Any Given Thursday

Maxwell Brown & David Blomquist

A vengeful Ronaldo, Xavi and Klopp kick off campaigns, and CONCACAF sets its Quarterfinals | International Break round-up

OCT 9, 202646 MIN

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Today, we round up all the most interesting developments from the new, extended international break. We've had a long three weeks without domestic football, but many interesting things are afoot on the national-team scale. We begin in Europe, where many new coaches have taken over post-World Cup. We do quick hits on Klopp's Germany, Xavi's Netherlands, Zidane's France, as well as Italy, Croatia, Belgium, and Scotland. And yes, we talk about the very silly Ronaldo situaiton... Then we discuss goings-on in other other continents, including Messi's farewell to Argentina, the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals, and Africa's usual chaos. Finally, we close on a sort-of-serious segment on what's happening down in Oceania. Hail Fiji! Cheers to Stéphane Auvray! Chapters: 00:00 – the start 03:06 – UEFA | Germany 05:32 – The Netherlands 10:01 – France 14:01 – Croatia 17:42 – Portugal & Ronaldo 25:09 – Italy 30:04 – Belgium & Scotland 33:53 – South America & CONCACAF 38:53 – Africa & Asia 42:34 – Oceania