotage them. But England is like their press just does it to their own team. But Chris, I got actually, because I have a couple contacts in the media, one of my good friends, actually mentor, Pierre Mor. Piers Morgan.
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Piers Morgan.
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I have a couple of. I have a couple of covers of some tabloid bombshells that are going to be coming out and I think we're going to break them here first. But, like, yeah, I just saw a couple of these and I just wanted to get your reaction. The sun is dropping. This tomorrow, a Beza Beds naughty nanny. Apparently Jude Bellingham has slept with a grandmother. This is the second time, of course, this has happened in the England team. First one was Wayne Rooney, of course. How could we forget? The man was a romantic. But that's not all in the Daily Mail. I think we could expect this. This is just an absolute bombshell. Yes. A tiny Tukel. Tits and boogel. It should be. And Boogal Sam not in boogel. But apparently Thomas Tuchel has had a wild night out. It seems like there's two factions in the media right now. There's kind of the pro Tuchel side, kind of. I don't know, maybe the, you know, just more pure kind of. And then of course, there is the, you know, the woke side that's taking our captain's side. This is what happens when you let a Jerry command our boys.
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Yeah.
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Okay. Of course, let's not forget there's in the US tabloids, this. This is. This will be dropping tomorrow. World War II German soldier discovered in Queens, of course. And you know, ice gets a bad rap, but they are getting this man out. It wouldn't. Brock wouldn't let me say Nazi. Also, I tried to use more of the. I tried to use claw and they were like, this is. This is actually dishonest. Making fake news. But Grok was Croc was like Nazi discovered in Queens. There's one. One or two more, actually. I just. These are just real quick. I just wanted to show you okay? And then of course, this is a. The sun has. I've just read the first book
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and
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I said, oh, I guess they didn't do it right. But I asked them to have him holding the book upside down. Okay, let's keep going. Enough. Enough of the jokes. Yeah, I mean, but in reality, I think, yeah, we'll see if it has any effect on the England camp. It doesn't really. It's not real. But like on the other hand, Argentina being. Being painted out to be the villain. If there's any team that doesn't care, it's that team. I, I don't think that that'll have any effect on them. If anything, it'll make them more pissed off.
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I haven't even seen that much of a narrative yet building it. I, I mean like the Maradona, the ghosts, the, the. All of that stuff. Like it feels like that. That has almost like fall because of this Tuchel Bellingham thing, which I don't think is a real thing. And so this is actually shaping up pretty well for England, I think. Not only do I think that they probably are superior football side right now, and if they're, if they're healthy enough, if like Rice can play, you know, like, they, they should be in good shape for this, I think.
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Second, five seconds of, Of. Of the bo. Of the man I love.
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Yeah, I know. I mean, this is the thing that's been sort of strange about these semifinals are incredible. But we have a bunch of players who are basically dragging their bodies to the finish line right now, like Lemine and Saka and Deck and all these guys. What do you think is. What are you expecting from this match on a football level?
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I mean, I think we should just rather. We should ask how each team wins. I think that's the easier way of doing it. In general, I think Argentina is looking for Messi too much. Right. I think. And it's. They're far too predictable, their patterns of play. Just let him find the ball, okay? Just let it happen. It's gone. Okay. Are they going to play like a, A four man midfield? What are those matchups like? Sam, put that in the document. We can skip that part. I don't. What. Who cares what we think about DePaul versus McAllister or versus Anderson or whatever? Just like, like all of us, like we're watching the tv, but we're like looking for the little right and we just want him to get the ball. I think the defense is kind of doing that as well and I think that they have to kind of trust their other weapons. Like, I really think, like, Alvarez has looked great in this last game. England, like, on the other hand, didn't look sharp for the entirety of that last match. It was a fucking slugfest. They've now played in. You know, actually, I said this before, but, like, if they can get through the gauntlet of Mexico, like in Mexico City, then Miami in July, and then beating Messi and then beating France or, or Spain.
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Or Spain, then they, like, you can't. Nobody can put any accomplishment in sports history.
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Anything.
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I would like to ask, I'd like to know, though, if those guys felt like Miami was harder than Azteca.
