Everything You Need to Know: Complete World Cup Preview
Listen to the podcast "The Frequent Flyer - Catching America," with episodes about all the leading national teams and the biggest stars. Sports 5. Published: 11.06.26, 15:05. Photo: Sports 5.
The 2026 World Cup is about to begin. The whole world is excited ahead of what will be the biggest World Cup ever, one that is expected to break countless records. So many historic milestones will be set in the United States, Mexico and Canada, and it is still not entirely clear which team is the favorite to win.
So to bring some order to the chaos, in the podcast "The Frequent Flyer," the "Catching America" edition, many episodes were recorded in preparation for the massive event. In each episode, news updates were also provided, but the focus was mainly on the most prominent teams and the biggest stars. So just before kickoff, listen to all the episodes and prepare yourself fully for the upcoming World Cup.
Listen to the episode about Norway and Erling Haaland >>> Listen to the episode about Brazil and Vinicius >>> Listen to the episode about Morocco and Achraf Hakimi >>> Ad
Listen to the episode about Germany and the stars Wirtz and Musiala >>> Listen to the episode about Uruguay and Federico Valverde >>> Listen to the episode about Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo >>> Ad
Listen to the episode about the Netherlands and Virgil van Dijk >>> Listen to the episode about England and Harry Kane >>> Listen to the episode about Spain and Lamine Yamal >>> Ad
Listen to the episode about France and Kylian Mbappe >>> Listen to the episode about Argentina and Lionel Messi >>> Listen to the final preview episode recorded a few days before kickoff >>>
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