On The Continent: Messi takes Argentina to the summit, Morocco’s story so far, and Portugal’s special new gaffer
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Dotun, Andy and David relive an extraordinary night for Lionel Messi and Argentina as they thwacked Croatia to reach the World Cup final.
While Messi summons the spirit of Zinedine Zidane in 2006, we discuss how Lionel Scaloni and the supporting cast have turned things around since defeat to Saudi Arabia.
We also explain why Portugal’s match-up with José Mourinho is a terrible idea and we preview the big one tonight! Can Morocco do it?
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| 0:36.6 | Welcome to On the Continent at the World Cup, I'm Dotton Adibio. |
| 0:40.7 | I'm Adib Russell, and I'm David Carlage. |
| 0:42.9 | On this edition, Argentina have got their final, and it might be Leo Nell Messi's last dance, |
| 0:48.7 | but he still got the moves. |
| 0:50.7 | And we discuss the extraordinary scenes last night and whether another international great, |
| 0:55.2 | might be about to exit the stage just as a special one is about to arrive. |
| 1:00.4 | And of course, Morocco prepare for their date with destiny and a certain embAPPAE. |
| 1:05.9 | Can they do it? |
| 1:10.2 | Let's start, of course, with Argentina, or do we start, of course, Andy, |
| 1:15.2 | with Leo Nell Messi? |
| 1:16.9 | This, some people say, is his world cup, and he's proving it to be that. |
| 1:22.7 | Yeah, I do think it's got quite strong shades of Zidane in 2006, to be honest, |
| 1:28.0 | not, I mean, obviously a lot of people have compared it to Maradona in 86. |
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