World Cup 2022: Episode 5 - It’s All About Ronaldo
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft and Paul Hirst are in Qatar - with Gregor Robertson and Tom Allnutt in London.
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in five World Cups as Portugal (just about) beat Ghana. How far can they go? (00:00)
Uruguay vs South Korea was goalless and it was no surprise when you saw how off the pace Luis Suárez was - should they lean more on youth? (16:15)
Group G got underway and Brazil got off to a good start with victory over Serbia. Did they live up to our expectations and what caught our eye? (21:43)
England and Wales are back in action today. Have the Three Lions got enough to cruise past the USA and should Rob Page take a risk on Joe Allen? (30:52)
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| 0:54.4 | This is the Game Football Podcast from the Times. Today, Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first |
| 1:00.9 | player to score five World Cups as Portugal beat Garner and Rachaelisson scores a |
| 1:06.0 | worldie to prove his worth for Brazil in their opening victory. All that and more on the game, |
| 1:11.5 | World Cup 2022. |
| 1:22.6 | Hello and welcome back to the Game Podcast. I am Hugh Wozncroft out in Qatar, |
| 1:27.1 | a course another busy day at the World Cup and I'm joined to review it all by Paul Hurst, |
| 1:32.8 | Tom Olner and Gregor Robertson. Listen, we're going to start with the game between Portugal and |
| 1:37.6 | Garner. It finished three two to the Portuguese. Cristiano Ronaldo becoming the first man to score |
| 1:43.2 | at five World Cups at the age of 37 years old. Hurst, you were at the game and listen, Cristiano |
| 1:51.2 | Ronaldo has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons so far since the World Cup began. |
| 1:55.9 | Can we at least say this is a positive day for him? |
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