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When Lionel Messi, possibly the greatest football player of all time, steps up to the penalty spot you have to feel that Iceland's keeper Hannes Þór Halldórsson is in trouble. Until he isn't.

Why are the teams, touted as favourites to win Russia 2018, under-performing when it counts? What does it have to do with Cristiano Ronaldo's suspended prison sentence? How does Icelandic Prime-Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir factor in to her team's success? And why are Melbourne's 'St Kilda FC' Dom's favourite AFL club?

While Spain v Portugal will dominate the headlines for 2018 World Cup's Group B, just how will Donald Trump's repeal of the Iran Nuclear Deal impact the group? 'Who Watches The World Cup?' is the only podcast that analyses sport's greatest tournament?

Russia vs Saudi Arabia, a conflict that will determine the state of Middle Eastern politics for decades to come... and also their placement in Group A of the the 2018 Russia World Cup! In Episode 1 of 'Who Watches The World Cup?' football hooligan David Bryan and general idiot Dominic Archer compare the sporting chops and political machinations of the teams that will open football's greatest tournament.