Starting Five: Messi Gets His Fairy Tale Ending
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Plus: Two NFC contenders see their playoff prospects head in opposite directions. And the Lakers find themselves in a familiar position — with a key piece out of action.
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| 0:07.0 | Hi there, Wondry listeners. Hannah and Sruti here from TrueCram Podcast Redhanded. |
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| 0:31.0 | It's a weekly show where we deep dive into the most talked about cases like the Delphi murders, |
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| 0:47.0 | Hey everyone, I just wanted to point out that this episode that you're listening to right now |
| 0:51.0 | is actually from our spin-off podcast The Lead Starting Five. That is our daily 10-minute sports news show. |
| 0:57.0 | That show has its own feed with new episodes publishing there every Monday through Friday. |
| 1:02.0 | And we'll keep airing episodes here on the leads feed on Mondays just to introduce more people to that show. |
| 1:08.0 | So go check it out and subscribe if you like it. Here's today's episode. |
| 1:21.0 | After a nail pliter for the ages, the World Cup gets the ending that the world wanted. |
| 1:26.0 | And just when things were starting to come together for the Lakers, the team is dealt a crushing blow. |
| 1:31.0 | And after a wild weekend of action in the NFL, the playoff picture starts to take shape. |
| 1:37.0 | From Wondery, I'm under Skelto. And I'm John Gonzalez. It's Monday, December 19th. And this is Starting Five. |
| 1:43.0 | Five sports headlines in 10 minutes. |
| 1:51.0 | Alright, let's get things started with the exhilarating World Cup final that ended with Argentina and Lionel Messi being crowned World Champions. |
| 1:58.0 | Oh, John, I am not joking when I say that I am emotionally and somehow also physically exhausted |
| 2:05.0 | watching that game, which I believe was the best soccer game ever played more on that in a minute. |
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