Episode 47 - Champions League Final Recap

On todays episode we discuss:

PSG go back to back in the Champions League as they beat Arsenal in PK's 

Real Madrid elections

Transfer news 

World Cup squads 

Tune in!

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:27

And what is happening, everyone? Welcome back to another episode of the Friendly Foes. It's been a while. It's been about a week since we last spoke. Two weeks, actually. What am I talking about? Because so much has happened. I mean, we had Arsenal win the Premier League. We had them lose the Champions League. PSG win back-to-back Champions League. First team to do it since Real Madrid. We got Seria Inter Milan officially claimed the title. We had Florentino do a press conference that was like a psychotic breakdown episode going on in front of millions of people. We have transfer about my president starting. Oh, wait, we're going to talk about your president in a second. We had transfer rumors that are already starting up. Barcelona is making huge moves here in the transfer window, and we're here to break it off down. We got the World Cup starting up in about 10 days now. We were on the For the Record sports podcast with our boys Nick Monsanto and Terrell Matthews. Go check it out. Shout out to those for letting us hop on their podcast, talk a little bit of the World Cup. We're going to talk about it here as well as we're getting really, really close. We had a lot of squad revelations, a lot of big things to talk about with certain squads. There always is. We're here to break it all down for you guys. But man, how are you feeling? How are you doing? Seasons officially over now for the clubs. We're gearing up to the World Cup. How are you feeling after this season and going into the World Cup now?

SPEAKER_02 2:02

Let me tell you, bro, I'm relieved. I'm relieved I don't have to watch Real Madrid play football anymore this season. Thank God this season was a disaster. This past two seasons was a disaster. Now we we wait and see how the Jose Mourinho era starts. Yep. Right now we got the elections going on, which Floridentino Perez is just gonna absolutely sweep the floor with this guy.

SPEAKER_01 2:29

Let's start off with that. Let's start off with that because we got the Real Madrid elections going on, and you guys have this dictator in charge that's been in charge for like 20 plus years. He made his own statutes, its own rules in place so nobody could overtake him. He there was even rumors that he was calling banks in Spain not to give this guy the loan money. Break it all down for this. Like let what's going on? Tell us about this new guy, Enrique Requelme, younger guy. He seems like he's smart. He's got his head, he's got his head on his shoulders, right? Florentino, he's he's starting to. I'm gonna say he needs to go to some sort of independent living facility.

SPEAKER_02 3:03

Of course, you want Florentino out of here. How many Champions Leagues has Florentino won?

SPEAKER_01 3:07

Actually, I want to stay. That dude, I want him to stay.

SPEAKER_02 3:11

Actually, one of the Yeah, I'm I'm sure. I'm sure you do. The guy is literally the godfather of football, okay? So don't don't get too excited if he ends up leaving soon. I mean, yeah, he maybe has like what five, six years. After 85, then we we can we can start talking. I think he's 79 right now. So yeah, about I give him another five or six years, but dude, are you kidding me? Like he's gonna absolutely sweep the floor with this guy. This guy is just a solar guy. He's just trying to get a name out for his business. That's it. That's it. He's not gonna freaking win. Are you kidding me, bro? You know how many titles Florentino Perez has won? You know how many signings Florentino Perez has had?

unknown 3:51

Come on, bro. Come on.

SPEAKER_02 3:52

Florentino Perez has made Real Madrid the club. It is today. Today. You know what? You say he's a dictator. Well, guess what? That's my dictator, okay? That's my dictator. So hop off, bro. He's gonna stay dictating for another six years.

SPEAKER_01 4:07

All right? He's gonna stay dictated to his long. He's gonna sell, he's gonna end up selling the club. What I thought was interesting is that he got up on that press conference. He was like, the club is for the socios or for the members and all these things. And there's already rumors that he's talking about selling the like 50% of the shares to uh private private equity. So he's gonna privatize the club. It's not gonna be private.

