Euro 2016: Should Griezmann join the ranks of Ronaldo, Messi?

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Euro 2016 final is nearly upon us, and the implications of Sunday's final form the backbone of discussion on the new Planet Futbol Podcast. Host Avi Creditor, SI senior writer Grant Wahl, and SI.com's Brian Straus and Ben Lyttleton discuss what the final means for Cristiano Ronaldo's legacy, and what kind of impact the game could have on the race for the 2016 Ballon d'Or. The panel also assesses the state of the new, expanded Euro 2016. Did the addition of eight more teams dilute the quality of the tournament, or has the expansion resulted in enough fairytale stories to make it all worth it? Could it lead to a 40-team World Cup? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Plano Football podcast is brought to you by T-Mobile.
0:04.0	See how T-Mobile has changed the game at the 2016 T-Mobile Home Run Derby.
0:09.0	Go to T-Mobile.com slash MLB to see how. Welcome to a year.
0:14.0	Welcome to a euro 2016 final edition of the Planet Football Podcast. I am
0:27.7	S.i.com soccer editor, AviCreditor joined today by an esteem panel of
0:32.2	SI experts. We've got SI senior writer grantwall,
0:35.0	SI.com's Brian Strauss and SI dotcom's Ben Littleton and we are going to break down.
0:39.6	This final of France versus Portugal, gentlemen, welcome to today's show.
0:45.0	We are left with two teams, one which I think a lot of people thought would be in this final and that's France.
0:51.0	And then another in Portugal that just kind of found its way
0:55.6	there it finished in third it didn't really overwhelm anybody you know it
0:59.8	it looked deserving in the semi-final against Wales for about three minutes but here they are
1:04.9	you know 90 minutes potentially 120 away from from winning a first major trophy. Grant what do you think about this
1:11.4	matchup?
1:13.0	I'm looking forward to it, you know?
1:14.5	I mean, it's odd a little bit that Portugal is in the final,
1:17.9	but they have beaten the teams that have been put in front of them.
1:20.7	They've taken advantage of the 2014 expanded tournament to finish third in their group and still advance and you know I think France is a pretty significant favorite in this game, but I don't want to rule out
1:35.2	Portugal. The fact they've made it to the final means that they can win this game as well.
1:41.2	And they have the best player on the field in my opinion and
1:44.4	Christina Ronaldo and if he has a memorable game and continues to be
1:49.6	transcendent as he was for parts of the the-final then I think Portugal's got shot.
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