Who Watches The World Cup?

When Lionel Messi, possibly the greatest football player of all time, steps up to the penalty spot you have to feel that Iceland's keeper Hannes Þór Halldórsson is in trouble. Until he isn't.

Show Notes

 Why are the teams, touted as favourites to win Russia 2018, under-performing when it counts? What does it have to do with Cristiano Ronaldo's suspended prison sentence? How does Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, factor in to her team's success? And why are Melbourne's 'St Kilda FC' Dom's favourite AFL club? 

Group C: Australia, Denmark, France, Peru
Group D: Argentina, Croatia, Iceland, Nigeria

What is Who Watches The World Cup??

Football and politics have been inseparable since the sports' creation, but how do they interact in the modern world? And what happens when countries with different domestic and international agendas meet in the ultimate clash of nation v nation conflict... the World Cup?! Starting with the Russia 2018 World Cup, Awful Commentary brings you: 'Who Watches The World Cup?' a podcast about the intersection of football and politics that aims to predict the results of matches through both the teams skill with a ball and political motivation.

Our theme music is 1930s Seedy Street Music (Harmon Trumpet) by astrofreq/Dan Carlton and can be found for free at: https://pixabay.com/music/traditional-jazz-1930s-seedy-street-music-harmon-trumpet-2920/