Jun 24, 2026 · 37 min · 9 segments
Jason Pine is joined by football commentator Nathan Alleyne to run an eye over the latest matches at the FIFA World Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived at the tournament; a game later than his fellow…
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Well, I, I wanna unpack it a little bit, but after their first half win over Croatia, where they were good-
England knew that victory would be enough to see them progress to the round of 32.
They'll now have to complete the job when they face Panama on Sunday morning, which should still be okay.
What did you see out there from these respective teams? Because that sounds like, I mean, I know what I thought, but that sounds like a big Ghanaian bus being parked in front of goal.
You know, Carlos, uh, Queiroz has only been in situ for, what, four games or something like that.
And, you know, what can you do, uh, with a team when you, you're only just in charge? So look, I mean, they did, and they did it really well.
they, they knew they needed a point, um, and a point would be, would work just fine for them after their win in the opening game.
And I, listen, I think there were problems with the selection that, uh, Thomas Tuchel made.
I, I, I didn't agree with, um, the, the fact that Rashford didn't start and that Gordon did.
Um, I thought that this was the kind of game that would be crying out for some creav- creativity and nuance up in the final third.
He, he, you know, whatever the arguments in favor of that or not, um, what you saw is, uh, England then playing a little bit into Ghana's hands.
You know, you, you got Maddueke on one, one flank, um, who was cutting inside all the time.
Well, I, I wanna unpack it a little bit, but after their first half win over Croatia, where they were good-
England knew that victory would be enough to see them progress to the round of 32.
They'll now have to complete the job when they face Panama on Sunday morning, which should still be okay.
What did you see out there from these respective teams? Because that sounds like, I mean, I know what I thought, but that sounds like a big Ghanaian bus being parked in front of goal.
You know, Carlos, uh, Queiroz has only been in situ for, what, four games or something like that.
And, you know, what can you do, uh, with a team when you, you're only just in charge? So look, I mean, they did, and they did it really well.
they, they knew they needed a point, um, and a point would be, would work just fine for them after their win in the opening game.
And I, listen, I think there were problems with the selection that, uh, Thomas Tuchel made.
I, I, I didn't agree with, um, the, the fact that Rashford didn't start and that Gordon did.
Um, I thought that this was the kind of game that would be crying out for some creav- creativity and nuance up in the final third.
He, he, you know, whatever the arguments in favor of that or not, um, what you saw is, uh, England then playing a little bit into Ghana's hands.
You know, you, you got Maddueke on one, one flank, um, who was cutting inside all the time.
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