Club World Cup Quarterfinals Preview with Rory Smith: Men in Blazers 07/03/25

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Rog and Rory break down the matchups in the Club World Cup quarterfinals and talk about what future iterations of this tournament could learn from its inaugural run. But first, Rog remembers Diogo Jota and reflect on his tragic passing.

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1:26.1	You're listening to the Meninblazers media network, suboptimal radio this club world cup quarter final preview was taped the day before we all woke up
1:42.3	to the quite devastating news that Diego Jota has
1:46.6	passed away. It's honestly unfathomable to say those words. Jean was 28 years old. He was a player
1:54.6	who took to the field with a humility, a clinicality, and a childhood glee, and he passed away, you will have
2:04.7	seen the news in what was reported to be a car crash in Spain. He passed away alongside
2:09.7	his brother, younger brother, Andre Felipe, a professional soccer player in his own right.
2:15.5	It's awful. It's unfathomable. It's a story that hits
2:21.0	all of us so hard. A month ago, Jota was walking around Handfield as a champion. It feels like
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