About this episode

The episode discusses England's semi-final loss, tournament performances, and predictions for the final match.

The Academy of Ideas team of Alastair Donald, Geoff Kidder and Rob Lyons are joined by Sebastian Moore from the Take Me Home podcast to discuss why England lost that semi-final, what they thought about the performances of England and Scotland in the tournament, why 64 teams isn't as mad as it sounds, and who they think between Argentina and Spain will walk away with the trophy on Sunday.

People in this episode

Hosts: Alastair Donald, Geoff Kidder, Rob Lyons

Guest: Sebastian Moore

Topics covered

• World Cup
• football analysis
• England vs Scotland
• semi-final discussion
• tournament predictions

Keywords

• World Cup
• England
• Scotland
• semi-final
• Argentina
• Spain
• football

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Take Me Home

Places: England, Scotland, Argentina, Spain

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