Qualification Battle

Le Azzurre di Soncin hanno dominato una partita mai in discussione, ora serve una vittoria sabato con la Danimarca

On Thursday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings all the build-up to the Republic of Ireland's crucial World Cup Qualifier against Portugal tonight at Lansdowne Road. Hallgrimsson wants strong refereeing. Jack Taylor in line to start? Johnny Kenny up top? Dara O'Shea wants tonight to be the big scalp. Cristiano Ronaldo not worried about refereeing influence. Roberto Martinez on the respect he has for Seamus Coleman. Thomas Tuchel not taking anything for granted despite England's qualification. Who will qualify from Africa? The Aviva gets 7 bumper games at the 2028 Euros. And Mary Earps returns to Manchester United and it doesn't go too well. Become a member and subscribe at offtheball.com/join

Mark Chapman and Rory Smith continue the countdown to the 2026 World Cup. Nico Cantor from CBS Sports and Mexican sports journalist Marion Reimers look at Mexico, who will host nine of the tournament’s 104 matches. How will they fare as one of the tournament’s hosts? Can they finally shake off the tag of ‘dark horses’? Former South Africa captain Dean Furman and former Nigeria international Efan Ekoku discuss some of the African teams who may qualify – how are South Africa and Nigeria faring? Plus hear from Cape Verde and Shamrock Rovers defender Roberto Lopes with his country on the edge of qualification for their first ever World Cup. 02.40 – Mexico 24.20 – Bigger picture for African teams 43.45 – Cape Verde

La Liga will be extremely well represented when the final round of 2024 European Championship qualifiers are played in November. Spain’s squad for their recent matches against Scotland and Norway included 16 La Liga players, many of whom featured in the starting XI. They included Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon, Barcelona midfielder Gavi and Real […]

Jimbo, Sasha Goryunov and Duncan Alexander gather to summarise Day 9 of the World Cup. We had two contenders for game of the tournament on the same day! Cameroon took the lead against Serbia but the Serbs scored three in succession to lead 3-1 only for Cameroon to drag it back to 3-3. The result probably means both sides are out but Vincent Aboubakar did score a lovely lob. Ghana looked like they were sailing to victory with a 2-0 lead over South Korea heading into half time. Then two goals in three second half minutes saw South Korea level before Mohammed Kudus scored his second, Ghana’s third, and secure what could be a massive three points in Group H. Massive because Portugal’s win over Uruguay sees the Portuguese qualify and leaves Ghana in pole position to follow them through. Plus we look ahead to the biggest game at the tournament tomorrow… Iran vs USA. Bassil Mikdadi gives us the Iranian perspective on their winner takes all game. And The Athletic’s Sam Stejskal gives us the perspective from the American side. Produced by Charlie Jones & Steve Hankey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Leventhal is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and Oli Kay following a day of shocks in Qatar with Costa Rica and Morocco two of the noteworthy winners, while German's draw with Spain keeps their hopes of qualification alive. Abi Paterson reports from Al Bayt Stadium along with Michael Cox, Raphael Honigstein and David Ornstein, who spoke with Ilkay Gundogan post-match, on Germany's draw with Spain. Plus there's the latest from the England camp as Marcus Rashford speaks ahead of the Three Lions taking on Wales on Tuesday night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin Sheahan took a deep dive into each of Thursday nights World Cup play-offs, including Portugal vs Turkey and Italy vs North Macedonia. Italian football journalist, Paddy Agnew also joined #OTBAM to discuss Italy's preparations for the tie. The Azzurri face the prospect of failing to qualify for consecutive World Cups for the first time in their history should they fail to beat North Macedonia tonight. If they do win, they will face the winner of Portugal or Turkey in order to ensure a place at Qatar 2022.

Suj and James discuss the action from Monday at The Euros as Denmark thrilled with a stunning display, The Dutch made it 3 wins from 3 and wins for Austria and Belgium have left Finland and Ukraine's hopes of qualification hanging by a thread. Could a rejuvenated Denmark be a danger to opponents in the knockout stages? There's early thinking towards Euro Fantasy plans for the last 16 and a preview of tonight's game for England against the Czech Republic and both Croatia and Scotland will know victory will guarantee progression to the last 16... And if it sounds like Suj was recording in a car park that's because he was! ____________________________________________ Want to become a member of our FPL community? Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/planetfpl Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PlanetFPL?s...​ Follow James on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PlanetFPLPod​...​ Follow Suj on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/sujanshah​​​​...​ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/planetfpl/​​...​ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PlanetFPL/​... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices