Mexico Out; Belgium and Japan Play the Best Half of World Cup 2018; Plus Ed Malyon Interview

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

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Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Grant and Brian break down Belgium's thrilling 3-2 come-from-behind victory against Japan in the Round of 16 and dissect Mexico's elimination in the Round of 16 for the seventh straight World Cup, this time in a 2-0 loss to Brazil. Then Grant interviews Ed Malyon, the sports editor of The Independent, about England-Colombia and his thoughts on the exits of Argentina and Spain, where he has lived and worked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast World Cup Daily. Day 19 of World Cup 2018 is done.
0:08.0	Brian Strauss and I will be talking about that as part of our podcast, coming to you daily from Russia through July 16th.
0:15.0	Just a small request it would be a huge help if you subscribe, rate, and review our
0:19.5	podcast.
0:20.5	It helps people find us.
0:21.5	In this episode I'm also joined by Ed Malian, the sports editor of the Independent in the UK,
0:27.0	about England Columbia, and since he has worked in Argentina and Spain,
0:31.0	his thoughts on those two countries World Cup exits.
0:34.3	Onward!
0:35.3	Let's bring in Brian Strauss from his Moscow lair.
0:40.2	I am once again at the Fox studio.
0:42.4	Brian, how are you, man? I've been in my layer all day all day
0:49.5	Wearing the same shirt I slept in
0:55.0	Oh Great man You can do laundry, you know. I, well, I had some laundry done, but, and now, you know what,
1:00.0	when I had the, I had the laundry done, I sent it out to have it done because I'm living that life
1:05.5	and they returned it with each individual article of clothing like a vacuum sealed in a plastic bag.
1:15.5	Each shirt and each short separately vacuum sealed.
1:21.4	I would have been fine just in a big bucket.
1:25.4	Like a cardboard box.
1:27.2	Well, they do good work here.
1:33.0	You know, lots to talk about tonight.
1:36.0	For me, the single best half of the tournament between Belgium and Japan, 3-2 Belgium.
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