As more big players struggle with injury, and World Cup set-pieces are expected to be refereed in a completely different way to the Premier League, a few international managers are already adapting plans. In the latest episode of Copa Independent, Miguel Delaney, Lawrence Ostlere, and Adam Clery discuss THE question: how do you win a World Cup? Can you "playbook" it, as Gareth Southgate tried? Do you need an ideology, as Spain has? How influential are conditions – was Brazil 1970 only so good because no one could press in Mexican midday heat? For more World Cup analysis, tune in to Copa Independent – it won’t just get you feeling the World Cup, but thinking about it, too. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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