Episode 72: Deep dive on our U20 World Cup group opponents — Ukraine, Nigeria & Qatar

Opposition research! This week we hear from journalists on three continents about the nations the U.S. U20s will face in the group stage in Poland. Vadim Furmanov, a Ukrainian-American living in North Carolina, spoke with me about Ukraine. Emmanuel Chinaza, a reporter in Lagos, spoke with me about Nigeria. And Babagol founder Uri Levy spoke with me from Tel Aviv about the Qatari U20s. I should mention up front that the audio from my conversation with Emmanuel is spotty in sections. I did my best to smooth it over and encourage you to stick with us, but as always, please use the show notes for navigation if you want to skip around.

• 0:30 Introduction
• 1:15 Vadim Furmanov (@vfurmanov), a writer for futbolgrad.com on the Ukraine U20s
• 31:44 Emmanuel Chinaza (@OkpetimE), a reporter at allnigeriasoccer.com on the Nigeria U20s (the Super Eaglets)
• 44:10 Uri Levy (@Levyninho), the founder of babagol.net on the Qatar U20s (and a little bit on Nigeria)

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