Mikel Merino Strikes Again & Spain Sink Belgium 2-1! 🇪🇸🇧🇪 | World Cup Daily #40

[00:00:00] Miquel Merino scored the winner against Portugal, then the winner against Belgium, both as a substitute and both in the final minutes of the game. He has two goals and zero starts in his World Cup. Spain are in the semi-final and the super sub is becoming their secret weapon.

[00:00:22] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to FUTIN REVIEW World Cup Daily, episode 39. Day 29 is done. Spain are in the semi-finals. I'm Shaq, joined here today by John Gaffer. How are you doing? Hello, my friend. All good? Here are you. Excellent. I've had a really fun day at BrewDog the Brewery, so looking forward to this one. Well, let's just sum up yesterday. So Belgium lost Steelmans in the warm-up, then Kurt was in the second half, then Merino came off the bench.

[00:00:50] Lamens spilled a shot, sat to see and it was over. Belgium are out. Spain faced France on Tuesday in Dallas. Two of the best teams in the tournament. Let's get into it. Before we get into it, John, Merino, two goals, zero starts. Is he the most impactful player of the World Cup so far? No, I think Lukaku on the other side was actually more impactful. He scored every time he got subbed in, I think, so far as well.

[00:01:16] Yeah, but Merino has literally pulled Spain through into two stages of the World Cup. Yeah, against the US as well before that. So, no, I think Lukaku has had the most impact from the bench so far. But of course, Merino's performance can't be underestimated. Can't be underestimated. But you said like, super stops from Spain, they had Pedro on the bench yesterday. I mean, I could manage as a coach if I had that bench. Yeah. True, true.

[00:01:46] Right, let's get into game one in full detail. Spain two, Belgium one. Belgium started off without their captain, Telemans, who was injured in warm-up, which is sad to see. Spain dominated from the start, but had to wait till the 30th minute when Fabian Ruiz converted the rebound after Courtois saved an initial shot. Belgium equalized in the 41st minute through Charles Dickett del Array to make it one-one at halftime. I'm really happy for this kid because he's just come back and he's just proved that he can actually do it at the biggest stage.

[00:02:14] In the second half, Courtois went off injured. It was really sad to see him cry and get off. And he was replaced by the backup La Mance, who I absolutely adore from Manchester United. But Spain dominated 16 shots to Belgium's five. Then in the 88th minute, Koubasi shot, which was like a centre-back taking a pot shot. La Mance built it and Merino on the pitch in under two minutes tapped home the winner. Spain two, Belgium one. Semi-finals next. France up against Spain in Dallas on Tuesday.

[00:02:44] John, how was the game for you? It was a really good game. It was more exciting than I expected. Because after 20 minutes, I was like, okay, this is waiting for Spain to score and then this game over. I don't see how they can overcome it. But I also said Belgium is positioned pretty well. And they do get some room for counters because Spain was pretty sloppy to start off with. Well, and they conceded and then they scored again. So first time they shot on target, the Belgium hit, right?

[00:03:11] So, and actually they rattled the Spaniards for a good 10, 15 minutes after that. Because I think after that for 10, 15 minutes, Belgium was actually the better team. So, um, I applaud them for fighting that hard. I think they've, they put up a fight. Tactically was very strong. I know that manager had some complaints this season, this tournament so far, but I think this was really strong. Uh, they fought for every, every single possession, every single ball.

[00:03:38] I have, this match was really enjoyable for me. It's just a shame that I saw maybe we'll talk about later, but you know, Jamal isn't in form yet. Right. But the thing is Spain is trying really hard to get him in form. So everything goes on the right side, get given a ball, see if they can, and he's so hunting for that goal. That it starts to look a little bit sad. Does that make sense? And very predictable on defense.

[00:04:05] Cause the one time like once they open on the left side, they get space on the right side. They just double cover Jamal. Everything went, not up single. I don't think he'd made one dribble pass anyone yesterday. So yeah, it's, uh, I applaud Belgium for that. I think they put up a good fight and to be fair, you know, yes, the goalkeeper fumbled. Yes. It was a big mistake, right? Unfortunate. But Belgium was already on the back foot, lots of injuries, lots of cramps.

[00:04:33] Don't forget the Browners already on one leg. Basically, goalkeeper in your Tielemans out. They substituted Lukaku in on the 60th minute, which was a surprising substitution. And to put more, more pressure on Spain actually. So I applaud them there for as well, but there's nothing left. So what happens if you get into extra time? You probably still get swamped, right? So the way it happens is unfortunate. I don't think they made it until penalties. Yeah.

[00:05:01] Oh, look, I think, uh, from a neutral perspective, Belgium actually came as far as they possibly could. I think this is one step too far. I wouldn't say they overachieved. I wouldn't say they underachieved. I think they achieved. They were on par with what they probably could have done. And as you said, some of the things that you mentioned, Tielemans going out, Kotoa going out, Onana having an injury and being on the subline, on the sidelines, and Kevin De Bruyne having to start consistently. It is a lot of things in this scene that just in another, another tournament, it probably could have clicked and done a little bit better.

[00:05:30] Maybe another round, but losing to Spain is no shame. But on the other hand, Spain, I don't think the Spain is actually on. We've not seen the Spain in full tilt yet, but they have comfortably moved across to the semifinals. And this is the only third time. I mean, Spain, we always think about Spain being this amazing team that is always on the top echelons, but this is the third time that Spain's reached a semifinal of a world cup. Yeah, I remember instinctively. So it's not very often.

[00:05:57] So I think we discount the Spain squad and just think, oh yeah, Spain's meant to be there. It's a pretty big achievement for Spain to be in the semifinals. Although so, but I do feel we haven't seen the best of Spain. That's another thing that's really, Spain, I find a very confusing team because there's a lot in the time. But also on the face of it yesterday, there isn't much in the tank as well. They can't keep having these performances over and over again where a last minute goal sees them through.

[00:06:24] They are so good at the ball that they don't need much defense. But what yesterday showed that if they get a little bit sloppy or they get pressures in the midfield, their defense isn't all that good, unfortunately. I mean, Laporte had a great action like in the last minutes, right? But the fact that you have Laporte as your best defender is sort of stating something there, I think. He did have an amazing stop yesterday. Yeah. The game, a great stop.

[00:06:52] Like, I think it was wonderful. I think had Belgium scored there, it would have been a completely different outcome to that game. At least not an outcome. The game would have been a lot more exciting. But yeah, he was just on fire there. Not true. But I think this Spain has some weak spots. I don't think France would talk about that, but I don't think France have any weak spots. But what you saw yesterday, if you can sort of pressure them in midfield into making some mistakes on the passing,

[00:07:19] and they were really sloppy as well, they weren't on the best day yesterday as well, then it can be punished, I think. And that's what Belgium showed. Because this Belgium isn't an exciting team to watch, but it's a stable team. And it's... Yeah, in the end, I think Spain deserved to win. Spain did not impress me as much as they did before, to be fair. And I think Belgium put up a really good fight. I mean, in the end, Spain in semis is well deserved. And they usually do really well in Euros, right?

[00:07:48] They won three Euros in like the last 15, 16 years, I think. But they don't really do well in World Cups usually. Because often actually, they don't even make it past the quarterfinal. If they make the quarterfinal at all. So I don't know what that is, but it's interesting statistics. So for them being as far as already really good. And I think, like you said, it's one of the two best teams in this tournament. I 100% agree. I think we'll discuss that clash in greater detail towards the end of this show.

[00:08:15] But for now, Spain are through, France are through. And Tuesday is when they meet each other. Two more quarterfinals today that we can cover tomorrow's show, which will be Norway versus England in Miami and Argentina versus Switzerland in Kansas City. We'll get those to preview in this show as well. But before we do that, this is your Foot & Review hydration break. The semifinals are almost set and we're here for every single day. Support us at buymeacoffee.com slash footandreview. Jump in and join us on Instagram at footandreview and TikTok at footandreviewpodcast.

[00:08:46] So we look forward to seeing you there. And all you have to do is on your podcasting app, just give it a five-star review or rating, and we'd be extremely thankful. All right. We're back in three, two, one. All right. Listeners, we have this regular segment in our show, which is the bottler, the baller, and the drama. The baller of the day has to be none other than Mikel Marino. Yeah. Two games, as I said, two substitute appearances, two winning goals in the final minutes. Zero starts.

[00:09:14] This is Mikel Marino's story in the 2026 World Cup. And it's a remarkable contribution of an individual in the tournament history, especially coming on as a sub. And I think Marino has had a really checkered 2026 where I don't think he's played a game since early Feb or January. I can't remember when. And he hasn't played a game for a long period of time in 2026. And to come on in the World Cup and score in the round of 16 and the quarterfinal, big, big keys for him. He's the baller of today.

