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Speaker 4: It's going well so far, and I'm looking forward to

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Speaker 4: the rest of the show. I spoke to our one

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Speaker 4: of our producers, Jennifer, about diversifying our bonds as it were,

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Speaker 4: that the three of us, Connor, myself and Daniel are

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Speaker 4: very passionate about, which is soccer as we would call

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Speaker 3: Yes, there we go.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate the effort you put in to produce this show.

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Speaker 2: I'm very excited. As you know I've touched on in

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Speaker 4: First of all, I'd like to know a when and

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Speaker 2: So it was like, you know, while they were, you know,

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Speaker 2: There hasn't been a Liverpool manager in the twenty first

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Speaker 2: you know, I've got minimal expectations because of our new

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Speaker 2: I can't ask for more really, you know, So I'm

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Speaker 4: Speaking of where you're at, Ryan Gravenburg has started the

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Speaker 2: He's he's a class little player and he obviously made

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Speaker 2: If you're okay, if you're a professional player seeking a

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Speaker 2: you know I've seen it many times being a Liverpool

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Speaker 3: A it could have been because.

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Speaker 3: It has to be it has to be equal.

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Speaker 2: And so Liverpool definitely, you know, they've never played around

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Speaker 4: my understanding of why the SUI MINDI transfer fell through

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Speaker 3: Been an eighty million pound ticket for sure.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go. Check out that pronunciation. Georgian names

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Speaker 2: However, we just signed him and that was you know,

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Speaker 3: I don't know I'd be down for Kesa.

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Speaker 4: Who would you rather have Anthony Gordon or Kisa?

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Speaker 3: Honestly, give me Gordon.

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Speaker 2: I know he's a Liverpool fan and that would piss

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Speaker 3: That's a Liverpool. You're gonna be a Liverpool fan. So

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Speaker 2: You're gonna get uh, You're gonna get chirped if your

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Speaker 3: We'll see who gets down with it. And the transfer

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Speaker 3: My name is Connor. Here with me is JP, and

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Speaker 3: before we went to break, JP.

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Speaker 2: Said he's going to give you some lore on how

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Speaker 4: So I remember I discussed this with Connor few weeks ago.

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Speaker 4: In twenty eleven they beat United three to one at Wembley.

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Speaker 4: If I'm not mistaken, you are not. And that was

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Speaker 4: Beebu Guardiola, Josep Guardiola who's now at Manchester City, was

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Speaker 4: winning just about everything that they could win. Tiki taka

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Speaker 4: that isn't so much the case these days. And I

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Speaker 4: summer of twenty seventeen when Nei Maradasi Desanthos Junior. Actually no,

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Speaker 4: that's not his last name name, Mater, we all know Nimar.

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Speaker 4: He leaves the club for a fee of around two

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Speaker 4: football transfer ever. Yes, and the club I think made

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Speaker 4: massive I mean expensive players in order to replace what

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Speaker 2: That that part's crazy, and like it's been a thing

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Speaker 4: It was the club just signed Vaniolmo from Red Bull

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Speaker 3: They couldn't vote. They drink or drink signed for the military.

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Speaker 2: They couldn't do any of it, and they're and they're

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Speaker 2: have Jamal. We've had countless players in the past where

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Speaker 2: sometimes it doesn't work out and sometimes it does, but

436
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Speaker 2: you can tell like Jamal's just he's got it. And

437
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Speaker 2: like he in the Champions League last year he was

438
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Speaker 2: beating his man on every dribble and I think.

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Speaker 3: It was against PSG. Did they play PSG in the knockouts?

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Speaker 4: They played them in the quarterfinals, that is correct.

441
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Speaker 2: Dog Jamal torched torched them at the Park de Pronce

442
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Speaker 2: and like I was like, damn, bro that kids sixteen

443
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Speaker 2: still and like, hmm, the IQ is crazy, obviously, Uh,

444
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Speaker 2: they're doing something right in Lamacia, absolutely, and they have

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Speaker 2: a couple other players like Ferman. I believe he was

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Speaker 2: on the Olympic squad. He has like the top score

447
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Speaker 2: of the Olympics, so It's not all bad for Barsa.

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Speaker 3: It's just not what you're used to as a fan,

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Speaker 3: right right.

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Speaker 4: We're used to, you know, having a La Liga title

451
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Speaker 4: added to the trophy cabinet almost every year at the

452
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Speaker 4: very least, we're used to competing for that title. We're

453
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Speaker 4: used to having the expectation that we can win the

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Speaker 4: Champions League as well as the And while this season

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Speaker 4: I think that we might be a little bit better

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Speaker 4: than last year, given that we I assume will have

457
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Speaker 4: more stability because hopefully we're not firing a coach halfway

458
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Speaker 4: through the season who then decides that he wants to

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Speaker 4: come back, only to end up being fired.

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Speaker 3: Nuts.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that was a whole saga, and that is a

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Speaker 4: story for another time. I like Hunsei Flick. I had

463
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Speaker 4: my doubts about him because I had heard through the

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Speaker 4: rumor mill that Barcelona we're not keen on signing a

465
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Speaker 4: German manager who didn't speak Spanish. But he's in the

466
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Speaker 4: building and the club have won their first two La

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Speaker 4: Liga matches of the season. Right now they are losing,

468
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Speaker 4: but I do expect them to turn that around and

469
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Speaker 4: I look forward to seeing these children. That's a wild statement.

470
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Speaker 4: I look forward to seeing the young players develop as

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Speaker 4: the season goes on and as the next few seasons

472
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Speaker 4: were on, because they're good now, which is incredible, three

473
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Speaker 4: seventeen year olds. Fetamine who's twenty years old, that he's

474
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Speaker 4: still a young player despite the mileage that he has

475
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Speaker 4: at the age of I think he's twenty three years

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Speaker 4: old and he's probably already played one hundred, one hundred

477
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Speaker 4: and twenty matches in that period of time. So I

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Speaker 4: think that as long as the club is prudent with

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Speaker 4: their finances and doesn't try to break the bank signing

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Speaker 4: players for sixty million, one hundred million euros, they will

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Speaker 4: be fine. But I think it's going to take them

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Speaker 4: maybe five years in order to get their financial situation

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Speaker 4: fixed for.

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Speaker 2: Sure, and you know, if not longer, it's a it's

485
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Speaker 2: a long way to go with one point three billion euros,

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Speaker 2: of course, And the one thing that I worry about

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Speaker 2: Barcelona is, you know, immediately replacing Levlandusky once he, you know,

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Speaker 2: starts to decline is obviously he's had a great start

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Speaker 2: to the season this year with a couple of goals

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Speaker 2: in a couple of games, but you know, he's what

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Speaker 2: thirty five, thirty six now maybe thirty four in that

492
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Speaker 2: in that range of things, so you know, there's only

493
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Speaker 2: there's a finite amount of time left for him to

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Speaker 2: be at a top level. So you know, I'm curious

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Speaker 2: if they're just gonna throw a fair me in the

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Speaker 2: mix for him, you know, just to take that place,

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Speaker 2: or are they going to try to break the bank

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Speaker 2: for another number nine.

