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3:25What? Welcome to the Femme Ramble. Come on inside. Happy 4th of July. Happy 4th of July. Have you shot a gun yet? Yeah, I'm going to shoot a gun when I get home later. Have you keyed a can of bad lager? I'm going to shoot a gun into a bald eagle with a firework on its back. Yeah. There's an eagle sound on that soundboard. It needs to be. Do it. Could you do an eagle? You could probably do an eagle sound, couldn't you? Do one yourself. I'm not sad. Do one yourself. What? Do like an eagle sound yourself. Ha ha. There you go. It's not bad. Ha ha! It's Will Smith. We were talking about Will Smith before the show.

4:00You know, we very much enjoyed his song about Miami. Yeah. I just said it's peak Will Smith era, which it is. Yeah. Anyway. Grand Theft Auto 6, coming soon. That's set in Miami. Okay. Look forward to that one. What's this? Because it's all I was talking about, and I'm trying to game the... What's his word association? I'm trying to game the system when it comes to algorithms. this is a show about Grave to Dort 6 but also the Hard Rocks stadium in Miami the Sharks chomped the boat Luke but the Argentinians managed to explode them not with a pressurized scuba tank no with an extra time goal it was I tell you what that Sydney Cabral goal was an exploded scuba tank what a game though what a game Argentina 3 Cape Verde 2 AET this match had everything David Cartlidge a Messi wonder goal a Cape Verde an equaliser to take the match into, as they say, a perfectly poised extra time territory.

4:53It was astonishing. Wow. Honestly, absolutely astonishing. It was nearly probably one of the greatest ever World Cup stories. I think it's one of the great World Cup occasions. It has to be. Yeah, the second smallest nation ever to reach a World Cup and they're turning up with this kind of performances. We're talking Senegal in 2002. We're talking South Korea in the same tournament. Cape Verde, obviously, ranked much lower than both of those teams. It's an incredible story, David. And they've not been beaten, have they, in 90 minutes? No, no. And you can see why as well. Absolutely up for it every single game.

5:24They're making the most of their moment at the tournament. I mean, I know they're out now, but they have been. They've been astonishing. And I tell you what, some of the teams, the smaller teams that have gone out, your Jordans and such like that, they must be looking at it and going, why didn't we have a go at that? Way better than them. They probably think way better than Cape Verde. They didn't have a go, but Cape Verde, every single game, have been honoured in the faces of every single opposition. They didn't sit in. They haven't sat in. No. They haven't sort of garnered themselves. I mean, they've rode their luck.

5:50Vazina's had some nice saves. Again, one of the stories of the tournament and what have you. Of course they have. But for their energy and application and everything about it, it's been absolutely brilliant. And honestly, that Cabral goal and the celebration after when he went into the crowd. Oh, my God. He basically just didn't stop. At one point, I think he ended up in some Argentinian fans. Yeah, I mean, so Leo Messi on the 21st. That is such a good goal. Scores. It's one of those things where it speaks to how good Messi is that we're not talking about that for a very long time. I know it's Kate Verde.

6:19That's the energy. But to see him do that. The energy of that goal was like, it's like a Dennis Bergkamp goal. Yeah, it was. The deft touch and the finish all in the same movement. It was very reminiscent of that great Bergkamp goal. Lissandro played the De Boer role with that lovely ball over the top. Yeah, he did. Little reminder for many United fans just how good he is, by the way, as well, when he is playing. You're a big fan of Lissandro Martinez, aren't you? I love Lissandro Martinez and I love Kuti Romero as well. So, I mean, they're both scouts. so although then again I think the Romero goal was given as an own goal in the end which is a shame but yeah I do like that pairing but the Messi opening goal is such a great goal and then obviously they get back in it and like Argentina looked a bit leggy by the end of the match oh yeah they were cramping all over the place but the way Cape Verde play is very much as David said in your face yeah and I think you've got to be because I saw that footage of Argentina walking down the tunnel with their training shirts on before the game and you think they look serious.

7:16They look like you do not want to be in their way. But Cape Verde weren't intimidated by it. And the biggest compliment you can pay them, I think, is that they weren't overwhelmed by the occasion. They mentally and emotionally were very, very good. Because if they weren't, they'd have got destroyed. It's as simple as that. But they stuck in there. And that goal, it's just an amazing, amazing moment. If that goal, if they took Argentina to penalties and went through on penalties, which wasn't that far away from happening that would be one of the all-time World Cup goals and it arguably is anyway it arguably is anyway so Lissandro Martinez scores on the 92nd it was a good finish yeah it was an excellent finish smashing the ball high into the net like I said it was a reminder of just his quality basically and what he can offer it's just not fit enough I honestly think he'd want to be one of the top centre-backs in the world if he was fit more I rate him that high to be honest with you and just how brilliant he is on the ball it's great but look one of the few positives, I think, from the Argentinian performance.

