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Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Total Soccer Show.

It's another Euro-2020 roundup, but this time it's me doing the introduction, and by me, I mean Taylor Rockwell, because that's my name.

On to the rhymes.

In Cologne at the Euros, Switzerland and Italy kicked off the knockout round.

But only the Swiss came to play, and now Spoletti's men are homeward bound. Upon goals from Foyler and Vargas,

Switzerland could depend, while for Italy, Nico Borrella chose not to defend. Like ever,

it was nuts. Italy were bad. Mamma Mia. Over in Dortmund, lightning crashed and the rain let

loose, and yet even the water couldn't touch Tony Cruz. The hammer of Thor brought the first half to a stop, but it was the god of VAR that kept the Germans on top. To a Joachim Anderson's apparent goal, it said nine, but to a Kai Havert's penalty chance, it said, yeah, that sounds fine. Over in the Copa America, Colombia continued to thrive. They're in beaten run of games, now standing at an impressive 25. And Brazil finally came to play with four goals against 10 men. Are they finally good? Possibly, says Graham Ruffin. Hi, Graham. Hello, Taylor Rockwell. Ryan Bailey might be in a field in Somerset right now, but you channeled the spirit of him with that introduction. Aplaus from me. Thank you very much. Thank you for answering my text just before we started recording when I asked you to answer in a one-word answer, asked whether or not Brazil were good, and you went with Possibly. So thank you for cramming that into the writing. More said like this, possibly? I should have really conveyed that. Yes. Well, thank you, Graham. And Joe Lowry is here. Hi, Joe. Hey, Taylor, and great work, Graham, on your contributions to that intro, which was genuinely fantastic. Once you settled on what your name was, Taylor, I felt like you really took off. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate that, Joe. That was a strong start, yeah. I also did come up with several different rhymes for Joe, but ultimately felt just getting to the point was the way to go, especially when Joe has barbecue to eat, sporting KC games to tolerate. It's good times for Joe in Kansas City. Yeah, Joe is living his best life. Can I just say, I think Joe missed his true calling in life as a vlogger, because his Patreon videos are hilarious. His latest one at the Georgia Aquarium should be like the first episode in a travel series. So I'm hoping, Joe, that there's a barbecue in Kansas City episode coming in that series pretty soon. We have already frequented one barbecue place. I'm hoping three is going to be hard. It's possible. I'm definitely hitting two. Either tomorrow or Monday, we'll see how the day goes. I will definitely hit another. But I checked one off the list. Preemptively, Kansas City, folks, if you're listening to this, I'm sorry for not going to the place that you think is the best. Upon renting a car at the airport today or yesterday i suppose i was handed a list

with like 20 different barbecue places on it and i've gotten food wrecks from a number of people as

well i just can't do all of them so if you're going to be angry hey taylor we should have a

convo about how long i'm staying in kansas no if you're angry about my lack of eating at your place

uh email ryan at ryan dot com that's just probably his email ryan at ryan at ryan staying in Kansas. No, if you're angry about my lack of eating at your place, email Ryan at

ryan.com. That's just probably his email. Ryan at Ryan.com. Big that he got that one. Yeah, that's crazy.

He was an early for him. Joe, you said we have already gone to one barbecue place. Are you rolling

with a cadre of U.S. journalists? No, honestly, I'm so exhausted right now.

I have no clue what pronouns I'm using.

It was just me, myself, and I at the barbecue place, and if that's a we, then so be it. And the porkfish. And the porkfish, which I did smuggle out of the Georgia Aquarium in my back pocket, and they were not pleased, but nevertheless, I succeeded. And the porkfish.

Indeed, that feels like a thing you could probably get in Germany at the Euros as well as at the aquarium. Yes, it does. Let's talk about today's Euro games, and let's start Graham with Switzerland's 2-0 win over Italy. What was the prediction grouping like? Was it three to one in favor?

I was wrong.

I'll just go ahead and say it. I was wrong. Taylor, you and I both missed on one today. Graham was the only one he went two for two. Yeah, I did. And I've got money on it as well. So I'm happy about that. And so I'm going to assume then, Graham, that the Swiss lived up to your expected billing. Yeah, they did.

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