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00:00But overall, Scotland deserves praise for not sitting back like I thought they would
00:04and actually having a go and almost coming away with a win.
00:07Matt, you've got to be happy with that performance.
00:13This is Golf News, kicking back to the show where we discuss nothing but the beautiful game.
00:18I'm Imran and as ever, I'm joined by my football-loving guests, Matt, Shamsir and Sahil.
00:24Right, let's bring you a couple of bits of news from Euro 2020 to get you up to date.
00:28Denmark's Christian Eriksson has been discharged from hospital after a successful
00:33operation to fit a heart-starting device. We all wish him a speedy recovery.
00:38And UEFA says it's confident the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 will be played at Wembley,
00:45but it has a contingency plan amid concerns around England's coronavirus restrictions,
00:51and the games could be moved from London to Budapest. So we'll see how that develops.
00:56To yesterday's games, Sweden beat Slovakia 1-0 thanks to a Forsberg penalty,
01:01and that puts them on the verge of qualifying for the last 16, so well done to them.
01:08Moving on to Croatia against Czech Republic, they drew 1-1 yesterday,
01:12Schick scored from the spot, but Perisic got a lovely equaliser.
01:16Now, I don't know about you guys, but I've not been impressed so far by Croatia, have you?
01:20Matt, what do you think?
01:22No, not at all, not at all. I think that everything that we were worried about before
01:25the tournament, we were talking about their age, the fact that Modric has gone off the boil,
01:30and these star players that they had before, even a few years ago when they got to the World Cup
01:35final, they're not there anymore. And that team, they just don't have the same sort of talent
01:40coming through. They used to be a great conveyor belt for players going all the way back to 96,
01:44when they burst onto the scene. And sometimes these guys can fade in and out of being a
01:56superpower, but the great, great teams, the Spains and the Italys, more often than not,
02:03always have these great players always coming through. It may take a few years for them to get
02:07back to a certain level, but Croatia right now, I don't see them coming out of a very steep dive at
02:13the moment. And yeah, I think they're heading to the bottom of the group as it stands.
02:22Ah, big call.
02:24That's the first time I've been confident about Scotland this whole tournament.
02:29Yeah, I agree with Matthew with regards to Croatia. They look pedestrian. They look their
02:34share of themselves. We have seen them tearing apart teams, but they don't look to be finding
02:42goals. That's their main problem. Up front, the potency is the problem. They're not creating
02:47enough chances. And you can see that midfield, and it's pretty strong. But apart from that,
02:53they look really old elsewhere. And even in the midfield, they look old. But that game was an
02:59even game. Czech Republic gave them a tough time. And Czech Republic wanted a point. And they got
03:06it. And they're through almost now from that group. But for Croatia, the only guy who turned
03:13up for them was Perisic. And you can see him scoring that wonderful goal with his right
03:20foot. It was a brilliant goal that he scored, which has taken him... Now there is a stat on him
03:26where he has scored for Croatia for four consecutive major tournaments, which is a great
03:30stat for him. And also he has produced like 12 goals and assists, like eight goals and four
03:36assists. He has become the most productive Croatian player in the history for a major tournament.
03:43Croatia haven't won... This is the first time in years that they haven't won their first two
03:47games. So he's doing all right, but the team is not doing too well. Exactly. The team is struggling.
03:53And they are there for the taking. And Scotland can beat them in the final game.
03:59Sahil, what do you think? Impressed with Croatia? Disappointed with them? More to come from them,
04:03surely? To be honest, very disappointed. I have to say one point. It's not a bad team at all.
04:09If you see, they're all prolific players in that squad. The likes of Kramaric, Kovacic,
04:13obviously the great Modric. And Perisic, as you said, he scored a beautiful goal.
04:18So you got to say it's not a bad team at all. Croatia have themselves to blame. They've played
04:23poor football against England. They were not productive at all. And against Czech, they got
04:28a special goal from Perisic. Otherwise, you know, they've just not been great this tournament.
04:34But we cannot compare them to, obviously, to the 2018 World Cup final team. But still,
04:40they have a decent team. They have to play well. So there's no excuses for Croatia at all.
04:46Now, was it a penalty? I think Lovren is quite unlucky. He's jumping for the ball.
