World Cup 2022: Episode 25 - The World Cup Final Preview
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd in London, with Jonathan Northcroft in Qatar.
We look ahead to the World Cup Final. Jonathan Northcroft joins us from Doha to share his thoughts and reflect on his time in Qatar (00:00)
What can we expect from France? Do they have a better supporting cast around their leading man, Kylian Mbappé than Argentina do, to Messi? (12:01)
Are Argentina too emotional and will that be their undoing in the final? (27:07)
What would it mean for France to become the first team since 1962 to win back-to-back World Cups? (49:34)
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| 0:54.4 | This is the game football podcast from The Times, Qatar 2022. Today we preview the World Cup |
| 1:02.5 | Final between France and Argentina. William L Messi hand the bat on over to Killian Umbappe, |
| 1:09.5 | which team is the superior squad and does Messi need to win this tournament to cement his status |
| 1:15.4 | as the greatest. We'll reflect on what back-to-back World Cup titles could mean to France and of course |
| 1:21.1 | how will the match go all that and more on this episode of the game. |
| 1:31.1 | Hello, welcome again to the game podcast as the World Cup draws to a close very, very soon. I |
| 1:37.6 | wonder what it's been like for you guys. Well, I think after the final reflect on the tournament |
| 1:43.8 | as a whole, I'm he wasn't Croft. I'm alongside Alison Rudd, Gregor Robertson and for the first part |
| 1:49.1 | of the podcast Jonathan Northcroft who joins us from Doha ahead of the World Cup Final and it's |
| 1:55.2 | a mouthwatering class between France and Argentina this weekend as a French go for back-to-back World |
| 2:01.5 | Cup titles. Lee and L Messi in the big subplot there of course is him. One of the greatest we've |
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