World Cup Week, KenCall, Neymar's Cankles, Why Norway?

World Cup Week, KenCall, Neymar's Cankles, Why Norway?

From Second Captains by Second Captains

June 5, 2026 · 27 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming World Cup, featuring insights from Tim Vickery on coaching and player performance.

We're just one week out from the World Cup and we're starting to feel it. First stop for Ken is Mexico City early next week, but before he went he gave us a special World Cup edition of KenCall! This week we also had Tim Vickery on Ancelotti's source code for coaching and how old injured legends Neymar and Messi will fare in the heat. Plus there's Mbappe's defensive stats, who Ken is supporting and Madrid men stirring the pot. Click the player at the top of the page to play this best of show. To listen to all our World Cup programming throughout the rest of the summer,  join the Second Captains World Service . It costs 5 euro a month plus VAT, there’s no contracts, no hidden fees, no sign up fee, no ads and shows can be listened to on all good podcast apps, on Spotify or through our website. It’s independent, commercial-free and member-led. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ken

Guest: Tim Vickery

Topics covered

  • World Cup
  • soccer
  • coaching
  • injuries
  • sports analysis

Keywords

  • World Cup
  • KenCall
  • Neymar
  • Messi
  • Mbappe
  • soccer
  • coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Second Captains

Places: Mexico City

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