1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: All right, what's driving the great Episode four seventy. As 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: always these episodes brought to you by our friends at 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 1: boost Mobile, this is going to be a quick, little 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: Friday or weekend snack sized episode talking some World Cup this. 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: You guys will be hearing this, you know, probably after 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: Team USA's game against Australia. In Thursday's episode, we discussed 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: that game, but we are recording this before that game, 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: as we recorded Thursdays obviously before the game, so we 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: are just focused on what they call match day one 10 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: of the World Cup. Every team as of this recording 11 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: has played what their first of three group stage games, 12 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: and almost all of the biggest stars shined brightly, almost all, well, 13 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say almost all, most of the biggest favorites 14 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: looked deserved, with a few exceptions. So we will get 15 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: into that. For a tournament that so much, so much 16 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: of the World Cup and you're at least for me, 17 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: ability to really lock in has to do with the 18 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: time zone of it, Like the fact that these games 19 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: are all on during the day has made it to 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: where I can watch more of this than any World 21 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: Cup since the one in Brazil in twenty When would 22 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: that have been twenty fourteen was in Brazil because Brazil 23 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: also you're in basically the same time zones, and so 24 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: I really do feel like I have a feel for 25 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: how the tournament's going. Even if you guys don't look 26 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: to me as the foremost international soccer expert, I think, 27 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: you guys know, I think I care about it and 28 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: follow it more than I think a lot of the 29 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: people who do what I do because it's I don't know, 30 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: I gamble on sports and I enjoy it, and I actually, 31 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: you know, feel like I like this more than I 32 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: don't know. I watch more EPL than probably than regular 33 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: season baseball. I certainly watch more international soccer than I 34 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: do hockey, and so coming into the tournament, I felt 35 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: like I had a good grasp on it. After the 36 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 1: first week or so, I feel really, you know, really 37 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: good about where where I'm at with this tournament so 38 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: to speak, and demands. I think it is drawing in 39 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: and the more the better team USA does, the more 40 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: it will draw in the casual fans. But I think 41 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: the fact that Messi and Harry Kane and Mbope and 42 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: all the stars with you know, the Cristiano Ronaldo exception, 43 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: that we'll get to have been shining so brightly have 44 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: brought in the casual fans. So let's get right to it. 45 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: As far as talking a little week one of the World. 46 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 2: Cup, some big time teams that have met expectations in Argentina, France, 47 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: Germany and England and your guys, even your guys in Norway, 48 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: they've had some solid dubs in their first matches. 49 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: Which team and player has. 50 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: Impressed you the most in this first round? 51 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: All right? So I thought England on Wednesday was stunning 52 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: how good they were in the second half. They were 53 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: great offensively the whole game. But England in their game 54 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: against Croatia, you could argue, given who they were playing, 55 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: it was as impressive of a performance as anybody has had. 56 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: France's second half overall against Senegal is neck and neck 57 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: with it. Those are the two teams, and by the way, 58 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: they are two of the biggest favorites going into the 59 00:03:51,160 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: tournament that looked like they deserved to be. And so 60 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: much of evaluating these teams in the group stages who 61 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: they're playing, and Senegal's a top twenty team in the world. Croatia, 62 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: while no longer a top twenty team, they have made 63 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: back to back World Cup semifinals, including the final eight 64 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: years ago. They hadn't lost a game at the World 65 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: Cup in their last two tournaments prior to this one. 66 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: And England and France really playing in very different ways, 67 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: pretty mediocre first halfs. France's first half was mediocre because 68 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,799 Speaker 1: their offense in Bappe was just kicking the ball around 69 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: the field. They didn't get anything going. Really. England's first 70 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: half was mediocre because their defense was allowing Croatia to 71 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: do whatever it wanted to do. For both of those 72 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: teams to then go out and win their second halves 73 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: by plus two margins was just spectacular. And in Bopa 74 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: to me has the goal of the tournament. So those 75 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: are the two teams that were favorites going in and 76 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: played to the part in the first week of the 77 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: group stage. The player, of course that is gonna jump 78 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: out at you as Messi. And this is the crazy 79 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: thing about Messi Demansey. There was a time where the 80 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: only yeah but on Messi's resume was World Cup performances. 