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Jul 2024
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07/10/24: Canada’s dreams dashed, Spain’...

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This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes. 

On today's episode: Argentina knock Canada out of the Copa America to progress to the final; young Spanish star Lamine Yamal lights up Spain’s semi-final against France; we look forward to today’s action in the Euros and the Copa; and we discuss how Drake keeps publicly backing the wrong team.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we. 

This episode was made in the UK for Men In Blazers by… 

Host: Sammy James

Producer: George Cooper and Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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