World Cup 2022: Qatar v Ecuador analysis, plus opening ceremony confusion
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🗓️ 20 November 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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We're all together at a kitchen table-turned-recording studio to discuss the opening game of the 2022 World Cup... Spoilers ahead...
Was this a case of Ecuador being especially good or Qatar being particularly poor? Plus, why was the opener chalked off for offside, what did we make of the opening ceremonies, and how confusing is the FOX coverage to two non-Americans unaccustomed to their style?
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| 0:28.5 | Thank you. Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and the very first of our World Cup 2020 shows. |
| 1:00.3 | Yes, on this opening Sunday, we saw an opening ceremony with dismembered shirts, retro mascots, an 85-year-old, miming a speech. |
| 1:09.0 | And in lieu of any socio-political commentary, |
| 1:11.8 | Fox gave us a chat with Mr. Q, |
| 1:14.3 | who sounds like the main character on 4-Chab, |
| 1:16.0 | but that's the discussion for another day. |
| 1:17.8 | And then, onto the opening game |
| 1:19.7 | where Qatar proved their doubters right, |
| 1:22.9 | with a pretty disappointing display, |
| 1:25.3 | and Anna Valencia put his name into the golden boot |
| 1:28.1 | conversation who had that one in the mix not me my name is Ryan Bailey and for the first time ever |
| 1:34.9 | the awesome foursome of the total soccer show are together in the same location staring lovingly |
| 1:41.3 | into each other's eyes in the Brooklyn New York, we've booked out for the World Cup. Taylor Rockwell, as I looked around the desk to look lovingly into Ivan's eyes, you didn't help my gaze. I did not, because I was checking your microphone levels. Hopefully they are good. I apologize for not meeting your gaze, but I will meet it now and make unbroken eye contact with you. I won't. It's weird. But I will say that this is really exciting. It's nice to have everybody together. It's been a while since I've recorded in a room with other humans. It feels less like we live in the future and more like we live with friends. Yeah, this is the most people I've been around for years. Well, Taylor, thank you for bringing us together here and also bringing all the snacks |
| 2:18.6 | for our intrepid journey here and iron brew and iron brew got two got two who knew you could |
| 2:24.7 | get that in these here united states or why they would want to sell it amazon amazon new ryan tried |
| 2:30.2 | his first over iron brew today impressions yeah so Joe Lowry's also here um how you doing |
| 2:36.4 | joe i'm good i did like the iron brew unlike Ryan i thought it tasted a lot like cream soda which |
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