04:52It looks more like Schick actually heads his elbow. But it was a penalty. They gave it and
04:57he stuck it away really well. And overall, just talking a little bit about Czech Republic,
05:01I've been quite impressed with them. I can see them getting a draw in their last game against
05:06us, putting them on five points and advancing. What do you think of them?
05:10Well, I think, and obviously, we'll talk about England in a minute. But I think that if England
05:15keep playing the way they're playing, and the Czechs have got their tails up, I think they
05:19might get more than just a draw. I think England might have got a chance to be a bit worried about
05:23this now. Obviously, I would say that four points will be enough to get through. But if they want to
05:28go through as group winners and possibly get a preferable draw in the next round, which is also
05:34up to debate and scenarios and all sorts of different things. But if they want to do their
05:40bit, at least in their own hands, and that is, you know, top the group, they're going to really need
05:46to up their game. And the Czechs know that they'll be there for the taking. They'll have watched that
05:50game last night, and England were really quite poor. I know we're getting ahead of ourselves,
05:55but it's tough to talk about one without the other. And the Czech is just on fire as well,
06:02you know. He's having the tournament of his life, so to speak, or if not the week of his life.
06:09And they've got a lot of cohesion. They're doing everything right that England and the Croats
06:16have not been doing so far. They're playing as a unit. And they're really, you know,
06:22it's not like one standout player or one, like, perishage heroic moment that salvages a point.
06:27They're just always going at it and going at it and doing it for 90 minutes in the very best
06:31it's like fashion. Yeah, they are playing as a team, which is a credit to them. Coming back to
06:36that penalty incident, man, Imran, I don't know what to say about that. How is that a penalty?
06:44It's unbelievable. You know, you can't give these kind of things. Yes, of course,
06:48it resulted in a bloody nose. But, you know, how can you jump without you raising your arms?
06:55I'm absolutely baffled with that decision.
06:59He's got his eyes on the ball, you know, he's going for it. And you can't jump up with your
07:03arms on your side like that. To get some lift, you have to do this. You're not a fish or a dolphin
07:12to do that. You have to use your arms to jump, you know, like that was a baffling decision,
07:19man. Apart from that, they don't have arms.
07:27That's true. But this, the Czech Republic, they're big boys, the tall boys. In the midfield,
07:33you can see Suchik and Alex Kral. These guys were so tall and they were dominating. And it
07:39was a completely even game. In the first half, Croatia looked absolutely jaded. They didn't have
07:45anything to do. But I don't know then what the coach Dalic said to them in the half-time break.
07:51You know, they came out blistering. And Kramaric with that quick free kick. You know, Kramaric,
07:56he was technically a Premier League winner with Leicester, having just about played enough games.
08:02Just about, yeah.
08:04That quick free kick resulted in that goal where Perisic
08:09jinxed into the box brilliantly. I'm impressed with Czech.
08:14Sorry, Shamsi. That was quite naive from Czech. I mean, yeah, it was a foul. It was a free kick.
08:18And the other team, you know, you keep hold of the ball and you probably just throw it a bit further
08:22away from the incident. But they just dropped the ball on the floor. Immediately, free kick was taken.
08:26Perisic ran through and scored a lovely goal. So, I think they'll have to keep in mind next time.
08:32I don't think they'll make the same mistake again. They were becoming too nice for that.
08:42Zaya, what did you think of Czech? How do you think they've been playing so far?
08:47Oh, very impressive. You know, first of all, obviously, that game against Scotland,
08:50you know, Schick scored a beauty. So, they won 2-0 there. Now, against a decent team like Croatia,
08:55they got a point. They earned a point. So, you know, you have to give credit to them. And like,
09:00I don't know. I would brag before about England beating Czech badly. But now, I can't. It's going
09:06to be a good game for sure. I was going to say like England are going to crush Czech Republic.
09:10But no, absolutely not. The Czech are going to give a big fight to England. And that's going to
09:15be an interesting game to watch because both are at four points. And yeah, that's going to be one
09:20heck of a game. So, we're going to have to wait for that. It's a winner-take-all situation for
09:27that one, really. You know, who wins that wins the group, essentially. And after the next round
09:35of games tonight, we might actually get a clearer picture as to whether that's a good thing or a
09:39bad thing because you're playing one of the dreaded three. But we'll see. All right, let's
09:46get to that big one. We've mentioned it already several times. England against Scotland. They
09:49played out a nil-nil draw and it leaves them both with a good chance of getting to the knockout
09:54stage. But I really thought Scotland were really good last night. They didn't set out to defend
09:58or play for a point. They went for it. And thanks to Pickford in goal, they would have been ahead.
