Messi's Flash of Genius as Mbappe Tussles For Limelight & Queiroz v Klinsmann
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The Athletic
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🗓️ 27 November 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
It's Sunday morning and host Adam Leventhal is joined by The Athletic's Felipe Cardenas and Charlotte Harpur to reflect on Lionel Messi handing Argentina a World Cup lifeline in typical style...
James Horncastle offers his thoughts on Messi's moments of brilliance, was Enzo Fernandez' goal an even sweeter strike and why Mexico fans are frustrated with coach Gerardo Martino.
Then, following a 'prickly' Deschamps post-match press conference - and despite France's 2-1 win over Denmark - our panel also discuss how good Mbappe is in the flesh, Tunisian fan envy, Australia's Mitchell Duke and Jurgen Klinsmann's comments about Iran and their head coach Carlos Queiroz.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:04.3 | Hi there, good morning. |
| 0:05.7 | It is day eight of the Qatar World Cup, a tournament in which Argentina and Lionel Messi are still going strong. |
| 0:13.5 | And the star in his last World Cup took centre stage in that crucial 2-0 win over Mexico. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm Adam Leventhal, and this is the Athletic Football Podcast. So I'm joined Pulside on this Sunday morning by Felipe Cardenas and a brand new colleague has entered the fray to cover the tournament. |
| 0:52.9 | It is Charlotte Harper. |
| 0:54.1 | Felipe, hello. Good morning. |
| 0:55.4 | Good morning, Adam. |
| 0:56.3 | And Charlotte. |
| 0:57.5 | Hello, how are you? Settled in. Hitting the ground running. |
| 1:01.1 | Baptism of fire. I think that's what they call that. |
| 1:03.6 | First day, two games. It flew by yesterday. I don't know where 14 hours went. |
| 1:09.7 | We will check in with both Charlotte and Felipe in a moment's time. |
| 1:13.0 | But let's begin with the events at the Lusail Stadium last night, |
| 1:17.1 | as Messi inspired Argentina to victory with that goal and an assist as well. |
| 1:22.3 | Remember, a defeat for Lin El Scaloni's side would have seen them exit the tournament at the group stage. |
| 1:27.8 | The athletics Laura Williamson caught up with our Argentina writer James Horncastle |
| 1:32.2 | immediately after the game. |
| 1:34.7 | After their Saudi Arabia humiliation, the first step on the road to redemption for Argentina |
| 1:41.0 | has been given to them by Leonel Messi. |
| 1:54.9 | Full stadium, an amazing atmosphere |
| 1:56.9 | and two moments that changed the game. |
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