FRIDAY'S PAPERS: World Cup opening thoughts...the goals, cards and quirks from the start of the BIGGEST World Cup. | OFF THE BALL Breakfast

About this episode

The episode discusses the opening matches of the World Cup, including key moments and talking points.

Shane Hannon, Enda Coll and Dara Smith-Naughton are on hand to bring you all the headlines from across the sporting world as the World Cup has started, it began last night with Mexico comfortably beating South Africa 2-0 in a game that featured 3 red cards. In the early hours of the morning, South Korea narrowly beat Czechia 2-1 while we were all asleep. The lads go through all the different talking points following the opening to the greatest show on earth. Off The Ball Breakfast with Viagra Connect 50mg film-coated tablets. Contains sildenafil. For adult men with erectile dysfunction. Subject to suitability. Maximum dosage one 50mg tablet per day.  Always read the label. Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join Off The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

People in this episode

Hosts: Shane Hannon, Enda Coll, Dara Smith-Naughton

Topics covered

• World Cup
• soccer
• sports headlines
• match analysis
• red cards
• goals
• opening thoughts

Keywords

• World Cup
• soccer
• Mexico
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Czechia
• red cards
• goals

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Places: Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Czechia

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