81 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: Not only that the team hadn't won, but that he 82 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: had not been as prolific of a goal scorer that 83 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: there was. He had been criticized a lot domestically, including 84 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: by Diego Maradona, the previous greatest Argentinian player ever, for 85 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: caring more about bar Salona, his club team than he 86 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: did about Argentina. There was a World Cup I think 87 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen, he won the Golden Ball, which is 88 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: MVP of the tournament, and still got criticized for his performance. 89 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: And then sports are funny man he Argentina. I mean, 90 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: he was criticized so heavily demonds after the World Cup 91 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: in I don't know if it was fourteen. I think 92 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: it was fourteen, so four or three World Cups ago 93 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: that he briefly retired from international soccer. He's like, I'm 94 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: not gonna play for the Argentina anymore. I can't do it. 95 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: And then at the last World Cup, Argentina is one 96 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: of the big favorites. In a South American World Cup. 97 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: It was played in Brazil, not the No, that's not right. 98 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: Last year was a South American World Cup. I picked 99 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: a South American team. Last year's played in cutter Or 100 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: last World Cup. Pardon me. They lose to Saudi Arabia 101 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: in their first match, but I great and since that moment, 102 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: not only have they not lost, but in his last 103 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: eight World Cup games, Messi now has ten goals and 104 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: has tied Marislav Closa for the most goals in World 105 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: Cup history, a guy who World Cup performance was the 106 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: only yeah but on his resume last year went on 107 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: a tear after losing their opening match, including two goals 108 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: in the final, winning the title over France despite Himbape's 109 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: hat trick in the final, and then a hat trick 110 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,239 Speaker 1: of his own to start this World Cup to where 111 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: now Messi has the record all time for most World 112 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: Cup appearances, most World Cup games, most World Cup goals, second, 113 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: most World Cup assists. It's and the fact that he's 114 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: thirty eight years old and still the best player on 115 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: one of the best teams is just utterly remarkable, like 116 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: truly utterly remarkable what he's what he's done. And when 117 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: you put that up against the way it looks like 118 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: this is going to go for Ronaldo. 119 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 3: It it makes the goat debate and their longtime rivalry 120 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 3: feel a little lapsided. 121 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: And it's not totally fair Ronaldo. While it's also his 122 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: sixth World Cup, you know he's three years older and 123 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: historically not this year, but historically he hasn't had as 124 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: good of a team as Messi with Portugal versus Argentina, 125 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: but Messi being the defending champion and starting this tournament 126 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: off with a hat trick. Christiano Ronaldo finally having a 127 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: team that's one of the favorites and starting off the 128 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: way he did, which we'll get to in a moment, 129 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: is not ideal for the literally millions and millions and 130 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: millions of Christiano Ronaldo fans. 131 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 2: More impressive old guy Messi or Lebron. 132 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: Very similar in that it's not long, it's not longevity, 133 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: it's sustained excellence, and similar in that, while not as 134 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: great as they once were over the course of an 135 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: entire year, still have the ability to in any given 136 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: moment be the greatest. And you know Messi is you know, 137 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: Messi's five to eight, so he's never he's had a 138 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: speed advantage, but that has lessened over the years. So 139 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: for him it's just the refined skill in his brain, 140 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: and for Lebron it's the he's always had a size 141 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: advantage that's still there, but doesn't his speed's also obviously diminished, 142 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: But again it's the brain and it's the understanding. But 143 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: both you know, the two goats who are absolutely ageless, 144 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: and then we get to we'll get to Christiano Ronaldo, 145 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,719 Speaker 1: who is at the forefront of one of the two 146 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: biggest what I would consider. 147 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 3: Matt. 148 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: You know, first week of World Cup matches, underachieving teams 149 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: will do them in a second. But first you ever 150 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: notice how everything keeps going up? Rints going up, streaming 151 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: services going up, favorite burrito spots charging you extra for 152 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: saus and not. 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All right, DEMANSI 162 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: let's get to the flip side of the teams that 163 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: have impressed me the most. 164 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 2: For the underachieving blue Bloods, Spain entered as the favorite 165 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 2: for the tournament, but could not get a goal offers, 166 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 2: Kate Verde, your team Brazil and Portugal found themselves in 167 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 2: a couple of draws. But let's not forget you mentioned 168 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 2: this earlier. Argentina lost their opener in twenty twenty two 169 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 2: and came back to winny all which disappointing start. 