[00:09:43] Anything about Mikel Marino, John? No, I applaud him for his performances, but I do want to highlight one player quickly, not baller, but Fabiano Ruiz. Oh, yeah. Who started instead of Pedro, which of course is like a big thing. Pedro, sorry. Pedro, yeah. He scored the first goal, celebrated pregnancy, but he played one heck of a match, man. Yeah. If you brought in for Patriot, who is arguably one of the best talents Spain is bringing up forward, right?

[00:10:12] He's one of the best midfielders as well. Yeah. He's got a performance. You score right away as well. And I don't think, like I said, Spain was sloppy. He wasn't sloppy. I stopped counting, but I don't think he missed past one single pass. So I have to give him good as well. Of course, the impact is a little bit harder when Marino comes in and scores that goal. But still, really nice to see him play. Yeah, no, that's completely fair enough. It was a good, well-taken goal as well.

[00:10:39] We'll talk about, in the next in line we have, I hate doing this, but the bottle of today, unfortunately, has to be my favorite current goalkeeper in the world. Senna Lamins did not expect to play yesterday. Thibaut Courtois, one of the greatest goalkeepers in the world. Belgium's number one got injured and Lamins had to come on with very little warm-up, I must add. For large stretches of the second half, Lamins was actually fine. Spain dominated but could not score.

[00:11:05] Then in the 88th minute, Pao Kubasi drove a shot at goal, really just a pot shot. And it didn't look particularly powerful or well-placed. And Lamins got two hands on it, spilled it out straight to Mikel Marino, who had been on the pitch for under two minutes. Marino did not miss. The one thing I want to point out, John, it happened in the first goal as well, which we're not discussing too much. And the same thing in the second goal, where the Belgium defense, no one even reacted. Like they just stood still. Same thing happened in both the goals, in my opinion. But yeah, this was a spill.

[00:11:35] The first goal was deflection. Not a deflection, it was more like a goalkeeper parried it out. Chris said it was actually a good loss mistake by not pushing the ball outside, but pushing the ball back into danger. Yeah, come on, Chris. That's right. Your thoughts as a professional goalkeeper of yesterday? Can you give us your take on this particular thing that's happened? No, I think the first goal, I think it was already a very good save. Like Courtois is huge. Just he's a large man, right?

[00:12:03] And what you see with him is technique is so good that if the ball comes low, even close to his body, he doesn't go out with his feet, he goes down with his hands, which is remarkable, which is why he's one of the best goalkeepers in the world. The other one that does this is Donnarumma, for example. But he had the ball that was already good saved. And yes, it put it back into danger. But many goalkeepers wouldn't even say the first one at all.

[00:12:28] So I found that a little bit harsh saying it was a mistake for Courtois, especially when you saw a save in the second half where they shot on target. And he also pushed the ball away, but he pushed it almost to the half way of the pitch that far. So I think usually that's very good. And this was just a little bit of unlucky. Like, yes. Remind me the goalkeeper's name? Sorry, I forgot the new one. Senna Lamens. Lamens. Okay, man. He's a talent. He's a great goalkeeper. He came in.

[00:12:58] Yes, he fumbled the ball. Yes, that makes him the bottler of the day, without a doubt. Yes, that's very harsh, but that's life of a goalkeeper, unfortunately. Right? If he saves a penalty in extra time, he would be the hero. And now he's the bottler. Yeah, it's just what happens. But there is something that stood out there to me. Like you said, is if you look at all Argentina's goals, for example, and most of Spain's goals, and it's why Marinho can score as well. They shoot, but they're not waiting to see what happens. They shoot and they start running after that ball.

[00:13:27] If something happens, they will be there. And if you look at the defense of Belgium, whenever they got a shot on goal, and the ball passed the defenders, they turn around to see what happens. And I think that is a big difference between one, a very good defense, and a decent defense. I think Mechler, for example, is a pretty good defender. Yeah. But he's not like top tier. Yeah. And I think if you look at the top teams, they shoot and they start chasing the ball,

[00:13:56] unless you're at France, because you know it's going to go in anyways. But if you see Messi's goals, the volley he made last week, some of the rebounds, they're mostly rebounds because they shoot, they run after the ball. Yeah. Something happens, they're there again to take it in as well. If you look at Martino's during the Serie A, most of the shots are there. Takes shots, runs after it. Oh, rebound? Then it's mine as well. Goodbye. And I think I can't really understand why it's something we have to point out,

[00:14:25] where if there's the whole team of analysts, they just have to say, you know, look at the goals, like Marino scores. Right? Usually this as well. It's a rebound. He's there as the only one. Well, there are two actually now there. Yeah. I think that's, it's unlucky. Yes, it was a mistake. Also not sure if it could have been avoided if the defenders were a little bit smarter about it. Completely agree. I think they could have been avoided, but it is what it is.

