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How Spain won the 2026 World Cup!

Matt Forde is alongside 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit and comedian Alex Brooker to reflect on Spain's World Cup triumph over Argentina! They ask if their victory is a win for all of football after Argentina's tactics during the match and the entire tournament Elsewhere England ended their campaign in style by securing third spot by beating France in a crazy game on Saturday night, Petit tells us that game counts for nothing BUT has backed Thomas Tuchel to win something with the Three Lions. And with the curtain drawn on the World Cup, we look back on the tournament as a whole and what's worked and what hasn't. Instagram: @talkSPORT [https://www.instagram.com/talksport/?hl=en] // @howtowintheworldcup Twitter: @talkSPORT [https://x.com/talkSPORT]  YouTube: @talkSPORTWorldCup26 Email: wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk [wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How Tuchel's tactics cost England the World Cup

Matt Forde is alongside 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit and comedian Alex Brooker to discuss England's defeat to Argentina in the semi final of the World Cup. All three are in agreement that the blame should be attributed to Thomas Tuchel after he inexplicably decided to defend against the World Champions for the final 30 minutes of the game and allowed Lionel Messi to work his magic. We ask what is next for the German following the defeat and if he should stick around? Could Pep Guardiola be an option to replace him after he left Man City earlier this year? Emmanuel tells us how France is feeling following their shock defeat to Spain in the other semi final. And we look ahead to Sunday's final and discuss the influence of Spain's talismanic captain Rodri who looks back to his sublime best. Instagram: @talkSPORT [https://www.instagram.com/talksport/?hl=en] // @howtowintheworldcup Twitter: @talkSPORT [https://x.com/talkSPORT]  YouTube: @talkSPORTWorldCup26 Email: wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk [wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How Bellingham bailed out England....again!

Matt Forde is alongside 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit and comedian Alex Brooker to unpack a nervy win for England over Norway which see's them into the semi finals! Jude Bellingham was once again the hero, but did he reveal a rift in his relationship with Thomas Tuchel in his post match interview? Petit says both Tuchel and Bellingham should have kept their post match comments for behind closed doors. England's opponents on Wednesday will be Argentina after they saw off Switzerland, we ask what exactly there is to fear about the current holders. Plus we get Emmanuel's take on France ahead of their semi with Span and bring you some winners and losers too! Instagram: @talkSPORT [https://www.instagram.com/talksport/?hl=en] // @howtowintheworldcup Twitter: @talkSPORT [https://x.com/talkSPORT]  YouTube: @talkSPORTWorldCup26 Email: wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk [wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How a Trump phone call ended USA's World Cup

Matt Forde is alongside former USA goalkeeper Brad Friedel and comedian and Crystal Palace superfan Chloe Petts to recap the round of 16 at the World Cup and look ahead to four amazing quarter finals. Brad tells us why he's feeling glass half full about the US National team despite their hammering by Belgium, he also says the intervention made by Donald Trump to have Folarin Balogun's red card overturned clearly inspired the Belgians. We find out why Norway are a more daunting prospect for England this weekend than Brazil would have been too. And we pick our winners and losers as usual featuring Cristiano Ronaldo, his career will officially end without lifting it's most coveted prize. Instagram: @talkSPORT [https://www.instagram.com/talksport/?hl=en] // @howtowintheworldcup Twitter: @talkSPORT [https://x.com/talkSPORT]  YouTube: @talkSPORTWorldCup26 Email: wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk [wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How England conquered the Azteca!

Matt Forde is alongside 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit and comedian Alex Brooker to relive England's iconic win in the Azteca, which is being lauded as one of their all tine great World Cup wins! There's high praise from Emmanuel for England's performance and he says it shows that they are capable of winning the whole tournament. He also admits he may have been wrong about England keeper Jordan Pickford, who he singled out as a weak link in the current setup. Next up for England is a clash with Norway who dumped out Brazil thanks to a brace from Erling Haaland, how can Tuchel tame the red hot striker? Plus, we get Emmanuel's take on France's battle with Paraguay and how they will cope against Morocco and there's winners and losers as usual featuring FIFA after they suspended Florian Balogun's red card after interference from Donald Trump Instagram: @talkSPORT [https://www.instagram.com/talksport/?hl=en] // @howtowintheworldcup Twitter: @talkSPORT [https://x.com/talkSPORT]  YouTube: @talkSPORTWorldCup26 Email: wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk [wintheworldcup@talksport.co.uk] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.