# England power past Croatia as Ronaldo’s Portugal stumble

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/england-power-past-croatia-as-ronaldo-s-portugal-stumble
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/england-power-past-croatia-as-ronaldo-s-portugal-stumble.md
Podcast: [The Totally Football Show with James Richardson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658)
Published: 2026-06-18T06:15:03+00:00
Episode link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/200-the-totally-football-show/episode-742
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7/e/6a337b917d6286ecf7b2da77/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/episodes/england-power-past-croatia-as-ronaldo-s-portugal-stumble
Duration seconds: 3295

## Resource

Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions roar past Croatia 4-2 in their opener in Arlington. Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Tom Williams and Laurie Whitwell in LA after an impressive outing for England. After Croatia come from behind twice, England come flying out in the second half with Kane and Bellingham on song. Can Tuchel’s side go all the way? Elsewhere in Group L, the latest winning goal of this World Cup so far with Ghana breaking Panama hearts. It’s a famous day for DR Congo who claim their first World Cup point ever against Portugal, with Cristiano copping most of the flak. Megan Feringa fills us in on Colombia’s 3-1 win over tournament debutants Uzbekistan. Plus having now laid eyes on every team at this tournament, we pick our highlights of World Cup 2026 so far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/episodes/england-power-past-croatia-as-ronaldo-s-portugal-stumble/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/england-power-past-croatia-as-ronaldo-s-portugal-stumble.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.