SPEAKER_02 4:29

Those are just a bunch of rumors, man. They're trying to get my boy down, but no, they can't. They can't. And that's probably you know some propaganda coming from your boy Juan Laporta trying to do anything to take him down. Most likely. There's a lot of tension between both clubs right now. There is. You know, you you you guys are paying vice vice presidents of refereeing associations over here, large amounts of money, so Ardentino's gonna get to the bottom of that.

SPEAKER_01 4:56

Oh, I'm sure he's been trying. That's why he looks like he's aged 15 years in the last three months. Because he can't get to the bottom of it. Because no court in Spain has ruled that there's been any evidence of corruption, of any sort of manipulation of any games in La Liga from Barcelona paying Negrella. There is absolutely no proof. Every court in Spain has shut it down. Oh, they're gonna find it.

SPEAKER_02 5:19

They're gonna find it. And you know what?

SPEAKER_01 5:22

Laporta's been paying judges, bro.

SPEAKER_02 5:23

Laporta's been paying judges.

SPEAKER_01 5:25

No, no, no. The guy, the only one that's been paying people around here is Florentino. The guy that changes the statutes of your own club so he can he can be re-elected over and over and over. And nobody has the authority or the money or the power to come and even look. There's this guy Enrique Diquelme, he's giving this guy Enrique Riquelme a chance. So I don't know what you're talking about. Well, you know the the freaking hoops this guy had to jump through to try to even get to that point. This guy had to go get a chance. But it was possible. It wasn't impossible. Yeah, sounds like a loser to me, bro. Sounds like a complete loser to me. You don't you don't you don't like this Enrique Recalme guy at all?

SPEAKER_02 6:05

Not really, bro. What the fuck does he have to offer that Florentino can't offer us already? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Like I said, Florentino is the godfather of football. Until Florentino literally can't breathe anymore, he is gonna be the president of Real Madrid. And I'm fine with that. I'm fine with that. This last season wasn't his best season, but he's got the titles to back everything up, bro. It's pop a flow. It's pop a flow, man. I I I trust him, I trust his team. Now, I mean, if if we go another season without titles, another two seasons without titles, then I'm gonna be like, alright, alright, alright, alright. What's going on here? But listen, he's had the titles to back it up. He's made Real Madrid the the club it is today. So he goes on his own terms. Right now he called for elections.

SPEAKER_01 6:49

He broke that into the statutes. He literally goes on his own terms. So yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:53

Hey, you know what? He can back it up, bro. He can back it up. Like I said, he has the titles to do whatever the hell he wants. He's brought in the players to do whatever the hell he wants, bro. Dude, he freaking bought Ronaldo for 90 million euros. Ronaldo became the best player in the club history, playing 438 games, scoring 450 goals. I don't even know how many titles he won. And then we sold them for 115 million to Juventus at 33 years old. That's the absolute best piece of business any sports team in history has ever done. And that's all pop a flow right there, baby. That's all pop a flow. Dictator flow. That's what he is. That's fine. My dictator. That's my dictator.

SPEAKER_01 7:43

So what when are the elections? When are the elections happening?

SPEAKER_02 7:46

I believe they're on Sunday.

SPEAKER_01 7:48

Sunday we find out the winner. Very soon.

SPEAKER_02 7:51

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Really quick. Which is, yeah, I mean, this guy doesn't even have time to campaign, to be honest with you. This guy, Enrique Riquelme. They gave him like two, three weeks. Today. That's just how it goes. I mean, to be honest with you, I don't I don't I really don't know how the election process is supposed to go. Like how when they announce it and then when the votes are actually supposed to take place. I don't I don't know how that is supposed to usually happen, but regardless, it's happening this weekend. And he's he's he's gonna sweep the floor on this guy, bro. He's gonna sweep the floor.

SPEAKER_01 8:35

Yeah, he more he more than likely is. I think he's got uh he's got too much power.

