Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. I'm Joe Devine and I'm delighted to be joined by Seb Stafford Bloor. Hi, Joe Devine. John McKenzie. Hi, Joe Devine. And a very special guest indeed. It's the athletics Carl Anker. Hello there. How are you doing? I'm doing well, thank you. How are you? I'm very well. All the better for seeing you. So close to that microphone. So close to the microphone. You're so close. Yeah, there you go. There you go. Listen, I'm delighted to be joined by Carl today because there's so much football to discuss. And also news. Yes, lots of news happened in the last few hours. So we'll try and get through all of that as well today.

But the games, Ghana, South Korea, Cameroon, Serbia, Brazil, Switzerland, Portugal, Uruguay.

We'll talk about all of those, as well as Iran versus the USA.

Oh, Fabrizio Romano had a news story.

We'll discuss that.

That was a kind of hard one.

Canada, some more Canada.

And Kuku. And also, what else have we got? That's it. That's it. But if you like more stuff than I just listed off, then you should get The Athletic. Theathletic.com forward slash Tifo. Theathletic.com forward slash Tifo. What have you enjoyed today, sir?

Stuart James's article, Joe, so obviously the day began with a story about Andrea Anana, the Cameroonian goalkeeper and his aversion to taking goal kicks long.

Our Stuart James has actually gone back through all of the goal kicks taken during the tournament's first round, the first series of match days, and analyze them and describe what it says about the different teams tactical approaches. It's very interesting. I'm glad Stu did it rather than me or anybody else. Some people got too much time on their hands. Well, he has put it to good use because it was a very interesting article. Sure. Yeah. Okay. Go and read it. It's great. It's always good. Really good. What have you written recently?

I did a non-whistle report in collaboration with Ahmed and Khaliric and

Phil Hay off the Brazil game.

I've also been in, oh, I can't really tell you that, but it comes out tomorrow and evolves

Dutch football.

So you can enjoy that.

That is exciting. That's a cliffhanger. That's even better, isn't it? That's great. That's great. And if you want to read that and more, visit theathletic.com forward slash Tifo. Theathletic.com forward slash Tifo, where I believe you can get a deal that's one pan a month for six months. Oh, go and avail yourselves of that wonderful deal, which continues throughout the World Cup.

Yeah. that's one pan a month for six months. Oh, go and avail yourselves of that wonderful deal,

which continues throughout the World Cup.

Yes, exclusive to TIFO.

Now, of course, I will leave you for now in the warm hands

and the cool embrace of Carl Anchor.

Music Carl Anker. Let's begin, though, with Fabrizio Romano.

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