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3:07Luke Moore: Cooler than a polar bear's toenails, everybody. Welcome to the Football Rumble. The Club World Cup now has a song and Sergio Ramos is at it again. It's Wednesday 18th of June. I'm Marcus Speller. I'm Luke Moore. And I'm Pete Donaldson.

3:31Luke Moore: Hello, everybody. Welcome to this Wednesday edition of the Football Ramble. Pleasure to have you with us. Thank you very much to Friend of the Ramble, Gucci Membrane, for giving us that intro line. Good name. You can submit the intro line for next Wednesday's show by shouting up to the Football Album patron for just$5 a month. You can chat to people like old Gucci there. Nearly called him Gooch. That would have been... Hello, Mr Membrane. Nice to hear you. Hope Mrs Membrane's well. And the Membrane children are doing okay. Gucci Membrane is the name of a musical artist or group, and one of his songs is...

4:03One of his EPs is Suck the Poop Back In. Oh, Peter. E.P. Well, look. Not to be confused, but Gucci Mane, of course, the Ramble. Yeah, exactly.

4:10Luke Moore: Let's be very clear about that. By becoming a member of the Ramble Patreon, you'll also get an extended edition of every Wednesday Ramble. Just head over to patreon.com forward slash football ramble to get involved. Gucci Mane's got one of the few face tattoos I enjoy, which is a little ice cream cone and brr next to it. Very enjoyable. Not sure of the point of it, but... Well, it's a reminder that today is a very good day for an ice cream. It is. It is. I've got a Calippo in my freezer that I use. I thought you were going to say in your bag. I thought that. Get it eaten now, quickly. There might be something left.

4:41I had a small screw in my pocket that I just gave to you that I discovered on the tube. I sat on my bum.

4:46Luke Moore: Nearly threw me off the intro. Sorry. You're a pro. From one pro to another, FIFA have unveiled an official song for the Club World Cup. Needed, isn't it? No TV deal struck. No advertising. Can we buy a football? A Club World Cup football? Come on, boys. Where's all the stuff? We're hearing about it a lot now, and maybe music just takes a little bit of time to sort of sink in when you've got such an important song. But it was apparently released, busted out, if you will, on Spotify on the day of the first match. How was it? Maybe we're just sort of distracted by Roberto Baggio's Little Rat's Tale.

5:23Quite possibly. Technically speaking, the song itself first came out in 1977.

5:29Luke Moore: Clearly, though, yeah, with struggling attendances and so on, they've thought, hang on, people have... We need to remind them about the song, don't we? This has gone under the radar. Yeah, this tournament needs a saving. So who are you going to call? You call Pitbull. You do. And producer Red One, who I've very, very recently heard of. I'd never heard of him. Well, he's been announced. Well, they've been announced as the artists of this Club World Cup anthem, which, of course, is a remix of We Will Rock You, bringing the past and the present together in beautiful matrimony. This will surprise no one, but if you are one of the people out there listening to this who's got the absolute joy of not only ever never hearing this song, but not knowing it existed either, allow me to just inform you, just to tick that box.

6:11It's bad. It's bad, yeah. It's a bad song. In the words of Freddie Mercury, you can do anything about my music, but don't make me boring. Yeah. They made him boring. Also, does Pitbull do anything other than just rework existing songs? Because I feel like... Is he making any money out of this? Oh, Pitbull. Come on, come on. You don't make any money out of... re-happing other people's... FIFA. Oh, yeah, FIFA will be paying him.

6:33Luke Moore: Is Pitbull making money off a job from FIFA? Think about what you just said there. Not specifically the FIFA aspect to it. Oh, Mr. Moneybags himself. I mean, he is a raging capitalist, right? And FIFA are FIFA. They need someone to save them. Pitbull is the man. I was confused by this because I saw the video on Instagram that went viral for the wrong reasons of Gianni Infantino having a chat with Robbie Williams to introduce her song. Yeah. Was that not the Club World Cup song then? No, he did the... He's performing, isn't he? Oh, so that was just a performance thing. Yeah, because we were talking about that.

7:08Luke Moore: And Peter, I said on, I think it was Monday, I said, oh, Peter does love a bit of Robbie Williams' gun for hire kind of chat, doesn't he? Yeah, he sort of floats around doing little, dirty little birthday parties, isn't he? He does love doing a birthday party. For people who are mostly sanctioned. Yeah. He's got to find a gig somewhere. FIFA haven't been sanctioned yet. It's a good point, actually. He might be struggling for a few quid. You reckon? Yeah. Yeah, right. If you are, you've always got FIFA to turn to. One of the final moves before the real death throw of the music industry, Williams signed, I think, to EMI for£80 million, didn't he?

7:50Was it a 10-album deal? It was quite a lot of albums.

7:53Luke Moore: It was the biggest deal we've ever seen. He's not short of cash. No, he'll be fine. No, no, no, no. Anyway. By the way, everybody, if you're a first-time listener and you're thinking, are you going to talk about football? Sadly, this is kind of relevant. It is. It's not our fault. It's not our fault. What I don't... So I have... I'm not the type of audience for this song, right? Who is? It's difficult to say. People who don't like music? Yeah, maybe. It's nothing to do with age, this. No, it's not. It's not. It's nothing to do with that. I don't particularly like Queen anyway, so maybe I'm not the one for it.

8:21But what annoys me about it is the rank laziness of it. And what I mean by that is If you do actually find the time to go and listen to this reworking of We Will Rock You, essentially it's nothing that you couldn't have done yourself with access to Cubase or Logic and an hour of Pitbull's time. Yeah. They've not even done, because what they found is they thought, right, the client for this is FIFA and FIFA Sounds. Do you guys know about FIFA Sounds? Oh, no. So FIFA Sounds is an offshoot of FIFA. Right. or it might be FIFA Sound. It's one of those two things. It's an offshoot of FIFA and it's described as the home of music and entertainment.

9:04Luke Moore: It's like FIFA's record label. Basically, yeah. There's a channel of it on Spotify. There's loads of terrible stuff on there. But this is on there. This has been put out by FIFA Sound. And Pitbull and Red One, who's probably a producer of some renown, have just thought, it's FIFA, man. We've seen them coming. They'll accept anything. Right, there you go. It's a far cry from Shakira's Waka Waka flame or whatever it is. Which was an original song at least. Now you're talking. It's very much like 10 minutes, like you said, on Cubis on a private jet to an LA party. He probably got AI to do it for him.

9:35Have you said this at the WAV? Yeah.

