Ronaldo's Revival?

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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The FC crew react to the United States' 1-0 victory over Jamaica and praise Christian Pulisic for his ability to create chances from different areas of the field. The guys also break down Cristiano Ronaldo's brace for Portugal and argue if he should be starting come the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Plus, Julien Laurens joins the show to break down Didier Deschamps' comments on Kylian Mbappe's struggles and explain why Paul Pogba terminated his contract with Juventus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The NWSL is so on, and now it's on ESPN.
0:04.5	I'm on the next level now.
0:06.5	From rookies to rising stars to legends of the game,
0:10.0	the world's best players battle it out in pursuit of an NWSL championship.
0:15.0	Hey, we will, baby.
0:18.0	The NWSL on ESPN, presented by Ally, all season long on the networks of ESPN and ABC.
0:26.1	It's so on.
0:28.3	Hi, Atlanta!
0:30.7	Welcome everybody into the ESPN FC Studios to this, the latest edition of the show, alongside
0:39.9	Alamareno, Shaka His Lop.
0:41.5	Hercules Gomez, I'm Sebastian Salas.
0:43.6	Great to have you along with us lots of action to get to, but let's start with Portugal,
0:47.6	taking on Poland in the UAFA Nations League.
0:50.4	Again, Portugal ends up winning by a final score of 5 to 1. It was scoreless until the hour mark, though, when Rafael Liao opened the scoring for Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo would add a brace, one from the penalty spot, one from an amazing bicycle kick. Bruno Fernandez with a goalazzo after that, as Portugal ends up five-one winners over Poland. For more on this one, we welcome in our good friend and colleague, Julian Laurent.
1:13.6	Jules, how about Ronaldo?
1:14.6	Turning back the clock at 39 years of age.
1:19.6	Pretty impressive that overhead kick, wasn't it?
1:21.6	I mean, they scored four goals in 15 minutes, Portugal towards the end.
1:24.6	I think Vittina coming on a half timeanged a lot of the dynamic of that team.
1:29.3	The first half under the rain was pretty average.
1:31.3	I thought much better in the second half, of course,
1:33.3	after the Rafael Liao scored and his goal.
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