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🗓️ 18 June 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, we're breaking down the day's action, with special emphasis on England's resounding and pace-setting victory over Croatia. Then we ponder why Portugal looked so toothless against DR Congo, praise Ghana for their late winner while commiserating with Panama, and then try to wade through Uzbekistan's defensive approach with as much success as Colombia. Plus. we look ahead to Friday's clash between the USA and Australia, including lineup decisions, tactical questions, and a look at Australia's most likely setup and key players.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Total Soccero' |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:22.2 | Welcome up daily from our Los Angeles Alfresco studio. |
| 0:26.3 | Yes, tonight, Dallas bars are selling a lot more beers after England's best four to win in 60 years. |
| 0:33.2 | The Tocolera has truly begun. |
| 0:35.1 | We finally have an England team that's actually fun. |
| 0:38.3 | Portugal's start was anything but bliss, and they've got a problem to deal with, his name is Chris, |
| 0:43.2 | and two other teams had a first game state of Nirvana as there are wins for Colombia and Ghana. |
| 0:49.2 | My name's Ryan Bailey joining me today. Hi, Taylor Oakwell. How are you? |
| 0:53.4 | I am doing well. I imagine you are doing better, given the way England played today and how solid they looked. I also do wonder how it would go if you tried to call Christiano Ronaldo Chris, and I think we should all try to find that out independently. When you're texting him, you don't just call him Chris? You have to call him CS7, don't you? Legally. I think Nike will get their lawyers on you if you don't. |
| 1:12.5 | Oh, boy. |
| 1:13.3 | Graham-Gouth. |
| 1:24.7 | I mean, Christian is much harder to rhyme than Chris. That's what I'll give you, Taylor. That's what I give you. But yes, very good day for me. Very happy. We'll get to that very shortly indeed. But not before we said hello to Joe Lowry. Hi, Joe. |
| 1:26.6 | Hey, Christiano Piano? |
| 1:27.7 | Does that work? |
| 1:30.6 | Do that fit in the Ryan Bailey, like, boundaries of rhyming? |
| 1:27.7 | Yes. said hello to Joe Larry. Hi, Joe. Hey, Christiano Piano? Does that work? |
| 1:44.8 | Do that fit in the Ryan Bailey, like, boundaries of rhyming? Yes. All right, great. They have very flimsy boundaries. Okay, I didn't know. There are definitely more soft edges than hard fenced ones, for sure. Excellent, yeah. But I managed to get Nirvana and Garner in today. That works for me just fine. It works just so well, Ryan. You're so good at it. |
| 1:45.7 | Hi, Gary Mother, and how are you? |
| 1:47.2 | I'm good, Ryan Bailey. You mentioned in your intro, justifiably so, that England were fun today. I personally am not ready to live in a world where the England national team is fun to watch. I even had, like, a little bit of fun watching them today. I'm scared, |
| 2:01.9 | Ryan Bail. I don't know what's happened to me. I'm ill. Clearly, I'm out. You are falling apart of the seams, aren't you, Graham? Goodness. Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. Slash, very happy to hear that in some ways. But we'll dig into that as well. Patreon.com slash total soccer show, by the way, dear listener and viewer, if you'd like bonus content. |
| 2:18.6 | Bonus episodes from our Los Angeles HQ. |
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