9:37Luke Moore: I don't know. Well, Pitbull said sports and music are universal languages because they bring people together. It's truly an honour to once again partner with FIFA. He didn't say that. He never said that. Well, was he in attendance for Monterey 1, Inter 1? We have to talk about the actual football. Nice link. I thought you were going to do about five minutes defending Pitbull. I think he can defend himself he's certainly got the money for it of course Sergio Ramos scored it was lovely of course if anybody didn't see it have a guess yeah that's right a header from a corner wasn't actually that good a header either didn't need to be it was good enough 39 years old he's wearing the number 93 on his back come on I'll tell you what I'm all in for the Club World Cup you've got to love it Peter I have been begrudgingly enjoying this tournament it's like a bizarro World Cup I'm into it Everything looks a little bit like, you know, copy on a copy kind of Sky Sports broadcast of the Copa America from the 90s.

10:31It just feels hot. Also, there's no pressure, is there? No. You don't care who wins? No. It's like a summer tournament where you don't really care what happens. It's like an ant farm. It's watching an ant farm.

10:43Luke Moore: Very industrious. It's a glorified ten and sixes for those in Scotland. Oh, nice. That's what it is. Nice. And I also like the Lautaro Martinez scored. and should have scored another shouldn't he he should have still a hangover from that PSG you forgive him though because you're like this is the last thing we need after getting absolutely worked in the Champions League final our manager's even jumped ship to another team in this tournament he just doesn't want to be associated with us anymore and who are we facing now oh yeah it's Sergio Ramos and his men you see Sergio Canales was playing that was an amazing surprise he should have scored as well yeah that was 25 yarder off the post Actually, yeah, let me rephrase that.

11:24It was a lovely effort, and he was unlucky not to score.

11:27Luke Moore: Oi, in the words of I Show Speed to Sergio Aguero, who didn't put away, didn't put away, didn't hit the crossbar on the crossbar challenge, you've got to make those. Yeah, I heard that on Monday. And I have to say, the continued emergence of I Show Speed has coincided lovely with my week off. I'm hoping we don't see him again. Oh, we will. Yeah, we will. Yeah, so lovely to see Sergio Canales. For those who remember, he was that teen sensation and he signed for Real Madrid, didn't really play much and then he was at Betis for a bit and so on. But it was Christian Kivu's first match in charge of Inter since succeeding Simone and Zahn.

12:03Luke Moore: Lovely little dry run, isn't it? It is. Lovely little dry run. It's very dry there. Tell you what, it's the driest of all the runs. Over half the seats were empty in the Rose Bowl. But rest assured, Andy Brassel did his best by putting his feet up to try and get the attendance figures up. You could just lie down, couldn't you? Can everyone lie down? So when they take an aerial shot of this. Yeah, it's like spotting a spare row on a flight and it's like, yes, I'm having that. Brassel's living it, isn't he? Absolutely living it. Can you imagine how many trainers he's bringing home? I hope he gets detained.

12:33He gets put behind bars. Yeah, one of

12:37Luke Moore: the many tragedies of Brexit, though, is, of course, the pound decreased. And actually, when you go to America, it's not cheap anymore. Not cheap, no. When you're owning Andy Brassel, fuck you money, it's fine. It doesn't matter. When you're on Jay-Z money like Brassel. That's true enough, yeah. Moving the nets to BK. He turns up, a member of the FIFA delegate, hands him his and trainers, they are, and Andy's going to need them. Andy's moving AFC Wimbledon to LA. Well, you know, it's in their DNA, isn't it? Nasty on that. Come on. Let's move on then to another side who play in West London, Chelsea.

13:11Luke Moore: They beat LAFC the other night. The attendance for this one was just 22 ,000 inside the 71 ,000 seater Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. You would think... Are you happy with Wimbledon being in West London, are you? Another team you play in West London? Or South West London. South London. You've got a W in there. You've already said moving their locations in their DNA. Do you want to invite extra flack onto you from all the Wimbledon fans? I would say it was South West London. Okay. Interesting. But you said West London. So you want to roll back from that or not? Alright, I'll say Chelsea or South West London as well then.

13:45Luke Moore: Okay. There we go. Yeah, actually, fuck them. Tell what you like about them. Is LAFC West-West London? It's definitely West of London. What zone is LAFC? There's always to go there. Zone 143. Yeah. I mean, LAFC, if you're an LAFC fan, you would think to yourself, I mean, could we not have played this game in Los Angeles? Well, no, they can't because the draw is the draw. The draw is the draw. Respect the draw. It's like saying, you know, if you don't get to choose, I suppose you do get to choose when it's the World Cup and you're a host country, I suppose. I don't think it works logistically, does it?

14:18Respect the CWC, please.

14:19Luke Moore: Well, I suppose they got added to the tournament late, though. So maybe that's it. That's exactly the good point. I think that's the reason. Because if you're FIFA and you're thinking, the ticket sales haven't been going, then play the teams who are actually in the country in their home stadiums or at least in their home cities. I guess it is quite a distance. The home, yeah, fine. But I mean, the whole tournament's fucking bonkers. It was just an idea for FIFA. They could have rectified that a little bit more. They might still do before the end. Well, who knows? They might get 41 % capacity. Based on the performance of MLS teams so far, though, I'm not sure they're going to trouble the latter stages, are they there?

14:53Perhaps not, perhaps not.

14:55Luke Moore: The cheapest ticket was about£37 for this game, which was just before kick-off. They were significantly more expensive in the build-up, and then during the game, the tickets were still on sale for£26. Yeah, it's hubris, isn't it? I mean, it's incredible hubris, and it's got everything you want from a FIFA kind of run operation because it's hubristic, it's too expensive, and it's got Infantino on the record saying how much he likes dynamic pricing. he's on the thick end of dynamic pricing here isn't he? He's fallen foul of his own dynamism Mark my words Peter this time next week we will be measuring them in the cents rather than the dollars I think so He's up in 27 you get the feeling that he might not even make that with this performance I know FIFA wanted a yearly competition to go with the Champions League in UEFA's camp but this has been an atrocious start Pete you can't misunderstand the way that these power grabbers shore up their own power.

