Baggio's Penalty Landed In My Garden

The Round of 16 gave us drama, controversy, collapses, missed chances and a quarter-final line-up with plenty to get stuck into. We recap all the last-16 ties, starting with Argentina’s wild comeback against Egypt: Messi’s struggles from the spot, Egyptian mistakes, VAR controversy and a game that slipped away from them in brutal fashion. We get into Colombia v Switzerland, a forgettable match wit...

40 games in — what have we learned from World Cup 2026 so far? In this week’s World Cup recap, we pick out our favourite moments from the last few days, from Scotland fans taking over Fenway Park to the hosts making the tournament better with Canada, the USA and Mexico all giving their supporters something to enjoy. We also discuss why the so-called minnows are refusing to play their expected role...

🌎 The World Cup is underway! In our first World Cup 2026 recap show, we look back at the opening three days of the tournament and discuss the biggest talking points so far. This week:⚽ Our favourite game of the tournament so far⚽ The best goal from the opening three days⚽ Which teams have impressed us most⚽ Which teams have disappointed us⚽ Why Lille wonderkid Ayyoub Bouaddi is catching the...

🏆 World Cup 2026 Predictions, France 98, FM26 Scotland & a Mystery Shirt Unboxing! In Episode 6 of Baggio's Penalty Landed In My Garden , we pick our World Cup 2026 semi-finalists, debate the favourites for the trophy, and ask whether France, Spain, Brazil or Portugal are best placed to become world champions. We also discuss: ⚽ Our World Cup 2026 Final Four predictions ⚽ France vs Spai...

We break down Scotland’s 2026 World Cup group, game by game, and what it means for qualification. Then we pick our best-ever World Cup XIs from 1990 to 2022 — before finishing with a combined ultimate XI from the modern era.

Episode 4: How to McBurnie your bridges This week on Baggio’s Penalty Landed in My Garden we run through some of the biggest talking points ahead of the World Cup. Did Steve Clarke pick the right Scotland attack? Can Brazil win anything with that midfield? Why does Portugal suddenly feel a bit… PSG? And are Germany looking weak? Then we head back to Italia 90 — the iconic stadiums, discovering new...

Episode 3: If WWE did World Cup Finals We’re back again on Baggio’s Penalty Landed in My Garden , and yeah… we’re still not over the madness around the FIFA World Cup 2026. This time we dig deeper into those ridiculous ticket prices and some of the new rules coming in — are they actually improving the game or just making things even weirder? We also run through the latest play-off winners, and the...

Episode 2: Can Trump Ban Haiti, Morocco AND Brazil? This week we pick up the latest stories around the 2026 World Cup. Ticket sales. Trump banning everyone and how it might impact crowds this summer. We break down Uzebekistan and Cape Verde. How they qualified for the World Cup, how they play and the players to watch out for. This week's nostalgia takes us to Asia as we remember the 2002 World...

Episode 1: The Second Worst Penalty at USA 94 Welcome to the first ever episode of Baggio’s Penalty Landed in My Garden . We get things rolling by chatting through the World Cup 2026 draw — who’s ended up where and what immediately caught our eye. Then we get stuck into the absolutely wild cost of World Cup tickets, and ask the obvious question: who is this tournament actually for anymore? We also...