Croatia Shocks France

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Sports, Soccer

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The FC crew react to Croatia's surprise 2-0 victory over France and question Didier Deschamps' team selection after a few poor individual performances. Plus, the guys break down Spain's late equalizer in a 2-2 draw with Netherlands and look ahead to the 2nd Leg in Valencia. Gab Marcotti also joins the show to break down Denmark's upset of Portugal and question why Cristiano Ronaldo is still starting for Roberto Martinez's team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's happening again.
0:02.1	Bracket Brain.
0:03.4	That time of year when basketballs, backboards, and buzzer-beater start bursting into view.
0:08.8	Images of underdogs are overwhelming you at every turn.
0:12.3	Sites of storybook endings are never ending.
0:15.2	There's only one thing to do when bracket brain hits.
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0:21.8	by tapping into the number one bracket game. Your bracket brain will thank you. Presented by Capital One.
0:34.8	Welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas joined by Craig Burley and
0:39.7	Shaka. Hislav. What about the nation's league quarterfinals in Europe today? We'll kick
0:44.0	off with Croatia taking on France. So much excitement about France and that young talent
0:49.0	that is coming through. However, they were given lesson by the veterans today. Croatia
0:53.6	thoroughly deserving of their 2-0 victory.
0:56.6	Let's welcome in.
0:58.1	Giuliana Laurent.
0:58.9	Jules, when this squad was announced, there was so much excitement around it, what went wrong today?
1:04.3	Well, a lot of things went wrong.
1:06.2	To start with, the start of the game was not good enough.
1:08.7	I don't think that first half from this French team was good enough.
1:11.9	Technically, they kept making mistakes.
1:13.5	Defensively, they were a bit all over the place.
1:15.3	We said, Conate, who came off a half-time, by the way, for Pamechano,
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