[00:14:54] And for that, unfortunately, my good friend, Senator Lamens, I have to, we have to say that that's the bottle of today. Moving on. I spoke to a friend in Belgium this morning. And I said like, what, what do you think there's going to be said against Lamens? And he's like, oh, half of the team will just pat him on the back since it happens, mate. And just give him a hug. And what about the other half of the team? Well, they haven't said anything and I won't speak to him for a while.

[00:15:22] So I think, yeah, there's two ways of looking at this. Yeah. It's undoubtedly a mistake, unfortunately. It happens. It happens. It's a very pressure cooker situation. And also he was. And stands out in a tournament where goalkeepers are. Have been good. Have been really good. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Well, moving on to the drama of today, and it's just the confirmation of probably the best on paper game and a semi-final worthy fixture of Spain versus France being confirmed is exciting.

[00:15:52] It's really exciting for this to be in as a semi-final. France has won every single game of this World Cup without any extra time. Six wins, 13 goals scored. Two conceded, one of which was a penalty. Mbappe on eight goals this tournament. And Dembele on five. Ulisse everywhere. They are the tournament machine. Spain have not lost in regular time in 35 matches. They have a perfect defense till yesterday. Yamal and Oizabal in devastating form apart from yesterday.

[00:16:21] Rodri and Pedri have been controlling up till yesterday. Obviously, Pedri didn't start. And the substitute called Marina who appears to be undroppable because he just never misses from coming on the bench this tournament. And lastly, what we can look forward to is Mbappe versus Yamal. 27 year old versus 18 year old. The man chasing the all time World Cup scoring record against a man who may end up breaking it in 15 years. The two best teams at this World Cup in one semi-final. That is the drama for today.

[00:16:50] Are you looking forward to this game, John? And also, secondly, who do you think goes through to the final? Am I looking forward to it? Yes, definitely. Finally, we're getting these matches in. I've said it before. This tournament has one round too much and a couple of teams too much. So most of the matches are one sided. This could be one that's not. It can go either way. I do think if you look at the chances, I think it would be 55% for France and 45% for Spain, probably.

[00:17:20] I'd say the big difference is that Yamal is not informed and the left side has been pretty much non-existent. Although Nico Williams got subbed in yesterday. And if Yamal and Williams both are getting a little bit more fitter, then those are actually weapons you could use against France. So I think it kind of depends on them. But to be fair, I've seen France like they, that's amazing.

[00:17:45] I mean, I'm usually not even a fan of this France team and the Champs because they played very defensive football. Now look at this. This team is now playing six at the back and there's four in the front where just you six just play in service of these four, make sure they can score. All good. What happens if a new manager comes in after the Champs leave and suddenly all 11 players can start playing football? Ah, like Spain does.

[00:18:11] Like it's either a fairytale or a horror movie depends on if you're playing against them. Right. So, yeah, I think I'm looking forward to it. I think France will get this also because I don't rate Spain's defense that high, if I'm quite honest. And I think they have to lean back much. They can't hold the ball against France. And like, there's two ways of going in and this might be it.

[00:18:37] One will see the old France team coming back from the early years, but it will just lean back and rely on counters, which could very much happen if Spain just has the ball controls the game. And then you get a counter and you goal score. I think they could do that. And they, the Champ has a tendency of doing that. Let's put it like this. I think this tournament has proven anyone that adapts to its opponents too much.

[00:19:00] Netherlands, Germany, Argentina once we saw, name one. And there was another one, Morocco this week. Yes. Yes. You adapt too much. You're not playing your own game. You have to be actually, the time is too slow to just too short time to adapt. Yeah. Yeah. So I think if France goes dropping back, goes back to the old style and Spain gets the ball in, Spain might actually win it because of that. Right? If France says, you know what? We are enjoying ourselves so far.

