The EUROS Are Here!

[00:00:00] विल्भीनियन ब्रूक साम पास्ता एं श्कोड इंगलिंड गो तिंखाँ प्राव का फिर लिए प्रूरीज वान नल्टिपेट और बाज़ियार हैं। और आप प्राव के लिए प्राव के लिए, उजा साथ पर यूँग और आप पावगाँ।

[00:05:05] इसलात्ता हैं। क्या क्या कि यह भी थार करीभा के लिए भी जर्सके नहीं पर लिए ब्याता हैं। वामान के पराइपाण तो आप ओर्भार इपनी अर्भार को इस लेखाप पाभा सकता हैं.

[00:12:19] By lori utwal in the Atlantic talking about Eric tanhag's time at man united and basically usne Sancho ki guard mari hai They have basically sees basically said that Sancho in a preseason no no no preseason, but in a training drill was a player in the opposition team

[00:12:36] so you had your set starting 11 who were playing as the 11 and then they're the opposition team and tenhag asked Sancho to press as an opposition player and Sancho didn't want to press

[00:23:47] Slowenian fans because Slovenia played France later on they played France yesterday so the Slovenian fans were breaking baguettes in front of the French fans and it just didn't have the same vibe see I didn't have the same fan it was just like । यह तू कर दिया real और तुम लोग अभी बस copy मार रहे हूं

[00:24:08] like it just like the dub smash version of it you're doing the dub smash version of it and that's not the thing I don't think it's a thing it's not a reference what is the reference

[00:24:14] it became tiktok didn't it is that what happened no I'm sorry it was the austrian fans not the Slovenian fans the austrian fans who broke the baguette in front of the Spanish fans also you can

[00:24:27] break a baguette it's fine I feel like we often break a baguette because I get an idea I'm sure it's a common thing this is not the same maybe they should break oysters or what do the French eat like oysters I feel like they

[00:24:39] yeah that's probably you know they should make a cigarette they should make a cigarette no they should take wine and dip cheese in it and eat it yeah something to really offend them

[00:24:49] yeah or pour beer into wine like just that's yeah just dip it in there because they're austrians so they have access to good quality beer and it is perfect to show that हमारा बियार तुमारे वाइन से बेटर हैं

[00:25:01] correct come on fans look at us for banter ideas we'll give you stop copying the two Indian kids yeah exactly what do you know about Europe that we don't know we know about your country is better

[00:25:14] but yes so that was that was fantastic Italy also look quite good and I feel like with Luciano Spalletti they probably have the best or the most experienced manager in the international sense in this

[00:25:26] tournament but I do feel like Italy speak was it's done I don't know I think 2020 they won even here they sort of scraped through like they scored they scored early goals and then I think the match is pretty much dead after that

[00:25:42] yeah if I'm not wrong I think after the 11th or 12th minute there were no more goals scored so I don't know it doesn't look like and they didn't look really look threatening and I think once

[00:25:53] teams like once they meet like the really big teams like England and and Germany and Holland and all that the teams that are on the resurgence and teams that have really really young players at their core I think they'll struggle with pace so I think

[00:26:08] Italy is I'm not I'm not too I wouldn't bet too hard on Italy yeah I mean they can make it out of their group for sure because I think between Albania and Croatia one of them will struggle but

[00:26:22] yeah I mean yeah they will they will struggle it'll be it'll be really fantastic to see what what ends up happening with with Italy Denmark managed to get a draw of course Denmark drew against Slovenia 1-1 Christian Eriksen getting on the score sheet which was just fantastic

[00:26:44] back from the dead in many ways yeah and here's here's a great stack for all the Arsenal fans out there all right Eriksen has won the Scudetto with Inter went to the Euros died came back to life trained with Inter then came to England played for Brentford

[00:26:59] played for Manchester United won two trophies and scored in the Euros again and Arsenal still haven't won a trophy oh I felt good Amogh oh finally you and I were on

[00:27:11] the same page about something yeah I think I was I felt so good to hear so I mean all you're just see that monologue again just yes for me just just just okay Eriksen went

[00:27:21] Eriksen won the Scudetto with Inter went to the Euros died came back to life trained with Inter then came back to England played for Brentford played for Manchester United won two trophies

[00:27:30] went back to the Euros and scored in the opening game for Denmark in the Euros and Arsenal still have not won a trophy so Arsenal fans please comment on this and tell me how much

[00:27:44] progress is Arteta making with your team I mean for a team as basket case like Man United with a manager like Eric Tanag who supposedly doesn't know what he's doing two trophies in

[00:27:55] two seasons bro now yeah what do you say to that second place ke liye koi trophy nahi hai bhai log but apparently Arsenal ke trophy cabinet me uske liye place hai right Romania also managed an upset over Ukraine last night 3-0 to them which was fantastic

[00:28:16] Slovakia stunned Belgium Lukaku man thumbs up merchant is is it has to be his name yeah I did feel Belgium were bad for Belgium and Lukaku yeah uh they didn't deserve that I

