The Game World Cup Preview 2018
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Natalie Sawyer fronts the new World Cup podcast from The Times, publishing every night after the final whistle on every matchday. In our opening episode, Gab Marcotti, Henry Winter and James Gheerbrant join Natalie to look ahead to this summer in Russia.
The panel focus on Russia’s preparations to host the tournament and what shape England find themselves in, as they seek to end 52 years of hurt. Plus we run the rule over the contenders and pretenders looking to take home the trophy. Does the evidence suggest we should be writing off the Germans? Are Belgium under-prepared? And can Didier Deschamps drive the French Ferrari?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to the Game World Cup daily from The Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer |
| 0:36.1 | and thank you for joining us. It's a real pleasure to be your host for The Times as |
| 0:39.8 | we cover all the goings on out in Russia for this 21st World Cup. |
| 0:44.3 | Over the next month we'll bring you podcasts every match day of the World Cup after the final |
| 0:48.8 | whistle has blown each night. |
| 0:51.2 | In the studio with me this Monday with 10 days to go until it all gets |
| 0:54.3 | underway the regular host of the game podcast Gab Marcotti. A Gab no Italy no |
| 0:59.7 | USA so who are you going to be rooting for this well cup? |
| 1:02.8 | I will probably be rooting with whoever playing against Germany that day. |
| 1:06.6 | Just as simple as that. |
| 1:08.6 | Whoever is playing in Germany? |
| 1:09.6 | Even England. |
| 1:10.6 | Oh, right. |
| 1:11.6 | We'll talk about England a little bit more later. |
| 1:13.0 | James Gerebrandt, the Times Tactician is also with us. |
| 1:16.0 | He's been slaving away on the Times World Cup guide. |
| 1:19.0 | England and Belgium, I'm right in saying there's family connections. |
| 1:22.0 | No. No, not so much. I don't want to kind of puncture |
| 1:26.8 | the sort of aura of exoticism that I may have built up, but sadly one eighth Belgian okay so no split |
| 1:37.9 | loyalties you're gonna be England all the way well I suppose so yeah and |
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