Episode 733 – The AFTN Soccer Show (World Cup Preview Part Two with Mathias Laborda, Finn Surman, Marco Materazzi, and Petar Musa)
We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of World Cup chat and interviews, in the second of our preview shows for the tournament.
We’re looking at six of the groups in this episode (Groups G to L), with special focus on Group G where two of the six matches will be at BC Place and a further two down in Seattle. There’s a special focus on New Zealand, who will play two of their matches here in Vancouver, and we sit down with Portland Timbers centre back Finn Surman to chat about his footballing journey so far, the game in Aotearoa, the excitement of playing at his first World Cup, and his World Cup memories from tournaments past.
We also look ahead to Uruguay’s chances in Group H with Vancouver Whitecaps defender Mathias Laborda, find out how he still gets excited about the tournament, and chat about some of his World Cup memories through the years. And FC Dallas’ Petar Musa talks about his selection to the Croatian World Cup team and their chances in Group L and beyond.
All of this plus we hear from Jesse Marsch and Maxime Crepeau after the latter was named the Canadian starting goalkeeper for the World Cup, get Zach’s experience at the Uzbekistan friendly in Edmonton, chat with Italian legend Marco Materazzi about the World Cup and what Italy need to do to qualify again, move onto the letter X in our Canadian Soccer A to Z series, music-wise, legendary Scottish band Deacon Blue wrap up their residency as our Artists of the Month, and we’ve got another World Cup song in Wavelength, and this time it’s a throwback to Espana ’82 for New Zealand.
Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
01.24: Intro – Zach’s CanMNT travels
10.55: Max Crepeau named Canada’s starting goalkeeper
20.45: Canadian Soccer A to Z – X
26.20: Group G Preview – Belgium, Egypt, Iran, and New Zealand
50.00: Finn Surman interview on New Zealand and the World Cup
72.30: Group H Preview – Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Uruguay
83.00: Mathias Laborda’s Uruguayan World Cup memories
90.00: Group I Preview – France, Iraq, Norway, Senegal
99.40: Group J Preview – Algeria, Argentina, Austria, and Jordan
113.00: Group K Preview – Colombia, DR Congo, Portugal, and Uzbekistan
120.40: Group L Preview – Croatia, England
123.55: Petar Musa on his World Cup call-up with Croatia
129.50: Group L Preview – Ghana, Panama
132.42: Marco Materazzi on his World Cup memories and Italy not qualifying again
138.35: Wavelength – Ray Woolf and the New Zealand 1982 World Cup Squad – Heading To The Top
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