Jul 3, 2026 · 57 min · 13 segments
Amit and Austin start with a recap of Portugal's crazy matchup with Croatia which featured stoppage time drama for both sides. The guys then go over Spain and Switzerland's impressive wins over…
Um, yeah, it kind of reached this liminal zone where they could've just kept going without extra time, and we would've enjoyed it.
This was, I think, evidence o- of what they, they do at these kinds of tournaments.
W- we've said for so long that, that there might be one more Croatia throwback performance here, and I think this was it, right? That they're margins away fr- from getting this done.
And on the other side, I think this is Roberto Martinez being pretty good tactically, right? He showed his tactical chops here.
And I think this is a couple of managers now in this round of 32 where you can kind of write them off as, ah, they're just vibes guys, I don't think you can really trust them on tactics, who have come up, and when they've been pressured, when they've been forced into a situation, have said, "Yeah, I've got the tactical chops to get out of this, to get my team through." And I think Martinez, i- in particular, deserves a lot of credit for that for what he did yesterday.
It's both [laughs] 'cause y- you know, you can't ignore, like, the three and a half games that put him in this point.
And I think honestly the cra- we're gonna talk about this game, the craziest part of this game is Portugal make the adjustments more offensive to, to come back, right? And then they're left with the team that made those adjustments that is ill-suited to then play a neutral game state.
Um, yeah, it kind of reached this liminal zone where they could've just kept going without extra time, and we would've enjoyed it.
This was, I think, evidence o- of what they, they do at these kinds of tournaments.
W- we've said for so long that, that there might be one more Croatia throwback performance here, and I think this was it, right? That they're margins away fr- from getting this done.
And on the other side, I think this is Roberto Martinez being pretty good tactically, right? He showed his tactical chops here.
And I think this is a couple of managers now in this round of 32 where you can kind of write them off as, ah, they're just vibes guys, I don't think you can really trust them on tactics, who have come up, and when they've been pressured, when they've been forced into a situation, have said, "Yeah, I've got the tactical chops to get out of this, to get my team through." And I think Martinez, i- in particular, deserves a lot of credit for that for what he did yesterday.
It's both [laughs] 'cause y- you know, you can't ignore, like, the three and a half games that put him in this point.
And I think honestly the cra- we're gonna talk about this game, the craziest part of this game is Portugal make the adjustments more offensive to, to come back, right? And then they're left with the team that made those adjustments that is ill-suited to then play a neutral game state.
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