8:14They were just really, really dismal. Like we said, really, really leggy as well. And I think Lautaro Martinez, I think he's only shot on target as being the goal against Jordan, apparently. But has he got like quite an odd role to play, though? Because, you know, he's really partly there to be all action to keep defenders busy and to do the running for Messi, right? That's the thing. It's a selfless role he's got to play, right? I was going to say, I think it was Michael Cox, Sonal Markner made a great point and he said it's very difficult for whoever's paired up with Messi because they're doing all of his leg work and they're kind of sitting a bit more deeper doing all the defensive work and doing all the running so when Argentina do get a break they have to make up even more ground to try and be on the advanced line and they just aren't getting there so Argentina have got nothing on a counter attack because they've got no legs there there's no explosion of pace to actually get away it's everybody kind of trying to wait to gather together and everything and for Messi to do something with them So I think they've got a lot of problems.

9:11They really have. And I mean, when you look at their next couple of games, their next potential games in terms of their route and everything, they could be found out surely at some point. I know it was four years ago, but you do sort of look at that and sort of go, it is hard to retain, isn't it? Especially with that edge. But speaking of ancient men, I mean, 40-year-old Vizinha did mug off the aforementioned La Taramita Martinez with a cheeky chop. He just absolutely took him out of the game. It was brilliant. Yeah, there was talk that he's completed more dribbles than Cristiano Ronaldo. Really?

9:40I think that counts as a completed dribble, I think. Nice. Okay, I like that, yeah. But, I mean, speaking of Michael Cox, he's been very critical of Vazenia. I think he's got a good point there. He said that Vazenia has made some... I'm not sure if he made this comment before or after last night's game. So, in fairness... I think it was before. I think it was before the game, yeah. He thinks he's made as many errors as he has saves and actually, you know, he's caught the eye with some saves but he's not been very solid. which and it's kind of an interesting discussion point because when you think about defenders for example who are really good tacklers some people would say well if you're good enough as a defender you don't need to make a tackle it's about clean shorts rather than clean Beresi style basically yeah clean shorts and clean sheets but I think you'd have to be very hard hearted indeed 9-9 put Michael and he is very hard hearted so it makes sense to be critical of Vecina who is now a massive I mean by the way his career is about to be over because of his age and because of the fact that he's still at a club at the moment did you see Romano's tweet about that Romano goes Vizinha by the way is a free agent of course he is he's 40 years old and not very good someone will bring him on for a little King Kazoo kind of like last you know third keeper kind of tilt note just to see him around and trust us we know because there's three free agents around the table but he's got 18 million Instagram followers now so he's going to hoover up the money just get the brand deals in and have you seen the ones who he's followed back by the way Who's that?

11:07Just women. Yeah, right. But you just know that some team... Free agent. You just know that some club is going to sign in for a marketing opportunity, right? I mean, that's inevitable. That's happening at some point. I think he's going to be in the pizza hut catching the sauce bottle at some point. Something like that. Basically, the Verdi in equivalent of that is going to be doing that. Maybe that Borla League or something. Yeah, well, exactly. Nice. He could do Borla League. He could do Borla League. But you mentioned Argentina getting found out. The issue with that is that they play Egypt next.

11:38It was stinking. Shocking. Yeah. And then after that, they play Switzerland or Colombia. So probably Colombia. Colombia's heads always go when they play Argentina. That's what I was going to say. Everyone in South America hates Argentina. They are mogged constantly by Argentina. So all of a sudden, they're in the semifinal, mate. And then they're playing England, hopefully. Or Brazil. You just don't know. So I think if we're going to criticise Argentina for the things you've mentioned, which I think on one level is fair enough. You do have to say that they kept their heads and they got it done.

12:08They made it happen. And I think sometimes you've got to be careful not kind of criticising teams for getting through things because it is a World Cup. The stakes are high. And that opinion means a lot to us as England fans as well. Well, quite. But Cape Verde were having a moment, aren't they? Sometimes you're in a storm. You've just got to weather it. And they did do that. Do you remember Italy-Nigeria in 94? and Nigeria nearly got there and it's like oh it just felt like that for me it felt to me like the best example of it I think is like I said to you before Chile and Brazil where everyone fancied Chile in 2014 me included yeah and they had an amazing team and they're really exciting and I'm pretty sure a load of their players got moves after the tournament and it was like they were fashionable and Brazil just got it done and it was like I can't hear the Brazil Ghana-Uruguay yeah I was devastated that game I remember I really loved that Chile team Ghana Uruguay is a great example.

13:03Listen, you're not seeing the same Ghana now. Trust me, we'll come on to that later.

13:13Hey, Pablo Torre here. As a sports journalist, I've covered global sports for many years now. And there is one thing that I can promise you. Nothing compares to the World Cup. And this time it is even better thanks to McDonald's. You have the chance to take home one of nine legendary cups when you order the FIFA World Cup meal. The cups feature some of the biggest legends in football, like David Beckham, Terry Henry, and Ronaldinho, Christian Pulisic, Lamin Amal, and Alfonso Davies. Right now, get one of nine legendary cups when you order the FIFA World Cup meal only at McDonald's. At participating McDonald's, only for a limited time, while supplies last.

