World Cup Knockouts Preview and Predictions

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4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The FC Crew react to the latest action in the final round of the World Cup Group Stage as Portugal finish second in their group, while Messi and Kane break records. The crew previews the path's for Portugal, England, Argentina and Brazil and give their full predictions for the World Cup Knockouts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, the group stage is over.
0:04.0	Austria in a dramatic finish punches the final ticket to the round of 32.
0:09.0	Leonel Messi comes off the bench to break another record.
0:12.0	Colombia tops group K, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal,
0:17.0	and England leave it late against Panama as they look to step it up a gear in the knockout stages.
0:23.6	And Shaka's been schmusing.
0:25.6	Maybe you're the first one who makes that comparison.
0:28.6	I'm not. I'm absolutely sitting I'm down.
0:30.6	Yesp NFC next.
0:41.4	Hello and good morning to you.
0:45.7	The group stages are over so we can forget all the math and the algorithm and all of those things.
0:46.5	Thank goodness.
0:48.2	The round of 32 is upon us.
0:49.7	Ali Krieger is back with us.
0:53.9	So too is Alejandro Moreno and Shaka Hislop is here as well. Here we go.
0:54.8	The knockout stages are set.
0:57.1	Today begins the round of 32.
1:00.5	No more number crunching, but we will have our brackets coming up a little later on.
1:04.7	What could possibly go wrong?
1:06.0	A lot.
1:06.7	A lot.
1:07.9	Shack has been schmoozing.
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