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Jul 2018
38m 25s

Les Bleurgh: France make the final, Belg...

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About this episode

Well, here we are in uncharted Football Ramble territory, as England prepare for a World Cup semi-final with Croatia. We steel ourselves for the game by way of adventures with Keith Allen in Screw Fix, reminiscence of tournaments past and the fev-o-meter going into overdrive. 


Alongside that we look over an impressive, surgical win from France, enjoy a dig from Fabio Capello and learn to ‘drink more responsibility’. Needless to say, Cristiano has the last laugh.


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Further reading


Belgium weren’t happy with the way France played:


https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/11/belgiums-thibaut-courtois-and-eden-hazard-hit-out-at-anti-football-france


France look to move on from 1998:


https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/france-vs-belgium-world-cup-2018-didier-deschamps-samuel-umtiti-goal-video-watch-1998-final-a8441431.html


Can England actually go and do this?


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44785165

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