A “diabolical” referee and a shocking missed penalty kick: What went wrong for England at the World Cup?

After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe

Apple News

Soccer, Sports

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

A despondent Rebecca podcasts through the pain of England’s 2-1 loss to France in the quarterfinals. She and Brendan dissect how it all went wrong, from Gareth Southgate’s questionable game management to Harry Kane’s crushing missed penalty and a “joke” of a referee. They then celebrate Morocco becoming the first African team ever to make the World Cup semifinals (and wonder why Cristiano Ronaldo couldn’t do the same). Finally, Brendan and Rebecca pay tribute to the incomparable American soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who died Friday at age 48 while covering the tournament in Qatar.

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0:00.0	I may well say this every two years, but this time I really mean it, Brendan.
0:04.3	I am officially done when it comes to hope with England.
0:07.6	This heart is going to take some time to heal.
0:10.8	And it really hurts right now.
0:14.2	That's the pain talking, Rebecca.
0:16.4	And soon it'll be the wine talking.
0:20.9	For Apple News and MetalLark Media, I'm Brendan Hunt.
0:23.7	And I'm Rebecca, and this is off to the whistle.
0:27.9	No indeed.
0:28.9	Reminder, there will be a dull language.
0:31.2	So the semi-finals are decided England are out.
0:34.4	I'm not particularly interested in talking about it, but there we are.
0:37.3	We'll walk through the shocking upset that was Morocco Portugal, and finally we will pay
0:42.0	tribute to our friend journalist Grant Wall.
0:45.3	Let's begin.
0:48.8	First of all, Rebecca McAdolences, to you and to all England fans.
0:52.4	Thank you, mate.
0:54.3	Thank you.
0:55.3	I'm not literally turning the TV off five minutes ago and walked in here.
0:59.3	So I'm still trying to process the disappointment.
1:02.0	Oh, I'm absolutely devastated.
1:07.1	The three or four things I've just written at the top of the page.
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