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14:32And you had the dog in the crowd? Oh, I mean... Well, he wasn't really in the crowd, was he? He was kind of in his own little box. So a dog has been seen in the crowd. He was wearing ear defenders as well. He was in the posh seats with a block. There's a glass of white wine next to the dog, but I don't think that was belonging to the dog, unless it was dog wine. Is there such a thing? I think pets at home will sell you any old muck. You must have bought... I bought dog beer. I think I bought dog champagne before Okay, talk to me about What's that? It's fizzy, sugary water I suppose for a dog Come on Come on I just give the dog some of my actual beer You wouldn't buy dedicated dog beer?

15:16What the fuck? Come on Sleepy, sleepy dog He's never asleep That gave him antihistamines He's asleep for five days This is now cruelty He looked like he was having a lovely time and that's the thing about America. You can sort of say that any dog is a service dog and you just take him anywhere. Is that true? I believe so. You just put service on the side and go, it's my service dog. Get him a little thing saying, you know, there's that little thing they have sometimes saying nervous. Nervous. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anxiety dog. I never thought of that because I've never owned a dog. So basically, you're challenging people to challenge you essentially.

15:48So you've got a problem. Yeah, in America, you can do that. Over here, it's guide dogs and help. Okay, right. Can't take a dog into Tesco. And this guy's demeanour is like, like he does it all the time. Yeah, I mean, the dog looked pretty chill. I mean, I don't know where, I mean, I'm wearing headphones now. I think the placement of the ear defenders didn't make any sense for me. Right, because the position of the dog's ears. Yeah, because the dog's ears aren't on the side. They're on the top, aren't they? The holes of them. Oh. Well, you really thought this through? I didn't think this deeply about it.

16:16I mean, there's also... What made me really sorry to cut in, but what made me really sad was I really, when I knew that had happened because it was picked up by the sun and it was kind of widely known. I really wanted to see a reaction of the dog when that Cape Verde goal went in oh fuck that dog is having vicaries and Bob Mortimer's things oh no you done me in Luke we got a message from BG Healy on Instagram oh we did yes on the subject of dogs and before I say it I just want to say the sun went with the headline for this Poochettino by the way right brilliant I like that the sun are good for something yeah BG Healy no comment from me oh shit I forgot that's yeah So subjective.

16:56VG Healy on Instagram. I actually got challenged on that at one of the World Cup watch parties by someone. And then afterwards, about 30 seconds in, you tried to leave one on him as well, didn't you? He was a really nice fellow. And about 30 seconds in, they give me shit about the sun. His kind of heart wasn't in it. And he just went, oh yeah, sorry about that. No, no, no. I'm talking about the guy who had a go at you. And then you had to try to have a go back. Oh yeah, yeah. And he was literally, he was literally like, let me tell the story. He's a radiologist on a cancer ward. Fucking have a go on that, man.

17:28Pick that one out. That was it, exactly. So basically, he had a go at me. I said, well, you know, sometimes you've got to make bad decisions, try and make money, all the rest of it, all the things I said. I said, for example, what job do you have? And he went, yeah, I look after people on the cancer ward. After the NHS. And I was like, oh, well, all right, great. Anyway. Let's have the message from BG Heal on Instagram. They sent over a lovely little screenshot. He says, hi, Ramblers. there is a soccer bar in Brooklyn, New York that keeps replaying the video of the Mexican dog stealing a soccer ball in between World Cup games.

18:00This is the famous soccer dog that I was obsessed with. He says, does this count as a point for Pete? Not really. It's probably not even sanctioned FIFA viewing party. It probably just happens to be on in a bar in Brooklyn. There's so many dogs appearing at this time. I just can't believe it. Anyway, let's move on. David, let me just ask you a question. You've obviously worked for so many companies such as the Mirror, the ESPN, Daily Mail, ITV. You're based in Barcelona for a long time. So I can't think of anyone working for the Football Ramble who's better suited to answer this question. Who's got more of a handle on European football.

18:36Have you ever seen Soccer Dog European Cop? I've not known. Gutting. Sorry. Gutting. It's a bit of an anti-climax after that brilliant intro, but honestly, not a clue. Did we watch that over COVID? We did watch that over COVID. We reviewed it, yeah. I quite liked it it was you know it was less a children's film about a football playing soccer dog it was it was more like a rich meditation on identity I think so and belonging for our modern times yeah because like soccer dog it's not it's not just it's not just about the boundaries we put up around what we understand as talent status and acceptance it's almost homeric in its acceptance and examination about what success means in many ways wow I didn't realise it was this deep I just thought it was a dog the play of football.