10:04But we came quite close as well. John Stones in the first half should have done better with
10:09that header. He hit the post. It was a free header. Yeah, I think he maybe should have done
10:13better. But overall, Scotland deserve praise for not sitting back like I thought they would
10:18and actually having a go and almost coming away with a win. Matt,
10:21you've got to be happy with that performance. Yeah, absolutely. I think that the key thing
10:27that I took away from it is the way that Clarke got the boys playing. There's no heads down after
10:33that, let's say, unfortunate and slightly undeserved 2-0 loss to the Czechs. They came
10:41out. They knew they were at Wembley. They knew that they had the whole nation waiting for this
10:44for 25 years since they were last there in 1996. And yeah, they did Scotland proud. They were
10:53to a man. They were up for it. They were not, as you said, they were not negative or defensive.
10:58They just went right the way from the first whistle. They had like two or three great
11:03chances before Stones hit the post. And then they kept going. And even with like five minutes to go
11:10and you're like, oh my goodness, oh my goodness, here we go again. They're going to get that last
11:13minute sucker punch as what happens to Scotland so often. They were tearing up the field looking
11:18for a winner. They thought, do you know what? We can do this. We can do this. And they almost
11:22nearly did. They took two chances towards the end. Lyndon Dykes had a great chance that Pickford
11:27saved. And I think it was O'Donnell a little while earlier. Great save by Pickford. And they had the
11:35most shots on goal and all the stats. As you say, stats don't win you games, but they give you an
11:40indication as to who was doing better. And that's both games now. I'll get to the
11:45criticism now. The big problem that they have is they've had more shots on target. They didn't
11:52have more shots, but they had more shots on target. They had 19 shots against the Czechs
11:55and they still not scored a goal. There's the problem. As I said earlier, we've had
12:01times when we've had one great striker and 10 terrible players. Now we seem to have 11 great
12:06players, but no out-and-out striker that's just going to bang them in for fun. And that's
12:13what they're lacking at the moment. But not to take anything away from a brilliant performance.
12:18Yeah, you can smile, Matty. You can smile. You don't have to be so serious about it.
12:25That was a brilliant performance from Scotland. They have given you guys a pride moment,
12:32Matty. It was a brilliant performance. For me, it looked like a Premier League performance.
12:38It had a look and feel of a Premier League team's performance. It was more like a top-table
12:43versus a mid-table kind of a game, where the mid-table is going to always create
12:50havoc to the top-table teams. It was something like that. And for Scotland, they worked hard
12:56for each other, especially in that midfield. McGregor, Gilmour and Magin completely outrun
13:02the English midfield. They worked hard. England looked very leggy and they were
13:08struggling to break the lines. They were too pedestrian in passes. They were very slow.
13:14They couldn't run down the channel. That was down to the tactics and formation from Steve Clark.
13:20Because the shape of that Scotland team was absolutely incredible. Because they had a
13:25system in place, they knew when to press, when to hurry the English players. And they knew
13:32when to sit back and absorb the pressure. It was a completely dominant performance. It was very
13:37logical from them. And I'm pretty impressed with them. I'm 100% impressed with them. And for
13:43England, it shows the struggle they have. I don't understand why Southgate took so long to
13:51make the changes when it was very clear that the two sitting midfielders were struggling to find
13:58rhythm in the game. You don't need two sitting midfielders in this game. And the changes that
14:03he made were like-to-like changes, which didn't help either. So it was credit to Scotland for
14:09stifling them. It was not just frustration. It was just stifling them. And they were going for the
14:14winner. And if they had a little more cutting edge, Scotland could have won that game. Because
14:19they had more shots on target. They had more attempts. England, apart from the first half
14:24attempts, they hardly had anything in the second half. And their talismanic figure, Harry Kane,
14:29was absolutely anonymous in the game. He didn't even have one shot on target in the two games.
14:35Almost 160 minutes he played and he doesn't have one shot on target. And the more worrying thing
14:41for a Three Lions fan is that he's a talismanic figure. And he has got only 19 touches in that
14:47game. That's the fewer times that he has done that, when he has played 45 minutes in a game.
