Hello, Sunshineshine I'm Alexei Loss, welcome to the State of New Podcast. We look at a beautiful game on and off the field from the lens of red white and blue

colored glasses joining me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Massey, a soccer sauvant and a fox

soccer researcher and writer, extraordinary!

We come to you on the eve or the evening of the start of the round of 16.

Two games already done.

We have sent two teams packing already.

Let's start with Spain and Switzerland was the first of the two games, shall we my friend?

Let's do it.

But before they do that, yesterday was a day off.

What did you do?

For the first time and a long time I have an answer to the question, are you watching anything?

Oh, really? What do you, what would you watch?

I went to see Oppenheimer. Oh, and don't give it away. I mean terrific love it really thumbs up. Yep. You think it's going to grow into one of your

classics of one of your all times? Absolutely. Oh wow that is that is two big thumbs up. I also went to the Sydney Opera House.

That's right. And excellent as well. What did you see?

The Sydney Symphony, they performed Beethoven. Great times John Strong was there

right into him afterwards so I went with Mark Young. Sounds like a party. Yeah

very. Okay. Can I say something? Oh sure. A few podcasts ago I was very hard on Aaron Schechter.

I suggested she was out of shape because she was huffing and puffing

after walking up the stairs.

On her off day, she went on a seven mile hike. Oh my oh my. So hats off to her. She

clearly fitness is not an issue. Far be it from me to tell you how to act and

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