15:48Yeah, because this was down for everyone. He's changed all the rules anyway to get himself to serve longer. Because of Blatter's, he sort of shod up Blatter's end, didn't he? He argued it didn't end up being a full term so he could serve another one. Yeah. That's what the Constitution says. But all you've got to, whenever I think about this stuff and the type of person in Fantino is, the one thing that I always remember, and I want you guys to remember in the studio and listening, whenever you think about what the type of person in Fantino is, just remember that on that new trophy he's had made his own name is on it twice nice

16:21Luke Moore: twice his own name is on the trophy twice yeah absolutely in the keyhole yeah dictionary definition of the word Pratt yeah he's a Pratt but he's obviously worse than that like he's a really kind of yeah nefarious Pratt I'd say so yeah let's go with that then yeah anyway the game Chelsea 2 AFC 0 actually Chelsea the first Chelsea goal was really good a nice one really good I mean I found that LAFC were so slow. If you bear in mind that they're in the middle of their season, I know it's not the standard that compares to the Premier League, but Chelsea have come off the back of a very, very long season, right?

17:01Deep in a European competition, which, okay, was a bit of a cakewalk, but you've still got to play these games. And MLS are in the middle of their season. I couldn't believe how slow they looked. Like Chelsea just kind of, they didn't really show anything. And so when I say that the first Chelsea goal was great, which it was. Lovely through ball to Neto. Really nicely timed pass. Great run. Great composure. And Enzo Fernandez's goal was good as well. I arrived late. He's quite good at doing that now. And trademark kind of run from deep. Yeah, yeah, very much so. It's part of his special move, really.

17:30I couldn't help but get away from the feeling that they just went up against much.

17:33Luke Moore: No, I know what you mean. You felt that LAFC gave Chelsea too much respect, maybe. Yeah. It's easier said than done, I know, because Chelsea, look, Chelsea are a superior side. Hugo Lloris in bins, though. Yeah, exactly, yeah. I got the sense that they sort of approached it sort of saying, well, look, we've seen teams like PSG really down the pace because they can't do it in the heat. I don't know what the heat was in Atlanta, but I imagine it was fucking spicy. It's going to be hot. But I think they expected Chelsea to sort of not work quite so hard, but they didn't really need to work all that hard anyway.

18:02Luke Moore: Maybe. I mean, the funny thing is, because, you know, Lewis and Rinka said about PSG, yeah, we couldn't play our proper game. Yet they still look brilliant. Yeah. That's the worrying thing. I think also in that situation, particularly pertaining to that game, if you dominate possession, it's easier for you. Nothing will make you feel hotter and more tired than running around after the ball at all the time. True enough, yeah. Old Liam De Lappe came on. He did. He pressed. It was a good pass. Got himself an assist for the second goal. But with regard to the whole situation with lack of fans and the atmosphere and everything, Maresca said, I think the environment was a bit strange.

18:41He's right. It was, look, Fernandes still sorted his feet out to get that second goal. Yes. To see him through.

18:47Luke Moore: And one of a number of Argentinians who have scored at this tournament, Peter. We move on to Boca Juniors 2, Benfica 2. This was brilliant. What a game. This is what we came for. An eventful match, three sendings off, including Ander Herrera, who wasn't even on the pitch. Even the players that were playing for the Portuguese club were Argentinian and doing stuff. Well, yeah, it was brilliant, wasn't it? Andrea Bellotti, of course, Italian. and he was a bit like, right, okay, this is the environment, this is what we've got to do. Sent off for an unbelievably high boot on Costa. Yeah. And he seemed a bit surprised at that and it's like, when you watch the replay, you'll sympathise with the VAR.

19:23Luke Moore: Yeah, you... That's what you'll do. First of all, what's the referee looking at? That's what I want to know. Second of all, I love it when players have the temerity to complain about something that's just so obvious. You can't fucking do that. It's not a grey area. You can't do that. you can't put your boot studs up that high into someone's head just walk off Jackie Chan's watching that going yeah it's a red card Roy Keane would have at least had the dignity just to walk straight off yeah exactly you know not wait for VAR don't argue with it don't kick people really high don't try and fight a security guard these are just basics guys that's right that's right absolutely yeah but it was a good game though I mean Bokker of course you know well up for this you know the old thing is that all the South American teams want to have a go at the European teams yeah fine and so they should their fans are amazing they are aren't they I mean we saw them on the rides at Universal Studios.

20:12Luke Moore: They took over a Walmart in Miami before the game. They absolutely love it. As I say, this tournament, what this really needs, and FIFA, if you're listening, weave your magic, if you know what I mean. Make sure you get a Boca River game. If we get a Super Classico in this tournament, everyone in America will know about it. In a Walmart. For the good or for the bad. Yeah, exactly. I'll tell you something. Infantino better pray that Bocca go deep in this tournament because those fans and that team could save the entire thing. I mean, the fans were incredible. The fans, I mean, they took over that entire end.

20:47They made it sound like a proper game, which is the first time I've seen it in this tournament. The game itself was brilliant.

20:52Luke Moore: He wants as many South Americans, particularly Brazil and Argentina, and to face each other. That's right. That's what he wants. That's what they should want. But amazing effort to travel from those fans, particularly in this environment as well. that they're experiencing in the US because people might think that there's a lot of Argentinian people in Miami. There actually isn't. It's not really a huge diaspora of Argentinian people in Miami. And if I was a Latino person, I would not be heading to any events, let's say. Not worth the fucking chew. But they're crazy. It is for them because they're just crazy for the club.

21:25They're so dedicated. The game itself was brilliant. I was reading about them going into the tournament and a bit of disarray. A lot of drama going on. They just replaced their manager. But obviously a lot of South American teams are trying to cope with losing their players so early as well, aren't they? It's just mocked you. It is, but what I'm saying. Yeah, but you're right to say it though. But what you need, this is what I'm trying to say. It's a brand new tournament to all intents and purposes. You guys covered it on Monday. Yes, there was a precursor to it, but this is a brand new tournament.

21:50To make it authentic, to make it successful, you need narratives and stories and things. You can't just chuck a load of teams together, watch them play out shit tepid nil-nils or one nils at the end of a long season for most of them and then go, isn't this a great tournament? you need people to buy in and Boca look like they're buying in. And so if they go deep it could be a story and then all of a sudden in years to come do you remember Boca? It becomes a thing. Infancino should be I mean he probably doesn't pray he probably just as you've already alluded to does a bit of FIFA magic quote unquote but he needs to find a way to keep them in this tournament I'm telling you that.

22:22Sitting in his pentagram. Yeah. Yeah I would say like I mean this is a chance I mean historically this competition has been quite you know interesting for that part of the world because, you know, every decent player is on a pre-contract with Real Madrid at 16 and they're out of there. This is a chance to sort of go, yeah, we've still got some fucking players. Probably, yeah. And you can have them too.