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I mean, it seemed dog shit. It seemed awful there. I mean, I mean, genuinely. And then you, of course, have the ghosts of the 255 beautiful boys who perished. Irwin, John Phillips, Philip Jones, Michael Lancaster Forge. You, of course, you have Adrian John Anslow, who could forget. Okay, but, yeah, but like, beyond all that, like, I, I, it doesn't seem like either of these teams are like, like, buzzing, right? So I don't know how to call this. If I had to, had to choose, I choose England. Jude is, is doing, he's kind of on the zoo trajectory that we've been talking about throughout the tournament. He, I'm in love with, I'm really in love with him as a player. And beyond that, like, him, he is the de facto. He's become the de facto captain of England. Beyond being the de facto, like, on the, on the pitch, being like the best player in this tournament for them, I, I really just, they need, I can't call an Argentina match, like, because
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it's like they're playing with, like, magic beans and fairy dust right now. Like, they're coming back from two goals down with, like, 15 minutes left. The Cape Verde out match, like, the, the, the Swiss match was just like, we could talk about the red card. It's kind of like in the past now, but, like, I, There is something kind of. There's kids for simulation. I mean, like, that's you just on one hand, like, football is full of injustices on, like, a daily basis. And if you watch club football, you're just gonna go crazy thinking that everybody is. There's a conspiracy against the team you root for. On the other hand, that was just one of the most insane cards I've ever seen pulled. Even if it was a dive, it just wasn't a yellow, I don't think. And certainly not in that game state.
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I think Harry Kane deserved a yellow. You know, earlier in the tournament. And then Jed Spence. That was a real foul and I don't understand why they disallowed that penalty. I mean, the man would never go down. Yeah, but genuinely speaking, if it gets to it, like a, like a sticky game State, I think Argentina would be perfectly comfortable playing for pension with, with their, like, with Emmy having the best, like having the best kind of penalty keeper kind of we've seen in recent history in the tournament.
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You know, I think, I think England wins in regular time.
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Yes. And I think it's, it's moments. Guys, it's Jude and it's, it's Jude. I mean, Jude has his moment. I kind of think I kind of like sketched out an idea of how Argentina can win though. And I just want to, like, just real quick, I know we don't have a lot of time. I just want to read it to you. Interior, Tel Aviv, Israel. Mossad HQ the head of the Mossad sits at his desk. The phone rings. Mossad chief Hello, Prime Minister, Our man has touched down in Dallas. We hear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's voice, muffled. He's furious, screaming Sir, Project Freddie from Germany was run by amateurs. We've got our best man on this. Exterior, Vacant parking lot garage. Dallas, Tuesday morning, 0600 hours. Mossad special Agent Mark Gay. He stands alone. He appears impatient. A shadowy figure emerges, hands him a briefcase. Package secured. A car arrives. He gets in. He's whis away. Cut to Interior, the manhole. Downtown Dallas. Leather daddies caress each other's bodies. Bottomless mimosas, bottomless poppers. A Tom of Finland illustration come to life. Gahi is mesmerized by their bodies. House music pulsates In Gaza, they throw them off the roof. A gorgeous oiled down muscle man approaches. He's glistening. Mossad ASSET Shalom. Penis. The password Gehe pina shalom. The Mossad asset hands Gehe a dossier. Gehe scans the room. In a world of Betas and softies, it feels good to be in a place where men can be mentioned. Mossad asset let's not have a repeat of Benghazi this time. You're a loose cannon. And you're. But you're the best man we've got. Stay for one drink. Gay he Listen, you piece of shit. As much as I'd like to stay and play grab as I have to go. Messi needs me. Israel needs me. I've got a World cup to lose.
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And do you think the Just one note. Just one note. The game's in Atlanta So all of that stuff, I thought it was going to be like an Oswald thing. That's why I was.
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I didn't interrupt you. Listen, I thought it was Dallas. Listen to me. As a coastal elite, that's the same place.
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Yeah.
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All right. Yeah, let's go. France, Spain. Do you. Or is there anything else you want to say?
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No, let's do France, Spain. I just. I think I. I don't wanna. I don't want to, like, say this too many times. I just. I do think. I do think England will beat Argentina.
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Yeah, I do think it's coming. Where is it coming?
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I think it's. It's going back to the winner of this next match.
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But after the end, you think it's.
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It's coming after it goes to France or Spain, will it come home? I don't. I don't think so.
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No.
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Yeah, I think they keep it. Dude, I can't pick. I cannot. I cannot find daylight in this next match.
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I. I think that Queen Elizabeth was a loser. Okay? And we got a new man in charge, and his name is Charles. And guess what? We can expect every World cup from here on out until the. The Meghan Markle takes over as the next queen. Okay. Anyway, the beautiful pod is brought to you by FanDuel on the biggest stage in the world. FanDuel is changing the game because sometimes your player gets subbed off and your bet goes with them. Not anymore with FanDuel super sub. If your player is subbed out, your bet stays in. That's right. If your player leaves the match, your bet continues on with the substitute. So you're still in it until the final whistle. Because in matches like these, anything can happen and your bet can go the distance. Let there be goals this summer on FanDuel. Visit FanDuel.com Tafs to get started now. 21 select states, 18/dc, Kentucky, Wyoming. Gambling problem called 1-800- gambler. Call 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org chat in Connecticut.