19:20It's about friendship and overcoming prejudices, David. And if you don't mind, it's soccer in the context of this movie. And I've been hearing that possibly Pete's Film Club may be coming back this summer. Oh, that's, well, I've not signed that off. You don't have to. Do I get a say in that? No, you've blotted your copybook with a son. England, Mexico. England, Mexico. The kickoff time has been confirmed. It's been confirmed that England, Mexico will stick to the scheduled kickoff time of 1 a.m. BST. It was reported yesterday that the match would be moving to 7pm UK time due to the potential of storms in Mexico City, which was like it was annoying for people who would apply for the 5am licensing law adjustment, I imagine.

20:00They stick with it though, wouldn't they? They stick with it, I guess. Maybe, yeah. We're still getting pissed. But FIFA did make a U-turn on the decision after everyone got a bit upset. England and Mexican football associations got annoyed. Apparently just a Mexican radio station reported it. Aguirre, The Mexico manager Went on radio And he just really Stuck the boot And said It's a disgrace He referred to it As a kick in the stomach And he made some reference To drinking It's like drinking Garlic and vinegar Or something like that Basically So he kicked off And he was like Nobody's told me anything And Mexico Mexico's FA Hadn't put anything out England's FA Hadn't put anything out FIFA hadn't put anything out And he was just like Nobody said anything to me But he still went on radio And thought Nah I'm having a popper here I've got one in really early It sounds like it bloody worked as well Because the Mexican radio station shouldn't have had access to this information before the English FF.

20:50I think the issue is, as David said, that FIFA didn't actually make a statement. They were having internal conversations. But I guess because they are an absolute disaster of an organisation, I presume they leak like a C. Like a leaky, yeah. And people pick up on it and report what's potentially being talked about. And then the whole thing gets moved back to the original thing anyway. The forecast is good weather though anyway, isn't it? And there was a storm before around you were talking about the fact that Mexico City is a disaster when it comes to drainage and stuff like that. Yeah, just because of how the city is built.

21:20It's basically built in the basin and it basically sinks a little bit more every couple of years and what have you. So the drainage and the pipes that are under the city basically lower each time that happens. Sounds a bit like your house. How dare you? You've not done a full check out of your new house. Yours might have sinky pipes. It might, but it won't be because of my action. To be fair, I keep having repeated power cuts because of a light I installed. But then Adam Craft at The Athletic is reporting that actually the weather issue was a secondary issue. And they were more worried about the behaviour of Mexican and England fans and controlling them and all the rest of it.

22:02I don't know how true that is. But there's been no trouble. I know, but that is what Adam Craft has reported. Everyone's just been having fun, really. It's all pretty... Even if anybody plays up, but I think the Mexican fans are just the general vibe to just calm everyone down. I was going to say, they're having a good time. And also, they just have a little fun fight with each other. I don't know if you've seen that brilliant video where them wearing boxing gloves and they're punching each other in the middle of the street. So, yeah, everyone's having fun. I'd be really surprised if it was about fans.

22:25I don't think there's been any unrest at all this time. Either way, it's absolutely textbook event organization from FIFA. Say it's going to be at that time. Leak out that it's going to be five hours, six hours before so everyone loses their minds and then just say, no, it's the original time anyway. Is this the old Boris Johnson COVID thing? I just brought it out there for a few hours. So I also think it's interesting that England have booked, apparently England have booked 15 different hotels to try and stop people finding them. I mean, the problem is you can't really hide a bus full of people.

22:57You need lookalikes. So we need... I thought it might be a hotel each for the first 11. That's what I thought. I thought they might be going like minibuses rather than... How would you do it? I would split up the squad into minibuses or just like jeeps or something and we'd have decoy lookalike football. This is brilliant. This sounds like Sicario. Yeah, exactly. It would be a good idea. I was talking about underground tunnels, sneaking drugs into America. Use them for a bit. Pile in there. You can't make the pipes. It's too low. The pipes will get in. He's found a drug test. He was in the boot of a jeep with 40 kilos of cocaine and some of it just got on his clothes.

23:36Absolute nightmare. Yeah. I think it ultimately would have been amazing for us here to have it at 7pm. That would have been great. But ultimately, no, they've stuck with it. I can get back in my wee, wee, winky costume. Can I also just stick out there, possibly naively, that this disturbing of the players and the hotel and stuff, is it too much to suggest that with an AC unit running, some earplugs in, a bit of white noise, you'd be okay, wouldn't you? It's not that noisy, is it? I don't know, the rumble of thousands of people shouting and drumming and screaming and fireworks. Car horns as well.

