World Cup 2022: Episode 21 - The End Of The Road For The Three Lions
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The Times
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🗓️ 11 December 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar and Tom Clarke, Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd are in London.
England are out of the World Cup. What have we learned from their time in Qatar, did they get it wrong against France and where do they go from here? (00:00)
Gareth Southgate has a contract until the Euros in 2024. Should he stay in the job or is it time for a change? (24:05)
Morocco have quickly become the feel-good story of this World Cup. Can they actually go all the way to the final? (34:10)
We’ve likely seen the last of Cristiano Ronaldo in an elite football match. How much has the last 6 months tainted his legacy? (45:34)
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| 0:54.4 | This is the game football podcast from the Times. Today we react to England to exit from the |
| 1:00.8 | World Cup at the hands of France. What next for Gareth Southgate and the three lions? We'll also |
| 1:06.3 | be talking about Morocco who become the first African side to reach the last four at the tournament |
| 1:11.2 | as they come past a very unhappy Portugal. We'll talk about the referee at the competition as well. |
| 1:17.2 | This is the game. Hello and welcome to the game podcast. I am Hugh Wasn't Croft alongside |
| 1:31.6 | Gregor Robinson, Alison Rudd and Tom Clark. There's no one I would rather be with to dissect England's |
| 1:38.8 | exit from the World Cup at the hands of the World Champions and still the defending champions |
| 1:45.1 | France. Two goals to one in a game that England had plenty of joy in would have left with plenty |
| 1:50.0 | of respect but ultimately didn't leave with a result. We scored a goal through Harry Kane as |
| 1:54.2 | you know for the penalty spot. He also missed a penalty. Their goals coming from a one-dustrike |
| 2:00.4 | really from a really inshumane and the header from Olivier Giroux and it was a tight contest as you |
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