14:54That is a worrying fact.
14:56So Anil, what do you make of Scotland?
15:00Oh, as I said, I mentioned this yesterday. Only Matt will know that. It was never going to be
15:05a straightforward game at all. This was the right line-up Scotland put out. Tierney was back.
15:10Shea Adams was playing. I knew that this was not going to be a straightforward game for England.
15:14But I didn't know that Scotland were going to dominate England. This was something new.
15:18Dykes was clear off the line. James. It was just brilliant from Scotland. And of course, Billy
15:24Gilmore, he was the star man. I am sure Shamshed is a Chelsea fan. Do you remember his FA Cup
15:31performance against Liverpool? He ran the midfield against England. He was outstanding. He was
15:39confident. It's not like he was just doing some backward passes. He was going front. He was
15:43creating chances. And we have to give, first of all, full credit to Andy Robertson. He was
15:47whipping some brilliant crosses in. So, full credit to Scotland. I mean, England were poor
15:53today. And I feel like it's enough of having two defensive midfielders. Yes, Calvin Phillips
15:58had a fantastic game against Croatia. But you can't keep playing the same, same line-up. You've
16:02got to change it up. You know, Jack Bielisz has to earn a start. Come on. He has to play against
16:08Czech Republic, no matter what. You know, and Harry Kane. Yes, 19 touches. Oh, my God. That is
16:14a scary. Oh, God. You know, because I am a huge fan. I'm an England fan. And if Harry Kane is not
16:20going to perform for England, then who's going to step up? So, it's a scary...
16:27Really good performances there, Robertson. Put in another captain's performance. Gilmore,
16:32like you mentioned, he was bossing that. He was man of the match and deservedly so.
16:35And Kane, he made the difference when he was playing his game yesterday. But I thought we
16:39were, again, really sluggish, really disappointed again. Lovely touch on there. Kane had a really
16:45poor game. He was anonymous mostly for that one. And I don't know why we took off Phil Foden. I
16:51mean, he was the only one that looked like he was going to do something, getting on the ball,
16:55being positive, you know, trying to beat players. But we took him off and it didn't go down well
17:00with the fans at Wembley. And we put Brielisz on. He just couldn't have any impact on the game.
17:06But yeah, I mean, that was another poor performance. But if we look at the bigger picture
17:10there that we've discussed, I mean, that's four points. We've got one foot into that last 16 now.
17:15And like I said, Croatia haven't been that good. So, Scotland will really fancy their
17:19chances against them. A win will see them qualify. And I think that'll be great.
17:25Yeah, I think the one thing that just needs a bit of Foden factor there is that... And I'm pretty
17:32sure Askiwim ran this as well, obviously, as an England fan. If the two managers... There was a
17:41clear indication as to the two managers there and who won that battle. Clarke clearly knew what he
17:48was doing. And he said, boys, go out there. You get physical, you get in there. McGinn got an
17:54early yellow for talking back to the referee because... But the referee had a very good game
17:59as well. He actually led to a goal. And Southgate is going to have a lot of enemies in England
18:08right now. He was out-thought and out-muscled by his opposite manager, you know, if such a
18:17thing's possible. It's those two going head-to-head. Steve Clarke kicked his bottom. And he's just
18:23basically... In a tactical way, Scotland absolutely... England played into Scotland's hands.
18:30They did what Clarke says, I know what Southgate is going to do. So we're going to be one step
18:36ahead and we're going to do this. And they almost very nearly ended up in the win. And that was very
18:40good. You're spot on with that. I mean, definitely for the touchline battle, Steve Clarke won that
18:48hands down. His team selection was far better than Southgate. I mean, we made two changes
18:54there in the full-back positions. I don't know why we put Shaw there. I mean, if you're going
18:58to make a change to affect the team, then you've got to put Chilwell at left-back. He's far more
19:03attacking. He would have got forward more. He would have posed a bit of trouble for the Scotland
19:08defence. But we had Shaw back there and he never really ventured too much forward. He did on one
19:12occasion and he messed up his cross. I mean, on the other side, we had James. Other than that,
19:18he stuck to that same team, which never really got going against Croatia. And they never really
19:22got going against Scotland yesterday. But I think overall, definitely Scotland deserved that point.