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Speaker 4: He is thirty six years old, Robert Lewandowski, and he's

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Speaker 4: under contract for two more years. So I would like

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Speaker 4: to see him see out that contract because he's still

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Speaker 4: very good and I think he's proving to be an

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Speaker 4: exception to the rule about footballers playing well into their thirties.

504
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Speaker 4: Will be another like could he stand Ronado kind of player?

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Speaker 4: Where Bronello's thirty nine and he's still good. He's not

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Speaker 4: what he used to be, but he's a good player.

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Speaker 4: So I think that Lewandowski will should get the opportunity

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Speaker 4: as long as he's fit to see out the rest

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Speaker 4: of that contract. And then ask for the question about

510
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Speaker 4: feedermine playing as a center forward. He's more of an

511
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Speaker 4: attacking midfielder. I think that the club doesn't see him

512
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Speaker 4: as a center forward and they don't really have a

513
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Speaker 4: backup center forward. Maybe there's a kid on the bench

514
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Speaker 4: today named Baal Victor, but he's more of a winger.

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Speaker 4: I think, to your point, Connor, they will, you know,

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Speaker 4: wait and try to buy a striker two seasons.

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Speaker 2: Could Vito Roke play center forward or he's strictly winging.

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Speaker 4: He can play that position, but right now he's out

519
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 4: on loan. But he was just loaned out to Retyea.

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Speaker 4: And my understanding is that the club wanted to sell him.

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Speaker 4: I know, I don't. I don't think that he has

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Speaker 4: a future at the club. And one wild idea that

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Speaker 4: I had I thought about this about a month ago,

524
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 4: is that Barcelona could rinse and repeat and signed and

525
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Speaker 4: sign yet another aging byron striker because Harry Kane's contract

526
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 4: expires in two years. Yeah, as does Lewandowski's. And you know,

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Speaker 4: I think that the club would do better to sign

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Speaker 4: someone younger. But Harry Kane dropped forty four goals last season.

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Speaker 4: He's still a very very good player, and I think

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Speaker 4: he will be thirty three in two summers from now. No,

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Speaker 4: he will turn thirty four in two summers, which is

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Speaker 4: how old Lewandowski was when they signed him.

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Speaker 2: And I don't see the age being a problem for

534
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Speaker 2: Harry Kane because of like his tech ricola bil is

535
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 2: like off the charts and he honestly prefers to drop

536
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 2: in and dictate play anyway. So that could that could

537
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 2: fit Barcelona like a tee. So that's definitely a good option.

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00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 2: But I would I would think they an initial approach

539
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 2: would be someone younger, like I could see them bro.

540
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 2: Like say, if Darwin Nyuniaz doesn't get any PT this year, Bro,

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Speaker 2: I could see Barsa coming in for that fool.

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Speaker 3: Or you know who else could be like oc men

543
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 3: is on the on the market right now. Mm hmmm, Cesco.

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Speaker 3: There you go. He's a He's a class player.

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Speaker 4: I like him. I think that he to your point,

546
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Speaker 4: players like Harry Kane fit more the system that Arcelona

547
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Speaker 4: i'd like to play where they want to pass teams

548
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 4: to death, But if they don't mind adapting a little

549
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 4: bit and just getting someone who's athletic and can score goals,

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Speaker 4: I like Shshkoh. He's twenty one years old. In two years,

551
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 4: he'll be twenty three hopefully by then. You know, I

552
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 4: don't know if he'll be a free agent in two years,

553
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,560
Speaker 4: but certainly there will be less years on his contract,

554
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 4: although I think Leipzig would be kg about selling him

555
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Speaker 4: at least for cheap.

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Speaker 3: But I like it for sure. For sure he's he's Slovenian.

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Speaker 2: Right, Yes, he is Slovenian beast, twenty one years old

558
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Speaker 2: and he's already a bawler.

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Speaker 3: JP, Is there anything else that you wanted to tap.

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Speaker 2: In with in terms of Barcelona, your lore as a fan,

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Speaker 2: or any other opinions you may have for this season.

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Speaker 4: I think that this year they will challenge for La Liga.

563
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Speaker 4: I want to believe that mother either are going to

564
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 4: struggle to adapt to playing a slightly different way this

565
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Speaker 4: season relative to last season. Now that Bae is in

566
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Speaker 4: the building, you know, I think Mbuppe is like he's

567
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 4: like a Ferrari. He's a he's a fast car. He's

568
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 4: an incredible, incredible player. But if you don't know how

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Speaker 4: to fit that piece into your system, it would be

570
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Speaker 4: like trying to drive a Ferrari at one hundred and

571
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Speaker 4: forty miles an hour when you don't know what you're doing.

572
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Speaker 4: Because you normally drive a raft far that tops out

573
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Speaker 4: at one hundred miles an hour, as I do, I

574
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 4: would not feel comfortable racing enough Ferrari, and I wonder

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Speaker 4: if Amba is going to fit this team like a glove,

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Speaker 4: and hopefully any issues that Royan Madrid have in getting

577
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 4: all their pieces to fit together benefit Barcelona as they

578
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Speaker 4: try to push for the for the La Liga title.

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Speaker 2: For sure, I think that I don't think it's it's

580
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 2: an issue with Don Carlo Ancelotti because he's been around

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Speaker 2: the block, like he's had super team after super team

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Speaker 2: in his career. I just think the amount of like

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Speaker 2: you said, the amount of pieces to the puzzle they have,

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Speaker 2: it's almost like it's a good problem to have to

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Speaker 2: have that many good players. However, you gotta someone's got

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00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 2: a compromise, like you know, you already have injured come

587
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Speaker 2: into the press saying he wants a loan if he

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00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 2: doesn't get enough PT. You know, you have Rodrigo who

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00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 2: feels as though he is, you know, obviously a starting

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Speaker 2: player for every game of the season. You know, you

591
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 2: have a power dynamic already between and Bob and Vinnie

592
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 2: where you know, and Boppe is getting taken off first,

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Speaker 2: Vinnie's getting left on, you know, like obviously we know

594
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 2: and Boppe is probably a better player than Vinicius but

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00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 2: Vincius has the tenure there, so you know, we'll see

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00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 2: how that power dynamic shapes up and you know how

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Speaker 2: who's going to be in the consistent starting lineup because

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00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 2: for that team, you could literally switch up the starting

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Speaker 2: lineup every game.

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Speaker 3: We can still be successful.