24:13So I watched the video of them outside. Car horns are designed to cut through, aren't they? Exactly. The Ecuador Hotel. My word. So there was fireworks, car horns, a lot of loud mariachi Mexican music. It was just basically every sound that anybody could think of. Oh, let's just put it outside the Ecuador Hotel right now. So it could be tough then. It could be tough. I think it could be horrific this it could be absolutely horrific a monsoon a sinking stadium just everything's gone I know we're going to preview the game properly tomorrow but I'm not on the show tomorrow so I would just like to say I think England's best chance is to score early and somehow get through the last 20 minutes where they're going to I think their stamina's going to drop off a cliff but I did also read I did also read though that Viagra is not a list on the wilder banned substances so it's worth bearing in mind Priapic excitement all round Fingers crossed Listen They will be at my house I mean I guess I mean I guess Viagra kind of it only works when you're sexually aroused so maybe It opens the blood vessels It opens the blood vessels but it only but it's very contextual I think it doesn't like instantly give you a bone I think it just if you are sexually excited it helps with that side of things so the Mexican crowd you just gotta be sexy baby Let's get sexy and a special shout out to our friend Miguel Delaney who confirmed to us that altitude is tough because he did a 5k run and people have been very unfair to him online about it did he take a biograph beforehand I don't know that's unconfirmed but we can ask him I'll tell you what I'll do I'll message him and I'll ask him but we'll have a question mark yeah and see what he comes back with let's see it I'll come back to you alright cool alright well coming up after this Australia knocked out on penalties despite changing their goalkeeper

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26:42And there is one thing that I can promise you. Nothing compares to the World Cup. And this time it is even better thanks to McDonald's. You have the chance to take home one of nine legendary cups when you order the FIFA World Cup meal. The cups feature some of the biggest legends in football, like David Beckham, Terry Henry, and Ronaldinho. Christian Pulisic, Lamine Yamal, and Alphonso Davies. Right now, get one of nine legendary cups when you order the FIFA World Cup meal only at McDonald's. At participating McDonald's, only for a limited time, while supplies last, all rights reserved, copyright 2026, McDonald's at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

27:25Have I ever criticized Mo Salah on the pitch? Well, a couple of weeks ago you said his legs have gone. No, I don't grasp that as... That's something that happens to every player. It's great. It's a great... He's done you there. It's great instinctive comedic timer from David Jones, that. It's the sort of memory that presenters don't generally have. You see it all the time when, for example, Donald Trump gets interviewed and he just lies. And nobody ever goes, bullshit. But that's a lovely bit of bullshit. And done quite tactfully, I think, as well. Yeah, I think so. Respectfully. Respectfully.

28:00Yeah, to a great man. Egypt beat Australia on penalties to reach the last 16 of the World Cup after a one-all draw. And they were eggy. Eggy Egypt. Don't like them. You said that in the intro. Don't care for it. David doesn't like them either, do you, David? You think they're terrible? What's that? Egypt. Eggy. Eggy is shocking. Absolute garbage. Eggy. Why are they garbage? They're boring and they do nothing. Honestly, there's no attack there. They're just... Also, I quite like a little bit... I'm not totally offended by diving and what have you and going down easy. But wow. I think they're the most extreme case of it, this tournament.

28:32It doesn't take much for that. In a tournament where it doesn't seem to do you any good by the refereeing standings. Diamond doesn't get you anything. I don't think, Luke. I just thought that the big story about this game for me was the kid, they got to take a penalty. Yes. The 18-year-old Australian player, they got to take a penalty. I just thought that was a massive... dereliction of duty by all the senior pros in the squad. It was a big shout from the manager, and it was a big shout. I mean, yeah. I think if you hit this ball really hard, it does go absolutely flying. There's no control on it.

29:12So you're not of the persuasion that he's in the squad, so they clearly deemed him good enough. If he's there, then not. I just think that is a misconception and assumes that there's no dynamics at all that play within a group of people, which there are. And I think there's clearly going to be a hierarchy in a squad of players, and there's going to be senior pros. So you're saying that Lucas Harrington shouldn't have been given that penalty chance? I think he's 18 years old. I know he played the whole game, and he didn't do, you know, he wasn't great, but, you know, he's 18. I just think in that situation, there's got to be better candidates in terms of experience, mindset, you know, all the rest of it.

29:50I just thought it was, I think it's a lose-lose, really. I just don't really understand it. I think if it were me, if I was a senior pro in that squad, I would have stepped up ahead of him and said, I'll do it. I don't disagree with you, by the way. I was just wanting to put it out there because I think some people look at it from that angle. There's been a few instances of this where a kid has stepped up and missed and everybody's like, oh, he shouldn't have been put there. But other people obviously say, oh, look, he's in the squad. He's there to be used. Do you know what I mean? He probably has wanted to stop as well.

30:18I do understand that point of view. I just disagree with it because he's 18 years old. if you ever met an 18 year old of course they think they can do everything and they're confident and they think they can take on the world that's what 18 year olds are like particularly Australia ones who are successful professional athletes but what I'm saying is there needs to be a mechanism in there where like I say some of the senior players are like it's okay you don't need to do it it's not like he's respectfully to him and I don't want to pile on him because he probably feels terrible today it's not like he's an 18 year old attacking midfielder wonder kid he's a centre back you know who plays at an average club.