170 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: Are you most worried about? All right? So it's got 171 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 1: to be Portugal. So Brazil didn't look great. Brazil was 172 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,719 Speaker 1: also playing an excellent team. Brazil was playing one of 173 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: the twelve best teams in the tournament in Morocco. So 174 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: that you can you can deal with Spain. Spain I 175 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: think ran into the perfect storm, so to speak, of 176 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: a goaltender playing the absolute of his life plus them 177 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: not taking their opponents seriously. It's concerning, but it's not 178 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:12,199 Speaker 1: sound the alarm. Portugal's in a different spot because I 179 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: think Portugal's got a real problem on their hands, which 180 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: is an aging, aging legend that the coach might be 181 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:29,239 Speaker 1: afraid to put to a bench roll when they finally 182 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: have a roster that if Ronaldo were out, they would 183 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: be one of the favorites. And it is surprising to 184 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: me that Ronaldo has not embraced the idea of listen 185 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: all if I played five minutes in this World Cup, 186 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: if Portugal were to win the World Cup, I would 187 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: get a ton of the credit because I am the 188 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: inspiration for some of these guys. I am Portuguese soccer. 189 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: I am, you know, most famous Portuguese people in world history. 190 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: Ranked number one Ferdinand Magellan, number two, Vasco da Gama, 191 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: number three, Cristiano Ronaldo. That's it. A couple of nautical 192 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: explorers who circumnavigated the globe. And this soccer player, that's 193 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 1: the list. He is a god there. And so they were, 194 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: they were a big you know, you know in the 195 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: Columbus era, if you will, Portugal was really cutting edge 196 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 1: on figuring out the world's not flat, you know, East 197 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: India Trading Company, the whole thing, and Portuguese got their 198 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: handprince fingerprints Alogan and uh so he doesn't have to 199 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: be the the star here, and I don't think he's 200 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: capable of being the star. And so if he would 201 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: be willing to say, we put it on the TV 202 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: show Thursday. They've got eight excellent attacking players. Three of 203 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: them four of them don't even start. One of them 204 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: didn't even play on on their game Wednesday, Like, hey, 205 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: I can be a late game sub field, because the 206 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: other thing the manager did was they they benched, not benched, 207 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: but they subbed out a bunch of players on Wednesday, 208 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: except for Ronaldo, who played the full ninety and then 209 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: after the game he was like, well, we need a 210 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: goal scoring. He's one of the best goal scorers. Ever. 211 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: I think it is I think that you brought up 212 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: Lebron earlier, Demonsee. I think there is an element of 213 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: him taking a different page out of Lebron's book, which is, yeah, 214 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: what's best for the team is for me to take 215 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,479 Speaker 1: a smaller role, even if it's not what I want. 216 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: But unlike Lebron, it is because the skills have diminished 217 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: so much, that's what the team needs. And I do think, again, 218 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: I obviously don't know this. I can't prove this, just 219 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: my gut. I do think that him seeing Messi and 220 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: Mbope do what they did put extra pressure on him. 221 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: He felt it to where like not so much in 222 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: Bope really messy. It's like, oh, the other old guys 223 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: getting a hat trick. I've got to be able to score. 224 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: But in his last ten games at major tournaments for 225 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: the Portuguese national team, Ronaldo hasn't scored, and so this 226 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: is not like a small sample of He's the oldest 227 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: player to ever play in a World Cup. It's not 228 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: fair to ask a ton out of him. But if 229 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna be the striker for one of the favor 230 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: and you're gonna play the full game, a lot is 231 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: gonna be asked out out of you. So I would 232 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: be concerned if I were a Portuguese fan that this 233 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: is a Canarian the coal mine of a bigger problem. 