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Speaker 2: So we'll see, uh, what's going down with them and

602
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 2: if Boppe can adapt and.

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Speaker 4: Be a galactrico, I think they'll be fine relatively speaking,

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Speaker 4: because if anybody can, you know, draw that constellation of

605
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 4: stars appropriately, it's got Alotti and they're they're really talented.

606
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 4: They're so good they could get away with a lot.

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00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 4: They don't have to be perfect and they'll still win games.

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Speaker 3: For sure.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna win the Champions League. Bro Like, they'll probably

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Speaker 2: win it, you know what I'm saying. Like maybe it'll

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Speaker 2: be one of those years where they get the Law League,

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00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 2: get they take acond in La Liga, Barca could get first,

613
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 2: and then they threw all their chips.

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Speaker 3: Into the Champions League and try to win that again.

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00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 3: Just you know, they love that, so you know that

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Speaker 3: could be a thing. We'll see what happens.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely absolutely, So let's close the club football segments of

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Speaker 4: speak about the men's edition of the World Cup, which

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Speaker 4: we'll be hosted for the first time in three countries,

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Speaker 4: featuring forty eight teams. The tournament will start on Thursday,

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Speaker 4: June eleventh, twenty twenty six, at the Estadio Steca the

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Speaker 4: Aztec Stadium in Mexico City, a stadium that has already

655
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Speaker 4: hosted two World Cup finals, in nineteen seventy with Brazil

656
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Speaker 4: thanks to thanks in no small part to Perle winning

657
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Speaker 4: that tournament, and in nineteen eighty six, when Diego Maradona

658
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Speaker 4: cemented himself as a legend in the game winning the

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Speaker 4: World Cup. I believe was it West Germany who did

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Speaker 4: they defeat in nineteen eighty six to win that World Cup?

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Speaker 3: Was it so either England? Was it England?

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Speaker 4: Well, they played England in the quarterfinal. That's when Maradona

663
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Speaker 4: did the hand of God and he took five players

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Speaker 4: and scored the goal of the century.

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Speaker 2: Daniel, Can you look that up for us in the

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Speaker 2: final of nineteen eighty six.

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Speaker 4: Hmm, yes, nineteen eighty six World Cup final. Let me

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Speaker 4: look that up. It was West Germany. So yeah, they

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Speaker 4: defeated England in the quarterfinal of that tournament. They beat West.

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Speaker 3: Germany in the final, gotcha?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Okay, continue, right, so.

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Speaker 4: The let's start by talking about the cities that will

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Speaker 4: play host to the one hundred I believe it's one

675
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Speaker 4: hundred and four matches. It will be the most dense

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Speaker 4: World Cup ever, given that we will have forty eight.

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Speaker 3: Teams instead of the traditional thirty two.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely right. I think FIFA decided to do this because

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Speaker 4: they love money more than anything. So for better or

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Speaker 4: for worse, as you know, in the foreseeable future, the

681
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Speaker 4: World Cup will now feature forty eight teams. I quite frankly,

682
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Speaker 4: was not a fan of this when it was announced,

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Speaker 4: I believe in twenty seventeen. But I will warm up

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Speaker 4: to this and I will thoroughly enjoy one hundred and

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Speaker 4: four games. Well, I don't think I'll enjoy all one

686
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Speaker 4: hundred four because that's a lot for my brain to comprehend.

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Speaker 2: But we have an influx of footy come in for

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Speaker 2: the World Cup, and honestly, I think it's like you're right,

689
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Speaker 2: it's for money. They can get you know, more games

690
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Speaker 2: on television and that means more viewership, which means more revenue. However,

691
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Speaker 2: from as a fan, I will enjoy seeing some countries

692
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Speaker 2: you don't normally get to see at a World Cup.

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Speaker 2: That's the one silver lining I see that could be fun.

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Speaker 2: You know, you could get your Trinidad and Tobago's or

695
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Speaker 2: you could get you know, your New Zealand's or any

696
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Speaker 2: Oceania teams that you know normally wouldn't be in there.

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Speaker 2: And just like a last World Cup where we had

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Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia be Argentina in a in a crazy, crazy match,

699
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Speaker 2: like it's.

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Speaker 3: The magic of the World Cup. Man, you never know

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Speaker 3: what's bad to happen.

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Speaker 2: So I think it'll be fun to see some some

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Speaker 2: interesting countries come in and compete.

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Speaker 4: Right And just to add to that, even Norway did

705
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Speaker 4: not qualify for the Euros in twenty twenty four, so

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Speaker 4: we missed out on seeing ar Then Colin perhaps one

707
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Speaker 4: of the best, not perhaps one of the best, number

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Speaker 4: nine in the world, and Martino, thegard one of the

709
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Speaker 4: best at hacking midfielders in the world world so I

710
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Speaker 4: hope that they in particular qualify for this next World

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Speaker 4: Cup because I'm a fan of those two players for sure.

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Speaker 4: So now let's get into the cities. So the three

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Speaker 4: countries that will play host to these one hundred and

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Speaker 4: four matches will be Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

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Speaker 4: The Canadian venues, or the Canadian host cities will be

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Speaker 4: Vancouver hosting seven matches and Toronto hosting six matches. Next,

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Speaker 4: we'll go to Mexico. South of the border. The three

718
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Speaker 4: host cities will be Monterrey, Gualla Lacara, and Mexico City.

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Speaker 4: They won't be hosting as many matches as their Canadian counterparts.

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Speaker 4: Monterrey will host four, Gualla Lacara will host for and

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Speaker 4: the capital of Mexico, Mexico City, will be hosting five.

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Speaker 4: It is also worth noting that every single match from

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Speaker 4: the quarter finals onward will be hosted in the United States.

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Speaker 4: So if you want to catch those big games, get

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Speaker 4: your PAS support sorted out, unless you're an American citizen,

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Speaker 4: in which case you know, got it good, You got

727
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Speaker 4: a good But get the real id folks, because the

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Speaker 4: fads are changing that off topic, but update that because

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Speaker 4: that may be important if you're traveling within the country regardless.

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Speaker 2: Good looking out, good looking out, so can I'm wondering

731
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Speaker 2: if you know this, no problem, if you don't.

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Speaker 3: Are certain.

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Speaker 2: Groups stationed in Mexico, Canada, and the United States? Like,

734
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Speaker 2: are they like say, for the group stage we have

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Speaker 2: We'll take the Netherlands. Will the Netherlands be playing all

736
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Speaker 2: of their group stage games in Mexico or are they

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Speaker 2: going to be traveling from United States potentially Mexico potentially

738
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Speaker 2: into Canada potentially.

