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World Cup Quarterfinals Preview

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The FC crew preview the upcoming slate of World Cup Quarterfinal games and discuss the Netherlands' chances of minimizing Lionel Messi's impact, whether Brazil will continue their fine run of form against Croatia, how England's back line can slow down Kylian Mbappe, and whether Cristiano Ronaldo can have any impact for Portugal through the rest of the tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Not really because I mean he didn't even renew his contract. So this was something

1:19.8

you were expecting even though there was not such a shameful defeat as it happened

1:25.6

eventually here. But yes, of course no one was expecting that Morocco could take Spain

1:33.1

out. So it's not a big surprise but maybe earlier than what we expected.

1:39.4

What next remain, Gemma?

1:41.4

For Spain, it's going to be Luis de la Fuente. We can say not an interim but yes an internal

1:51.3

solution. He's the former coach of the under 19 and 21 national team. So he knows very

2:00.9

well the youngsters, the young talent generation of Spain. But he's very different than Luis

2:08.7

Enrique. Maybe not in the football understanding of what it is. He's much more pragmatical

2:16.1

than a statistical. Maybe if we have to compare with Luis Enrique and especially he's different

2:21.7

of the character. Luis Enrique feels comfortable being in the spotlight. He likes to be controversial.

2:29.3

Luis de la Fuente is another kind of person. He will be giving interviews. He's friendly

2:34.8

with the press. He has no enemies in the Spanish media. So he's a very different character.

2:42.2

What's the sense? Luis Enrique, he's 100%. I've mentioned that he's been through a lot

2:48.9

in his personal life. This from a professional perspective is failure. The way their team

2:55.6

played was very poor. I heard you guys talking about yesterday just passing from side to side

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