The Pure World Cup XI

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive

The Athletic

Soccer,, Sports

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Michael Cox prepare for the small matter of Qatar 2022 by selecting a team of players who are most disproportionately known for their World Cup exploits, from Mexican goalkeepers, and centre-backs, to diminutive Paraguayans, an Italian full-back on the wing, breakout stars turned run of the mill Premier League midfielders, an Englishman who clocked up the pre-tournament air miles, to genuine World Cup icons.

They are also joined by Chris Evans, author of "How to win the World Cup - secrets and insights from international footballs top managers", to ensure that we pick the definitive manager to marshal our rag tag bunch to glory

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:05.2	I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like.
0:10.4	Is Gas going to have a crack?
0:12.2	He is, you know.
0:13.0	Oh, he's there.
0:15.7	Brilliant!
0:18.8	He's round the goalkeeper!
0:21.1	He's done it!
0:22.7	Absolutely incredible!
0:24.7	He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked a supporter who was eye with without a shadow of an 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	Break up the music.
0:43.5	Charge a glass.
0:45.4	This nation is going to dance all night.
0:50.6	Desperately trying to resist a team full of quadrenial Mexican stalwarts,
0:54.4	a Brazilian with the most efficient World Cup CV of all,
0:57.5	streetwise South American centrebacks, a shop window Senegalese,
1:01.4	at least one player synonymous with having his name screamed at the top of a foreign commentator's lungs,
1:06.4	a surprise Englishman and a reassuringly iconic front line.
1:10.0	Brought to your ears by the Athletic.
1:12.1	This is the Pure World Cup 11.
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