19:26They'll be very pleased with that. They could have won that match and credit to them and to
19:31their performance. And so well done, Matt. I think full points for you there.
19:36Yeah. Billy Gilmore. We have to talk about Billy Gilmore, man.
19:41Here comes the Angolokanti mention.
19:47He's the Angolokanti of Scotland. It was absolutely brilliant. I had called in a previous
19:53preview that it would be absolutely criminal not to start this guy. Because he's quality, man. He's
20:00absolute quality. And he made more recoveries than anyone else in that pitch. And he made
20:06more passes than anyone else for Scotland. He was instrumental in everything that they were doing.
20:12And absolutely brilliant performance from Billy Gilmore. And to credit to the boy,
20:17whenever he started, he had started for Chelsea in an FA Cup game and he won the Man of the Match
20:21award. He started in a Champions League game for Chelsea and he won a Man of the Match award.
20:27Now, he made his international debut for full start and he won a Man of the Match award. This
20:32boy is going to be there for another decade or so in that heart of the midfield for Scotland.
20:37What a player.
20:38And he wrapped up his Chelsea team-mate Mount as well. So he didn't care about that. He was
20:43for sure interested in a good performance and he definitely did. Right, to today's game. Some
20:48interesting ones today. We've got Spain against Poland. Now, Spain were frustrated in their first
20:52game against Sweden. They were held to a 0-0 draw. But I think they'll have too much for Poland. I
20:58can see them cruising to a 3-0 win. Matt, what do you think? Predictions?
21:03It depends on the Spanish nerves, I reckon. I'm not quite sure if Busquets is going to
21:08make the team today. I know he's back in the squad, but I don't think he's clear to play yet.
21:13But I think that Poland were fairly lacklustre in their first match. And Lewandowski, if he is going
21:23to produce something, he'd have to do it today. And I think that that could be the dangerous thing
21:30for Spain because if they lose, they're in trouble. So if they get nervy, they're in trouble.
21:37And we know that they were exposed a few times in the first game as well.
21:41So one way of looking at it is they could have been fortunate to come away with a draw in that
21:46game. They also could have won it as well, as we know. But I think Spain will come through,
21:52but I think it will be an edgy affair, maybe 2-1 with a late winner.
21:57I think for Poland, they need all the big players to step up. Zelenskis and
22:03Lewandowski and Matias Klik, all these guys have to step up to get something out of this game.
22:08For Spain, they have to show the rest of the teams that they are not here just to pass around.
22:14They have to penetrate it sometimes. So let's see. I think it's going to be a draw again, man.
22:20That's what I'm feeling.
22:25To be honest, for me, Spain, after watching that game against Sweden, I just kept laughing
22:30because they looked like a funny team. They were not able to score the easiest.
22:33So I don't know, but I think Spain should win. Come on. That game against Sweden,
22:39I couldn't stop laughing. Too many chances they missed.
22:48Yeah, we've got Hungary against France. Now France, they never had to get out of second
22:52gear against Germany. And I don't think they'll be tested today, but they're going to have to
22:58work hard for it. But I can see a 2-0 win for France today. What do you think, Matt?
23:03Yeah, I think they're going to have a different proposition instead of against Germany for all
23:07the opposite reasons. These guys have got nothing to lose and everything to prove,
23:13this Hungarian team. They're young, they're enthusiastic, they're big, they're talented.
23:20They're just unknown to the rest of Europe right now. And they want to make themselves known. And
23:24who better to do it against than the world champions? France, I know they're not going
23:29to be idiots at all and they're not going to be complacent about this. So I think they'll be very
23:33businesslike. There'll be no quarter given and they will go at them right from the start and
23:38just try and kill it in the first 20 minutes. And I think they'll do that. And I think they'll end
23:42up maybe Hungary will come in to win the ease off at 3-1. But for me, you know, if I'm a Hungarian
23:51fan, I'll be feeling heartburn by the last game because the scoreline doesn't show the performance
23:56actually. They were absolutely brilliant against Portugal. And I'm sure that might have kept their
24:04heads down now. I don't think they can give any more performance because they gave it all
24:08in that game. And when it comes against the world champions, if like what you've
24:14mentioned, if France move a gear or two, they can score four or five goals. That's the thing. So
24:19it's going to be that kind of a game where just they want to win this game and rest
24:24their top players in the next game. So I think France will go
24:29with a full attack mode and they might win like three or four goals.
