Chapter two: Sadness for Salah, glee for Russia, disappointment from Poland and Colombia
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The first round of games is done and dusted but never fear, the second one has just begun! We delight in Russia’s strange status as both hosts and surprise package, ponder the next moves for Colombia and Poland and look ahead to Cristiano Ronaldo battling it out with Own Goal for the coveted golden boot.
Elsewhere Carlos Valderrama has been restricting views, Sepp Blatter phones ahead and we get the scoop on how Big Sam Allardyce is spending his summer.
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Further reading
Senegal and Japan fans clean up after themselves:
Some of the best and worst from the first round of games:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44537418
Could Saudi Arabia challenge the worst World Cup showings of all time?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/20/worst-world-cup-teams-list-saudi-arabia
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| 0:00.0 | Hello world cupers, welcome to the World Cup Rambles sponsored by Bet365. My name's Marcus |
| 0:14.9 | Bella and Lou Mals here. I'm tired already. Happy Jim Campbell's here. |
| 0:18.8 | Nackad. And Pete Donald's here. |
| 0:21.0 | Hello Tom, baby. |
| 0:34.0 | Lovely to have you back everybody. |
| 0:36.0 | We're right in the mix now. |
| 0:37.0 | We're right in the thick of it. |
| 0:38.0 | There are two teams who have played two games. |
| 0:41.0 | It's not their first game anymore. |
| 0:43.0 | No, you can get over it. |
| 0:44.0 | Yeah. But Marcus is exciting now because everyone's played at least once. |
| 0:47.0 | So we're right amongst it now. |
| 0:49.0 | Really? |
| 0:50.0 | Yes. |
| 0:51.0 | You haven't played yet. |
| 0:52.0 | True actually. They're slow start as well. |
| 0:53.0 | So we'll see how they got on. |
| 0:54.0 | The Dutch are probably fighting among themselves. |
| 0:56.0 | They probably are. |
| 0:58.0 | Just not at the World Cup. |
| 0:59.0 | That's right. |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah. |
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