The greatest football competition is moments away. It's one month featuring 32 teams and 64 matches across 12 venues in 11 cities.  To prepare you for the thrills, spills and shenanigans such an event can bring, your host Jonathan Roberts brings in Straits Times sports correspondents Sazali Abdul Aziz and David Lee. Aside from weighing up the teams' chances, we also give David, who will be our man in Russia, a test on the Russian language...Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Download ST & BT podcasts for offline listening: http://str.sg/stbtpodcasts On website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts On Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2PwZCYU On iTunes: https://apple.co/2Lu4rPP On Google podcasts: http://str.sg/googlestbt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.