739
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Speaker 4: So the schedule for the World Cup has been released

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Speaker 4: and I'm looking at it right now and it seems

741
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Speaker 4: like the I don't know. I'm not sure if like,

742
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Speaker 4: for example, all of Group a's matches will be played

743
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Speaker 4: in Mexico relevant because Mexico is going to be in

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Speaker 4: that group, so I think it would benefit them to

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Speaker 4: play all of their group matches across Montree Las. You

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Speaker 4: that the Mexico, Mexico City and Guaera La. So I'm

747
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Speaker 4: not sure if there will be a concentration of groups where,

748
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Speaker 4: for example, there's a a concentration of teams in the

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Speaker 4: northeastern United States, or rather host cities, because Philadelphia is

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Speaker 4: hosting games along with Boston and New York. So I'm

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Speaker 4: not sure. I'm not sure if if teams will be

752
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Speaker 4: traveling a whole bunch or if FIFA will try their

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Speaker 4: best to keep teams in like certain zones for sure.

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Speaker 2: And the reason why I bring that up is, you know,

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Speaker 2: I remember in the twenty fourteen World Cup, teams are

756
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Speaker 2: having to travel two thousand, three thousand miles across the

757
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Speaker 2: Amazon going through time changes and stuff like that, and

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Speaker 2: obviously that affects play of course. So uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: I'm curious as to logistically how they're gonna play this out.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, I if you go on FIFA's website, they

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Speaker 4: have the schedule and you can you can take a

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Speaker 4: look at that, for sure. I would like to now

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Speaker 4: discuss the matches that will be hosted near us. We

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Speaker 4: are nominally in southern California and Sofi Stadium will be

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Speaker 4: playing host to eight matches. If I'm not mistaken, let

766
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Speaker 4: me double check that as we speak. Yes, Sofi Stadium

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Speaker 4: will play host to eight matches and those are scheduled

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Speaker 4: to take place on Okay, I have the graphic in

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Speaker 4: front of me right now. On the twelfth of June,

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Speaker 4: this is a Friday, the US men's national team will

771
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Speaker 4: play their opening match of the tournament at Sofi Stadium.

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Speaker 4: There will then be three group stage matches hosted on

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Speaker 4: the fifteenth, eighteenth, and twenty first of June. The United

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Speaker 4: States will play another group match there on the twenty

775
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Speaker 4: fifth of June, and then there will be three knockout

776
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Speaker 4: games hosted at Sofi Stadium on the twenty eighth of

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Speaker 4: June and the second of July. These are Round of

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Speaker 4: thirty two matches. Another interesting quirk of the tournament is

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Speaker 4: that in addition to the Round of sixteen as we're

780
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Speaker 4: all used to, there is a round of thirty two, Yes,

781
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Speaker 4: adding to the bevy of matches, and the final match

782
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Speaker 4: that will be hosted at Sofi Stadium will be hosted

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Speaker 4: on the tenth of July, and that will be a

784
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Speaker 4: quarter final.

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Speaker 3: Got it.

786
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Speaker 2: So so far's got a breadth of games to look

787
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Speaker 2: forward to.

788
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Speaker 3: So far, so cal contingent.

789
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Speaker 2: You know, go, We're going to discuss actually how you

790
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 2: can go and get your tickets. But first we'll get

791
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Speaker 2: through the rest of the host cities and whatnot.

792
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Speaker 3: And I know in California.

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Speaker 2: At least we have the San Francisco forty nine Ers

794
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Speaker 2: Stadium in Santa Clara, Levi's Stadium. I don't know if

795
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Speaker 2: it's still called that, but they have as that say

796
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Speaker 2: six right there.

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Speaker 4: Yes, the San Francisco Bay area, So this will be

798
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Speaker 4: Levi Stadium. They will host six.

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Speaker 2: Matches, okay, And that's a nice little venue, a bit

800
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Speaker 2: hard to park in.

801
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Speaker 3: Been there myself.

802
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Speaker 2: I got to go to the Gold Cup final in

803
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Speaker 2: twenty seven team where the US beat Jamaica and like

804
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 2: Jordan Morris scored aheader pretty close to the end of

805
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Speaker 2: the game, if not extra time. But you know, I

806
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Speaker 2: just my concern with that stadium and all the other

807
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Speaker 2: football stadiums is like the converted turf and how you know,

808
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Speaker 2: they lay it down over the football turf and it's

809
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Speaker 2: just like a whole you know, thing of transportable grass

810
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Speaker 2: and you know, players are slipping getting hurt and like

811
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Speaker 2: they that's always what they talk about when they come

812
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Speaker 2: over here. Like for the Copa America too, they were

813
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 2: all pissed about it, as they should be. Yeah, for sure,

814
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Speaker 2: it's like your knees could absolutely give out at any

815
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Speaker 2: second if you pivot the wrong way, you know, changing direction,

816
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Speaker 2: you're slipping, losing your center of gravity.

817
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Speaker 3: Like it's terrible and it's not how the game should

818
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Speaker 3: be played.

819
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Speaker 2: So I think they need to put in some real

820
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Speaker 2: grass for the World.

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Speaker 4: Cup, right, And I think to your point, though, they

822
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Speaker 4: are likely going to transport it into the stadium. I

823
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Speaker 4: wonder if between when the NFL season ends in January

824
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Speaker 4: for most teams and the start of the World Cup

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Speaker 4: in June, if six months allows you to have a proper,

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Speaker 4: you know, thick grass field as opposed to like a

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Speaker 4: thin sheet of paper of grass where you're still on

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Speaker 4: that hard turf that remains to be seen. I don't

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Speaker 4: know of any details on what those you know, landscaping

830
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Speaker 4: plans look like for the American stadiums that are football specific. Yeah,

831
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Speaker 4: American football.

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Speaker 2: Tradition says we're just going to transport it in there,

833
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Speaker 2: roll it out for our superstars to go and get

834
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Speaker 2: injured on. But you know, I hope it's I hope

835
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Speaker 2: it's the alternative. Like you said, six months is plenty

836
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Speaker 2: of time for these people to put in a pitch.

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Speaker 4: I would I would certainly hope so, right, I would

838
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Speaker 4: certainly hope so because you know, we had complaints as

839
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Speaker 4: you mentioned in the cupa America. Perhaps that's part of

840
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Speaker 4: the reason why my messy her and he was nursing

841
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 4: an ankle injury and then he seemed to get a

842
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 4: knee injury as well in the final. So who knows

843
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Speaker 4: if the if the pitch and the state of the

844
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Speaker 4: pitch had anything to do with that.

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Speaker 2: For sure, I'm thinking it probably could have. So now

846
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Speaker 2: we have we've kind of covered our western seaboard. We

847
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Speaker 2: have Seattle, we have Vancouver, and then let's look at

848
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Speaker 2: the Midwest. I know there's a lot of games being

849
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Speaker 2: hosted in the Midwest and the East Coast obviously because

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Speaker 2: of you know, volume, the amount of stadiums, as well

851
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Speaker 2: as the time zone.

