Recapping a dramatic weekend and previewing a pivotal “feast of footy”

After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe

Apple News

Soccer, Sports

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Coming off an action-packed weekend, Brendan and Rebecca recap the tournament’s biggest headlines: Has Belgium wasted a golden generation of talent? Will Germany somehow win it all despite opening with a loss and a draw? Is Lionel Messi actually coming to MLS? And ... is it cool to blow the final whistle right before a corner? Then, they touch on rising Iran–U.S. tensions before offering up a viewers’ guide to the pivotal “feast of footy” happening this week, as just two (!) teams have been eliminated from contention thus far.

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0:00.0	Let's look at who we think might win this thing this very quickly.
0:04.0	It would seem to me, is it anyone besides these four who you think are the favourites?
0:08.4	France, Portugal, Spain, Brazil.
0:10.4	Can you think of anyone?
0:13.7	I mean, I think it's kind of quite mean, I think England.
0:18.5	Oh, definitely part of the position.
0:20.8	From Apple News and MetalLark Media, I'm Brendan Hunt.
0:26.6	And I'm Rebecca Lo, and this is After the Whistle.
0:31.0	Suffice to say, there were a lot of matches this past weekend.
0:34.4	We take you through the best of the best today, and what it means for the litany of teams
0:38.0	still left fighting for their spot to the round of 16.
0:41.3	Tensions between US and Iran unsurprisingly flaring up, causing Tyler Adams and Greg
0:45.2	Burhol to transfer a few pointed questions.
0:47.3	And we take a look ahead at the upcoming US and England matches and give you our lovely
0:51.7	listeners our picks for the best upcoming games to keep your eyes on.
0:58.7	Brendan, what are we, Ken?
1:00.5	How the devil are you?
1:02.0	By the way, before you answer that, I just wanted to say, A, I love the World Cup.
1:07.4	B, I love the World Cup.
1:09.4	And C, imagine if you're one of those people, Brendan, that can watch every game.
1:13.8	We have children, we have other things in our lives, but there are people out there,
1:17.4	Brendan.
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