[00:28:34] think it is the most premier league-like moment of this entire of this entire Euro so far the VR has been excellent but finally they gave it against over thumbs up they gave a

[00:28:47] middle finger to Lukaku and Belgium what I love about we are in this tournament is they've taken cues from cricket and brought in the snickometer yes which they use for the handball yeah which which is incredible I can't believe cricket five-day sport is leading the way

[00:29:07] forward with technology I mean that's because it is a five-day sport so they have time to implement like detail technology with football the thing is the fans are also impatient even

[00:29:17] when there's a little bit of a stock like are you fun with the game like I'm sure last euros when Ericsson had his heart attack I'm sure there was one fan in that studio like can we

[00:29:28] just get a move on guys just take him to the hospital and just play no I'm sure there was one truth who said that in the stadium so that's what generally football fans are like

[00:29:38] they're quite impatient and that's why the 90-minute game is perfect because it's the right amount of attention span needed uh but yeah so you know we don't know but yeah that like Belgium just look terrible they don't look like a team that can that can really go

[00:29:55] deep yeah this is the you know this is the Belgium's England 2002 1998 to 2008 yeah 10 phase England phase I think where they have all the talent layers in the world but there'll be some internal squabbles which I'm sure there'll be so much other than of course the KDB and the

[00:30:16] Kutuwa squabble I'm sure there's thousands more that we don't know about yeah some petty shit uh from high school or whatever that we don't know which I think is just ruining the

[00:30:24] chance of the generation because they we all know that they should have at least had one trophy by now yeah at least a euro if not a world cup might have been too much but at least a euro for

[00:30:32] sure they should have had in the last three four euros and the fact that they haven't is just going to be down to the team dynamics yeah the Belgian golden generation ka gold plating

[00:30:42] nikal rahe hai abhi yeah it's old gold De Bruyne is not getting any younger Eden Hazard has gotten old retired moved on plays soccer aid and plays with influencers very happy with doing that

[00:30:55] Rosard is the only option who everybody that supports arsenal is the only one who thinks that he can do something he had a very average game yesterday and in general like they just don't

[00:31:07] have the legs in the middle Amadou Onana is a good player looks good but he's not experienced enough to be at that stage right like it's because they have nobody else that I'm going to

[00:31:16] do onana is in that starting lineup but he's he's not he's not that level of international player yet he's still very very young so it just looks very very difficult for Belgian to

[00:31:30] even De Bruyne looks very you know he has an attitude of that player who's very very good but when for a player who's probably not at the level yeah that he plays at plays with him

[00:31:42] he looks easily frustrated and as the captain that's just a terrible terrible attitude yeah yeah yeah but he always looks like he has attitude correct and especially in Belgium I think it shows

[00:31:52] up a lot more because you finally see him play with players or much below his standard or the standard he's used to advance it yeah advanced city and he does not know how to lead them

[00:32:02] yeah like i'm sure when Telemans came on he was like oh my god this is the option that he's used to fucking jag relish or nathan rk coming on at 74th minute yeah right a fucking

[00:32:15] yeah Jeremy Doku is the one who comes on i think you're Jeremy Doku is the one who went off yeah so i mean he doesn't have what it takes to be a captain for his team no absolutely not

[00:32:27] france also getting a 1-0 victory but a slim 1-0 victory an own goal from wober was what decided the game for france against louisina illion Mbappe almost had a broken nose of course scans have shown that he does not need an operation but he might have to play

[00:32:43] the next match with a face mask oh that's gonna be cool like i feel like i'm excited can he wear the ninja turtles mask please because that would be fucking brilliant uh but yes uh and go look

[00:33:01] kante man what a performance from him man of the match still doing it still everywhere running around the pitch just a gem of a football player he's like the positive of a morata yeah like you

[00:33:14] could tell me he's wherever he is i'll believe it you could tell me he's won every whatever i you could tell me he's won everything i mean you could tell me the youngest player to play

[00:33:22] yeah oldest player to play out of one yeah you could tell you could tell me he's covered 100 kilometers i'll be like yeah of course he has you could tell me he covered no space but made 25 tackles

[00:33:31] yeah he made zero kilometers he just jumped like you know he just jumped from the halfway line to wherever i would believe it yeah i think morata the euros is going to be between morata and kante

[00:33:42] somewhere between those two that is the spectrum somewhere between those two we all grew up we all grew up right but they didn't or they did we don't know we don't know uh but yeah finally

[00:33:53] let's the let's let's end the show on england because england beat serbia one nil in their opening fixture jude bellingham coming up with the goods what do you make of england man

[00:34:06] i mean i guess this is what you do right you score a goal and you shut shop i don't know if it'll work against a team like when they meet a team like germany or spain or whatever yeah uh