SPEAKER_02 8:40

He's got too much power, and then you already see all the players backing him too, former and current players. So yeah. I don't see a world where this guy's is gonna is gonna win. I mean, he already said he's gonna he's gonna promise us, yeah, two players, one of them being Rodri. He said that Raul is gonna be our sporting director. Right now we don't have a sporting director. But Raul will be our sporting director, and he had conversations with uh oh my gosh. Was it Klopp? Well they were saying Klopp, but I think he was trying to have conversations with another coach. Or no, no, no. You know what he said? He said that he had he's having conversations with a Portuguese player that just won the Champions League, and he's a midfielder. He's like, but that's all I can say. So it's either Vitinha or Gerald Nevis, but he is full of shit.

unknown 9:30

He's full of shit.

SPEAKER_02 9:31

No, you do not have no no no. You don't you don't have any agreement with either Vitinha or Gerald Nevis.

SPEAKER_01 9:38

There is no way either one of those players is gonna leave PSG right now. Are you kidding me? They just won back-to-back Champions League. Luis Enrique loves them, they're loved in Paris. They're they're untouchable right now. Yeah, no, he comes in with half a billion dollars.

SPEAKER_02 9:55

Like, they're not going anywhere. Yeah, yeah. That's what I'm saying. And he has no power. And if they did say yes, it's just to fuck with his entourage. That's it. Because what why the hell would they say yes to this guy? He is completely irrelevant. Nobody nobody even knew who this guy was until two, three weeks ago. Completely irrelevant.

SPEAKER_01 10:20

Sometimes you gotta change things up, man. When you go two back-to-back seasons with no trophies.

SPEAKER_02 10:25

Yeah, I mean, I I get it, but I don't think that's enough for me to be like, yeah, Florentino has to go. I think it's enough for the fans to like give him a nudge, and this is why this is happening. This is why we're having elections.

SPEAKER_01 10:37

You did you did say that you thought that the there the the problem wasn't the manager, that it was above the manager, yeah, for sure.

SPEAKER_02 10:44

I do think it, yeah. This past season was Florentino Perez's fault. I will say that 100%. But have you seen how many titles we've won under?

SPEAKER_01 10:55

I mean, yes, yes. I I I understand all that, but at the end of the day, all good things come to an end. Like you just 100%.

SPEAKER_02 11:03

But you I mean, just just for two seasons back to back for not having any titles, we can't just get rid of Florentino Perez because of that. I understand the magnitude of Real Madrid, but this is exactly why we are going through this process because we haven't won a title in back-to-back seasons. But he's still not gonna win. We're still gonna give Florentino another chance, right? We do know he is getting older. But he's won us too much. He's given us way too much to just be like, all right, dude, get out of here after back-to-back seasons of not winning anything. He's given us way too much, he's built this club to what it is, and we I mean, it's hard to just get rid of somebody that's basically the symbol of Real Madrid. Just getting rid of him like that, it's nah. We can't do that.

SPEAKER_01 11:46

No, I mean, I don't I don't I don't see it happening, but mainly because he just But yes, I mean this this season was 100% his fault.

SPEAKER_02 11:54

It was all on him. Yeah, 100%. As long as he looks himself in the mirror and and realizes that and makes changes that actually help out the team. See if his his choice to pick out Mourinho is actually gonna bring us back to the top. I mean, if it does, then he's gonna look like a genius. That's a bold choice. So it could backfire or he could look like a genius. But I could also say Ancelotti was a yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:32

We'll see. I'm interested to see. Uh, I'm here for it. I'm here for the chaos. I'm here for the for another season of Real Madrid Chaos, and it's already starting. It's already like the season just ended. We got more chaos happening with this whole presidential election with Josie Mourinho coming in. I mean, it's gonna be fantastic. Uh yeah. Let's let's get out the popcorn, sit on the recliner, and watch this thing go down because it's gonna be a thriller.

SPEAKER_02 12:59

It's gonna be a thrilling summer.

