England v France: how good are the Three Lions?

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The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

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🗓️ 10 December 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Host Adam Leventhal is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke to look ahead to England’s huge quarter-final against France as the draw opens up for Gareth’s Southgate side. One of the clear favourites to win the World Cup, Brazil, are out after their defeat to Croatia on penalties. A win against the reigning world champions would see England go into a semi-final against Morocco or Portugal, while Argentina scraped through on penalties against the Netherlands. They discuss Kyle Walker vs Kylian Mbappe, and if that duel really matters. And the panel pay tribute to American sports journalist Grant Wahl, who sadly passed away in Doha last night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:05.0	On Saturday night at the Alveite Stadium, England take on France in what is arguably the biggest test that Garris Southgate has faced as manager.
0:14.4	Despite the World Cup semi-final and a Euros final,
0:17.6	there is a lingering sense that we still don't know quite how good this England team is.
0:24.0	Well, we will find out today.
0:25.7	I'm Adam Leventhal.
0:26.8	Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. We play France who are a fantastic team and we're aware of all of their attacking players and we're aware of the quality of the whole squad. Hey, Aie, Aie, Yaa!
0:53.0	Oh, no, no, no,
0:55.0	Lel, la, la,
0:56.0	that young baby,
0:57.0	Suez minute,
0:58.0	minute the Jeannie G.
1:00.0	G. G. So I'm joined this morning at the Suukwakif, which is not the Sukwqif that we normally see before us.
1:16.0	We have rainy ground, cloudy sky, cool temperatures. It all feels very English doesn't it Jack advantage
1:26.2	England well I don't know it's it feels when we arrived in Qatar what three
1:31.2	three and a bit weeks ago it was really bakingly hot and now it's
1:36.9	just I mean look it's not like English temperatures this time of year but it's
1:40.2	kind of recognizably English weather so So I wonder if this is a, you know, an early,
1:45.4	an early moral victory for the England team perhaps.
1:48.1	Just before we started recording,
1:50.6	I balked at something that you said and we mentioned it there in the intro that
1:55.8	this is the biggest game that England have faced under Garris Southgate. You think this is bigger than the Euros final?
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