It's the Messi Show - Argentina are in the final
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo welcomes Raphael Honigstein and Charlie Eccleshare into the pod as Argentina book their ticket to the World Cup final.
Croatia are overcome by La Albiceleste in the first semi-final on Tuesday, with Messi continuing to dazzle in Qatar. Does Argentina effectively playing with 10 men and luxury Lionel show the differences between elite club competition and the World Cup?
France or Morocco await for Argentina in the final. Can the holders succeed where Spain and Portugal failed in finding a way to the Africans’ goal? And how will brothers Mbappe and Hakimi fare against each other?
Plus we dive into the foreign manager debate and whether Thomas Tuchel would fancy a crack at the England job.
Produced by Charlie Jones.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Argentina 3-0 Croatia (03.30)
• PART 2: A foreign England manager and Bayern’s injury woes (23.00)
• PART 3a: France v Morocco preview with Julien Laurens and Maher Mezahi (31.00)
• PART 3b: Rapha pays tribute to Grant Wahl (41.00)
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| 0:45.2 | Messi's towering turn against Croatia |
| 0:48.1 | sees Argentina Trump 3-0 |
| 0:50.7 | and book their place in the World Cup final |
| 0:53.1 | once more. Who will they face? Semi C's Morocco take on France? |
| 0:58.3 | It's a diaspora derby. |
| 1:00.4 | Can the team from Casablanca play it again against Deshaun's usual suspects? |
| 1:05.2 | We'll be looking at that game and more in this Totally at the World Cup. |
| 1:22.3 | Thank you. and more in this totally at the World Cup. Day 20, listener at the World Cup, I think. I'm a bit unsure because we've been away for a couple of days. |
| 1:29.8 | But it is the World Cup. |
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