22:45Luke Moore: But you say about the fans, those fans, right, I mean, these types of fans exist everywhere in the world, but to the nth degree there, if you're not trying, they'll bloody well let you know. And so they're going to go full pelt and it's going to be very, very interesting. It was lovely to see Nicholas Otamendi, a fellow Argentinian shithousing to win a penalty as well against Boca. Yeah, giving it a big one. Then turning up with the header of the tournament so far as well. He enjoyed that. He did enjoy it. You've got Angel Di Maria who's going back to Argentina after this tournament scoring the penalty.

23:15There's so much narrative in the game. And then Nicola Figao got sent off with one of the most Argentinian challenges you'll ever see. Absolutely. Which is lovely to see. And also, I'll tell you, right, no one said anything about this and I needed a steward's inquiry. I need us on the socials to share this footage. Yes. I need you guys to tell me your thoughts. When the referee sent off Nicola Figau, I am pretty sure when he pulled the red card out...

23:40Luke Moore: There was another card. I think it was a dollar bill. No way. I think... No. Was he going to make it written? I thought he accidentally kept some money in his pocket. No, I think it was... A credit card? It wasn't a yellow card. Definitely not. FIFA card. What, ID card? No, ID card. Rules of the game? Open the doors. Security. A joker. I thought it was maybe like to make notes on because obviously on the back of the red and yellows, normally they would write the names and stuff. I thought it was just a general kind of little notebook. A general notebook. A dollar bill. I think it's a Benjamin.

24:11It's a hundred dollar bill.

24:12Luke Moore: That's outright. I think it's a Washington. He said he'd been given a hundred dollar bill before the match. Is that what you're saying? I'm not saying that. I'm just saying if it is a dollar bill or of any denomination, it might well be that he's just done a standard admin thing where he's got his pockets, changed into his shorts, put stuff in his pocket. It was weird to see that. I thought that. One dollar bill with Gianni Infantino on the front. It's a FIFA dollar. A FIFA dollar. A foot coin. One thing we can all agree, it's not a pound note. No, it wasn't a pound note. Yeah, rest in peace. Have you seen, Marcus, that today's match between Real Madrid and Al-Hilhal is expected to be played with temperatures at 32 degrees Celsius with humidity at 70%.

24:54Yeah, I mean...

24:55Luke Moore: Bollocks to that. I mean, 70%. I'll tell you what, though. Real Madrid is not going to... The Heat's going to hit them. I think Alexander Mitrovic's going to hit them hard. Let me tell you something. Mitrovic, he's going to do them. It's great. It'll be great to see them. But where's the game being played? Where is it being played at all? Because what I would say is that... 70%. I don't think this is said enough. It's that the whole of Florida is basically a reclaimed swamp. Yes. Right? So if you're going to have games in Miami, this is going to happen. This is going to happen. It's crazy planning.

25:27But then the thing is, they don't really... I mean, FIFA obviously don't care. do they? Because it's the only win that they could do it. They have to do it in the US because of the reasons you guys talked about on Monday, you know, precursor to the World Cup and the link with the Confederations Cup and all that type of stuff. And ultimately, because of the fan base, because of how passionate people are, the diaspora and stuff like that, they're always going to do stuff in Florida. And they've got the whole messy thing as well. Yeah, so, yeah. The hard rock stadium. It's the price of doing business, but the people paying the price are the players.

25:56And the fans. Have you seen that bit? this very controversial bit in the film Abyss James Cameron's Abyss yeah I know I've noticed in the film where they put a rat in a fluorocarbon yeah so like a kind of oxygen it's kind of liquid basically and there's a couple of people in history who have managed to breathe under liquid do you know what I mean like where they've ingested in their lungs fluorocarbons takes a long time for the body to kind of adjust but they effectively breathe underwater let's train that up for next year World Cup. I knew where you were going with that, and I like it. Get fluorocarbons in our lungs.

26:33An Atlantis World Cup. Yes. No, no, no. So apparently the sweet spot is a little bit of fluorocarbon in the bottom of your lungs, and the rest is air. Right. And just enjoy yourself that way, and you will just be prepared.

26:47Luke Moore: Yeah, so the rat... So therefore we should start Trent Alexander-Arnold then. It's controversial, because the rat panics, and then it's drowning, and then suddenly it starts to breathe. It's a horrible scene. Oh. So that's why it keeps getting cut out of rebroadcasts. I didn't expect her to have to say this coming into work today. Don't drown a rat. Put those listeners out there who are a bit young, maybe a bit impressionable. Please don't put any fluid in your lungs. Don't put fluid. Unless it's a fluorocarbon. Yeah. To be fair, the one man who's very famous, like a Navy researcher who put fluorocarbons in his lungs, he said, I'm the only man who's ever, you know, breathed underwater, effectively.

27:21But he did get really ill afterwards.

27:24Luke Moore: Yeah, and you will. Yeah, he will. Are you happy with this one? No. Yeah. So, again, I would defer to Luke on that. 70 % humidity. I would say, if you can, forget all of that as immediately as possible. Particularly in terms of as it pertains to medical advice. Absolutely right, yeah. That's the key part. Peter, I do want your thoughts on this, though. Did you see that Cristiano Ronaldo has sent a signed Portugal shirt to Donald Trump? And on it, Ronaldo wrote to President Donald J. Trump, playing for peace. Yeah. I mean, he might be playing for peace, but Donald Trump seems to be unable to control anyone in his life.

27:57Luke Moore: I don't know, though, he's got some good shirts. He's got the Portugal one now. Obviously, he's got the Brazil one from Bolsonaro. Right, that's a good fight. That's the takeaway, is it? Did King Charles give him one from each UK nation? He'll have a hungry shirt. I love the idea. Oh, yeah, big time. I love the idea that all the real football heads, the Mundial types, the Colt Zero types, are going to start respecting Trump because of his collection. He's got an original 82 Socrates. How did he get a Dutch 88 shirt? He's got it behind glass. Oh, dear. Well, now, something much more controversial has been going on.