234 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: And Colombia's a good team. Dr Congo just got the 235 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: draw with them. Now Portugal will obviously beat Uzbekistan and 236 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: maybe they'll beat Columbia, but if they don't, they're not 237 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: gonna win the group. And again I am more focused 238 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: on the benefit of winning the group than I think 239 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: most but the winner of Group K obviously, which is 240 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: that their group gets a third place team, and then 241 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: most likely in the round of sixteen, you get the 242 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: winner of Group B, which is probably Switzerland, which is 243 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: a fine team but not a you know, doesn't scare you. 244 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: Portugal would be the big favorite of it, but the 245 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: second place team in Group K, which is now something 246 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: that's very possible for them in round they get in 247 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: round in the round of thirty two the second place 248 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: team from Group L, which is probably gonna be Ghana, 249 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: and then more importantly, you get in the round of sixteen, 250 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: most likely the winner of Group H, which can be 251 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: Uruguay or it can be Spain, and all of a sudden, 252 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: it can get very late early like this is something 253 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: I'm really focused on in this World Cup in a 254 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: weird way because of the expanded field and what it 255 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: means for the knockout rounds. There is while it is 256 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: easier than ever to make the knockout rounds, there is 257 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: more benefit than ever to actually winning your group. And 258 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: so yeah, they have a margin of error, but it's 259 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: not as big as you would think. And they you know, 260 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: Dr Congo was supposed to be one of the worst 261 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: teams in the field and they just drew them one one. 262 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: And so listen, if Spain comes out in their next 263 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: game and looks flat again, then it's one of the 264 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: biggest disasters in World Cup history. I don't think that's 265 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: going to happen. And Spain, I think what I or 266 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: did I. 267 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 2: In this upcoming game? 268 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: Are you ever going to put that that was uncalled for? 269 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: That was that was that was that was uncalled for. 270 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: You know what I am. I'm rebuilding from the Cape 271 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,719 Speaker 1: Verde minus fourteen hundred money line bet and we all 272 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: you know, lesson learned. But Spain, I think I understands. Listen, 273 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: we beat Saudi Arabia in our next game and then 274 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: we play Uruguay to win the group and we'll be 275 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 1: totally fine. I don't and Brazil I ain't also understood, like, hey, 276 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: we didn't play great against Morocco. We got the draw 277 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: and now here is something to watch for Brazil and 278 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: then we'll wrap the show soon. Because Brazil and Morocco, 279 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: who are the two best teams in that group, tied 280 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: each other and they both believe they can beat Scotland. 281 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:03,360 Speaker 1: This is it's oddly bet news for Haiti because Brazil 282 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: and Morocco are both going to be incentivized to try 283 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: to score like six goals against Haiti. Because the winner 284 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 1: of the group is if both Brazil and Morocco beat 285 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: Scotland and beat Haiti, which maybe it's being a little 286 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: disrespectful to Scotland, but I don't think so. The group's 287 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: gonna be determined on goal differential. I don't know if 288 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 1: you can run the score up on Scotland. I'm sure 289 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: both of these teams feel like they can run the 290 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: score up on Haiti, and so that'll be what determines 291 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: that group. So I'm not worried about Brazil. It wasn't 292 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: great the team I picked when the whole thing drew 293 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: in the first match. 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In Arizona, Ohio, Virginia, call one 333 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 4: eight hundred My reset gambling problem called one eight hundred gambler. 334 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: World Cup Match Day two, essentially, which is this coming week. 335 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna tell you guys what I the best 336 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: games of the day in my opinion, starting with Saturday. 337 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: So Saturday we have two potentially awesome games Netherland Sweden 338 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: and Germany Ivory Coast Ecuador Kresal not as good, but 339 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: Netherland Sweden, which probably determines the winner of Again I 340 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: don't have the groups memorized, like which group is which 341 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: h Netherlands Sweden is, Group F probably determines the winner 342 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: of Group F, and then Germany Ivory Coast almost assuredly, well, yeah, 343 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: almost assuredly determines the winner of Group E. The Both 344 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: of those games are great. Sunday the the one that 345 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: is probably the most. I mean, you obviously want to 346 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: see Spain bounce back against Saudi Arabia, but it would 347 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: be stunning if they don't. Belgium Iran is probably the 348 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: best game of the day, but Uruguay cape Verde is 349 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: interesting only in that you see if somehow cape Verde 350 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: can keep the momentum up from their their draw against Spain, 351 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: see what that goalkeeper can do. Uruguay I thought looked 352 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: awesome in their draw in this or earlier this week. 353 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: They had a bunch of goal scoring chances, just weren't 354 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: able to really finish it off. Next Monday, the far 355 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: and away the best game is Norway Senegal. With that said, 356 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: early in the afternoon you get to see Argentina Austria, 357 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: which you know, Messi against another good opponent. That game 358 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: probably does determine if there's a true winner in that game, 359 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: not a draw the winner of their group. Senegal desperately 360 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: needs a result against Norway and he's earling high who 361 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: we didn't mention earlier about. You know, all the guys 362 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: who have been crushing so far. Tuesday, there is one 363 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: spectacular game England against Ghana in the afternoon four o'clock Eastern. 