Who Watches The World Cup?

North Macedonia... Austria, the Netherlands, Ukraine and... oh, did I mention the mighty North Macedonia? Dave and Dom have been watching as much of the EUROs as possible, so much in fact that they're even watching North Macedonia v Austria while recording this episode! Dave praises the Ukrainian squad and their amazing qualifying run and how the Dutch are hard to predict despite the quality of their team. Dom, it turns out, doesn't like some of those Austrian players, and discusses why Ukraine's kit became so controversial. They also start a new segment: 'sponsors that can fuck off' and debate why UEFA specifically chooses sponsors determined to discard human rights.

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.

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