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France, Spain A replay of the semis from last Euros. What a match. That was kind of the arrival of Yamal if I had to. I kept saying witness, witness. Just a kid from Akron. Yamal was phenomenal in that game. He has, he's kind of like he's not fully fit. He's kind of coming off of injury. But we did see Nico Williams at the end of the last match and once Moreno and Williams came on I feel like they looked completely different class than the team we've seen thus far. My man. Arsenal Zone Enterprise Rent a car Associate looking ass. Mikel Marino cannot stop scoring. What a player. Arsenal's best striker. Sorry about. I'm talking about Arsenal. I think Marino and Williams can be game changers for them and I don't think that the, the gulf of talent between France and Spain is as big. Assuming that they're playing a big part of the semifinal. I think that this could be way more evenly matched than we think it will be. But because I said that that means 6 nil France. How are you feeling about this match?
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I think these are the two best teams in the tournament, probably the two best teams in the world in international football and I can talk myself into either side like getting the advantage here. We are also now at the culmination of probably the two dominant. I mean Spain obviously had to rebuild after. They're like the tikataka like dynasty that they had and that incredible run of the nes, the shabby busquets, Fabregas whole thing but I feel like they're, they're rounding back into like top form and France has been on this, this kind of incredible run since 18. I think that France will win but there is, there is definitely a, a scenario in which like Spain beats them one nothing you know or Spain beats Depends.
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I think I keep talking about it and being wrong but I think this will be the one match where if Deschamps goes with the two man midfield Spain as a possession based team can overwhelm them in the midfield and I but counterpoint the drinks breaks makes that much harder. I think Spain is a team that wants to strangle you for 45 minutes and pass you into oblivion. Have you chasing after the ball, expending more energy than them. It's harder to do when you have to survive just 20 minutes. It's been cool actually seeing the four quarter system kind of evolve. But like in the, like for instance in the Mexico match like England needed to survive the first quarter and conversely in the Norway match, Norway kind of gave them the ball and then second quarter came out firing. Right. Which I think is the way more mature, smarter like coaching plan actually which was in 100,000 degrees. Let the other team run around in circles. Run around and just go help. Held for broke against them. Strength of schedule we saw Spain has beaten Portugal and Belgium. France really has beaten nobody to be fair. The end, you know, like the against if you want to say Morocco was a real team, the only guy that could score wasn't playing right. So you know, I genuinely speaking like it'll be really interesting to see if Deshaubs keeps going with just a like a two man like double pivot behind basically like four insane attackers. And if he does that, I wonder what that looks like against Spain and
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I wonder how much room is coming back for this. Right chewing. I think Chuamania is supposed to be healthy for this game. So I don't know if that means Kone drops or, or what did his fist.
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His fist has recovered. Yes.
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Their, their depth is just, it's just too overwhelming. I mean like I think that there's like a 31 France win and there is a 1 nothing or Penn Spain win. That's, that's kind of how I'm feeling. It's either not that close and France is easily the best team in the world and what are we even talking about? Or like you're saying Spain keeps the ball, doesn't let France have any incredible counters and just, and just bleeds them out.
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Yeah. In the last round like Spain conceded for the first time in this tournament. But Unai Simone looked dog shit for some reason. They keep like demanding to start their third best keeper. I don't understand why they're doing that. But in a penalty shootout I'm taking Magic Mike. You know, if they're, if they're using Simone, it's two different types of depth, right. You have depth across, across the front line friends and then you have depth across the midfield with Spain. And Spain's got the deepest, most absurd midfield in the World Cup. They do have sort of a mid defense.
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They just can't get into a shootout with France either. Like, they don't have the goals to get into it, into a 3:2, you know, like, they. I don't think they have that, that, that. That goal scorer on the side that all these other teams and the semis do.
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I'm saying Mikel Marino, 89, a brave one, nil. He does it again. He really is. How does he do it?
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If you look at his, like, wins the World cup for Spain, I'm gonna freak out.
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He literally looks like he's like, I'm here. Like, here are Mikel Marino's per 90 SATs. Amongst midfielders. Shot attempts, 94th percentile. Goals, 100th percentile. Defensive contributions, 65th aerial duels, won 97th percentile. Chances created, 77. He's. He is a juggernaut on paper. Yeah, I think it. It probably is affected maybe by usage rates that, that, like, benefit your per 90 stats. But in general, like, I'm really. I'm saying France probably, but, like, I don't know how to call the other match. In general, like, how do we feel about, like, you know, we had this conversation earlier, like, where you want, you know, there's a natural kind of, you know, romance about Minnow or, you know, kind of a Cinderella story. But, like, in reality, I wanted these four teams to be in the quarterfinals and I wanted to see these guys cook. And I. I don't know, like, how are you feeling about this? Like, yeah, it's.
