1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Jason Pine sports stalk Coasters. If they say Piney, Hello, Heather. So, 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: Auckland City lose ten nil to this German squad, how 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: embarrassed should we be? Look, no one wants to lose 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: ten nil. There's always looked like it was going to 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: be a mismatch. Someone said to me yesterday Auckland City 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: against bay in Munich, that'll be that'll be a big score. 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: I see, Look, yeah, they'll lose, but it might be 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: like a three or four nil. I didn't expect ten nil. 9 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: I don't feel like any team should lose ten nil, 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: but buying Munich are that would just showed ruthless efficiency 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: in many ways. I kind of rate the fact that they 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: didn't ease off. They could have easily done that. It's 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: a really, really big defeat and Auckland City now have 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: to turn themselves around and get ready. Remember record, this 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: is not Auckland FC for people who are confused, that's 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: Auckland City. They are amateur players. Their hairdressers and real 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: estate agents and forklift drivers. So you know, perhaps we 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: should have seen this coming. They've been very good domestically 19 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: here for a long time, but up against a team like 20 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: Bayern Munich gazillionaires. It was always going to be tough. Okay. 21 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: So the question is, so this has come about because 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: the club, this particular competition has been expanded, hasn't it 23 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: from about was it seven teams to thirty two teams? 24 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: Isn't that bang on? Yes, that's exactly right. So why 25 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: did they do that? Only one reason, Heather, and if 26 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: you know FIFA, yeah, you've got it in one. That's 27 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,639 Speaker 1: the only reason. It's to further inflate the bank balance 28 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: at FIFA. HQ. You're right. Used to be seven teams, 29 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: Auckland City normally qualified for it. They'd go off and 30 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: play one game against one of the other lower ranked 31 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 1: teams and only the winner of that would go through 32 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: and Auckland City more often than not would come home. 33 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: They did progress occasionally, but now that it's a thirty 34 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: two team, you know, it's a group of four. They've 35 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: got to play ben Fica and Boker Junior's, you know, 36 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: two big teams from Portugal and from Argentina, so it's 37 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: a group of death for them. Look, it's a great experience, 38 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: but I'm not sure you want to be losing ten now, Okay. 39 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: I looked at him, thought. Finally, if there's a silver 40 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: lining in this is that surely we're going to get better. 41 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: But how long is that going to take? How many years? Well? Yeah, 42 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: I don't know that this is an improvement situation necessarily either. 43 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: I don't think that this is you know, Auckland City, 44 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: like I say, are an amateur football team who do 45 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: well domestically in New Zealand. This would be like this 46 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: would be like a club team in the UK, a 47 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: club rugby team who have jobs during the day, playing 48 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: against the All Blacks. That is what it is like 49 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 1: like it is an amateur team against one of the 50 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: best teams in the world. That is what this is. 51 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: It's a mismatch. And like I say, even as I'm 52 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: saying these words, I don't know why I didn't predict 53 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: a higher schooline when I spoke to that person yesterday. 54 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, okay, Now, not surprisingly that the 55 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: Chiefs have made it through. So the Chiefs via the Crusaders, 56 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: and where they playing this is in christ Church, where 57 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: as we know, the Crusaders have never lost a finals game. 58 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: Never ever has a team gone to christ Church for 59 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: a knockout game of Super Rugby and won that game. 60 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: It's an incredible record, but I don't know that matters 61 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: on Saturday night. You know, I'm not sure the chief 62 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: series of the game. They're good enough one hundred percent. 63 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: And you know what, I The one guy I keep 64 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: coming back to when I look at these two teams 65 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: and who might run out there on Saturday night is 66 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: Damien McKenzie. I keep coming back to him in the 67 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: way that he is able to influence the game of 68 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: rugby Rivers. Rayhannah for the Crusaders is a decent enough player, 69 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: but he ain't Damien McKenzie. I think he might have 70 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: the biggest say in this game. A couple of days 71 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: before the all Black squads names. So look, it's a 72 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: coin flip. Really, the tab can't separate the two teams. 73 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: It's going to be a heck of a game, I hope. 74 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: But yes, if anyone can do it, the Chiefs can. 75 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: Brilliant stuff. Hey Piney, thank you very much, really appreciate it. 76 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: That's Jason Pine sports talk host. For more from Heather Duplessy, 77 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: Allen Drive, listen live to news talks it'd be from 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.