28:34Luke Moore: FIFA have been criticised for appearing to drop anti-discrimination and anti-racism messaging at the Club World Cup. Now, this is just speculation, but the executive director of football's anti-discrimination body, FAIR, believes FIFA don't want to promote the messages in case it upsets President Donald Trump. No more kings. Dirty little FIFA freaks. I mean it just proves that it was only lip service to start with and now those lips are covered in makeup but also you know you've got to remember that Trump's passed down executive orders against the kind of inclusion of DEI in private businesses and all that kind of stuff and the public sector as well I think so it's funny like FIFA normally act entirely like they're their own kind of domain they demand to be exempt from tax and all this kind of stuff and they don't play by the rules but I think maybe they found a kindred spirit in the giant orange prick But it's like you guys were saying on the mailbag, there are fewer and fewer places to put on these tournaments, and so they kind of have to do the things they're doing with Donald Trump.

29:34It does feel like that. It does feel like the only place that's going to be hosting these things now are just massive corrupt autocracies. Yeah. Mad, isn't it?

29:43Luke Moore: Oh, dear. Right, coming up after this, Gareth Southgate is interested in a new job. Rat at Ratgate.

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33:05not going to shake people down for loads of money to rework all his songs to remove all the messages of alcohol in them.

33:10Luke Moore: Okay. Of course he will. He'll have to drop that message. He probably will. Which I'm sure for cash he will. Yeah. Right. Fluminense zero. Borussia Dortmund zero. Yeah. How about that? Yeah. Joe Bellingham came off the bench to make his debut for Borussia Dortmund. Kebab. That's what we like to see. That's what we're here for. There's always a little bit, even in these games that are absolutely shit and a waste of time that no one wants to watch. There's always a little bit of seasoning, isn't there? Joe Bellingham, Thiago Silva. 40-year-old Tiago Silva. He was good. Another clean sheet. He's played 1375 professional games.

33:40I mean, it's absolutely wild.

33:42Luke Moore: Not even the oldest man on the pitch. Who was that? Fluminense's goalkeeper, Fabio. 44. Yeah. He looks great for 44, by the way. Magnificent for 44. And a clean sheet. Same age as me. Come on. I'll look into the camera now. I think you look great, by the way. You tell me. Thank you very much. Tell me who looks better, me or him. I think it's a different look. But we must both keep our tops on. We must. We must. We mustn't. We must. Unless together, I'd like to. No, I'd love to spend a bit of time with the Fluminancy keeper. I'm happy to do that. No problem. Just what, taking shots at him? Just two middle-aged lads.

34:13Luke Moore: I'll take shots. Yeah. See if you can save this one. Two middle-aged lads talking about decorating. There you go. Yeah. That's enjoyable. Elsewhere in Group F, Mamelody Sundowns beat Ulsan 1-0. Ulsan HD, if you don't mind. Let's keep their name. It sounds like a TV channel. Okay, fair enough. But yeah, good win for the Sundowns. obviously the team from South Africa. The attendance was just shy of 3 ,500. This was an astonishingly poor game. The attendance was just above Yeovil Town's average attendance in the National League. Don't have a go at them. I'm just saying that the National League has got a few people who go and watch it.

34:52The winning goal very nearly just didn't bother itself to go in.

34:57Luke Moore: It's a great win, though, for Sundowns. It is. They're on the march. These are the games you've got to win. Because, you know, Fleming Enzo and Borussia Dortmund are the teams to beat in this. They are, absolutely. You know? I've not seen anything where either of those teams suggest they'll trouble either of those teams. Well, let's give them a bit of credit, shall we? It's a great win. I'm disappointed for Olsen. Three points and a clean sheet. I wanted Olsen actually to be my team this tournament. I like the name. It's a lovely town. Lovely kit as well. Near Busan. Have you been there? Been there.

35:20Been through it, anyway. What's it known for? Oh, been near Busan. Okay, right.

35:25Luke Moore: You love the old Busan. Right, okay. So that's where they came out of, I think. They're all kind of work teams. Vopens HD. Yeah, exactly. Urawa from River, weren't they? Oh, the old Red Diamonds. The old Red Diamonds. Three headers in that game, and they're not even... Urawa doesn't even technically exist anymore. Oh, right. That's sad, isn't it? That is sad. They've been copied into a larger, just outside Tokyo city. Oh, they've been swallowed up. Yeah. Like Westbury on Trim in Bristol. Exactly. Similar. Very, very similar indeed. Well, that's that for the Club World Cup, everybody. Please don't turn off, though.

36:04Luke Moore: We've got to talk about some other footballing issues. I know that's what you came for. A quick mention for the under-19s European Championships. England were on the brink of quite a humiliating elimination, frankly. They were 5-1 down to Germany in the second half. But they pulled it back to 5-5. Scored four goals in about 15 minutes. But the odd thing about that, so it was an amazing comeback. The odd thing about that one is they got the equaliser on the 63rd minute. and then there were no more goals and you're thinking surely you push on I think it's one of those ones where you kind of do it and then you go right now we've got something to lose they also put a goal up in that game England they all won it up it's an odd game very very odd a very disciplined end to this match I'm not sure young people should be trusted in playing football based on much of them what a mess very untrustworthy game feast and famine they need to get a result against the Dutch who are top of that group tough group by the way it is a tough group but it's tough going European Championships.

36:59Luke Moore: It's not the Club World Cup, mate. No, it's true. There's no gimmies. It's not here for a holiday. There was no one watching, to be fair. Well, yeah, fair enough. But it's a fine tournament, though, and I'm glad it exists. And may it continue. Now, how about this, then? Speaking of European things, Gareth Southgate has reportedly offered himself to Poland as their new manager. The now former manager, Michal Probiet, resigned as manager on Thursday after a spat with Robert Lewandowski. you're not winning that spat are you? You're just not are you? The only thing you can do possibly in that situation is just wait him out to retire but then you're not going to get away with it.

37:33Luke Moore: Again you're going to be... Apparently Southgate has personally expressed his desire to take over the position. Swapping the Cumberland for the kielbasa. Yes. Very nice. Wow. What do you think about this Petey? I mean it's... I just didn't see him going back into international management. I genuinely thought he was going to go for a club side but maybe just no one's that interested in him. I don't think he should ever work again. Hey, what's he doing? Yeah. Does he care about this country or not? No. Does he care about this nation? I mean, I... Imagine if he turns out first game in a waistcoat.

38:04Luke Moore: Yeah. Fuming. It'll test me. It will test me. I'll tell you something. He wins the next Euros with Poland. I'll be like, for goodness sake. There's a chance. I mean, there's a reasonable chance. There's not... No, listen. Let me say, there is a chance... You'd see him in a friendly, wouldn't you? ...that he could knock out England. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, yeah. Yes, of course there is. On a penalty shootout. Gareth, come on. yeah for king and country Gareth I would say the under 21s did lose 4-1 last night he's not going to be taken over the under 3-1s is he Peter well that's the developmental squad isn't it that's Lee Carsley that's Lee Carsley that's the Polish Lee Carsley I find this intriguing with Southgate there was always the talk about club management I couldn't see him doing that to be honest I think he'd been so long in international management big Davey Browsford what did David Cartlidge call him weird little cycling freak Dave Browsford It's mentioned that the United might be interested in Southgate and everyone lost their collective minds, didn't they?

