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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Fitzi and Whippo podcast.

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Speaker 2: The Soccer World Cup continues over in Kazar. Yesterday up

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Speaker 2: against France. Got nine minutes into that game, we were

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Speaker 2: running around this studio. It really kicked off. Love you

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Speaker 2: greatful structure. Days down.

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Speaker 3: He's hearing high the plage you're going to go from Australia.

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Speaker 3: Pray good way, nut and the Aussies have to lean

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Speaker 3: against the Chimns.

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Speaker 2: And he joins us right now from Qazar. Craig Goodwan,

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Vizzi Member show.

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Speaker 1: Buddy, Hey guys, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 4: Craig, what an honor mate, were You're right, the whole

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Speaker 4: country we sat here, we were screaming with excitement. Congratulations on,

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Speaker 4: I mean, forget the result. You did something that was

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Speaker 4: completely unexpected for the Aussies.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I think obviously it gave I guess the nation

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Speaker 1: a bit of hope for the match, and it also

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Speaker 1: gave us that hope as well. I think at the

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Speaker 1: end of the day, we look at the performance and

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Speaker 1: obviously we're disappointed. But to be able to, you know,

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Speaker 1: share such a joyous moment with my teammates and with

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Speaker 1: my family who was in the stands was the fantastic moment,

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Speaker 1: but it also gives us a lot of confidence going

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Speaker 1: into the next games as well.

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Speaker 2: Craig, you play in front of around about eight to

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Speaker 2: ten thousand people at Hoigh Marsh Stadium at Adelaide United. You're

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Speaker 2: their all time leading goal scorer down there. When you

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Speaker 2: are when Matthew Lecky crosses to you, and you're in

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Speaker 2: front of a huge crowd like that, and I mean,

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Speaker 2: this is not probably going through your mind, but there

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Speaker 2: are millions, hundreds of millions of people watching this game.

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Speaker 2: Is there a moment that split second as the balls

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Speaker 2: coming in going do not stuff this up? Do not

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Speaker 2: stuff this up?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? I think sometimes throughout a game that that thought

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Speaker 1: process can can pop into your head. But I think

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Speaker 1: being I'm more experienced player now, I've learned to be

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Speaker 1: present in the game and have my thought process during

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Speaker 1: during those kind of moments. So for me, as Lecky

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Speaker 1: broke down down the right, it was just about putting

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Speaker 1: myself in the position. Then you know, as the ball

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Speaker 1: came across, it was bouncing, so it was just trying

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Speaker 1: to guide the ball and keep it under the under

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Speaker 1: the crossbar. So you know, when the ball hit the

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Speaker 1: back of the neat. It was pure elation at that moment,

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Speaker 1: you know, a special moment for me. And yeah, definitely

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Speaker 1: a bigger crowd than at Cooper Stadium, but yeah, a

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Speaker 1: massive moment. And yeah, hopefully there'll be more goals to

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Speaker 1: come in this tournament as.

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Speaker 4: Well, because Craig, you made it look quite easy. I mean,

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Speaker 4: if you were to put a scale of one to ten,

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Speaker 4: ten being the hardest goal you've ever scored, where would

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Speaker 4: this one stand?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? I think in terms of the position it's not

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Speaker 1: so far out. But the ball coming ask, the way

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Speaker 1: it's bouncing is Anyone who's played the game will know

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Speaker 1: that those finishes are really difficult and it's very easy

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Speaker 1: for them to bounce up and be guided over the crossbath.

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Speaker 4: So it's a seven? Is it?

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Speaker 1: Probably? Scale it? I would probably scale at midway maybe five.

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Speaker 4: You made it look like a turb.

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Speaker 1: That pressure can get.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly right. Well, but do you know what, Craig,

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Speaker 2: I think the way that you need to look at

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Speaker 2: it now And obviously the rest of the game didn't

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Speaker 2: end the way that we wanted it to, but you

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Speaker 2: know what, the pressure is off now, you boys, I mean,

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Speaker 2: you've got nothing to lose. This is the thing. You

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Speaker 2: can go out there now, Craig, and I know when

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Speaker 2: you score a goal like that, the confidence is high.

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Speaker 2: Like does the team does it feel like now going

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Speaker 2: into Tunisia that boys, you know what, you know what,

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Speaker 2: we've lost our first game, but let's go out there

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Speaker 2: now and really prove ourselves and have a real crack.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. You know, we've We've made a message clear

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Speaker 1: throughout the group that we don't want to be here

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Speaker 1: just to make the mum and we have the confidence

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Speaker 1: in this group that we can do something special this

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Speaker 1: World Cup. I think for definitely in parts in the

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Speaker 1: game against France, we took the game to them. We

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Speaker 1: played really well in patches and had some great moments,

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Speaker 1: and we're able to break down the best national team

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Speaker 1: in the world and obviously create more than one or

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Speaker 1: two chances. Again, we take confidence from that, and coming

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Speaker 1: up against the next game against Tannisia, we're going with

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Speaker 1: a lot of confidence. They drew against Denmark and we

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Speaker 1: know that the group is wide open. If we win

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Speaker 1: this next game, then everything's riding on the last one

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Speaker 1: against Denmark. So I think we really do have the

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Speaker 1: chance to do something special, but we obviously have to

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Speaker 1: keep our heads grounded and take it one step at

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Speaker 1: a time and really just focused on the next match

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Speaker 1: and getting through that and trying to win. Mate.

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Speaker 2: Well done, Congratulations. This would have to be, Craig. You

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Speaker 2: would have to say the highlight of your whole career

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Speaker 2: at the moment, wouldn't it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think it's definitely definitely takes the cake. So far,

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Speaker 1: I've been lucky enough to win to win a championship

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Speaker 1: in Australia, and I've played in Europe, in Holland and

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Speaker 1: in Saudi Arabia and then had some big games in

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Speaker 1: front of some big crowds. But this definitely takes the cake.

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Speaker 1: So it's definitely something and an experience that I'm really enjoying.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I don't want this to be the

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Speaker 1: only moment. I want to be able to create history

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Speaker 1: with this team and help Australia progress into the knockout

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Speaker 1: stage and to really try and do something special.

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Speaker 4: Here, Craig. Exciting to hear the Spanish commentary, which no

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Speaker 4: doubt you've made as your ring tone. Let's just have

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Speaker 4: a listen to the scream and then the way they

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Speaker 4: say your name at the end.

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Speaker 2: That is your retire now.

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Speaker 1: Rid Wow, that's brilliant.

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Speaker 2: We'll send it to you when you get back. Good

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Speaker 2: luck against Tennisia made and very proud of you. Well done.

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Speaker 1: Thanks guys, really appreciate it. You're listening to the Fitzi

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Speaker 1: and Whipper podcast