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How to Win a World Cup with Gary Lineker and Cesc Fabregas

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How to Win a World Cup with Gary Lineker and Cesc Fabregas

By: Gary Lineker, Cesc Fabregas
Narrated by: Gary Lineker, Cesc Fabregas
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About this listen

Football legend Gary Lineker and Spain’s World Cup winning midfielder Cesc Fabregas take a fun and entertaining look at what it takes to win the biggest prize in football.

Across 14 episodes, they discuss whether your team needs a footballing genius, a top manager, the best tactics, a large slice of luck or some other secret ingredient!

Gary and Cesc’s quest for the World Cup winning formula is a roller coaster ride full of larger than life footballing characters, secret dressing room tales and hilarious incidents on and off the field.

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  • Ep 1: Genius

    Ep 1: Genius
    Nov 10 2022

    Do you need to have a genius in your team to win a World Cup?

    How do coaches and teammates accommodate a genius and if you don’t have one how do you compensate?

    Gary and Cesc recall what it’s like playing with and against the likes of Messi and Maradona and how their genius can impact the whole dressing room.
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    30 mins
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  • Ep 2: Goalscorer

    Ep 2: Goalscorer
    Nov 10 2022

    If you want to win football matches then scoring plenty of goals usually helps. But does having the tournament’s top goalscorer mean you are guaranteed silverware? A look at recent history would suggest it may not be clear cut.

    This is Gary’s chance to defend the art of the goalscorer and explain the mentality needed to be the very best. Meanwhile Cesc wonders whether England might need to do the unthinkable and drop Harry Kane if they want to lift the trophy.
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    33 mins
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  • Ep 3: Get on the Plane

    Ep 3: Get on the Plane
    Nov 10 2022

    You can’t win a World Cup if you’re not there in the first place. In this episode Gary and Cesc discuss some of the great omissions from World Cups and the surprise players who came from nowhere to star at the tournament.

    They also debate the value of a genuine squad player and Cesc reveals the extraordinary story of Pepe Reina’s key role in the 2010 Spanish World Cup winning squad.
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    29 mins
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Enjoyed this podcast very much, I am not a full time fan, euros and the world's excepted.

This have me a better understanding of the game and players so thank you both.

Helpful insight

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Full of interesting World Cup history.
Enjoyed hearing both Cesc's & Gary's WCup experiences.

Easy listening

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Brilliant stories, such good insight, sounds great and is captivating and genuinely entertaining. Highly recommend!

Such a great listen

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It amazing to listen to and great stories
Lineker and Fabregas are great to listen too



Brilliant

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Highly recommended brilliant story telling
very exciting and I learnt a'll about the world cups history

Brilliant best podcast ever!

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