World Cup 2022: Episode 2 - Bukayo & Gareth
The Game
The Times
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🗓️ 22 November 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Tom Clarke is joined in London by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd - with Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft in Qatar.
England proved that going into a World Cup in poor form doesn’t matter with a 6-2 win over Iran. What did we learn and did Gareth Southgate get everything right? (00:00)
At the last moment, the ‘One Love’ captain’s armbands were scrapped. What does this say about the nations involved standing up for human rights? (22:45)
What’s it actually like in Qatar at the moment? With Tom and Jonathan joining us from Doha, they’re pretty well placed to give us their experience so far! (27:35)
Wales managed to snatch a draw against the USA. A poor first half led to an impressive second - but have they shown enough to give us faith they’ll make it through? (32:50)
The Netherlands also got their tournament started against Ecuador - but something wasn’t right (45:17)
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| 0:54.6 | This is the Gamewilkut podcast from The Times and today we are reacting to a stunning |
| 1:01.5 | start to the tournament for England. Goals for Drew Bellingham, Rahim Sterling, |
| 1:05.9 | Marcus Rashford, Jack Grelish and two for Bikaya Sakka, gay Garasouthgate side, a commanding |
| 1:11.1 | 62 victory over Iran that helped them put their poor pre-tournament form behind them. |
| 1:15.6 | We'll also be talking about Wales who pulled off a comeback draw against the USA, |
| 1:19.7 | the controversy surrounding the one-love armband and Holland's 2-0 win against Senegal. |
| 1:24.2 | This is the game. |
| 1:30.9 | Hello and welcome to the Gamewilkut podcast from The Times. I'm Tom Clark, |
| 1:34.6 | standing in for Hugh Wozncroft who is working hard covering that magnificent Wales comeback. |
| 1:39.2 | But before we discuss that draw for Rob Page's side, we have to talk England. It's only day two |
| 1:44.8 | guys for Super Garasouthgate has already silenced all of his doubters. Can you believe it? |
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