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Speaker 4: Right, so we have three I believe the FIFA divides

853
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Speaker 4: these host cities into three zones. There's a Western zone,

854
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,439
Speaker 4: a Central zone, and an Eastern zone. So in that

855
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 4: central zone you have Kansas City, which Arrowhead will play

856
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Speaker 4: host to those matches, and I think that's fantastic because

857
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 4: they are known, at the very least during Chiefs Games,

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Speaker 4: to have an incredible atmosphere and a tremendous capacity. So

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Speaker 4: as long as they get the grass, right, I think

860
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Speaker 4: that Arrowhead Stadium will be an incredible venue for these

861
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Speaker 4: World Cup matches.

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Speaker 2: I agree, it's a good shout, and I didn't really

863
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Speaker 2: think about that. You know, like you always see the

864
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Speaker 2: Chiefs games, no matter how cold it is or you know,

865
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Speaker 2: whatever the cases, those fans show out and that thing

866
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Speaker 2: is loud.

867
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Speaker 3: And Seattle too.

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Speaker 2: Seattle's technically allowed tot Stadium at least with their fans

869
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:25,759
Speaker 2: in America, so we'll see some crazy, crazy turnouts.

870
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 4: There as well, right, And then another The other two

871
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 4: stadiums in that central zone in America that catch my

872
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 4: attention are Arlington Stadium aka Jerry World where the Dallas

873
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:40,919
Speaker 4: Cowboys play, and Energy Stadium, these massive, expensive stadiums which

874
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 4: are far more modern the Narrowhead of course, and they

875
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 4: have their their magic as well. Those those screens are

876
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 4: very helpful if you want to see replays. I don't

877
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,279
Speaker 4: think Arrowhead has that now, and I'm not sure if

878
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 4: they will in two years. So that presents a different

879
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 4: kind of spectacle for fans, right for sure.

880
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 2: And they got the their AC units cranking in those because.

881
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:02,959
Speaker 4: It's Texas, it's going to be hot as.

882
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,839
Speaker 2: Hell, hot as hell, and you know, they got all

883
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,359
Speaker 2: the accommodations in there. They got I mean, obviously all

884
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 2: the American stadiums have you know, crazy fan experiences with

885
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 2: bars and specific little VIP little hangouts and all of that.

886
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 2: So there's gonna be a lot of a lot of

887
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 2: things for our fans to do that is not just

888
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 2: watching footy. So it'll be it'll hopefully be a cool

889
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:32,239
Speaker 2: experience for people, and you know, God willing nothing goes

890
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 2: wrong with the World Cup and hopefully it's just a

891
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 2: smooth experience for everyone. And you know, I think it's

892
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:40,400
Speaker 2: good for the world to see that America is like

893
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:44,280
Speaker 2: taking the sports seriously now, like like we're not playing

894
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 2: with it anymore, and it's not just like oh the

895
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 2: fifth fifth thing on the totem pool that you like

896
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,680
Speaker 2: throw your kid into to like see if they actually

897
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 2: like sports in general. You know, it's becoming where you like,

898
00:47:56,719 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 2: you got kids who are ten twelve now getting scouted

899
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:01,920
Speaker 2: Demands City and going over there for trials, and it's

900
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,760
Speaker 2: like that was not happening when we were.

901
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:05,799
Speaker 4: Coming up, coming up.

902
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 2: No, it was like, oh, you pay you play recreational

903
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 2: or select soccer, Like maybe go find a competitive club

904
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 2: if you're trying to take this seriously, and at that

905
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 2: point you still had to pay a solid amount of money,

906
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,839
Speaker 2: which I'm sure you still do, but it was It's

907
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 2: just like it was a true barrier to entry for

908
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,719
Speaker 2: us to like play at a competitive level and get

909
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 2: in front of eyes that could take us places.

910
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 3: It was.

911
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,760
Speaker 2: It was, it was a monetary thing. So I'm glad.

912
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:34,960
Speaker 2: My point is, I'm glad now that that's not quite

913
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 2: the case. People are actually coming over here and realizing

914
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:41,000
Speaker 2: we have a massive pool of talent and that, you know,

915
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:45,279
Speaker 2: we're able to compete on an international level, and I

916
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 2: think that's what we needed as a country, and I

917
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 2: think at least I'm hoping that the World Cup here

918
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 2: can solidify that for you know, North America in general,

919
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,800
Speaker 2: because Canada has some great players, they certainly do. Mexico

920
00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:02,320
Speaker 2: obviously have had like generate of great players, and ultimately,

921
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:07,160
Speaker 2: like I root for Conka CAFF teams, like North American teams,

922
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 2: I'm rooting for them.

923
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 3: I don't care who it is.

924
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:11,879
Speaker 2: Like if Mexico and US are playing, of course I'm

925
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 2: a root for the US. But if like Mexico VERSUS

926
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:17,359
Speaker 2: Netherlands and the twenty fourteen World Cup.

927
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 3: I'm rooting for Mexico.

928
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,840
Speaker 4: Bro like absolutely, and it does.

929
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:24,040
Speaker 2: It reflects well in terms of like our World Cup

930
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,239
Speaker 2: spots for the next year, like when we get more

931
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:28,880
Speaker 2: coefficient points to be able to have an extra World

932
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 2: Cup spot for our confederation confederation. So you know, I'm

933
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,399
Speaker 2: rooting for all of our CONCA CAFT teams and I'm

934
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:38,560
Speaker 2: hoping that the World Cup is the best one.

935
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 4: Yet absolutely absolutely, speaking of once again this being the

936
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:45,799
Speaker 4: best World Cup. The semi final fixtures are going to

937
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 4: be hosted in some fantastic stadiums. One of the semi

938
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 4: finals will be hosted in Dallas in Arlington, Texas at

939
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 4: Jerry World and another semifinal will be hosted at the

940
00:49:56,160 --> 00:50:00,560
Speaker 4: Mercedes Benz super Dome in Atlanta, another fantastic modern stadium.

941
00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:03,920
Speaker 4: They have a roof, which is appropriate because Georgia gets

942
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:06,280
Speaker 4: hot as hell in the summer.

943
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 3: Yep, muggy hot. It feels like you're swimming outside.

944
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,279
Speaker 4: The final, much to my chagrin, will be hosted at

945
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 4: MetLife Stadium. I really was hoping that so far would

946
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,200
Speaker 4: get it. I would have preferred being hosted in Dallas

947
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 4: just because that's closer to home. Yeah, my assumption is

948
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 4: that MetLife Stadium won that bid in part due to

949
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 4: the public transportation, the infrastructure that they have to get

950
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:36,320
Speaker 4: people to the game without having to have the streets

951
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,840
Speaker 4: flooded with ubers, I think is really important to hosting

952
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 4: a final. Yeah, and so you know, good for them.

