할리우드의 화려한 삶보다 미국의 월드컵 성공이 더 중요하다 | 맥스 러시든
토너먼트에서 일하는 것은 나름의 어려움이 있지만, 홈 선수들이 좋은 성적을 내야 한다는 압박감에 비하면 아무것도 아닙니다. 로스앤젤레스에서 인사드립니다. 여러분의 팟캐스트 특파원입니다. 영국을 제외하면, 메이저 토너먼트 개최국에 온 것은 20년 만입니다. 직업적인 이유로 인해 2006년에 이안, 맷, 올리와 함께 독일을 돌아다녔던 것과는 조금 다른 경험입니다…
Working at a tournament brings its own demands but nothing like the pressure on home players for a good showing
Greetings from Los Angeles – from your own podcasting correspondent. England aside, it’s been 20 years since I was in the host country for a major tournament. Professional commitments make this a marginally different experience from driving around Germany with Ian, Matt and Oli in 2006 just wondering when the next stein was going to be thrust into my hands – dancing with Trinidad and Tobago fans, feeling lucky to miss out on Brazil v Australia tickets because my hangover was too much for the sun.
The question you are asked most by people back home is along the lines of: “Is there World Cup fever in the States?” I am reminded of a local TV crew who walked around central Cambridge on the eve of our FA Cup quarter-final with Crystal Palace in 1990 asking people how they felt about the game, and being rewarded with lots of nice middle-class people who didn’t even know there was a football team in Cambridge.
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