Should Xabi Alonso start Mbappé vs. PSG? Are Chelsea favorites? Club World Cup Semifinals Preview with Rory Smith: Men in Blazers 07/08/25
Men In Blazers
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🗓️ 8 July 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Rog and Rory preview the Club World Cup semifinals and discuss Kylian Mbappé returning to face his former team, if this CWC trophy is particularly important for a club like Chelsea, and other questions surrounding the remaining four squads.
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| 0:10.2 | I hear you like a podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | And you like to be entertained. |
| 0:13.4 | I bet you also like to know what's going on in the world. |
| 0:15.9 | Especially when the news is so bonkers. |
| 0:17.8 | So, can I suggest Newscast? |
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| 0:32.7 | Sounds. You're listening to the Meninblazers media network, suboptimal radio. |
| 0:51.1 | We're back like Joey Chestnut after a weekend in which the Club World Cup became a little bit like the Club Tropicona, where tickets are free. |
| 1:00.9 | And PSG set up a semi-final showdown with Rail Madrid, if only there was a tournament already when that could happen. |
| 1:07.8 | And Chelsea won and were happy to be scored against. They face more |
| 1:12.0 | Brazilian nuts in their semi-final ungorn nut, but I'm burying the lead because as I live and breathe, |
| 1:18.0 | live and in front of me, I can almost touch him. I can smell the aftershave wafting over here. |
| 1:23.2 | And yes, it is heard of chocolate orange. It's amazing to see the Crown Prince of Harrogate in New York City. |
| 1:30.2 | Joy to be with you, Mr. Rory Smith. |
| 1:32.0 | Harrodite at the United States, Roger. |
| 1:33.4 | I know it is. |
| 1:34.3 | It's what it says on the sign when you cross from Brooklyn into Manhattan. |
| 1:38.3 | Yeah, it's New York. |
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