30:55I just don't see how they've got to that position. Even if he says, I feel really confident I want to take one, I still think that's a dereliction of duty. They put up a few defenders though. Suter went up as well. He did. That was terrible as well. That was a really interesting order of penalty takers, I thought, that they had as well. It's a really strange penalty shooter from Australia and we have to talk about the goalkeeper. Yeah, I mean, T-Pops managed. He just substituted the goalkeeper right before. Mini Matt Ryan. It's just incredible. He seemed to do it because he had a spare sub and it doesn't make any sense to me.

31:24But also, it doesn't make any sense if your players taking the penalties don't actually score them. It doesn't matter, does it? That's a good point, I suppose. You've got to actually score the goals. Yeah, I just... What I'd like to see is Lucas Harrington get to 17 million Instagram followers in support. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just so the community can rally around him. And also, I think part of the reason I feel so bad about for him is because he looked so nervous. And I just think he looked like a young kid, alone, really nervous. And it didn't look like in a million years he was going to score.

31:56I didn't see the swagger you see. If he was like, I don't know, so take Gilberto Mora, right? Who's younger than him, Mexican, attacking player, full of confidence. And he stepped up with the swagger. You'd be like, okay, look, fine. This kid looked alone. And I think that made me feel emotionally like he needed to be protected. And I thought it was quite distasteful. If you've still got acne, you've got to sit in the back knee. There we go. That's exactly. Good policy. You're on the 11th pen behind the goalkeeper. Good policy. Unless you're Hayden Hackney, who signed for Everton. Yeah, nice. I like it.

32:32Yeah. I mean, so Australia bring on the substitute goalkeeper, Matt Ryan, for the penalty. Shoots out. Did he save one? No, he did nothing. He did nothing. He did nothing. He was quite poor. I think he dived the wrong way on every single one. He's not playing a single minute in the World Cup. Here he is, box fresh. Get him on. After the third dive the wrong way, she's like, what'd I do, baby? And look, how you like me now? Thanks for bringing me on, babes. And look, I'm not a big lad myself, but he's really small. You can step up and you're just looking at him in the goal and go, wow, he is tiny.

33:06This is not a Donnarumma or a Bono sort of situation where, wow, he's really big and imposing, fill the goal. He's bloody tiny. I mean, Egypt were actually watching videos of penalties against Matt Ryan before the shootout. And one of the shots were actually someone doing a Penenka, which is funny. So Mo Salah did a Penenka. He did. A very, it's the least Penenka-y Penenka I've seen. It's very driven, I would say. I thought it was a half Penenka. Yeah. I think he sort of thought, I'm going to have to put a bit of juice on this. Which made it a little bit easier to save, one would suggest. Well, not if you're Matt Ryan.

33:36Not if you're Matt Ryan. No, it was like when you've hit a tee shot and you're behind some trees and you've got to punch one out low. So you still hit it hard, but it stays low. Okay. It was like that. No, me too. Not a clue. People know what I'm talking about. Great golf band. Golf men know what you're talking about. Yeah, he's got a certain age. Can I play that shot? Absolutely not. But I've seen it done. Have I seen it done? I've seen it done. Are you on the iPad watching it before you got hit? I get Matt Ryan on to take my punches for me. Do you think Egypt should be thrown out of the competition because technically they did broadcast Liga footage on the television?

34:07What happened? They were watching on the iPad footage of Matt Ryan in Valencia. FIFA's compliance department think about that. Yeah, Javier Tabas will not like that at all. What if they were, I mean, presumably, maybe they were even just watching the penalties and they just really wanted to hear some Evanescence because that's always the music that goes along with gold compilations. Break me down. Hick me up. I can't break out. Miguel Delaney's confirmed he did not pop any Viagra for his five-kilometer attitude run. Can you reply to an amateur? Yeah, I would say amateur hour. Pop one now. Tell me about it.

34:39Tell me all about it. I've replied to an amateur hour. Pictures, please. for his next trick can he go outside a hotel where Mexican fans are yeah no sorry can he go inside the hotel and see if he can sleep that's a good idea seriously yeah like guns are journalism that'd be really good but this was Egypt's first ever World Cup knockout win and they weren't good for it and I don't want to see them again you have to you have to Mo Salah was seen wearing a pharaoh's hat during the celebrations I said earlier you should call them the pharaohs and you said that was you basically implied that was some kind of colonial term and that we stole all their stuff for the British Museum.

35:13Well, I don't want to mention it because the link was provided on the running order. For some reason, someone's deleted the picture on Reddit of Mo Salah wearing a hat. I'm furious. And I Googled it and I couldn't find it. Oh, that's a shame. I tell you what, if you do go to the British Museum, whereas a lot of stolen Egyptian artifacts are, you can buy Pharaoh's hats for like 50... Yes, I've got one of them. It was 15 quid from the... It's like a jester's hat. It's like a jester's hat. From the museum shop. Yeah, it's like a Sphinx's hat, isn't it? Or whatever it's called. I'm sure there's a word for it.