[00:34:19] this is it huh this is what south gate has he's had his job for eight years now yeah and you have like i actually think this is probably the best uh england team you know like

[00:34:30] this is the england team in its final form i do feel like maybe from now on it will be a little bit of a downhill yeah uh so it feels like pretty much now on ever yeah and south gate also

[00:34:41] said that this is possibly his last chance to win something with england so it looks like he is going to leave uh the managerial post after the tournament is done uh but that the other way

[00:34:51] of interpreting it is like you said this is the absolute peak of this team and after this tournament all these players are going to begin to decline i mean not all because you know saca

[00:35:01] is young bellingham is young but players like trent players like harry cain and all are going to start declining soon enough by the time the 2026 world cup comes about it'll be completely different and while england do have the depth in in talent they they have players

[00:35:20] in reserve that they can look to they are grooming better players as well i just i i don't know about south gate man like he is not someone who has convinced me entirely in his eight-year reign

[00:35:33] yes england have done well but if you look at the previous euros they had a fairly easy run to the final and italy in the final was the first big team that they met and they couldn't

[00:35:44] beat them they drew with them lost on penalties but it it wasn't so much about their performances through the euros it was uh sorry uh through the world cup it was more about uh world cup euros euros

[00:35:59] euros uh it was more about the route that they had which was quite quite easy for them and also the one thing that i still hold against south gate is that penalty debacle with saca and rashford

[00:36:11] in that final against tiki because it is criminal to bring players on just for the shootout it is criminal yeah unless unless it's a cristiano ronaldo who's injured so he can't play the game but you know he's going to convert from the spot like or a messy who's

[00:36:31] but love uska heart fractured but agar penalty pe gaya to wo a goal guaranteed dega to unless it is that type of a player you cannot bring these players on just for the penalties

[00:36:43] because it's a big game it's a european final they haven't played enough they haven't warmed up they haven't gotten the feel of the game and then you're putting them in the most high pressure situation of it all and they were quite young also back then so that's an

[00:36:58] incredible amount of pressure to put on players and i feel like the backlash that i mean england is a very racist country right england does not like its black players as much

[00:37:07] they like to pretend that they do but there are large parts of the england fan base that don't really like their black players and i don't think southgate did anything to protect his black

[00:37:15] players i don't think he does that i think and actually it was very small manager mentality yeah uh i think he was very happy with the draw actually yeah i think he believed his

[00:37:27] best bet was a penalty shootout yeah uh whereas i don't think with that that italy team could have been broken down uh even if italy scored me there was such good chance that the kind of

[00:37:38] talent england had that they could have one two one or three two yeah but i think he chose he wanted the nil nil yeah and then he did the most small manager mentality thing which is okay

[00:37:47] okay i'm gonna take out these three players and get three new players on who will whatever right i think that was yeah that was a ink and you burned your ran your place to the ground for 120

[00:37:57] minutes and you get dc players on so that was very very yeah i think i think ultimately what i don't like about southgate even though he reached the finals then he was this it was like within

[00:38:05] a hair's breadth of winning it is a fact that he ultimately is a small team manager and but england is not a small team yeah where he can come is india that's the small team

[00:38:19] should be coaching i will take him at india so garret southgate for india yeah it is right all right before we begin uh sorry before we end one quick thing that we should talk about is moving away

[00:38:30] from euros to copa america because lots of drama happening with brazil man yeah ronaldinho the man who is always smiling the man who is always thinking positive even when he was in prison he

[00:38:43] was playing football that is how positive this man is ronaldinho said that he is done watching brazil play at the copa america because this is the worst team they don't fight for the badge they

[00:38:55] don't fight for their country they're not as talented they're rubbish and he is not going to support them or watch them anymore he is done but rafinha had something to say about this mukesh you want to tell our listeners what rafinha said rafinha has said that ronaldinho reached

[00:39:13] out to the team members and asked for tickets and no one gave it to him and now he's upset with all of brazil and brazilian football and heritage because who's got tickets they did not give him free

[00:39:27] tickets and ultimately what is are you really from a third world nation if you don't get upset about petty shit like this that's true that is true i mean it's so entertaining to watch

[00:39:38] but it's also so heartbreaking because i genuinely fucking love ronaldinho man i love him even more now actually oh yeah you love his transition into sangi uncle yes i love how petty is i'm like okay good

[00:39:51] he's like human you know like there's something there's so like there's something in which he's below me yeah in the pettiness scale yeah and i love that how he's backtracked from his word he's

[00:40:00] like no no i won't i will watch i'll watch so either he got tickets or or he was just like oh man i'm a legend yeah i can't be doing this shit yeah uh i think we should also reach out to prominent

[00:40:15] members of footballing nations on instagram we will like ticket there's a one i'm a team come match may be yeah i will start talking about you on the corner flag if holland doesn't

[00:40:25] give me tickets i will not watch the football anymore okay all right we will hold you to that and on that note it is time to end this episode thank you so much everybody for listening

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