Group J Preview: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan
Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast
FOX Sports
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Micah, what do you want now? |
| 0:03.0 | Roy! It's coming home, baby. |
| 0:06.0 | Can't you feel it? |
| 0:07.0 | The excitement, the group chats, the atmosphere. |
| 0:11.0 | Well... |
| 0:12.0 | Come on! |
| 0:14.0 | I've got a good feeling about this one, Roy. |
| 0:17.0 | The world's gone football! |
| 0:24.6 | Okay, Dan, a bit. Yes. |
| 0:25.6 | Getting on the action this summer with SkyBen. |
| 0:27.6 | 18 plus gambleaware.org. |
| 0:29.6 | Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lalas and welcome |
| 0:31.6 | the State of the Union show presented by Zillow. |
| 0:33.6 | Someday starts today. |
| 0:35.6 | This is where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field |
| 0:37.5 | through the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses. |
| 0:39.8 | On this show, oh, yeah, we're going to preview Defending Champs, Argentina, and Group J. But first, join me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossy, a soccer savant and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire. All right, my friend, you ready to like this candle on Group J? |
| 0:54.4 | Let's do it. |
| 0:55.1 | What do we got? |
| 0:56.2 | Group J includes the defending champions, Argentina. They are seeking to become the first repeat winner since Brazil in 1962. Lionel Scaloni can become just a second manager to win two different World Cups. Italy's Vittorio Pozo in 34 and 38 38 is the other. The Shamps could do that as well. I neglected to mention that when we did their group. Also in this group, you've got Algeria, who are back at the World Cup for the first time since 2014, when they made the round of 16. Austria are back at the World Cup for the first time since 1998. They're managed by Ralph Ragnick. |
| 1:28.5 | They've got some interesting players. |
| 1:30.1 | We'll get into that in a minute. |
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