World Cup: understanding Messi and Mbappe with Guillem Balague and Julien Laurens
About this episode
The episode features a discussion with Guillem Balague and Julien Laurens about understanding football stars Messi and Mbappe during the World Cup.
Messi and Mbappe are globally recognisable stars, but knowing them is hard given the private nature of these identities. Thankfully, we have two authors who have literally written the book on the two champions. Guillem Balague and Julien Laurens join us to talk about how Messi and Mbappe have shone brightest in a World Cup cluttered with brilliance and peeling back the curtain to understanding these two footballing icons. Featured: Julien Laurens, football journalist, ESPN. Guillem Balague, football writer. To catch up on everything that’s making sports headlines recently, listen to more episodes of ABC Sport Daily,’ hosted by Patrick Stack on ABC listen or wherever you get your podcasts, and get in touch with them on social media via @abc_sport. In the episodes we will cover big sporting personalities and all sports, including cricket, soccer, F1, NBA, AFL, AFLW to NRLW & NRL news, to covering competitions like the Olympics, the World Cup, The Ashes, Grand Prix and Grand Finals and more. Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter
People in this episode
Host: Patrick Stack
Guests: Guillem Balague, Julien Laurens
Topics covered
- World Cup
- football
- Lionel Messi
- Kylian Mbappe
- sports journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ESPN, ABC Australia, ABC Sport Daily
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