39:01But has he been credibly linked with any other club side?

39:04Luke Moore: I don't think so. But I think with Southgate, I think to just be a sort of technical director or an ambassador and all those kind of roles, I think clearly he wants to get back into some sort of managerial position. And international management, I think, probably would suit him. So where do you go? Do you do the old Steve McLaren? We're going to mention him later. Also, you've got to remember that Stevie Holland has recently been sacked by Yokohama Marinos, hasn't he? Right, okay. After, I think... It wasn't long there. It wasn't long there at all, no. So maybe the gang... Another word of warning.

39:38Luke Moore: Getting the gang back together. And then we should all get behind Poland. And they're playing white, so it's all there for you. Is this all just... Make cash involved, eh? Oh, yeah. Is this all about keeping Lewandowski happy? Is that kind of why this is all... I suppose it's part of it. Yeah, I think it's part of it. But also, you know, Marcus is saying to us we're struggling with Thomas Tuchel at the moment I'm pleased looking back I'm pleased I wasn't on the shows when England played recently I would have embarrassed myself but it's bad and Marcus is tempting us by saying Gareth Southgate might go to Poland they play in white and Matty Cash plays in white how close are you to crossing over following Gareth it's methadone isn't it it's just getting us off our national team I love it if it happened a load of English people went over to Poland and became builders there you go oh dear a little bit like a Vida Saint-Pet wouldn't it it would just a little though yeah but would you feel would you feel sad if it happens no I'd be pleased for gorgeous Gareth and and Polen would be my second team sorry Garner but they would become my second team Garner would be edged down to third because regardless of what's happened with Tuchel the Southgate thing came to the end of the cycle anyway so he was going to move on whatever happens he's got to work somewhere if he does really imagine if he turns into this attacking force and everyone's like what and they're just hammering knocking it about Get him back.

40:53Luke Moore: Get him back. Oh, I'd love that. I'd love that. Atomic kitten on easy jet flights out there. Lovely. Translated into Polish, though. Mm-hmm. If you had bothered yourself, you could have done Atomic Kitten hole again in Polish for the show today. If you'd have bothered yourself. I was only Googling hole, but it didn't really rhyme with hole. So, Kali. Kali. Just do the... Pete just said he's Googling hole. I want to move on. You can make me... Saw. Oh, that's not how I thought that was pronounced. Sour Mary doesn't translate but you could think of another song couldn't they? Quite possibly I mentioned Steve McLaren moments earlier well his Jamaica side are in the Gold Cup they lost to Guatemala though 1-0 sadly but something positive happened in the game Mikel Antonio took to the field he came on for the last five mins as a sub and wonderful to see him back first time he's taken to the field to the pitch since that terrible car crash that he had so amazing it really is Which was yesterday when he did that.

41:52It wasn't yesterday. No, it's a good point, actually. That would be crazy, wouldn't it? There's no way you'd do it. You sort of diminished the recovery there. It was a great recovery,

41:59Luke Moore: and I thought it was happening in a short period. You're like, well... Suddenly he's Wolverine. Three weeks. Back on. Back on, Mikel. I've got a feeling that Stevie McLaren, Stevie Mac, I don't know if he's ever going to come back. No, that's him. You know back in the day, you saw those people who managed international sides who were schooled once for like 20 years. I reckon Stevie Mac could do that. Yeah, yeah. Probably not 20 years, because he's 64. but I reckon he might stay there for a wee while. Good on him. I'm good on him. Yeah, he'll do the rounds now and as you say, good on him. That's what I maybe thought Southgate would do but I think Southgate's like, no, no, colder climbs.

42:30Luke Moore: You can't have a waistcoat in the Caribbean. You can if you have nothing underneath it. Like Johnny Westwood. There you're talking. Yeah. Fair enough. Well, Antonio's West Ham contract will run out on the 30th of June and West Ham have said goodbye to a number of players, of course, whose contracts have come to an end. Big turnover, yeah. But because of his unique situation no formal decision has been made because apparently they're waiting for the right and appropriate time which basically means when he comes back you don't fire someone when they're injured presumably within the next 12 days so he's not out of work because of a broken leg so he's 35 years old the man's got a family we'll do it at the right and appropriate time my contract ends next week so when's it happening we're going to announce it after you I'll be already gone It'd be a lovely little kind of, I don't know, like Leeds or Sunderland, having like a little home for perennially injured, not obviously Antonio broke his leg, but like, you know, fairly injury prone strikers.

43:31Him, Callum Wilson up top.

43:33Luke Moore: I don't think Antonio was that injury prone. They relied on him a lot. It wasn't even the first time he crashed his car. I know, he's very crashy. He's very crashy. The kind of striker he is, they rely on him quite a lot, and his injury record hasn't been amazing because he's quite old. but yeah Callum Wilson and give me Callum Tony up top come on you having that proper old school football Peter I am having that yeah can we have that let's have it let's have it alright coming up after this another oldie in the game Carl Walker spends more than£100 on some crispy duck come on hey it's Paige from Giggly Squad you know when you finally get started on a project around the house and then five minutes in you realise you're missing one thing somehow it's always that one thing that sends you back to the store That's why I love this from Lowe's.

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46:06Luke Moore: Now then, back to the Club World Cup. Don't worry You said it was over You said the last part But don't worry We've done that now It's like I've fallen out Of a dream And ended up in another one Exactly Sexy dream Sexy dream I've woken up And then sort of Gone back to sleep And I'm in the same Bloody dream again If Pep Guardiola Was in a sexy dream of yours What would you do to him Yeah I know I know what I've done here Ladies and gentlemen It's Pete's Shiny's baldy bonce He's Pete's on record Is saying I think you'd shave off All his pubes Yeah I think so You've already said on record That every time you realise You're dreaming a lucid dream All you try and do is have sex with the nearest person.

46:37Correct. That sounds more problematic than it is. There's your answer. There you are. It's actually quite romantic when I do it. It's not problematic in your own subconscious, is it?

