Baggio's Penalty Landed In My Garden
Baggio’s Penalty Landed in My Garden is a monthly football podcast counting down to the 2026 World Cup.We dive into the stories behind the teams on the road to the tournament—who’s qualified, how they play, and what to expect.But it’s not just about the present.
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Was This Peak El Clásico? Real Madrid 2–3 Barcelona, 2016/17 (opens the original)
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Baggio's Penalty is back — and we've changed things up. For the first episode of our new classic-match rewatch format, Andrew and Scott go back to the Bernabéu in April 2017 for one of the great El Clásicos: Real Madrid 2–3 Barcelona . Messi and Ronaldo. Modric, Kroos and Casemiro. Iniesta and Busquets. Marcelo bombing forward. Sergio Ramos getting sent off. Ivan Rakitic smashing one in. And, with virtually the last kick of the game, Messi winning it before producing that celebration. We pick ou
Spain Dominate! Argentina’s No-Show + World Cup Awards (opens the original)
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Spain are world champions after Ferran Torres’ extra-time winner against Argentina, and Andrew and Scott are here to pick through a final that wasn’t exactly a classic. We discuss Spain’s control, Argentina failing to register a shot on target, Messi’s possible World Cup farewell, Pedro Porro proving Scott wrong and a halftime show that seemed determined never to end. There’s also Mbappé’s goalscoring record, England retreating against Argentina and whether the third-place playoff should exist a
Are France actually good? Can English banish the demons? WORLD CUP RECAP (opens the original)
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The World Cup semi-finals are set: France v Spain and England v Argentina. No pressure then. This week, we look back at the quarter-finals and work through how we got here. France beat Morocco, but are they actually brilliant or just brutally effective? Morocco offered very little going forward, Mbappé missed from the spot, and VAR delays continue to make everything feel worse. Spain edged past Belgium, although Belgium’s best performances arrived too late and Spain may have lost a little of the
Messi Rallies Argentina, Wild Controversies & England’s Greatest Performance? – WORLD CUP KNOCKOUTS (opens the original)
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The Round of 16 gave us drama, controversy, collapses, missed chances and a quarter-final line-up with plenty to get stuck into.We recap all the last-16 ties, starting with Argentina’s wild comeback against Egypt: Messi’s struggles from the spot, Egyptian mistakes, VAR controversy and a game that slipped away from them in brutal fashion.We get into Colombia v Switzerland, a forgettable match with a painful ending for Colombia, before heading to the Azteca, where England beat Mexico and showed a
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