35:44I'd love to see you wear one when we preview them playing against Argentina next. Yes, exactly. That would be good. But I mean, it's their first ever World Cup knockout win, David, as Peter said. Any kind of praise for them for that? No. No. They're awful. I'm sorry. I'll tell you what, the match did a very spicy post-match interview. Did he? Very spicy. What did he say? It's a lot to do with the current war, ongoing war in the Middle East. Right, okay. It went on for ages. Fair do's Fair do's Well Morocco and Egypt The remaining African teams Let's hope at least Morocco Can do something But if If Egypt Took it to Argentina next Knocked them out With a swaggering display Of amazing football Would you be Back on board?

36:23I'll be back I need to see something from them Like don't get me wrong I don't mind teams who dig in Pro defensive performance That's fair enough But they're just really Really boring I agree with you I think There's a Small chance Admittedly But there is a chance That the quarter final could be Egypt versus Switzerland, which I think would be the worst quarterfinal in football history in any competition. And I'm including Johnstone's paint in that. Can we do like a media blackout and not cover it? I'm including the Kent Premier Senior Cup. It's the worst quarterfinal in the history of football.

36:55Oh, no one to say that. Yes. Mika Richards apparently revealed that he drove more Salah to training every day while they played together at Fiorentina. Why is that? Because they share driving, I guess. Maybe Salah couldn't drive. Maybe Micah Richards is, some would say, not me, because I think it's unfair, but some would say, and I wouldn't like to align myself with this opinion, some might say that Micah is struggling to retain his relevance. Right. And is dropping these, drip feeding these stories. I like his suits. He's very well dressed. Very well dressed, man. And I'm allowed to say that because I've never been relevant, so it doesn't matter to me.

37:33I've got no dog in that fight. Probably beat you up, mate. Oh, absolutely. Fucking batter me. You might be large, but he's even larger. He would grout his bathroom with you. Let's make that very clear. But he never would because he's very pleasant. Nice man, exactly. Yes, Columbia set up a round of 16 tie with Switzerland. Columbia won at Ghana nil. Ghana only managed four shots and one shot on target. It wasn't great from Ghana. They did what they did against England. But they could have, could they? They got their just desserts. Because they conceded early. That's a good point. That's the thing.

38:05The first 14 minutes they did. Yeah. basically yeah I think Columbia who are an interesting presumably you'd agree they're a dynamic attacking side I love them yeah exactly I love them exactly they were able to do what England couldn't do which is score early and of course it's all about England but there's a couple of things at play here one is if England had scored early it would have been totally different obviously and they had chances to do so they just didn't and secondly this was a knockout game not a group game Ghana couldn't set up that's right yes in exactly the same way because it's a knockout game yeah exactly so it's apples and oranges is what I'm saying But I like Colombia.

38:37I've said throughout the tournament they've been really, really good. I'd be interested to see how far they can go. As you said, David, they might lose their minds against Argentina if they get past Switzerland. They're just going to get mocked. They always do. Right. Argentina are their father, basically. And they just, honestly, no matter how good they are in a particular tournament, if they meet Argentina and it's happened in the Copa America, they just lose it all. But look, Colombia, we've avoided Egypt because we said they're rubbish, but Colombia, absolutely brilliant to watch. from back to front, exciting.

39:09Just need to be a little bit more ruthless. That's all that's missing. They rack up a lot of offsides as well. Luis Diaz and Luis Suarez, not that one, the Colombian one, are just offside a lot. But generally speaking, they're just lovely to watch. And there's a few big performances there. There's a lad in midfield called Puerta who plays in the Spanish second division. He's been pretty much like one of the stars in the tournament for them. DeVincent Sanchez, remember him? He's playing really well too. So I like them. And they've got one of my little niche likes is Juan Fergantaro, a little attacking midfielder.

39:39You love a bit of Daniel Munoz, do you? I do. I love Daniel Munoz. Love Daniel Munoz. Is he on the move after this tournament? He's absolutely nailed on for a Barca. A£55 million move to Chelsea. Ruining him. Colombia beat Argentina in the qualifying. Yeah. So they can do it, but this is a big tournament, big moment. The only thing I do want to raise is Shakira. Right, okay. So she hasn't been to a Colombia, she's a Colombian, obviously, one of the most famous exports. She hasn't been to a Columbia game yet, I don't think. I thought she was in the first, I thought she was there at the first one.

40:11She might have been in the first, but since then, she's been in all the Argentina games. Right. Her kids, herself, in Argentina shirts as well. So I'm led to believe that, I'm led to believe that she's got gigs at the moment. She's doing a lot of shows in Miami. So apparently that's it. Okay, yeah. But if Columbia face Argentina, which way is she going? Is she going to be, is it the curse of Shakira or will it be the, you know, the thing that... She's getting a lot of heat for it in Columbia. so it's a big issue so it's a Shakira Derby then yeah yeah essentially but I think Kosov her time in Barcelona with Pique and Messi was obviously there lives in Miami into Miami Messi so I think the Argentina sort of thing is there but yeah you'd think a broken marriage and tax problems in Spain would put her off the whole affair one of my favourite rumours of all time is the Shakira Gerard Pique rumour which she references in the song I think but then she said it was untrue but I'll read it I'll read it out you're talking about this She has to sound fascinated by this.