46:45Luke Moore: It's actually quite romantic when I do it. There are still laws in my dreams. I don't think there are. No, I can float. Laws of physics don't exist. Well saved. Thank you. Well saved. Pep Guardiola is in a video game. All right. Is it you shaving his balls? No, it's Funko Pops. Yes. Funko Fusion. I don't know and today I got a mail shot about it all of the Man City players or some of the Man City players Phil Ford and etc are in like a sort of shooting Hang on so presumably he's already in the FIFA games or EA Sports whatever it's called Oh yeah I guess he is but he doesn't have a massive head What kind of game is this then?

47:24Luke Moore: It's kind of like it's a little bit Minecraft-y little bit Fortnite-y I think and Pep Guardiola is this adorable little bald creature and he runs around shooting footballs around Yes, it's an officially licensed Manchester City. Wow. Look at this. Listen to this. They've got permission for the intellectual property. I'm just looking at the Wikipedia page now for Back to the Future, The Office, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Jaws, Jurassic Park. Blimey. It's like a metaverse kind of... Colonel Sanders. He's in there somehow. I haven't played a computer game since about 2002.

48:04Luke Moore: Don't call it a computer game. I think the big game is contracts. Like, imagine how many contracts. The Man City, I mentioned this. It drops today, apparently, 1pm. So, I'm breaking an embargo. I don't give a shit. Who cares about an embargo for that? For Funko Fusion. Yeah. Who cares about an embargo for a video game where you're shaving Guardiola's balls? There's no ball shaving. He just runs around throwing footballs around. Would you use Manscaped if you were doing it? Oh, yeah. Well, depending if they're paying. True, yeah. Otherwise, I just use clippers. Marcus you started this mate don't look at me like that you started this you asked what Pete Donaldson I didn't think you'd get involved well can't leave him hanging can I hanging like pep shaved bollocks yeah Mansion City versus Why Dad Casablanca Why Dad yeah exactly why apparently Why Dad I'm sure I'm pronouncing that wrong is an Arabic word that means love Love Casablanca Love Casablanca originally founded as a water polo club frankly my dear I don't give an offside No I was not a league singer or someone I've fucked that up haven't I Yeah you have That's gone with a win And I'm not going to let you What's Casablanca It's a city in Morocco Is that going to you kid Yeah but I don't think that actually happens in Casablanca I think that's a myth Oh crying out loud Anyway Well they also compete in a number of different sports including fencing rugby and futsal Yeah but lots of lots of clubs around the world are sports clubs aren't they Yeah Which makes it sound like a big leisure sentence It does But it's not And they're one of them That's an important Moroccan best football club.

49:34Do we think they're going to have enough to show some decent opposition to a Jack Grealish-less man city?

49:40Luke Moore: I don't know. The question is whether Rodri will be playing. I think he will, actually. I think he would be playing. The BBC journalist Shamoun Hafez was asked whether he thought Rodri was likely to play because he'd been sort of covering this. And Hafez said, I was quite close up to Rodri the other day and he looks in incredible shape. His biceps were bulging out from his vest and he looked in good spirits. Right, Shamoun, right, mate? You got it away, mate. to which someone should have immediately said he's had a knee injury nothing to do with his biceps yeah yeah well you can't run on your biceps or maybe that will be the thing that Pep Guardiola is doing this season there's no we're all running on our arms I want to know what his thighs are because you know apparently it's a thigh guy summer is it right thigh guys I'm a thigh guy my thighs are terrible really skinny horrible but that is the summer look this summer really get your thighs out we need a sarcastic guy summer for me to really get involved we need a Like a little circle of piss on your trousers.

50:33Luke Moore: That's what I need. Circle of piss summer. Not pooping for a month, summer. My dad is in hospital at the moment. He had an emergency hernia operation. Is he a segue, isn't he? Peter, I understand the Club World Cup is not everyone's cup of tea. But just to drop this in there, we are covering one of them. What cup of show is it? That's a fun, a famous show. My dad's had emergency surgery type show. Is he all right, by the way? He's fine now, yeah. He didn't tell my mum that he was going under the knife and hurriedly wrote some goodbye messages on a Daily Mail. Fucking Lord. On a Daily Mail? Imagine me having this chunk of an awful newspaper with a lovely letter to me and my family.

51:23This is reminiscent of when my dad accidentally signed a Valentine's Day card to my mum. all the best Tim Moore. Good stuff. Just good planning. But I wasn't saying that, but all yesterday, he was allowed to go home. They cut out a bit of his, a bit of his intestine had died, so they had to cut it out and basically reattach it like a garden hose. And he was allowed to go home, but he hadn't pooped yet. And as soon as he pooped, he was allowed to go home. So it was like a really shit sort of like action film. Hey! Hear the flash. Hey! But I'm happy

51:59Luke Moore: You can come home Get out of here But I'm happy to report At half time In the Rarroweds Bokka match Who was it Bokka? No River River, sorry They don't mind Getting finished up River match There was a river of shit From the Mads Angels There's the link My dad managed to pass And now he's on his way At home to death Well it's great to hear that And I'm really pleased For your dad For Stewie And I would just also say That BBC journalist Shamoun Hafez Yeah Was at the hospital Right And he said I was quite close up His biceps I was quite close up to Stuart Donaldson's anus the other day and he looks in incredible shape.

52:31Luke Moore: His intestines were bulging. Yeah, his bowel was bulging out from his vest and he looked in good spirits. Yeah, so good stuff. Yeah. What a tribute to Stewie. You know this is partly your fault. Yeah. You're supposed to be okay by starting this podcast. It's the silly season. This is what the silly season's all about. My dad's bum. It's not all about that. It's also about Jack Grealish. I don't know if I can bring myself to make a semi-serious comment about Jack Grealish. Napoli interested in him? Calf girl summer. Calf girl summer. That's a lovely job. That is a lovely job. But the problem is, we get excited about these potential moves.

53:05Jack Grealish's minutes have been diminishing. Wages. Year on year. Exactly. And then you think, well, Napoli will go, they'll call up Man City and they'll say, on paper, we're interested in getting Grealish. But we can afford about 15 % of his wages. Are you interested in giving him to us?

53:21Luke Moore: I always think with footballers, I understand you think, oh, well, I'm worth 300 grand a week or whatever. it's like no you were the great one was Wayne Bridge it's like no no you got that contract fair enough but you're not going to get that again so if you're offered 50 grand a week but then they just say I'm going to stay here yeah well I know but I'll tell you that's a shame can I ask a more broad question about this what is happening at Napoli I read earlier they're also Jadon Sancho Serie A champions nice they are the champions of Italy they are the champions of Italy they're a great club I've been to see them I love them great club to watch all the rest of it brilliant but they're following up winning the league with...

