Is Messi the greatest of all time?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Argentina cruise past Croatia on their way to the 2022 World Cup final, to face France or Morocco. Messi inspired another victory, but it was Julian Alvarez who secured it with a brace on the night. The Tifo team discuss Julian, Lionel and more in today's episode.
The Tifo podcast is presented by Joe Devine and produced by Nathan A Clark
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. I'm Joe Devine and I'm delighted to be joined today by Seb Stafford Bloor. Hi, Seb. Hi, Joe Devine. Jonathan Dogg McKenzie. Hello, Joe Devine. And JJ Bull the bullet. Hello. That's right. We're all here because it's semi-final number one. Of course, the game today was Croatia, Argentina, and that's what we're here to discuss, |
| 0:23.6 | as well as a bit of Morocco ahead of tomorrow. |
| 0:26.9 | And if there's time, which there probably will be, because there's only been one game, |
| 0:30.0 | we're going to talk about England and whether they have to have an English manager. |
| 0:34.2 | What a boring bit that is. |
| 0:36.1 | But we're going to have the conversation anyway, |
| 0:37.8 | because needs must in the media. |
| 0:41.0 | Anyway, have you had a nice day, JJ? |
| 0:43.1 | Oh, yeah. What have you been doing? |
| 0:45.6 | I was in the building. |
| 0:47.2 | Yeah. And I... |
| 0:48.2 | Well, you're working on the super secret edit ahead of Christmas time. |
| 0:50.4 | Yes, I am, yes. |
| 0:51.2 | Can you tell us anything about it without giving it away? |
| 0:56.4 | It's very secret. It is about a form of football, which is not of conventional nature. |
| 1:04.0 | And it's very nice. |
| 1:06.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.0 | Do you know what else is super secret about a form of football and very nice? |
| 1:13.0 | The Athletic. |
| 1:13.8 | It's The Athletic. Visit theathletic.com forward slash Tifo, theathletic.com forward slash Tifo, |
| 1:19.0 | where Seb, you can read such things as. |
| 1:21.7 | Well, Joe, the thing that I've written tomorrow about the crisis in Australia. |
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