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I. I want to be more democratic about it and, and say it would have been cool if Norway, even with my England fandom aside, like, if Norway had gotten to the semis or if Morocco had gotten to the semis again. And the truth is, is that I want to watch Messi vs Mbappe and I really hate that it had to happen the way it did with. With Switzerland. It was like, that could have been a really awesome World cup match. That kind of got. Got real weird after the sending off. I don't. I think the round of 16 is worth the Cinderellas can. Can check out, you know, and. And the quarters. I don't really want to get into, you know, having Porto in the Champions League final. Like, you know, if. If I'm being honest, like, I think. I think the way that the tournament is set up, it's so long, it's so grueling, and it demands so much endurance out of these countries that I kind of want to see the best of the best R at the end.
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The only example I can think of in, like, international football is. Is Greece 02.
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Yep.
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Is that Right.
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For the Euros.
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For like any. Greece 04. I mean, I'm trying to think of like any, like, Euros. Copa Americas.
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Yeah, I mean, I honestly, at this point, like, over the last, whatever, eight years, I would, I would honestly consider Croatia to be one of the. A great European side. This modric team is. Is like they've did. They've obviously petered out, forgot to the final, but they've been in and around like semis and finals for the Euros and.
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And Sam, what's the last example of. Of like a team that's not like a top. Whatever. Whatever the equivalent is of top six in international football? I would say probably Chile winning back to back Copa Americas in 15 and 16 was the closest to like a dark horse winner. But Chris's shout about Croatia is bright for Europe. Two straight semifinals at World Cups for a country that small is incredibly impressive. Yeah, well, I mean, you didn't compliment England about that either. I think England are going to win the World Cup. I think they're going to beat Argentina, I think Spain are going to beat France and I think England are going to beat Spain. Did you hear that, Chris? He's sucking up to you. Are you going to cry if they win?
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Me?
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Yeah,
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I don't think so, but like, let's see how good the Wonder Wall is afterwards.
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I'm kind of sick of Wonderwall. I'm kind of sick of it.
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Do you want them to switch it up at the very end?
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Yeah, I want them to switch it up into. Yeah. Sex Pistols. I am an anarchista.
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Do you want to do any Happy trails for teams that lost over the weekend before we get out of here?
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Norway, Holland. I like you now as a guy. As a guy. I like you. You've convinced me this summer. I like.
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What do you think about Holland as a player in a World cup quarterfinal getting yanked?
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I don't know. I. I think about Holland playing for a team that their ownership is actively funding. A genocide right now in Darfur. I think about that. You know, I think about Pep having the Pep. Pep leaving honorably. No, I thought that Holland. Yeah. Why they pull him?
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I. I think he's tired.
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You know, the truth is, Chris, the exuberance that we're displaying in this episode is because it was a shit quarters. Yeah, it was an amazing 16s, an amazing 32s. The group stage was amazing. I think it was a shit quarters.
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It's too hot. It's getting too hot here. It's too hot. It's too hot on the East Coast. It's gonna be hot in Texas. I guess it's good that I. Presumably Arlington and Atlanta both have some air conditioning, so it won't be sweltering.
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It's not that. It's us dealing with the reality that we're not. It's going away. We're not going to be able to watch ball. Right. I just started John Adams. Yeah, I'm doing John Adams. HBO right now because I need something after this.
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I'm doing Andoni Ariola's first press conference over and over again. And then we have a Jose Mourinho three part documentary on Netflix.
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How was it? Was it good press?
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Yeah, it was cool.
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He was just like set pieces. Yeah. We're going to be. We're going to be Liver believer pool. We're gonna bring it back. It's going to be Twist and Shout. It's going to be the Beatles. It's going to be. What do you say? He said that you're gonna lose 10 in a row practicing a psycho, psychopathic kickoff routine and then you're gonna be yourselves again. Yeah. He's a great, great hire. I love that hire for, For Liverpool. Yeah. I don't know. I. I'm just sad that we're not going to be. I'm gonna miss the. I already missed the World Cup. I was depressed last week. The one day we didn't. The first day we didn't have a game since the tournament started. There was that one day, I think it was Wednesday, we didn't have a game and I was like, I'm gonna kill myself. I think that was tough. Yeah.