53:58De Bruyne? McTominay and the other fellow whose name has escaped me. Gilmore? Yeah, Gilmore. Well, Gilmore was more on the bench. Sure, but then they've picked up Kevin De Bruyne. Yeah, that's all right, isn't it? It's all great.

54:08Luke Moore: I was worried for them. Right. Oh, you're worried about... Well, you're worried about Napoli's finances. You're not the first one to be concerned about that. But the Karatskelia money can't go forever, is all I'm saying. Oh, can't it? Depends who you are, again. Depends who's doing the accounts. Are you literally questioning the runnings of that club? Let me put it another way. I'll be fucking delighted for them to sign Grudish and Sancho this summer. That would be fantastic. It would be brilliant. It would, wouldn't it? It would be good for football. Yeah. If not their bank accounts. Yeah. Or their previous team's bank accounts.

54:36Luke Moore: Let's not talk about that. While the microphones are in front of us. Let's save it for Uncut. Right. They'll never get us there. Famously a show without microphones. Talking about. They won't hear it, will they? Exactly. They won't. They're sitting shouting in a room at each other. Oh, dear. well Kyle Walker has reportedly agreed to join Everton on a one year deal Fulham also inquired but he was too pricey too pricey how do you feel about that I feel a bit sad that Kenny Tete is going to leave Fulham I do like old Kenny I wouldn't have minded to see Walker but would he get in front of Timothy Castagna yeah I think might block out the view I think it becomes a problem sometimes with that profile of club signing a player like Kyle Walker big reputation all the fans know over years they've seen him in his best years yes yes yes And if he's not quite at the level they want him at and he's not getting played, the manager can come under a lot of pressure.

55:28So I wonder if they dodged a bit of a bullet there. He's definitely a diminishing force.

55:31Luke Moore: Yeah, I think he's... I mean, he's younger than Ashley Young, though. So, you know... Ashley Young hasn't been very good, though, for quite a long time. He's been all right. I know, Luke. And, you know, that's what they do. They just get a tiny bit younger at Everton. Yeah. That's what they're doing. It's about time he linked up with David Moyes. Yeah. Is it? Yeah. You're the only person on the planet who had that take. such a random take I think you threw that out people around the world just throwing their hands up going I'm so pleased that finally after all this we're going to see Kyle link up with David Moy presumably you should have said that on the Antonio chat surely that's you know perfect isn't it surely well I mean if you look at football tactics like I do I just think you'll find that if you look a bit deeper then you'll find the real meaning I'd love I'd love Mikel Antonio to become Everton's battering ram next week that'd be great yeah yeah yeah very different to Dominic Calvert-Lewin yeah no one suggests that's going to happen by the way it's just a little flight of fancy why not why not though Walker recently spent £105 on crispy duck at a Chinese takeaway and that is money well spent I'm an absolute bastard for a bit of duck yeah I mean what's remarkable about this story this is in The Sun and it's run by a guy called Stephen Moyes presumably no relation to David Moyes although he might be he's the associate news editor at The Sun and he's got a story here called Walk the Walk, right, which doesn't make any sense.

56:55I know the journalist doesn't do the headline, but it's still part of it. Karl Walker? I don't know. And he's talking about £340 on Chinese takeaway for Karl Walker, but there's nothing in, what I don't like about it is,

57:04Luke Moore: How many people is he buying? Exactly, there's no mention of that. Yeah. And if you were someone who's sent out to get the order because you haven't, I mean, you know Karl Walker likes a party. Yeah. You know, there's 20 people in your house. That's, it's going to cost that much these days. He's going to get a something chilli pran out of it. Yeah, he probably is. But no one... The look in Peter's eye, he's alluding to something else. No, I'm not. What I would just like to say, because you're the Chinese takeaway expert on this show, so I will vacate the rest of my time. Pack down amateurs. Just after saying this.

57:35This article is implying that Karl Walker is going to eat £340 worth of Chinese takeaway. He is. It's a close season. He is. It's a close season.

57:44Luke Moore: What would you rather be doing? Getting ready to to face a team from Casablanca in the heat of America in the Club World Cup or sat in David Boy's office in a friend of the boy quiz with a Chinese food. Either way you need water. David Boy's only eating the chips. I'm seeing more critters. Apparently though the owner of the Mandarin House in Macclesfield where he got it from said I am so happy that football player Carl Andrew Walker ordered Chinese food again. Thanks. He's just Wikipedia'd him. Yeah. You know what? It's a good order. I don't mind it. You've got a couple of spare ribs options. Marcus, let Pete cook.

58:22Sweet and sour chicken balls. Not a massive fan, but I mean, you've got... You sound like Big John here now. You literally bought 50 sweet and sour chicken balls there. Do a bosh at the end. Bosh. A bosh. The seaweed, he's gone for four portions of seaweed, which is delicious, but let's not forget it's not actually seaweed. It's actually cabbage. And the cooked jelly beef is in there. Not that many nuts from me. How about a bit of hot and sour soup? How about a little bit of lemon chicken?

58:47Luke Moore: Yeah. How has he remembered that whole audience? Let's write that down. I know. I think it's fair play to him. I had Chinese recently, and I went for a soup option. And it was very strange, because it was a questionable outlet I went to. Everything in a big soup, I've been punched in the mouth. Peter, I was about to get tucked into the soup, and suddenly an eyeball popped up. No way. Right. Turned out it was the Peking duck. Thank you for listening to the Football Ramble, part of the ACAR's Creator Network. Pay to subscribers, don't go anywhere. keep listening for Ramble Uncut and if you're not a Patreon subscriber sign up to get Ramble Uncut every single Wednesday head over to patreon.com forward slash football ramble now you can find that joke at the British Museum everybody thank you Luke cheers thank you Peter Donaldson Luke we found out what the card is that the referee picked out what nomination was the dollar bill it wasn't a dollar bill it was the Virgin of Guadalupe right Right.

59:46Oh, it's some kind of religious iconography. It's Mary. It's Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Catholic title of the Virgin Mary, associated with the reported apparitions of Mary to Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. Well, I hope he's not seen apparitions during the game he's refereeing. That's a very good point. Shame that, because it would have been good if it was a dollar bill.

1:00:01Luke Moore: It would have been, yeah. But I think we're all glad it wasn't, though. And thank you, Sergio Ramos.

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