Italy or Portugal: Who will miss the 2022 World Cup?

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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Soccer, News, Sports, Sports News

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Alexi and Mosse kick off the show with a look at UEFA Qualifying and breakdown why Italy or Portugal will be out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup (08:45). The guys then look at all the action surrounding Europe’s Top 5 Leagues including, Manchester United’s new coach, Neymar’s big injury, La Liga’s struggles in the Champions League, Haaland’s return and so much more (24:30). Then the guys take a deep dive into the MLS playoffs, why RSL’s David Ochoa is a great villain, and preview the upcoming conference finals (36:27). The guys then pick potential U.S. venues for the 2026 World Cup, pick their most improved USMNT team player of 2021, and breakdown the Michigan vs. Ohio State college football game (1:04:15). Finally Alexi sends up off with a quick preview of his upcoming trip to Qatar and what we can expect from his travels (1:23:33). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union
0:04.0	podcast where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of
0:07.2	red white and blue-colored glasses. This week we'll be talking, well World Cup
0:11.3	qualifying, MLS playoffs, Wolverines, get back, World Cup 26 hosts
0:17.0	US men's national team, zombies, Qatar, and so much more.
0:20.5	But first joining me as always, my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David
0:25.0	Mossy, a soccer savant, and a fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary, and a faithful and proud and happy Wolverine,
0:36.0	mossy, how are you?
0:38.0	D.
0:39.0	D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D.
0:43.0	All. done done done done done done All right
0:45.0	Congratulations by the way just ahead of time. We'll get it out of the way but we're gonna talk much more about your Wolverines later on in the show
0:49.9	But how are you just feeling right now on this Monday morning?
0:52.8	Yeah, doing well.
0:54.3	I had planned to lead the podcast off talking about this game,
0:57.0	but Luis Aguilar threw us for a loop.
0:58.8	He has chosen an Ask Alexi question about the game,
1:01.5	so we're gonna save it for down there.
1:04.0	Well Louise for all of his faults understands the value of a tease okay and so this is what people
1:10.0	are tuning in for this week anyways to hear your thoughts on Wolverine football.
1:14.8	And so we're gonna put it off to a little bit later in the show and let you grin and celebrate
1:20.6	and like I say just bask in the glory of your victory.
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