41:05Yeah, so she, the rumour that was reported was that it was alleged that she found out about Gerard Piquet's infidelity because she got back from a trip and there was some half-used strawberry jam in the fridge and she knew that Gerard Piquet and their kids didn't eat strawberry jam. Didn't eat strawberry jam. And then she started to peel, pull on the thread like a detective. Was he fucking an ant? Who eats that much jam? Sorry, darling, I must head to the fridge. Actually, she realised she was in the Gold Locks of the Three Bears house. I always thought she found out because he was doing like a live stream, one of his live streams and there was like some clothes or something in the background and it was somebody else's.

41:45I'm sure it was that but covered in jam. Well listen, speaking of sexiness, after your sexy dance yesterday, Peter, which is on the Instagram for those who haven't seen it, before we started recording, Pete was making life very difficult for the production staff by dancing the whole time. We ran a poll on our Instagram asking the listeners whether they would let Pete dance at their wedding. Amazingly, what percentage do you think said yes? Ooh, I reckon it's probably high. I'm saying 70%. 86%. Am I allowed to drink? What song is it? Most of the people who come back to us are already married, so they've got to worry about it.

42:20I do worry about weddings because sometimes the, what's that cameo song where everyone knows the dance to it? Candy. Don't know. The candy? Not sure. All around the world. No, not that one. Not word up. there's another I think it's cameo it certainly sounds like them but everyone knows the dance to it and I never know the dance to it and every time I see it I'm like

42:44people will know it people will have been at weddings where that happens and everyone knows the dance and I never know the dance and every time I see the dance I want to know the dance and I never learn the dance and I'm never prepared you okay? yeah have a dragon soup me red me red cod pieces hurt and I started the deal I started the deal with an Aldi energy drink. for you yesterday. A lot of love for the Portland Timber shirt you wore. Yeah, it was a freebie, wasn't it? Yeah, probably. Not bad. Yes, finally, we had a comment from Estras. I'm not sure whether it's Instagram or Twitter or however they got there.

43:16Probably on the old Insta. On the old Insta. After we discussed the confusing use of schnickle during the Portugal crochet match. Estras says, if you're going to fight against technology, throw your phone away and go live in a cave. Or Croydon. I do live in a cave. Why is Croydon catching strays? People are critical about Croydon, aren't they? They've got tram now. That's technology, isn't it? They've had a tram for a long time. Manchester's got trams. Sorry to go a bit burn on me, but Manchester's got trams now. Edinburgh was the last one to get a tram, wasn't it? Weirdly. What was your take on the snicko?

43:46Croatia snicko? You know what my take was. Are you on my side? I said it was bollocks. It's absolute rubbish. You didn't even need to ask that. Is that partly because you dislike Portugal? Yes, but also I just hate all this technology crap. yeah fair enough go live in a cave yeah I was going to say I live in the Stonehenge Dinosaur FC we'll take it alright then we're into the last 16 ooh la la Canada Morocco kicking off at 6pm BST and Paraguay France kicking off at 10 it's a feast of football tonight every single time another round comes round you start praying to the football guys that someone will somehow knock out France they won't they won't they won't it won't happen I thought you were going to say Canada because of that idiot it no no no no all right okay yeah i mean i think this is as far as canada go i think i think this will be i mean i'm really hoping i'm gonna pray very hard that it's the end here's right here's a uh here's a little prediction for you are they one of your stinky stinky teams that you don't like jesse marsh it's jesse marsh oh it's literally jesse marsh so please morocco please here's a prediction for you morocco will beat them and when the writing is on the wall for Canada Jesse Marshall will do something preposterous to performatively preposterous to be angry about it yes that'll be my take we'll do an on field all sort of Phil Brown maybe maybe that and I think France will absolutely decapitate Paraguay in a way that means that they are obviously going to win the World Cup they'll probably win about 4-1 something like that and it'll be depressing you don't give Paraguay any chance you don't think they're going to do a little shock again zero chance we're talking about I just think France are miles better than Germany France France is the only team that every decent team can be got at and got at hard at times.

45:30Everybody looks a bit leggy, but France just... I like now we're in the realm of everyone's trying to comfort themselves in. Oh, they've peaked, they've peaked, they've peaked. And then they play a green again. They're just like, oh my God, they've peaked. They're just a shiter. It's like Roulette, Roulette, bout me flat next, innit? I think we've got a reasonable chance of Morocco doing something against them. And I think after that, it might well be Spain in the semis. and that will be interesting. Yeah. So you never know. You never know. We live it up. All right. Well, thank you for listening to the Football Ramble, part of the Acast Creator Network.

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