953
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 4: I wish I meant that, Yeah, But in all seriousness,

954
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 4: I think that New York, New Jersey is going to

955
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:53,280
Speaker 4: be a good host for that final. Despite my obvious

956
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:56,440
Speaker 4: discontent at the final not being in Inglewood, California, stones

957
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:57,640
Speaker 4: throw away from where I grew up.

958
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,799
Speaker 2: I know, Man East Rutherford is just not romantic of

959
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 2: a place, especially for the beautiful game that we know

960
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 2: and love. But like you said, logistically, on paper, it

961
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 2: probably makes the most sense. They have a massive parking lot,

962
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 2: which I know is critical in America, and you know,

963
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 2: there's a lot of seats, and I know that has

964
00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:25,880
Speaker 2: been kind of the main spot for international friendlies and

965
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:29,360
Speaker 2: international games in America over the past ten twelve years.

966
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:31,960
Speaker 2: Like I'll never forget the one messy goal in the

967
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:35,279
Speaker 2: friendly against Brazil where it was Argentina Brazil. It was

968
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 2: at Eastern East Rutherford and he curled it, Yeah, and

969
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 2: it was like he like ran, he was running full

970
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 2: speed and then hit it top corner. It was crazy,

971
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 2: and they had that like replaying on the Fox Sports

972
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:48,719
Speaker 2: like commercial breaks.

973
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:50,840
Speaker 3: And stuff all the time. That was at East Rutherford.

974
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:54,560
Speaker 2: I know neymar like made his first Brazil appearance with

975
00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:58,319
Speaker 2: Ronaldinho at East Rutherford, so they've had some games there,

976
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,839
Speaker 2: so I understand it. But like like we said, it's

977
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:04,400
Speaker 2: not the most beautiful spot to have the World Cup Final.

978
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 4: But you know, I wish you know, our brothers and

979
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:09,080
Speaker 4: sisters in New York all the best. I hope that

980
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:12,280
Speaker 4: the organizers don't have the same issues that Miami Gardens

981
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:15,640
Speaker 4: had for the Copamerica Final where seven thousand people got

982
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 4: into the stadium without tickets, but that is certainly a

983
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 4: story for another time. Yes, speaking of tickets, we would

984
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 4: like to let you know how you can register your

985
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 4: interest to buy tickets for the FIFA World Cup in

986
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:30,920
Speaker 4: twenty twenty six. If you google World Cup twenty six tickets,

987
00:52:31,239 --> 00:52:34,560
Speaker 4: you will be led to the FIFA website and they

988
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:38,080
Speaker 4: have a form where you type in your email you

989
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 4: get sent a signing code to register in account with FIFA.

990
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:44,000
Speaker 4: Because in order to purchase tickets for the FIFA World Cup.

991
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:48,319
Speaker 4: You need to have an account with them, and once

992
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 4: you send them your email, you can be chosen for

993
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:55,480
Speaker 4: a lottery. There's like an initial round of allocation, as

994
00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:59,919
Speaker 4: it were, where you are randomly selected, and then after

995
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:04,439
Speaker 4: that round of random selection, you can purchase tickets through

996
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:07,000
Speaker 4: their website. You still need an account to do that,

997
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 4: and that will likely be available in the fall of

998
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:13,719
Speaker 4: twenty twenty five. But if you want to register your

999
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:17,080
Speaker 4: interest now in order to have access to that lottery,

1000
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:19,560
Speaker 4: you can do that as of right now, going to

1001
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:23,640
Speaker 4: their website, registering your interest sending them your email, and

1002
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:27,880
Speaker 4: then you wait. You wait for eighteen months. Hopefully you

1003
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 4: win that lottery and you're able to purchase a few tickets,

1004
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,720
Speaker 4: and if you are going to a group stage match

1005
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:38,360
Speaker 4: that doesn't include some of the more popular teams, you

1006
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:40,440
Speaker 4: might be able to get a ticket for somewhere in

1007
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:43,160
Speaker 4: the neighborhood of forty to eighty dollars if I'm not mistaken.

1008
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:45,360
Speaker 4: At the twenty twenty two World Cup in Qatar, some

1009
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:47,520
Speaker 4: of the cheapest tickets for the group stage were around

1010
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 4: forty to eighty dollars. Now, I imagine that if you want

1011
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 4: to go see Mexico play at the Estalio Stecca might

1012
00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:55,640
Speaker 4: be a little pricere you might have to pay a

1013
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 4: little bit more. Likewise, if you want to go see

1014
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,640
Speaker 4: the United States in Inglewood at SOFI Stadium, you're probably

1015
00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 4: not going to pay eighty dollars. And as for the Final,

1016
00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:07,680
Speaker 4: be prepared to spend thousands because it's the final and

1017
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 4: half of.

1018
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:12,799
Speaker 2: It goes to the corporate sponsors anyway. Absolutely, so you know,

1019
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:17,040
Speaker 2: it's it's definitely harder to get a hold of. However,

1020
00:54:17,480 --> 00:54:21,640
Speaker 2: I think the group stage there's don't take anything away

1021
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:24,359
Speaker 2: from the group stages. Some of the best games happen

1022
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:26,880
Speaker 2: in the group stages and you get to see some

1023
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:30,080
Speaker 2: of the greatest moments. And so you know, I'm going

1024
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 2: to put my name in the hat for that lottery,

1025
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:33,800
Speaker 2: and I want to go to some group stage games

1026
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 2: some countries that I've never seen play before.

1027
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:40,440
Speaker 4: Absolutely, I have my eyes on that opening match at

1028
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:43,600
Speaker 4: the Estadiosteca in Mexico City, and I hope to be

1029
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:46,480
Speaker 4: to be rolling deep at that match. Speaking of which,

1030
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:51,719
Speaker 4: our producer Daniel has family in Mexico's capitol. Do you

1031
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,640
Speaker 4: have your your sight set on that match? Thursday, June eleven,

1032
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 4: twenty twenty six. Given you have family over there, who

1033
00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:01,359
Speaker 4: can host you? Daniel, Actually, I would love to go

1034
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:04,000
Speaker 4: down there. I'ven't been there in probably like one or

1035
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 4: two years. It's a good it's a good excuse to

1036
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 4: go down there, And I think it'd be, uh, it'd

1037
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:11,600
Speaker 4: be kind of dope to get a group of us to.

1038
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:13,680
Speaker 3: Go down there. I live so down the north.

1039
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:17,919
Speaker 6: Side of of Mexico City, probably maybe like thirty five

1040
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 6: forty minutes from Stavio Steca, and I think it would

1041
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:24,319
Speaker 6: be kind of dope. We should actually put in our

1042
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:28,439
Speaker 6: names for some games over there, and we should also we.

