World Cup Round of 16 Analysis with TDS Soccer Experts Joe Opio & George Gountas
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Comedy Central
4.4 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The World Cup Round of 16 has come to an end and the quarter-finals are just around the corner. Daily Show writer Joe Opio and lighting designer George Gountas, our in-house soccer experts, break down the highlights and upsets from the Round of 16, and make their predictions for the quarter-finals. They chat about the pressure of the penalty kick, Brazil’s victory dance, and what Cristiano Ronaldo’s benching means for Portugal.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central! |
| 0:02.6 | Hey what's up everyone, I'm George Gruntas. |
| 0:12.9 | You love the Daily Show for its incisive political commentary, but did you know that our |
| 0:16.6 | offices are filled with super soccer fans? |
| 0:19.0 | I'm the lighting designer here at the Daily Show, and the only thing that I love more |
| 0:22.5 | than our studio lights are the lights of a soccer stadium. |
| 0:25.2 | I'm joined by Daily Show writer and super fan Joe Opieo. |
| 0:28.2 | The World Cup is underway and we thought we'd drop a bonus podcast episode breaking |
| 0:31.9 | down the round of 16 and giving you our predictions for the quarterfifles. |
| 0:35.4 | We'll begin with a disappointing performance of the United States versus the Netherlands, |
| 0:39.0 | the Dutch make easy work of the Americans with a 3-1 victory. |
| 0:42.4 | What do you take away from the game Joe? |
| 0:44.1 | Ah first of all George, it's a pleasure as always to join you and break down the games |
| 0:49.0 | of the World Cup as it goes on. |
| 0:51.4 | My take away from the US game. |
| 0:52.8 | First of all, I thought the US was killed mainly by primary school boy errors in defense. |
| 0:59.6 | They were killed by cutbacks from the Dutch. |
| 1:02.1 | Normally you would think that a team at that level would know that when a ball goes on the |
| 1:06.7 | side, there are two chances. |
| 1:08.1 | Either you know the attack is going to smash it right across goal or they're going to |
| 1:13.0 | cut it back. |
| 1:14.0 | The US took the first option, they always went to defend. |
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