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The knockout is in full swing and in reality that this is when the tournament really begins. Get ready for all the cliches about "It's win or go home" or "There's no tomorrow for one of these teams" and of course the penalty shoot-out will be making an appearance. If it hasn't already (ahem, Germany....)
Another review in our "series featuring first episodes of reality TV shows featuring celebrities buying football teams"(copyright, Atlantic Voice), this time featuring actress Eva Longoria and her share of Liga MX team, Necaxa FC.
Zeff takes a break from watching football and heads off to New York and Madison Square Garden to watch......the darts! Yes, grown men throwing small projectiles at the wall. But as you're about to find out, there's a little bit more to it all. And get ready, because it's going to be here for a little while.....
Peter is back to talk about the book "Football Hackers" by Christoph Biermann, to understand how numbers and statistics are helping to redefine how we see the beautiful game and the whos, hows, and whys, of the 'data revolution.' Is "Moneyball" just for baseball?
Part 2 of the reknown Summer Movie Preview is here (Part 1 can be found when you click this) and Eric and Zeff are looking at what's on at your local picturehouse in July and August. As always there's superhero or too, but this summer the work of two of cinema's most celebrated directors, Christopher Nolan and Ridley Scott.
All the trailers can be found here
What's your daily routine? Does it exercise the mind? The body? Zeff has one, though the positive effects have yet to be proven....
Watch your national team over the years and you might find yourself having a sense of "Deja Vu all over again", as Yogi Berra once said (and apparently sang by John Fogerty). Losing you? Watching England can do that to you, as Zeff wll explain.
It's the host's position that those "Greatest of all time" debates are pointless; but that's an entirely different thing to acknowledging it and appreciating it. And even then, comparisons will inevitably be made.....
Day 12 of the World Cup of Tea and one for the football "geeks" amongst you, as Zeff goes through FIFA's official match summary of the USA-Paraguay group match from Day 2. Take a peek behind the curtain as we learn how the pros quantify what goes on in a match for players and the teams.
The second review in our series featuring first episodes of reality TV shows featuring celebrities buying football teams (gosh, that sentence is a mouthful). Up next from 2025, "Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues" that follows star quarterback-turned-TV-analyst Tom Brady, as he becomes part owner of Birmingham City, currently in The Championship, the tier below the Premier League in England.
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