{"podcast":{"title":"The Athletic FC Podcast","slug":"the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075","podcast_index_feed_id":887075,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3/1780908531790-dc4761a0-ffde-45cc-a794-1639ef472007.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":1397,"summary":"The Athletic's flagship football podcast - hosted by Adam Leventhal and Emma Paton - will be with you six days a week during the World Cup, bringing unrivalled analysis and colour from every single host city. Featuring the likes of David Ornstein, Adam Crafton, Matt Slater and James Horncastle, the show will takes audience inside the biggest stories in football told by the best reporters in the business. We cut through the noise to tell you what’s really happening - and why it matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T22:20:23.239332+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075"},"episode":{"title":"Why were England so flat against Ghana?","slug":"why-were-england-so-flat-against-ghana","published_at":"2026-06-24T12:21:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/why-were-england-so-flat-against-ghana","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-fc-podcast/episodes/why-were-england-so-flat-against-ghana","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3/e/6a3bb80e1d1e464c65465ac6/media.mp3","summary":"The storylines keep on flowing at this summer’s World Cup, this time, the goals dried up for England in a 0-0 draw with Ghana in Group L. Emma Paton is joined in-studio by Carl Anka and Liam Twomey as we discuss the World Cup action on Day 14. Jack Pitt-Brooke drops by to try and explain why Thomas Tuchel’s side struggled to break down Ghana. Plus, Nick Miller reports from Houston on the day Cristiano Ronaldo netted his first two goals at this summer’s tournament in Portugal’s 5-0 win over Uzbekistan We also round-up the latest bracket projections for the knockout rounds and look ahead to Scotland’s clash against Brazil. There's our daily 'do you know' trivia as well as a profile of our latest Star of Soccer, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Kerim Alajbegovic. Host: Emma Paton With: Carl Anka and Liam Twomey Featuring: Jack Pitt-Brooke and Nick Miller Executive Producer: Guy Clarke Producers: Mike Stavrou and Grayson Moody Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The storylines keep on flowing at this summer’s World Cup, this time, the goals dried up for England in a 0-0 draw with Ghana in Group L. Emma Paton is jo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2396,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/episodes/why-were-england-so-flat-against-ghana/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/why-were-england-so-flat-against-ghana.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}