364 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: That's one of the best games of the entire group stage. 365 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: That game also could determine the winner of that group. 366 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 1: Wednesday kind of a lighter day as far as great games, 367 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: but Scotland Brazil jumps out at least to me as uh, 368 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: one of the as the best game of the day. 369 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: But that also gets Scotland Brazil is now we're into 370 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: That would be Brazil's third game of the tournament. So 371 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: now we're into, you know, day three, the final games 372 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: of the group stage. But as far as for the 373 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: second games of the group stage, I just kind of 374 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: gave you the ones to circle if you're getting into 375 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: the World Cup but don't really know you know which games, 376 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: uh to look for. But starting on Wednesday, we've got 377 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: doubleheaders because it's the final games of groups and it's 378 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: the determines the winners of the group. So starting, my goodness, 379 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: this comes at you fast, like starting on Wednesday, it's 380 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 1: six games a day over the next few days until 381 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: the tournament, so until the group stage is over. Okay, 382 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoyed the little World Cup show. 383 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: I'm it is such an awesome tournament. And I promise 384 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: you I'm not saying that because it's on Fox. I 385 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: also have one day demandsay, I should tell the story. 386 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 4: This. 387 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: Let's just save this, I stually, because if I'm ever 388 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: gonna tell this story, it should be not at the 389 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 1: very end of a quick episode I have. There's only 390 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: been one like real bad fight I've been in in 391 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: my life, like bad, but I the you don't even 392 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 1: know about this. I was sixteen years old. But I 393 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: mean when I say bad, like like injuries, like a 394 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: bad fight. And it was with my high school girlfriend's 395 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: ex boyfriend. And it was on his front lawn and 396 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: his mom pulled up in the driveway and like saw 397 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: it happening, and that's what ended Oh no, that's what 398 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: ended it. And and again like whatever you imagine sixteen 399 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 1: year old Nick fighting another sixteen year old from my 400 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: small school. That's what it looked like. But it was 401 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: it was like when I say bad, is long, you 402 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 1: know what I mean, it's like the But the only 403 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: reason why am I bring that up here? That kid 404 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: didn't go to my school. He did at one point, 405 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: but didn't when we fought, and so I you know, 406 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: like so I didn't see him regularly, and then I 407 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: have to do the math on this. So I graduated 408 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: in high school in O seven, so this would have 409 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,160 Speaker 1: been in no. I graduated high school and O seven. 410 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: I graduated college in O seven. Graduated high school in three, 411 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: so this would have happened in like two thousand. So 412 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 1: the two thousand and two World Cup like two years 413 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: after this happens. I am somewhere where was the O 414 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: two World Cup was in Korea, and I am for 415 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: some reason out of town with my dad, and I'm 416 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: in a hotel in the middle of the night, and 417 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: I go down to the lobby to watch the World 418 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: Cup because I know they're playing it, like in the 419 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:03,479 Speaker 1: bar area the World Cup. And I'm sitting there and 420 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: I'm the only person there, and about round halftime of 421 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: whatever game it was, I hear someone else come down, 422 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: and I'm like, Oh, there's gonna be someone to talk 423 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: soccer with three in the morning at this hotel wherever 424 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: it was. And as you've probably figured out, it's this guy. 425 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: This guy that last time I saw him, I'm on 426 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: his front lawn fighting him. And it had been like 427 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: two years later, and it was the middle of the 428 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: night and we both just wanted to watch soccer and 429 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: I was like, hey, what's up, man, how's it going? 430 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: And we just sat there and watched again. It's I 431 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: guess I did. Yeah, just what are you gonna say, Like, 432 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: what are you gonna say? Like you want to like, 433 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: are we gonna fight again? Like let's just watch the 434 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: soccer game. Yeah, that's true story, all right, So I 435 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: guess I did just tell the story at the end 436 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: of the podcast, all right, talk to you. Thank you 437 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: to Boost Mope an Get hard Rock. Thank you so 438 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: much to Volume and Blue Duck. Talk to you guys 439 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: beginning of the week. Enjoy the World Cup. Happy Father's Day, everybody, 440 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: a big Father's Day to Monday. Huh. Absolutely, talk to 441 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: you ys later. What's right,