Welcome to the Total Soccer Show.

This is our 12th and final group stage preview for the World Cup.

It is Group L, in which we'll discuss whether England, Croatia, Ghana or Panama will leave North America with an L or a W.

Let's find out.

My name's Ryan Bailey.

Joining me today, hello Taylor Rockwell, who will be talking about Croatia. Let's find out. My name's Ryan Bailey joining me today. Hello, Taylor Rockwell,

who will be talking about Croatia. Zadavu, Ryan Bailey. Lovely to be here. Lovely to be talking

Croatia. Lovely to be rounding out our previews. I feel like all I've ever done in my life is

preview at this point. I can't remember a time when I wasn't researching random World Cup

countries. And now here we are. Is there a tournament at the end of this? Nope, this is it. There's just more previewing after this. I know. I don't know. I'm going to do my evenings anymore after having done World Cup previews for the last six months. It is levels of madness, Ryan, when my wife is like, what are you doing? And I'm like, I'm learning about Jordan. Give me time. I need to know what hello is in Croatian. Come on. Exactly. Graham Muffin, hello. Garner's your team today. It is indeed. And happy World Cup day to you, Ryan Bailey. How are you planning on celebrating? Maybe by doing a live show

with the rest of us in Los Angeles tonight? That sounds like a good idea. Let's do that in a couple

of hours' time. What do you think? Yeah, let's do it. Great. Deal. See that. If Ryan was like,

what now? TSS World Cup.com for very, very last minute tickets if you're listening to

this before 8pm Pacific today. Well, we will be on the stage in Hollywood at the O'Rae Theater. Very much looking forward to it. Looking forward to seeing some fun faces from the Discord. And beyond, Joe Lowry's here as well. Hi, Joe. Talking about Panama today. Let's go. Guys, I'm so excited. I'm so excited.

I'll get on to this later.

But doing these previews

has made me excited for random games in the group stage that I don't think I would have been quite as excited for otherwise. I mean, I'm pretty much used for all these games. But there's a Panama game that is going to be their first game at this tournament that I am absolutely stoked for.

I will be watching with both eyes open,

wide, wide open.

Okay.

Thank you very much, Joe. In this episode, we're going... Yeah, okay, shut up, shut up. All right, go out. Sounds like Ryan will be watching that game with his eyes closed, like sleeping, maybe? Like usual. Anyway, continue. In this episode, as you know, if you've listened to previous previews, we'll be talking about the stories of each of these teams, the managers and the tactics, the key players and the emissions, and our very specific predictions for each team. My team, I'll get me talking about England, of course rounding out Group L in this group. Now, Taylor, got a, my insufferable dial. It goes from

zero to ten. I'm on about a five, which is my usual level of insufferable. More cute that you think you're at a five. Yeah. That's my scale. It don't go up to 11. It's not louder. Where would you like it? Lower or higher than five? I can adjust accordingly. I mean, I think we need as much as possible so that you can then back it up if they do well. And if not, it's remembered funnly when people listen back after England crash out in the group. Yeah, England do well at World Cubs. We'll get to that right now, Graham. I'm going to tell you about England, whose nickname, of course, is the Three Lions,

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