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Only one more sleep until the World Cup final where Argentina take on France in Qatar. Kelly Cates is joined by two stars of the Euro Leagues, Julien Laurens and Guillem Balague and correspondent John Murray 24 hours before the big game. They get the latest from both the France and Argentina camps after both sides had their press conferences today. Jules gives us the lowdown on the illness that has affected some of the players and tells the guys if Karim Benzema will be getting on the plane to Qatar (Spoiler alert! Sorry Benzema fans… it’s not good news.) You can’t talk about this final without mentioning two players… Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe and just how important they are to their respective teams. So Kelly and the guys do just that and get an Argentine perspective with journalist Nicolas Rotnitzky as to the feeling in Buenos Aires right now. Jules also gives his insight as to what we can expect from Mbappe and what could happen when both players return to their club, PSG. So after 63 matches, 32 teams and 29 days the World Cup comes to an end tomorrow and the pod has been there every step of the way for those big events and funny moments too - so the guys take a little trip down memory lane and make those all important predictions! Timecodes: 4’00 – Latest news from inside the France and Argentina camps. 15’00 – Argentina focus with journalist Nicolas Rotnitzky. 28’00 – Messi and Mbappe and their difficult past relationship with their national teams. 30’00 PSG team-mate implications after the World Cup. 40’00 – Style of play in the final. 42’00 – World Cup funny moments. 45’00 – Predictions!

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