1043
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:30,520
Speaker 2: Need to go to Monthay too, Like I need to

1044
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:37,400
Speaker 2: see that stadium myself, Daniel, look up that stadium, uh monterday.

1045
00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:41,560
Speaker 3: I can't remember what the actual stadium's called, but uh

1046
00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:44,320
Speaker 3: it is. It is incredible.

1047
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:47,560
Speaker 1: M hm.

1048
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:49,919
Speaker 4: So I'm right now, I'm going to look up how

1049
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:53,600
Speaker 4: far Daniel's neighborhood is from the Estadio Steca. I mean

1050
00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:56,359
Speaker 4: with traffic, it's an hour. I mean Mexico City has

1051
00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:57,240
Speaker 4: twenty five.

1052
00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:59,919
Speaker 3: And that one's a month that I right there.

1053
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:04,240
Speaker 2: Okay, So there should be a picture from the mountain.

1054
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,359
Speaker 2: There should be a picture with a mountain in the back,

1055
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:09,080
Speaker 2: and it's like the most unreal photo.

1056
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 4: I believe that mountain is called Okay, Daniel, it's called

1057
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 4: Estadio bb v A. Estatio b b v A is

1058
00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 4: the name of that.

1059
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,960
Speaker 2: And then the first image on Google Images should be

1060
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:29,520
Speaker 2: the one with.

1061
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:33,000
Speaker 3: The mountain in the back. I pulled it up on

1062
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:39,080
Speaker 3: the Yeah, tode here there we go. Bang check that out. Yeah,

1063
00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:39,800
Speaker 3: that is crazy.

1064
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:42,520
Speaker 6: We should definitely do that and everything should be like

1065
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:46,400
Speaker 6: relatively cheap on our end. We just got to watch ourselves,

1066
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:46,640
Speaker 6: you know.

1067
00:56:47,239 --> 00:56:51,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, just be mindful, respectful and enjoy some foot.

1068
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:53,240
Speaker 6: Yeah, don't spill your beer on the person in front.

1069
00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:57,520
Speaker 3: Of Yeah, no dice on that. So we gotta go

1070
00:56:57,640 --> 00:56:58,240
Speaker 3: check it out.

1071
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 2: Hit up some of the Mexican games, maybe some of

1072
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,320
Speaker 2: the West Coast games.

1073
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:04,160
Speaker 5: And.

1074
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:08,719
Speaker 2: We'll keep you guys updated, of course, on any developments

1075
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:10,879
Speaker 2: coming to the World Cup. We still got a couple

1076
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:12,960
Speaker 2: of years, but it's gonna come up soon.

1077
00:57:13,160 --> 00:57:14,560
Speaker 6: Off the top of your guys says, what are the

1078
00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:19,280
Speaker 6: biggest games that you guys might have you know, participated in,

1079
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:22,120
Speaker 6: not participated, but you know you've been in attendance too.

1080
00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:28,440
Speaker 2: I'd say the highest profile game I've been to is

1081
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 2: the Champions League semi final in twenty eighteen Liverpool versus

1082
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:40,240
Speaker 2: Roma at Liverpool Stadium Anfield, where they won five to two.

1083
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:46,800
Speaker 2: So seeing seven goals in one football match is like

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00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:50,400
Speaker 2: unheard of, like it is, you know, the probability of

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00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:55,400
Speaker 2: you going like in person and seeing that is like

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00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,480
Speaker 2: is ridiculously low. So I was very lucky to be

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Speaker 2: able to go and see that game.

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Speaker 3: And I went by.

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00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:07,440
Speaker 2: Myself had my finals at university the next day, and

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00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:09,960
Speaker 2: I was like, you know what, I'm I might not

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00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 2: be able to get to do this again. So you know,

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00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:16,680
Speaker 2: I dropped the six hundred and thirty quid on one.

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00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:19,640
Speaker 2: Oh it was that's like seven hundred dollars dude, So

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00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:21,800
Speaker 2: then you paid, you pay the seven hundred bucks. I

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00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:26,760
Speaker 2: go to the the Bill Shankly Hotel in Liverpool. I

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00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:29,600
Speaker 2: go up to like the seventeenth floor or whatever, and

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00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 2: I get an envelope with my name on it and

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00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 2: that's my ticket. Wow, like for some random bloke up

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00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:40,640
Speaker 2: there at like some table with like a a table

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Speaker 2: cover over it.

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00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:43,640
Speaker 3: It was like weird, but it worked.

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00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:45,560
Speaker 2: And then I opened up the ticket and of course,

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00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:47,960
Speaker 2: like you know, it says on there because the actual

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00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:50,560
Speaker 2: price of it was like eighteen pounds or whatever, you

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00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. And then you know, I paid

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00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:55,000
Speaker 2: the six hundred and thirty whatever it was worth it.

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00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:57,680
Speaker 2: So I took the train out there, got to the game.

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00:58:57,720 --> 00:59:00,320
Speaker 2: I was sat up in the main stand in like

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00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:03,680
Speaker 2: the upper left part, and uh, it was just the

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00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:06,440
Speaker 2: most incredible experience to see Liverpool win that. And I've

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00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,680
Speaker 2: never heard of stadium so loud, So I'd say, that's

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00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 2: that's mine that I what year was that?

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00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 3: Twenty eighteen? It was against Roma and.

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00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:17,000
Speaker 4: Uh they won five to two.

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00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:19,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, they won five too, and it was probably one

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00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:21,720
Speaker 2: of the coolest things I've ever gotten to experience.

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00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:25,280
Speaker 3: I'd say, JP, what about you? Where have you been

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00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:25,920
Speaker 3: in attendance?

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Speaker 4: There are two that come to mind. The first, in

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00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:32,320
Speaker 4: chronological order, was a La Liga match between Rala Madrive

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00:59:32,960 --> 00:59:37,720
Speaker 4: and Rayoo. At the time, this was the winter twenty

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00:59:37,760 --> 00:59:41,400
Speaker 4: fifteen December of twenty fifteen, Rapabnita was still the coach.

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00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:45,440
Speaker 4: They were playing Donicros and Lucamo Reach in a double pivot.

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00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:47,800
Speaker 4: James Rodriguez was still at the club. He was playing

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00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:52,920
Speaker 4: Bail Bencee Mandronaldo. We're starting and raid. Yeah, they were

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00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:55,800
Speaker 4: losing two to one in the first thirty minutes, but

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00:59:56,040 --> 01:00:00,440
Speaker 4: after Rayo Vajacano received two red cards. One of them

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01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:03,160
Speaker 4: was very unfair, the other one was fair. The floodgates

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01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:06,080
Speaker 4: opened and dral Madrid won ten to two and the

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01:00:06,240 --> 01:00:09,120
Speaker 4: team has not scored that many goals since. And I

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01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:11,160
Speaker 4: don't think that a LaLiga team had scored ten goals

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01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:13,160
Speaker 4: in a La Liga match in like ten years before that.

