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I'd like to hear who each of you thinks will win, and no cheating, it'll be count of three, you'll both hit at the same time, and if you disagree, that's the end of your relationship.

From Apple News, I'm Rebecca Lowe.

And I'm Brendan Hunt, and this is After the Whistle.

He's happy, he's back.

Happy as a stretch.

On today's pod, my cheeky lionesses are through to the cause of final, but not without some controversy.

And a few days on, we have plenty more thoughts, shock, about USA's results.

We're going to talk about the difference between controversy and controversy, and we'll be joined by newly minted Premier League minority owners and football soccer power couple, JJ and Kalea Watt.

And reminder, there will be adult language.

Here we are Rebecca, two days after the US loss, I'm feeling better.

Ish, trying to move on.

But you know, it'll take some time.

We're at the end of the round of 16, down to a final eight.

Lots of aftermath from the US still to be discussed, and we will get to that, but should we start with your sweet, sweet English babies?

Let's please get into it.

Now, first of all, we scraped through, scraped through.

We thought Sweden scraped through by a millimeter.

My cheeky lionesses, extra cheeky Brendan, reaching the quarterfinals.

Nigeria hit the bar multiple times, and their expected goals figure was much more than England.

And they just outfought us everywhere.

They shackled Lauren Hempon and Russo up top.

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