Gab and Juls: Argentina Too Messi Dependent?

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🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens break down the first two days of the Round of 16 at the World Cup and question whether Argentina are becoming too dependent on Lionel Messi once again. Plus, the guys discuss Kylian Mbappe's high-flying form for France, England's resounding win over Senegal and the United States' poor defensive display against the Netherlands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We're still in Doha.
0:02.8	Like France, like England, like all those things that have answered quarterfinals, but we
0:25.4	all want to place the start.
0:26.4	Which is Argentina.
0:27.8	Yes.
0:28.8	I was at this game.
0:29.8	So they played Australia and the reason we're starting with Argentina, of the four teams
0:34.9	that they played.
0:35.9	I think in some ways, this is the story that has the most layers to it.
0:40.3	You know, France and England not really been tested up to this stage arguably.
0:46.6	I think, right?
0:48.9	But I think with Argentina, I think they've had the tests.
0:52.8	They've had the questions.
0:53.8	Well, they lost against Saudi Arabia.
0:55.4	Yeah, that was not really a test.
0:58.6	I think there's doubts around them.
1:00.1	And I want to talk about that.
1:01.1	Yeah, and I want to talk about because we played Australia.
1:02.7	Who you had said, these are the worst teams in the tournament early on.
1:06.8	I don't know if you still believe Australia, the worst team in the tournament.
1:09.9	They're just not a good team.
1:11.1	They're just not a good team.
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