BBC host Gary Lineker told stop last line of World Cup questions - 'Don't go'
BBC World Cup host Gary Lineker was asked to change the subject and stop his round of live questioning during half-time of the tournament final. The England icon was talking about France's surprise double substitution in the first half, when the host turned the subject to his fellow pundits.
Lineker asked if the panel of Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and Pablo Zabaleta had already been withdrawn in the first half of their games as Didier Dechamps made a double change after 40 minutes of the final to bring Olivier Giroud and Ousmane Dembele off. "They made a double substitution, and Giroud seems, let's say, a bit frustrated as you would expect," Lineker said.
Shearer replied, "It's totally understandable, he's angry with his performance and that of his team. They need the energy", then Lineker interrupted him saying that it's not "not easy for a striker" when his team suffers on the pitch.
Ferdinand then asked Shearer if he had ever been abducted, and Shearer replied, "I never got trained," but Lineker couldn't resist a swipe at his co-star: " But you were left out once, by Ruud Gullit, it cost him his job." Ferdinand then insisted that Lineker change the subject: "Leave it, don't go."
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Gullit took over as Newcastle boss when Shearer topped the goalscoring charts, but the two had a meltdown and their relationship fell apart when the Dutchman left the Toon icon squad to face Sunderland in the 1999/2000 season. . The Magpies lost the game 2-1, with Paul Robinson selected ahead of Shearer and Gullit resigning three days later.
Giroud was upset to be knocked out in a surprise double substitution by Deschamps, as the former Arsenal and Chelsea man alongside Dembele was replaced by Randal Kolo Muani and Marcus Thuram with the French 2-0 after 40 minutes.
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BBC World Cup host Gary Lineker was asked to change the subject and stop his round of live questioning during half-time of the tournament final. The England icon was talking about France's surprise double substitution in the first half, when the host turned the subject to his fellow pundits.
Lineker asked if the panel of Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and Pablo Zabaleta had already been withdrawn in the first half of their games as Didier Dechamps made a double change after 40 minutes of the final to bring Olivier Giroud and Ousmane Dembele off. "They made a double substitution, and Giroud seems, let's say, a bit frustrated as you would expect," Lineker said.
Shearer replied, "It's totally understandable, he's angry with his performance and that of his team. They need the energy", then Lineker interrupted him saying that it's not "not easy for a striker" when his team suffers on the pitch.
Ferdinand then asked Shearer if he had ever been abducted, and Shearer replied, "I never got trained," but Lineker couldn't resist a swipe at his co-star: " But you were left out once, by Ruud Gullit, it cost him his job." Ferdinand then insisted that Lineker change the subject: "Leave it, don't go."
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Gullit took over as Newcastle boss when Shearer topped the goalscoring charts, but the two had a meltdown and their relationship fell apart when the Dutchman left the Toon icon squad to face Sunderland in the 1999/2000 season. . The Magpies lost the game 2-1, with Paul Robinson selected ahead of Shearer and Gullit resigning three days later.
Giroud was upset to be knocked out in a surprise double substitution by Deschamps, as the former Arsenal and Chelsea man alongside Dembele was replaced by Randal Kolo Muani and Marcus Thuram with the French 2-0 after 40 minutes.
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