Lightning at the Club World Cup, U21 glory and the Women’s Euros – Football Weekly

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The Guardian

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4.6 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Max Rushden is joined by Seb Hutchinson, John Brewin and Dan Bardell to discuss Club World Cup chaos, England’s U21s triumph, the Women’s Euros in Switzerland. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:13.3	Hello and welcome to The Guardian Football Weekly back after our long, brackets two week break,
0:17.7	where we still did some podcasts.
0:19.2	Won't people think of the podcaster fatigue at the elite level?
0:22.4	Fortunately, there's very little chance of a two-hour delay for extreme weather during this record.
0:26.4	Not so much luck for the Chelsea and Benfica players.
0:28.9	And fans in Charlotte who had to come back to finish their Club World Cup game.
0:32.5	Moreska said it's not football.
0:34.3	Chelsea have dealt with the confusion, the only way they know how,
0:36.6	by buying a load more wide attackers. Yogan Klopp's called the Club World Cup pointless, but it is still
0:41.4	happening and we'll round up the games as Byron and PSG progress. Also today, it's come home
0:45.6	again. Jonathan Rose, extra time header, ending two years of hurt for England, who retained the
0:50.7	under-21s euros. Do we care? Should we care? Should Thomas Tuchel take any of these players
0:55.4	to the extreme weather-delayed World Cup next year?
0:57.9	The women's euro starts this week.
0:59.4	England are in the group of death.
1:00.8	Lauren James makes a great return last night.
1:02.6	We'll start looking forward to that.
1:03.7	All that.
1:04.1	Plus your questions.
1:05.0	And that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.
1:13.3	On the panel today, Seb Hutchinson, welcome.
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