24:34I'm going to have to go for a straightforward 3-0 win to France. I'm just trying to be as
24:39honest as I am. I don't think Hungary have a chance, even though they survived, almost
24:44survived against Portugal. This is a French team with so much talent. So it's got to be 3-0 for me.
24:49All right. And we saw Portugal, yeah, against Hungary come through in that last 10 minutes.
24:55They're playing Germany today in the big one for tonight. They've got quality in that side. And I
25:00do fear for Germany, they've got some problems in their team and they're going to need a big
25:04performance to get something out of this one. But I can see Portugal nicking this 1-0.
25:10Yeah, I agree. I think that Germany's tournament could be in tatters and
25:16Lui's career could be over as a coach before this tournament even gets going properly,
25:22because I think Ronaldo has already got that eye for goal. As we've talked about so many times,
25:28he's got that all-time goal-scoring record in his targets. And he'll be saying, give me that ball,
25:36I'm getting the goal. These guys are old. He'll be confident. Portugal will be confident. They're
25:40younger, they're fitter, they're faster. And they will be wanting to get this. As both France and
25:49Portugal know, they can put out their benches in that last game, knowing that they're both
25:55already qualified for six points. So again, Portugal will do the same mindset, go out,
26:00try and kill it early. And I think they'll do that. And they were frustrated by Hungary for
26:04a long time and they want to put that right as well. So they'll be going for goal very early.
26:08And obviously, Ronny will be trying to get on the end of everything. And I'm sure he'll get
26:13at least another two in Portugal to win. 4-1. There you go. Crazy score.
26:22I just came right out of there. There's my logic.
26:27It defies logic, actually. I don't think there will be a 4-1.
26:31I'm still on a high from last night.
26:33I can see that. But this is a more important game for Germany than Portugal. Germany can't afford
26:39to lose this game because if they lose this game and they have the final game against Hungary,
26:45they should win that game to have a chance. But their destiny won't be in their own hands.
26:51But if they get at least a point against Portugal, they can at least think about having four points
26:57coming into the group stages. I think Germany could do with a defensive midfielder.
27:05And they don't have any. But you can see someone like Kimmich, who is very capable of doing that.
27:11But he's drifting towards the right-hand side. He's playing as a wingback. If Joachim Löw can
27:16bring him into the midfield, it'll be great for Germany. And their major problem is
27:21on the up-front. Basically, they don't have a striker who can put the ball back in the net.
27:29So they have to start with Zidane Gnabry again. But I think Leroy Sane might get a start today.
27:35And I think he can create havoc to that Portugal defence. But for Portugal, after watching that
27:41game, Germany's game against France, he will be thinking, if I'm Santos, I'll be thinking,
27:47you know, okay, I can trouble these guys with pace. So I might start Rafa Silva and
27:54Diogo Jota on the flanks and give trouble to the German defence. But I think Germany,
27:59for me, I have a soft corner towards Germans. And I think they could make a win in this game.
28:07But they know that Portugal will have Hamel's up-front scorer go for them as well.
28:14He's a leading scorer for France.
28:21I think it's going to be a 2-2 draw. Because the Germans, they've got to come out fighting.
28:27They have to give it a fight to Portugal. As much as I said, yeah, Portugal are the favourites.
28:31But the Germans are going to come out fighting. And I think, Shamshir,
28:34I think your favourite player, Timo Werner, will start. So why are you saying they don't have a striker?
28:39No comments. But he's more than a striker, you know. He can give a lot of problems to the
28:44defence. He's always in the right position. But it's just that he just never converts anything.
28:49That's the one problem. But 2-2, Cristiano Ronaldo should get one. And the Germans are
28:55going to come out fighting. And I just wanted to ask one question. Is Leon Goretzka fit to play
28:59for Germany? I don't think he'll be fit enough to start. But he could come in the second half.
29:04All right. It'll be interesting to see what team they put out. Because against France,
29:09I mean, they were just second to every ball. Really lacked a bit of a cutting edge. Had some
29:13chances there. But like Matt says, they're a bit suspect with the Hummels at the back.
29:16He's not getting any younger. But that'll be an interesting one. Right, then. That's it for us
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