About this episode

The episode discusses Italy's failure to qualify for the World Cup and the factors contributing to its decline.

Daniel Tiluk, Carl Anka, and eventually Have Hope discuss Italy failing to qualify for the World Cup for the third consecutive tournament. What factors led to the powerhouse's decline? What is the road back to success. Where Nigeria and Italy can be compared in their World Cup droughts. Then a quick look through the finally set groups with some initial thoughts on each. Merch store: https://talkingtactics-shop.fourthwall.com Included with Patreon: Aging in and out of festivals. Have Hope's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://havehopefootballhut.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Carl on The Athletic: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theathletic.com/author/carl-anka⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Daniel's Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://danieltiluk.substack.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Tiluk, Carl Anka

Guest: Have Hope

Topics covered

• Italy soccer
• World Cup qualification
• soccer decline
• Nigeria comparison
• group analysis

Keywords

• Italy
• World Cup
• soccer
• decline
• Nigeria
• group analysis
• Have Hope

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic, Patreon

Places: Italy, Nigeria

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