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Yeah. I, I am going to really, really miss it. I'm really gonna miss the. I was in Philly over the weekend and like there were four or five bars in this neighborhood that I was in that were all spilling out. Like hundreds of people out under the street watching, watching England, Norway. And I was like, this is, this is crazy. This doesn't have like, this barely happens for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Yeah. Really more than the Eagles.
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I think it's just people. Summer. I think this summer people are day drinking. It's nice out and everybody has like gotten into this and started to like right at the moment where I think it's reached its peak, it's going away, which is always the way with the World Cup.
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It's just hard right now because it's, it's. We're gonna, we're losing ball and Lindsey Graham hurt, you know, Hurt. I was, we were texting about it. You said he was your favorite one
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he's my favorite senator ever.
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You know, my first thought was when I heard he died. As it said it lost. Lost a big talent. Listen, I didn't think he was a good guy, but listen, he was a razzle dazzle. He was razzle dazzle. Anyway, guys, we'll be back Friday. We are in person. We're having a finale. Chris and I are wearing suits. We're gonna have celebrity guests. Charlie, xcx, the weekend.
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B
Karen Bass.
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A
It's la.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Karen Bass. We're gonna get. Who else? Casa Vanderpump rules. Who else?
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B
Yeah. Van.
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A
Yeah. Harvey. Harvey. Harvey from tmz.
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B
Maybe Bill will come by. Who knows?
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A
I thought he's mahalo style right now.
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B
I. I mean, he's. He's a mysterious dude. You never know where he's gonna pop up.
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A
You think he's a Bill comes back from vacation. Like, you know when someone goes to Jamaica and they have like, a shell or they have, like, cornrows, you think, like, there's gonna be like a Hawaii style thing. He's gonna be like a Baja. Or like. I don't know if that's a real word in Hawaii, but it's like abuhu. It's like apocobe. I was on vacation with my. My friends and we kept making up fake Hawaiian words. That's probably offensive.
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B
Were you in Hawaii when you were doing it? Or were you in, like.
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A
No, no, no. We're in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Abu Ab. Yeah, dude, whatever. I cut that. I'm sure that'll get Chris in a lot of trouble because it was his idea to say that. Hawaii. Hawaii stuff. No, it's been a. A great World cup. And Chris and I are doing a daily transfer. Daily. Four hours every morning.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Twitch Stream. Twitch Stream us. Fabrizio. David Ornstein. Yes. And Jimmy Seville. All right.
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B
Why?
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A
Why? I just. I'm tired, guys. Sports is going away.
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B
It's back in like, three weeks.
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A
For what?
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B
The prem.
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A
They're gonna die. We're gonna have eight players injured. That's how I knew England were gonna win. I was like, saka and Rice aren't injured enough. Literally.
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B
What's wrong with Rice? What does he have back?
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A
No nerves. It's his. No, he's not nervous. He would never be. It's. What's it called? Does he have the explosive diarrhea?
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B
Why was he. He was being isolated, though.
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A
No, that's. Gary Lineker had. And Paul Pierce. Do you think Paul Pierce and Gary Lineker ever, like, squatted up and they were like. That would be great if we got the two of them together. Like a 30 for 30. Like, short. Yeah. Kind of like when, like, Kobe and Shaq had that first, like. Like that special we had. Lineker, Paul Pierce, the diaper boy. The diaper boys.
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B
Great podcast.
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A
A podcast with him. Should I ask him if he's ever linked up with L?
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B
You should ask him if he knows who Lineker is. I would like to know.
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A
He's. I mean, I'm sure they're on, like, the. The listserv.
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B
They're on the WhatsApp.
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A
The WhatsApp. I mean, I put my pants on an episode of cometown. That's how I know.
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B
Yeah, you're on that.
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A
What's up? All right, brother. All right, partner. I'll. I'll see you Friday, guys. We'll be back Friday. Preview the finals. We're gonna do an award show. It's going to be an award show for. We're gonna have most of the players that are out in the world cup live and present. I'm going to give an award to Brielle and Bolo for biggest, biggest, you know, betrayal of his nation with on a yellow, taking the dive. You know who never did? Jake LaMotta. Okay, bye, guys. 21 plus and president in select states for Kansas in affiliation with Kansas Star Casino or 18 and present in D.C. kentucky or Wyoming. Gambling problem. Call 1-800-GAMBLER or 1-800-MY RESET. Call 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org chat in Connecticut or visit mdgamblinghelp.org in Maryland. Hope is here. Visit gamblinghelplinema.org or call 1-800-32-7-505, OH for 24. 7 support in Massachusetts or call 1-877-8-HOPE New York or text HOPE NY in New York. For Louisiana, call 1-877-770-7867.