[00:19:30] If France is going to go to the old style and actually just get that six man defense in and make sure those four players get the ball and just go, go at it. I doubt for Spain will have much of a chance, but I think that's the critical point. So if we'll see a setup with more defenders, which with France, I think Spain might net it. And if you see a setup with more like the regular, as we see now, I think France will get it. In the end, that's two amazing teams, two amazing top tier players.

[00:19:59] We'll see not only Amal, but I mean, Bradry, Ossie Bial, the goalkeepers are terrific for both teams. It's just insane. Yeah. Yeah. Can't wait. Completely agree with you. Completely agree. It's going to be an insane game. And for exactly, I completely echo what you said. And I think France will just be a little too strong for Spain. And the only way Spain can get through is if they have their master plan of holding the ball and scoring in the right places and holding the ball.

[00:20:28] If that works for 90 minutes, which I highly doubt, I think France are the favorites and rightly so. Rightly so. We'll discuss this game in more detail when it comes closer to the final dates. But let's quickly preview some of the games that are coming up in less than less than 24 hours, less than 12 hours. In fact, Norway versus England. So Norway are in the first ever World Cup waterfinal. England returned to the last eight for the 11th time. This is Haaland versus Kane. Seven goal versus six goals.

[00:20:57] The golden boot race with the go within the golden boot race. England are without Kwanzaa who picks up a two match ban. Weirdly. Gahe and James are doubts with hamstring issues. Henderson is ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a broken wrist. Haaland knocked Brazil out with two goals in the final 11 minutes. Bellingham scored twice in three minutes at the Azteca. If this game has one thing, it has goals from these two men who will be central to everything. Don't you think, John? Yes. I just want to come back to the Henderson story.

[00:21:25] Because that's one, you know, in 30 years when we're a really old man and like having our get-togethers and sitting at the campfires is one of those stories which player was celebrating a victory, has not played a single minute in this tournament, made a fall over the state of the science and broke his wrist. That's right. To his luck, Henderson actually has played a few minutes this tournament. Oh, he did.

[00:21:51] The trivia question will be, which player did not feature in a single minute in a particular game, received a yellow card and was injured and off? That would be Henderson. This could be a pub trivia that I can see that's happening. It's really pathetic. This game, John, I think one of the biggest things that really England's problem section would be the right back. And I think having the issues that they have with Kwanzaa, Gahey, James, all not available to play in the right back position.

[00:22:21] I think they will have some issues unless Jed Spence can be trusted for the entire game. And that will probably be the weak section for England. And you have Noosa and the likes from Norway who could probably exploit that particular area. Your thoughts on this game? Yeah, I want to look forward to except for the horrible timing on that match. For most of the world. Is it? What time is it for you? 11 p.m. Well, that's not horrible timing. That's decent timing. What are you talking about?

[00:22:51] I guess they started at 9 and 8. That was a little bit better. Portugal was at 6 this week. I mean, that's much, much easier. But the other match we're talking about, it's going to be much harder because that's 3 a.m. Perfect for me. Yeah, I know. I know. And I applaud you for it. I might have to watch it tomorrow morning. But seriously, I think this, like, honestly, England has the better team. I think Noosa versus a non-existing right back could be critical.

[00:23:20] Haaland will definitely score because I have said this before and I don't mean any disrespect by it. But I don't think I rate the defense from England that good. So far, they have not been good at this tournament at all. No. And the defense. And then you play Haaland and Noosa. They'll get a goal in at least one. Right? I think that's very safe to say. But then on the other side, Norway doesn't have the best defenders either. So it can go. And Kane has proven to be top form as well.

[00:23:48] So this is going to be, I think this is going to be a football fight. I think this is nothing, not much to do with tactics because I don't think there's too much. I think England will has just a little bit too much quality to lose this. Although the goalkeeper from Norway, Nyland, I think. That's it. Nyland. Has been absolutely terrific World Cup so far. If he can keep up that form, that might hold off some pressure.

[00:24:14] But if England scores early, I think this could be a good go-through for England. And to be fair, like the quality is there. They should be able to have it. But Norway has been proven a fighting machine. Plus, the crowd absolutely loves them. Have you Googled? Have you Googled Haaland already? Yeah, you Google Haaland and Erling and the rowing thing happens. Yes.

