0624 Football - a podcast by tbs eFM

Today’s theme: Football

(in time for Russia World Cup 2018)


The 2018 FIFA World Cup is the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is currently ongoing in Russia starting from June 14th and will end with the final match on July 15th. The country was awarded the hosting rights in December 2010. The final tournament involves 32 national teams. We look into the history, the culture and the quirks surrounding the tournament with expert guests.



The Conversationalist

with
Patrick Reevell

- ABC News Moscow bureau reporter

How enthusiastic do you think the Russian people, and the nation is as a whole about this world cup? Can you feel any excitement over there?

Russia is such a big country and the games are being held across 12 stadiums. The distance between the easternmost host city and the westernmost host city is over 1500 miles (2414 km). That’s about the same distance as Moscow to London. What kind of logistic issues might fans or teams alike experience as they traverse this vast land for their various games?

&
Yoo Jee-ho(???)

- sports writer for Yonhap News Agency

Do we know anything about how the Korean team has been training so far - what kind of team building efforts were going on, how are they staying fit and ready for the games, and so on?

South Korea is in Group F with Sweden, Mexico and Germany, those that are not huge football fans might wonder why this has been labeled one of the tournaments “group of death”. Can you tell us just how strong these teams are, and why even round 16 can be the toughest round for South Korea?

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Tom Williams
- Football writer and broadcaster, specializing in English and French football
- author of Do You Speak Football?

Do you think there will be a “home ground advantage” for Russia going forward?

We’ve talked about key players in the Korean national team to keep an eye on. Can you come up with some names of players, regardless of country, that you have the highest expectations for in the World Cup?



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