Olivier Giroud & Ellen White: Wembley triumphs and World Cup heroics

About this episode

The episode features Olivier Giroud and Ellen White discussing their football careers and recent triumphs.

Could It Be Magic, the FA Cup podcast sponsored by Carling, is back with a huge end-of-season episode as Joe Cole and Ashley Cole welcome former Arsenal, Chelsea and France striker Olivier Giroud and former Man City, Arsenal and England striker Ellen White into the studio. We look back at an FA Cup final won by Manchester City in what turned out to be the departing Pep Guardiola's final trophy at the club. Joe and Ashley give us their verdict on what the future holds for City now Pep is gone and they implore their old club Chelsea to give incoming manager Xabi Alonso the time he needs to succeed. Olivier names his favourite Arsenal teammates, relives his FA Cup wins with Arsenal and Chelsea, and takes us inside his iconic scorpion-kick goal at the Emirates. He also explains what Arsenal must do to beat PSG in the Champions League final. Ellen reflects on the Lionesses’ historic Euro 2022 victory, while Giroud reveals how he celebrated World Cup glory with President Emmanuel Macron in the dressing room after France’s 2018 win. Plus, we preview the women’s FA Cup final between Manchester City and Brighton at Wembley. Could It Be Magic? is brought to you by Carling, the official…

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Cole, Ashley Cole

Guests: Olivier Giroud, Ellen White

Topics covered

• FA Cup
• World Cup
• soccer
• Manchester City
• Arsenal
• Ellen White
• Olivier Giroud

Keywords

• Olivier Giroud
• Ellen White
• FA Cup
• World Cup
• Manchester City
• Arsenal
• soccer
• Euro 2022
• Champions League

Sponsors

Carling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, PSG, Lionesses, Adobe

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