[00:24:36] You should, if you don't know what we're talking about, just open up your browser, go to Google, type in Haaland, press enter and just laugh. I think it's amazing. I think it is. Yeah, it is really good. It is really good. I did it yesterday on my phone. It's very cute. It's really cute. Go check that out while it's still alive. It's amazing. I think they have momentum. The whole world is roaming around. You know, everyone loves Haaland. But I think England should have the quality to take this.

[00:25:05] Yeah, I completely agree. I completely agree. I think they will get through this. Well, more than getting through, they have the quality. Whether they get through, it all depends on the game. I think this game is going to be in the middle of the day, if I'm not mistaken. Yes. So it's going to be a hot atmosphere, high humidity in Miami, if I'm not mistaken. High humidity, high temperatures. I don't know if it's 5pm. I don't know if it's going to be a congenial game for both the teams, both European teams,

[00:25:35] both cold temperature teams. I did check their head-to-head stats though. Mm-hmm. Two wins for Norway, one win from England, and four draws so far. Oof. So actually, Norway has the advance if you look at stats. Yeah. It's going to be really interesting, this game. I think it's, as you said, England, I completely agree. England has a better squad. But Haaland is a one-man machine, as he showed against Brazil. So it'll be interesting to see. I still think England will go through, and rightly so.

[00:26:05] So we'll see what our predictions look like at the end of tomorrow. Next, the other game we have quickly to discuss is Argentina, Switzerland. Argentina came back from a 2-0 deficit against Egypt in 11 minutes. Switzerland beat Colombia on penalties after 120 goalless minutes. On paper, this is a mismatch. Argentina are the defending champions with Messi, Laitaro Alvarez. And Switzerland have never beaten Argentina in seven attempts. Switzerland have never reached a World Cup semi-final.

[00:26:32] But Switzerland have also not trailed at any point in this entire tournament, including qualifiers. And Argentina have been unconvincing in the knockouts. Twice in a row, they've actually come out and scored some wonder goals, and come back and beat the opposition that they had. They can't keep doing that, can they? What do you think, John? Do you think Argentina can keep riding on their luck and expecting things to happen? Well, it's not only luck, but that's not the code there. Now, if you play Argentina, you're playing a team of 13 people, right?

[00:27:01] You're playing at a stadium, because you can say about Argentina what you want. But they bring in so many fans. Like even in Qatar, when there was like 5,000 Dutch people running around, there were 70,000 Argentinas coming to Qatar. That's insane. And same in the US now. Gotta applaud them for that. I know I've been a little bit critical about Argentina, but those fans coming to every single match, going to the stadiums, going to the cities, hats off. Brilliant. So they've got that advantage for sure.

[00:27:30] Especially against Switzerland, right? Yeah. I think you also have to admit that they have not got any goals against them from referees so far. Yeah. That's not helpful. But this Swiss team is not to be underestimated. Yeah. Because they are super stable. Yes, it's Swiss is playing like Swiss is known for. Right? They play like neutral football. They are very much non-emotional, but they got Vargas who was injured last match, but came back, scored the penalty.

[00:28:00] You can attack all you want. You can put all the frustrations in. They don't care. They don't get tilted. They don't get carried away. They play a stable football. Yes. It's extremely boring to watch. I got a bit that as well. But like you said, they don't concede much. If any, they actually don't thrill. You said it as well, right? They don't. They haven't thrilled yet so far. Yeah. Good luck beating them, I'd say. And if they can hang on, Argentina is their own worst enemy. We've seen that now two times in a row.

[00:28:30] Can Sky Bovert and of course, last match. And well, then we'll have to see what happens. But of course, I think Argentina should win this. They've got a clear path into the semi so far, but they have been, if I'm going to be honest, utterly disappointing so far, because the last two matches should be easy wins as well. And they haven't done that either. So, yeah. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So, who do you call quickly? Who do you call going to the semi-final from this game? I should say Swiss, right?

[00:29:00] Just because that makes for good clicks on socials. Sure. Now, of course, Argentina is going to win. Yeah, I'm with you there. So, listeners, the way we look at it, we expect England versus Argentina in the semi-final. On the other side, it's already been confirmed. It's going to be France versus Spain. We look forward to having this. So, day 29 is done. Spain are in the semi-final. France are waiting as we discussed. Now we're playing England, Miami tonight, and Argentina face Switzerland, Kansas City.

[00:29:29] We will have the full recap tomorrow. And really looking forward to our predictions being right, so we can have a blockbuster of a semi-final. See you guys. Bye-bye.