Abysmal Argentina and a scarcity of scoring for Sterling
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🗓️ 21 June 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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One of the biggest stories of this World Cup in Russia continues to unfold as Argentina stand on the brink of elimination after their 3-0 drubbing by Croatia. Natalie Sawyer is joined by Oliver Kay, Matt Dickinson and Bill Edgar as Lionel Messi struggles to carry a country on his shoulders.
We discuss the likelihood of Raheem Sterling being replaced by Marcus Rashford for England's meeting with Panama on Sunday.
Alyson Rudd analyses French progression to the round of 16 as Peru are sent home. Plus Alan Smith explains the political backdrop to Serbia v Switzerland and why Shaqiri might need his shin pads.
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| 0:47.0 | 6, 7, 9, 12 and magnesium and zinc. Hello and welcome to the game World Cup Daily from The Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer and |
| 1:06.6 | thank you for joining us. We are here every match day of the World Cup podcasting |
| 1:10.8 | after 10 o'clock UK time every night in the studio with me he is the |
| 1:15.0 | stat man Bill Edka. Matt Dickinson is on the line from St. Petersburg. Hello Matt |
| 1:20.1 | evening. Hello. |
| 1:23.0 | Later on we're going to be joined by Allison Rudd for reaction on France's victory that saw |
| 1:26.1 | them through to the last 16 and sent the Peruvians home. |
| 1:29.4 | Shortly we'll be talking about some England team news ahead of their meeting with Panama on Sunday, |
| 1:34.0 | but we have to start with Croatia joining France in the knockout stages, while Argentina |
| 1:39.9 | stare elimination in the face. Yes, Argentina's hopes |
| 1:43.2 | progressing in Russia are hanging in the balance after a three-nilled. Yes, that's |
| 1:47.8 | three-nill loss to Croatia. Matt's a heavy scoreline against Argentina who just looked so very ordinary this evening. |
| 1:56.0 | Yeah, well I think even worse than ordinary, just ragged, I mean, you know, defensively |
| 2:01.2 | shambolic at times. |
| 2:03.0 | They just looked like incredibly disjointed. |
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