FIFA lose control and England surge to the Quarters!
About this episode
The episode discusses FIFA's controversies, England's victory over Mexico, and various soccer-related topics.
We have some fun in the second half reminiscing about England's famous win over Mexico at the Azteca, but before all that we have the small matter of constitutional chaos as Egypt fume at their exit amidst a controversial set of VAR decisions in favour of Argentina. More Latam drama occured as Paraguay went out to France, and the USA disappointed against a Belgium team that still has Axel Witsel knocking about. 5:25 - Argentina go through via ref drama 8:27 - Egypt's ruled-out goal vs FIFA's fading goodwill 20:56 - A brief history of referees by Sam Hyde 29:40 - ENGLAND win vs Mexico 47:53 - Mexican vs USA culture 50:47 - Toby watches an MLS game 55:17 - USA eliminated by Belgium 1:00:25 - Sam defends Paraguay Want us to answer your questions? Contact us at pressingmatterspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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