World Cup: How 2 B a legend

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🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Pelé. Maradona. Ronaldo. Soccer’s greats are so good, they’re typically known by one name. Men in Blazers soccer journalist Roger Bennett explains how winning the World Cup can turn a player into a legend. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here's on Bapay!
0:03.0	Oh my god!
0:05.0	Maradona turns like a little eel and comes away from trouble.
0:08.0	A little squat man comes inside but your legs are preded.
0:11.0	And can they just seem to hang in the air a majestic header for 1-0?
0:17.0	Mbapay, Paley, Maradona, try to put into words what makes them legends.
0:23.0	The Uruguayan, who were Edward Galeona, used to say about Maradona
0:28.0	that he dribbled as if the ball was stuck to his foot.
0:32.0	And Messi?
0:33.0	He told me Lionel Messi played as if the ball was actually inside his boot between the shoe and his skin.
0:40.0	What the hell are you kidding me?
0:42.0	Come on!
0:43.0	This man is absolutely manly to kill up my boy, Batchik!
0:48.0	Coming up in today's explained World Cup edition, how to become a soccer god.
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