Can The Lionesses Lift The World Cup On Sunday?
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Tom Clarke is in The Times office in London and he's joined by Molly Hudson and Owen Slot in Australia at the Women's World Cup.
The Lionesses are now just one win away from lifting the World Cup trophy. Molly and Owen share the latest from the England camp down under as Sarina Wiegman prepares her squad for the biggest game of their careers.
Lauren James is available to play after serving her two match ban - but should she come straight back into the starting line up? We debate this huge decision with a little help from former Lioness and Times columnist, Casey Stoney.
Spain are tough opponents with a lot of quality, but behind the scenes they're a team in turmoil. Molly shares tales of striking players, a coach that doesn't connect with the squad and how the team are looking to write their own history on Sunday.
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| 0:56.6 | Hello and welcome to this very special episode of The Game Podcast from The Times. Special because |
| 1:02.0 | this show is in addition to our usual Monday and Thursday offering. But even more special, |
| 1:07.1 | because England are in a World Cup final. That's right. Finally, first time since 1966, |
| 1:13.2 | this time it is England's women who will face Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday. |
| 1:18.1 | Joining me, Tom Clark, I'm currently in a small room in the Times office in London. We've got |
| 1:22.8 | two of our intrepid reporters down under. There might be a bit blurry eyed and ready for bed, |
| 1:27.4 | but they're here with you now on The Game Podcast. It's Molly Hudson and Owen Slot. Molly, |
| 1:31.8 | how are you doing? How are the energy levels? To know what, I've just ran back to my hotel |
| 1:36.6 | from England camp. From a train, actually, I can't run there. How many kilometers it is to camp. |
| 1:42.9 | And it's absolutely pulling down with rain. We've just ran along with pizza boxes and our head. |
| 1:47.4 | So that is the real life of a Werns World Cup reporter in Australia right now. |
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