Mo Salah will make you care about soccer

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🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The World Cup kicks off today. Looking for a country to cheer for? Consider Egypt. The team might not be the most storied or stacked, but it’s got Mohamed Salah. The New York Times’ chief soccer correspondent Rory Smith explains how the Muslim player who prays after every goal (and there are many) has the potential to transcend xenophobia, Islamophobia, and run-of-the-mill racism on the road to Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	I don't really mess with soccer football the beautiful game, but I find it pretty hard
0:34.8	to resist the world cup every four years.
0:37.5	The narratives, the whole planet getting together to play one really long and often uneventful
0:42.7	game.
0:43.7	But this year, none of the teams I've even got a remote connection to or feelings about
0:48.7	made it.
0:49.7	Chile failed, the United States failed, Canada doesn't even come close to competing, but
0:53.7	everyone I talk to isn't to Egypt because of one guy.
0:58.4	I'm suspecting that it's probably Mo Salah Roy Smith chief soccer correspondent at the
1:02.6	New York Times.
1:03.6	Who is Mo Salah?
1:06.0	Mo Salah is Egypt's best player.
1:08.0	He is a forward for Liverpool.
1:10.2	He set the record for most goals scored in a single Premier League season in England.
1:18.6	Record breaker.
1:21.6	32 Premier League goals in a 38 game season.
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