{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/6689c83e19ce290b0bb9be9d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 2987: The Lion And The Unicorn, Big Man Summer, Surrogate Host Out, Bossman Semis - 06/07/2024","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/1720305487463-f4bf9a10225ffba387439f3002349c92.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>There'll always be an England, and under Gareth Southgate it’ll always reach the latter stages of major football tournaments. This was his fourth straight ¼ final and now his side are one game away from back-to-back European Championship Final appearances. So what’s the bloody problem then? We chat to Ken from the stadium, accompanied by Jack Pitt-Brooke of The Athletic.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>While England may be the footballing equivalent of a week away at Centre Parcs, watching Turkey has been whatever the same length of time would feel like at Wayne Lineker’s compound. Fun. But maybe a little too much. Jonathan Wilson joins us from Berlin where - like Recep Erdoğan, he saw the Netherlands advance past the surrogate host country.</p>","author_name":"Second Captains"}