meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

Group K Preview: Portugal, Colombia, DR Congo, Uzbekistan

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

FOX Sports

News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ronaldo! Luis Díaz! Group K is LOADED. Alexi Lalas and David Mosse continue their dive into each World Cup group, this time featuring DR Congo, Uzbekistan, Colombia and Portugal. Tune in daily for a new group as we speed toward the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off June 11th on FOX! Presented by @Zillow #Zillow 0:00 - Intro1:20 - Portugal Preview4:17 - DR Congo Preview5:50 - Uzbekistan Preview7:08 - Colombia Preview9:55 - Match of the Group10:34 - Alexi’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

America is hosting the World Cup. And let's be honest, it's not quite the same. The goalie has just been ejected and given away a PK that could send it to overtime. What's this guy on about? But one thing that's universally understood is free. Have a completely free-shot at cash prizes every day of the tournament. With Paddy Power's new free-to-play game, Cash Cup. 750K to be won across the tournament nobody does football better than us paddy

0:22.7

power win at the game receive a selection if the selection wins you win a share of the daily cash prize

0:26.4

only one entry per round eligibility restrictions and further teas and sees apply 18 plus gambleware dot

0:30.0

blowing our budget on metrics that look great till the cFO sees them that's bullspend and marketers are

0:36.0

calling it out in dashboard confessions. I remember telling my boss

0:41.0

it'll be good for the brand when leads were slow. Yeah, it wasn't.

0:46.3

Cut the bullspend. LinkedIn lets you target by company, job title and more.

0:51.1

Advertise on LinkedIn. Spend £200 on your first campaign and get a £200 credit. Go to LinkedIn.com slash lead. Terms and conditions apply. Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexie Lalas and welcome. State of the Union show presented by Zillow. Someday starts today. This is where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses. Up next, oh yeah, our group previews continue on with Ronaldo and Luis Diers and Group K.

1:16.6

Oh my.

1:17.0

But first, join me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossier, a soccer

1:20.8

Savant, and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer, extraordinary.

1:24.6

All right, my friend, let's light this candle on what? Group K.

1:27.5

Group K is headline by Portugal, who a lot of people, including myself, think are major contenders to win this World Cup.

1:35.2

They went out to Morocco in the quarter of finals in 22, but they've won the Nations League since then.

1:40.8

Their second Nation's League title, we know they won the Euros way back in 16. All that's missing for them is a World Cup title. This is Ronaldo's last chance. We'll see if they can pull it off. Also in this group, DR Congo, back at the World Cup for the first time since 1974, when they were known as Zaire. They qualified via the intercontinental playoffs. You have Uzbekistan newcomers, but they do have a manager that knows a little something about World Cup success.

2:06.6

That's a tease.

2:07.9

And then finally, Colombia, who I know you're incredibly high on.

2:11.9

People forget this.

2:12.7

They actually missed the last World Cup, but they've had a very good cycle.

2:15.7

Runners up at the Cop America.

2:21.3

And I know you think they can make some noise. So let's start with Portugal.

2:26.3

They're opening matches against the Arcaungo. Are you as high on this Portugal team as I am?

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 24 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FOX Sports, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of FOX Sports and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.