The Perfect World Cup

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The Athletic

Soccer,, Sports

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

As a widely-criticised winter World Cup approaches, The Athletic's Adam Hurrey is joined by James Maw and Jack Pitt-Brooke to dream up a Perfect World Cup, composed of the best individual elements from the tournament's history.

From the complex concept of the "dark horses" to optimum TV kick-off times, the greatest kits, the textbook controversies, the most rightful hosts and the ideal World Cup final winning goal....this is the Perfect World Cup.

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:05.0	I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like.
0:10.5	Is Gats going to have a crack?
0:12.2	He is, you know.
0:13.0	Oh, he's there.
0:15.7	Brilliant.
0:19.1	He's round the goalkeeper!
0:21.1	He's done it!
0:22.8	Absolutely incredible!
0:24.8	He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked a supporter who was
0:32.5	IWit without a shut of and out giving him lip.
0:35.4	Oh, I say, it's amazing.
0:38.4	It does it tame, and tame, and tame again.
0:41.4	Crank up the music, charge a glass.
0:45.4	This nation is going to dance all night.
0:49.0	The complex concept of World Cup dark horsery.
0:52.5	Why do we care about the last chance
0:54.4	For other countries' golden generations?
0:56.6	Optimum BST kickoff times
0:58.8	The vital importance of having great goalkeeper
1:01.3	And referee kits above all else.
1:03.2	The World Feed Commentary Legends
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