France’s Depth, Messi’s Back, and Norway’s Potential: Cup of Cups Preview 06/09/26

About this episode

Rog and Rory Smith preview the Cup of Cups, discussing the strengths of France and Argentina among other teams.

The fifth Cup of Cups Preview, Presented by Camarena, continues with Rog and Rory Smith discussing Groups I and J. Can Kylian Mbappe’s France and their wealth of talent make another run to the final despite a packed group including Senegal, Norway and Iraq? In Group J, Lionel Messi returns with Argentina and a load of familiar faces, but can lightning strike twice for the South American side? Plus, Algeria’s own Zidane and Austria’s revamped Wunderteam.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Rog, Rory Smith

Topics covered

• Cup of Cups
• football preview
• international teams
• Messi
• Mbappe
• tournament analysis

Keywords

• Cup of Cups
• France
• Argentina
• Messi
• Mbappe
• Zidane
• football

Sponsors

Camarena

Mentioned in this episode

Places: France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq, Argentina, Algeria, Austria

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