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01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:16,600
Speaker 3: Wait, so was that that wasn't the year Chicharito was there?

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01:00:16,640 --> 01:00:16,800
Speaker 2: Right?

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01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:17,880
Speaker 3: That was the previous year.

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01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:19,920
Speaker 4: I was the previous year. That's right, okay, because.

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01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:22,280
Speaker 2: I remember they had a couple of games where Chicharito

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01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:25,880
Speaker 2: scored like some bangers in like an age of like

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01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:30,200
Speaker 2: some volleys from like outside the box. He was left foot, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: he was.

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01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:31,680
Speaker 4: He was fun. He was fun.

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01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:31,919
Speaker 1: There.

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Speaker 4: I got to watch that Drada Madrid match with my

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01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:38,440
Speaker 4: parents and a friend of ours who lives in Madrid

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01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:41,360
Speaker 4: in a VIP booth because the friend that we have

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01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:46,280
Speaker 4: his name is uncle, and he he has wealthy friends,

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01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:49,360
Speaker 4: and his wealthy friends don't always use their VIP boo.

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01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:52,280
Speaker 4: So Ankle told us, like, hey, you should come watch

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01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:54,520
Speaker 4: the game. With us, and the four of us were

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01:00:54,520 --> 01:00:56,280
Speaker 4: sat in the front row of the booth and behind

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01:00:56,360 --> 01:00:59,080
Speaker 4: us were Raya Jayakana fans and they were talking shit,

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01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:02,840
Speaker 4: having fun. Before Ronaldo took a penalty, they were saying, oh,

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01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:05,320
Speaker 4: he's gonna miss, and then he scored, and they were

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01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:07,280
Speaker 4: very quiet at the end of the match as their

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01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:08,840
Speaker 4: teams conceded ten goals.

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01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:13,040
Speaker 2: I could imagine double digits is dirty. That's dirty.

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01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:16,800
Speaker 4: It was a fun experience, and it was also odd

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01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:19,440
Speaker 4: because the soccer games I've been to have been in

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01:01:19,480 --> 01:01:23,760
Speaker 4: the stand very regular experience. In the VIP booth, there

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01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:27,720
Speaker 4: are people that like they're like women that ask you

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01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 4: if they can put your coat in a closet, like

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01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 4: you're getting on a plane. It's very strange. And they

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01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:37,200
Speaker 4: have these it's called a com it's a like fermented

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01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:41,640
Speaker 4: pig leg and there's someone slicing little slices off of

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01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:44,200
Speaker 4: it in like the little bar area. And my father

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01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:47,200
Speaker 4: tried to tip the staff and they said no, no, no,

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01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:49,280
Speaker 4: we don't accept that. No, this is free, like you're

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01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:50,400
Speaker 4: in the VIP booth, beig on.

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Speaker 3: Me, damn.

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01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:55,080
Speaker 4: So that was very unique for that reason, because you know,

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01:01:55,200 --> 01:01:57,520
Speaker 4: it was a VIP booth. What an experience and then

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01:01:58,680 --> 01:02:03,000
Speaker 4: perhaps a more impactful experience emotionally, even though there was

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01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:07,520
Speaker 4: a lot less luxury. I had the privilege of watching

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01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:10,479
Speaker 4: the LA Galaxy play intra Miami and their opening match

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01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:13,520
Speaker 4: of the MLS season. This was February twenty fifth of

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01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:16,000
Speaker 4: this year on a Sunday, and I was in the

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Speaker 4: press area. I had the privilege of covering that game

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01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:22,480
Speaker 4: on behalf of my university newspaper, the Bulletin Nice and

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01:02:22,880 --> 01:02:25,360
Speaker 4: that was really fun. I went to the game super early.

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01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:28,920
Speaker 4: They had lunch for members of the press, so I

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01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:34,000
Speaker 4: got to eat like chicken thinga thackles and salad, and

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01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:37,080
Speaker 4: I you know, watched everyone warm up and one of

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01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 4: the things that caught my attention was that as soon

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01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:43,080
Speaker 4: as Messi stepped onto the field, almost everyone in the

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01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:46,520
Speaker 4: stadium stands up, gets their phones out, and they start

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01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:49,040
Speaker 4: zooming in to get a better look at him. And

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01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:52,320
Speaker 4: some of these phone cameras are so good that I

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01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:55,120
Speaker 4: got a better view of Messi looking over people's shoulders

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01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:57,560
Speaker 4: at their phones than with my naked eye. I kid

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Speaker 4: you not, it was it was nuts. Every time he

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01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:02,800
Speaker 4: would do something in the warm up, people would ooh

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01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:04,840
Speaker 4: and ah, and then the next person would do something

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01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:06,760
Speaker 4: and it was silent. It was so funny to see

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01:03:06,760 --> 01:03:09,760
Speaker 4: the juxtaposition of people in awe of Messi. And then

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01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:12,360
Speaker 4: when Julian Gresol does the same thing, he pings of

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01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:17,000
Speaker 4: all thirty yards, people are silent, you can hear. So

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01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 4: that was incredible. And so those are the highlights Brand

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01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:23,920
Speaker 4: Madrid Yoaka, December twenty fifteen, ten to two LA Galaxy

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01:03:23,960 --> 01:03:26,720
Speaker 4: in through Miami one one draw, opening match of the

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01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:28,040
Speaker 4: twenty twenty four MLS season.

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01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 2: Incredible. I mean, I mean I said, it's hard to

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01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:33,600
Speaker 2: see seven. It's hard to see twelve goals in one game.

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01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:37,360
Speaker 2: That's even crazier. So that's that's super awesome. We were

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01:03:37,360 --> 01:03:41,000
Speaker 2: able to experience that, and hopefully we can go and

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01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:44,280
Speaker 2: get in this lottery and potentially get some tickets.

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01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:45,400
Speaker 3: For the World Cup coming up.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, this has been cannabis talk one to one JP

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01:03:49,720 --> 01:03:50,840
Speaker 2: before we get on out of here, Do you have

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Speaker 2: anything else you want to add onto our footy conversation here?

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Speaker 4: No, I think that we covered a tremendous amount of

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Speaker 4: ground today and the only thing that I would like

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Speaker 4: to say is, hey, thank you, thank you to everyone

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Speaker 4: in the studio. For allowing us the opportunity to talk

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Speaker 4: about soccer football bloboard gotta cho about it, among other terms, foosball.

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Speaker 3: There we go.

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