England free from the past to make their own history
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The Times
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🗓️ 10 July 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Natalie Sawyer brings you The Game World Cup Daily with less than 24 hours to go until England take on Croatia for a place in the World Cup Final.
Henry Winter joins us from Moscow to preview England’s biggest game in almost three decades, paying credit to Pippa Grange for the run to the last four. Plus we hear how Baddiel & Skinner’s Three Lions represents the antithesis to the mindset of the squad under Gareth Southgate.
Student of Croatian football and politics, Dario Brentin gives us his insight into the controversy and corruption that has coloured the attitude of some Croatians towards their national team. Follow him @DarioBrentin on Twitter.
Oliver Kay and Bill Edgar deconstruct France’s progression to their third World Cup final as a dominant defensive display sees Didier Deschamps’ men to a 1-0 victory over Belgium’s golden generation.
Plus Natalie speaks to Adam Sage, who The Times asked to watch France v Belgium in France…and Belgium.
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| 0:00.0 | Looking back on where we first met, I cannot escape and I cannot forget. |
| 0:08.0 | Southgate, you're the one. |
| 0:10.0 | You still turn me on, and football's coming home again Hello and welcome to the game World Cup Daily from The Times. I'm Natalie |
| 0:29.4 | I'm Natalie Sawyer and thank you for joining us. We are here every match day of the World Cup |
| 0:33.2 | podcasting after 10 o'clock UK time every night. A sincere thanks to |
| 0:37.5 | Olivia Bell for providing our wonderful intro today. France are into the World Cup |
| 0:42.4 | final. |
| 0:43.0 | Will England be joining them? |
| 0:45.2 | In the studio with me, Mr. Bill Edgar. |
| 0:47.5 | Hi Bill. |
| 0:48.5 | By Nataly. |
| 0:49.5 | Later on, we'll be joined by Oliver Kay for a review of that 1 nil victory for France over Belgium in |
| 0:54.6 | St. Petersburg, one of whom will be England's next opponents, and will be hearing from |
| 0:58.9 | a man who watched the game in France and Belgium. |
| 1:02.3 | Plus, we'll be getting a Croatian perspective on the |
| 1:04.9 | significance of Wednesday night. Writer Dario Brentine tells us why some in |
| 1:09.5 | Croatia are divided when it comes to winning the World Cup. |
| 1:13.0 | But first, England are on the verge of their biggest game in 28 years, |
| 1:18.0 | their first World Cup semi-finals since Italian 90. |
| 1:21.0 | Henry Winter is in Moscow with Garris Southgate and the squad and |
| 1:25.0 | Henry just how historic a day is this for English football? |
| 1:28.4 | Absolutely naphila. It's a totally historic day for England. |
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