The Game Football Podcast

World Cup 2022: Episode 16 - It’s Just Like Watching Brazil

Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar - with Gregor Robertson and Tom Clarke in London. Brazil danced their way to a 4-1 victory over South Korea. Can anyone realistically stop them? (00:00) Speaking of dancing - did their goal celebrations go too far? (13:12) Japan came up short against Croatia as 2018’s World Cup finalists progressed. Do the Croatians have any hope of getting past Brazil? (16:44) Hugh has been in the England camp and spoke to James Maddison about his involvement in the squad and Raheem Sterling’s return home (26:36) The final Round of 16 games take place today - which teams are most likely to progress and what part will Cristiano Ronaldo play? (33:45) Get more of The Times and The Sunday Times for less than £1 a day. Start your free trial: <a href="http://thetimes.co.uk/thegame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thetimes.co.uk/thegame</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Game Football Podcast is the thinking fan's podcast for the debate, the tactics, the personalities, injuries, goals and analysis. From The Times and Sunday Times, it's the place for nuanced discussion around all the action throughout the 2024/25 season. Presented by Tom Clarke with contributors including Martin Samuel, Jonathan Northcroft, Charlotte Duncker, Hamzah Khalique-Loonat, Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd, Tom Allnutt and others. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.