The World Cup starts tonight - what you need to know!

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming World Cup and how to engage in football conversations despite Ireland's absence from the tournament.

While Ireland might have missed out on the World Cup dream, the tournament starts tonight, but what do you actually need to know to bluff our way through and sound like a football expert? Joining Andrea to discuss is Tanya Sweeney, Columnist for the Irish Independent and Off the Ball’s Phil Egan.

People in this episode

Host: Andrea

Guests: Tanya Sweeney, Phil Egan

Topics covered

• World Cup
• football
• sports commentary
• Ireland
• soccer expertise

Keywords

• World Cup
• football
• Ireland
• Tanya Sweeney
• Phil Egan
• soccer
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Irish Independent, Off the Ball

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