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Legends of the World Cup
Ten nations. Ten players. Ten stories that go far beyond football. In Legends of the World Cup, we trace the lives of the greatest players from each national team at the 2026 World Cup: where they come from, what they had to overcome, and why their stories deserve to be told. Because behind every goal, there is a childhood, a sacrifice, a dream. This is the World Cup podcast that talks about human beings.
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Episodes
The Captain of the New America 13.03.2026 12:29
In the tenth and final episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Hershey, Pennsylvania, to tell the story of Christian Pulisic: the boy who at sixteen crossed the ocean to play for Borussia Dortmund in Germany, who resisted years of injuries and doubt at Chelsea, and who was reborn at AC Milan to become the most important player in the history of American football. An episode about the lon...
The Chaco's Son 13.03.2026 11:30
In the ninth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we tell the story of Santiago Giménez: son of a footballer, born in Mexico City, who crossed the Atlantic to become the most feared striker in Europe and the number nine Mexico waited for over decades. An episode about the weight of a surname, the freedom of writing your own story and what it means to be the striker of a country that in 2026 plays...
The Samurai of La Masía 13.03.2026 11:38
In the eighth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel between Tokyo and Barcelona to tell the story of Takefusa Kubo: the first Japanese player to train at FC Barcelona's La Masía academy, expelled from it due to an administrative error by his club, who crossed half of Europe before finding his definitive home at Real Sociedad and becoming the most elegant player in the Spanish league. An e...
The Roar of Lagos 12.03.2026 10:48
In the seventh episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Lagos, Nigeria, to tell the story of Victor Osimhen: the boy who lost his mother as a child, who grew up selling water in the streets to help his family, who learned to play football on impossible surfaces and became the most feared striker in Europe. An episode about real hunger, hunger for goals, and what it means to arrive from th...
The Madrid Boy Who Chose the Atlas 12.03.2026 10:45
In the sixth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we tell the story of Achraf Hakimi: born in Madrid, son of Moroccan immigrants, trained at Real Madrid and turned into one of the best fullbacks in the world. A player who grew up between two cultures and chose to represent the one he carried in his heart. An episode about identity, pride and the night a boy from Madrid scored a Panenka against Spa...
The Machine That Built Itself 12.03.2026 10:28
In the fifth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Funchal, on the island of Madeira, to tell the story of Cristiano Ronaldo: the boy who cried because he was not put in the lineup, who had heart surgery at twelve, who crossed the ocean to arrive at Manchester United at seventeen, and who built over more than two decades the body, the mind and the will of the greatest athlete football...
The Boy Who Brought Germany Back 12.03.2026 11:04
In the fourth episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Pulheim, a quiet town near Cologne, to tell the story of Florian Wirtz: the boy who debuted in the Bundesliga at seventeen, who suffered a torn ligament at the peak of his explosion and came back brighter than ever to become the engine of the unbeaten champion Bayer Leverkusen and the great hope of a Germany that has spent too long se...
The Son of Bondy 11.03.2026 10:41
In the third episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Bondy, a suburb northeast of Paris, to tell the story of Kylian Mbappé: the boy who grew up dreaming of being Cristiano Ronaldo, who debuted in elite football at sixteen, who won a World Cup at nineteen, and who carried for years the weight of being the future of world football before becoming its absolute present. An episode about spe...
The Boy Who Ran Barefoot 11.03.2026 8:40
In the second episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to São Gonçalo, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to discover the story of Vinicius Júnior: the boy who grew up between street football and the violence of a tough neighborhood, who was sold for 45 million euros before turning 18, and who had to endure racism, whistles and doubt before becoming the best player in the world. An episode...
The Napkin Boy 11.03.2026 8:50
In the first episode of Legends of the World Cup, we travel to Rosario, Argentina, to discover the story of Lionel Messi: the boy with a condition that stunted his growth, whose contract with Barcelona was signed on a napkin, and who waited twenty years to win the one thing he was missing. An episode about the greatest player in history and about what it means to never give up. See omnystudio.com/...
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