SPEAKER_01 13:02

It's gonna be fun. That's Pashout. Yeah, and speaking of thrilling summers, man, we got summer transfers already happening. And Anthony Gordon to Barcelona, here we go. That thing was official, I mean, within 24 hours. I didn't even know. That came out of nowhere, dude. Yeah, out of out of nowhere. I don't think anybody knew. I don't think Anthony Gordon knew. I think they from night to day. Yeah, Anthony Gordon was like, hey, Barcelona was interested in you.

SPEAKER_02 13:28

He's like, not me, but dude, he speaks perfect Spanish. Yeah, that was it's like he was ready for this moment.

SPEAKER_01 13:34

He's been waiting for it. That was more surprising than Trent speaking Spanish in his first press conference. Everybody's like, hold on a second, man. Yeah, what's going on? Is this Anthony Gordon or Antonio Gordon?

SPEAKER_02 13:46

What's happening? So were you expecting this at all? Like, what are you are you happy with Anthony Gordon now that you you see him in your squad and see that you have Marcus Rashford, Rafinha, this Rooney kid?

SPEAKER_01 14:00

Well, here's the thing is it's it I think it's good because it brings us a lot of depth. Am I like over the moon about it as of right now? Like, no. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm happy with it, but he's also not a player that originally I I would say we need to be going after hardcore. I don't wouldn't say this is a player that we need to be spending 80 million euros on. I wouldn't be saying that type because he's he's a good player, don't get me wrong, but he he's not like a true type of winger that I think that we need, which is somebody who's has the ability to take on players, kind of be a little bit more self-sufficient, like Lamin, so he can let Lamin rest on that essence of the pitch. Yeah, but uh I just don't know. Like I at first I was like, I don't know about this. This seems kind of strange, is it moving too fast? I don't know. I like Anthony Gordon though. I think he's I think he's a good player, I think he's gonna surprise a lot of people. I hope he proves a lot of people wrong. I think what this is shows though is that Marcus Rashford is not coming back, and I feel bad for Marcus Rashford.

SPEAKER_02 15:12

That's crazy. I feel like he had a really good season.

SPEAKER_01 15:15

He had a good season. He had double-digit assists, double-digit goals. He scored in some big games, and he loved the club, he loved the city, but it and apparently Hansie Flick was telling him over and over that he counts on him for next season, and then they go and get Anthony Gordon, who plays on his exact position. So it's either we're gonna get we're gonna get Rashford again on another loan, or we're not he's now gonna be back in the club. The only thing that I see is that his wages are way too high. I think that's the only thing that happened that Deco and John Laporta probably saw, and we're like, yeah, we can't really afford Rashford like that. Like his wages are just astronomical. And it is wages of what are they gonna pay Anthony Gordon? Do you know? I don't think that's been revealed yet. Uh what he's earning per week. But I would assume it's a pretty it's gonna be good for our for our wage benefit. Because I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 16:18

I didn't know about to get him. I didn't know Rashford had high wages like that.

SPEAKER_01 16:23

At at United he did.

SPEAKER_02 16:25

So you guys just took on that wage basically.

SPEAKER_01 16:28

I think we took, I don't know, we took a percentage of it. We didn't take on the whole thing, but but he won't accept lower wages. I don't know. That's the thing. I don't know what the conversations have been going on. That's that's the only thing that I assume. I assume that the conversations with the agent have gone haven't gone that well in terms of wages, because obviously the agent's gonna ask for higher commission, higher wages, all these things. And that's the only thing that I assume is that he the his camp, his entourage is asking for a little bit too much. And Anthony Gordon was probably more lenient on that side, on he would take on less. And he's still young, he's 25, he's hungry, he's got a lot to prove. There's a lot of people that are doubting the move, and I think overall it could be good. I think I don't think he's gonna be a starter. Like, don't get me wrong, I don't think Anthony Gordon's got a lot of. Well, yeah, they have Rafinha and Lamin on the wall. Right. But at the same time, Rafinha and Lamin had a lot of injuries this past season where we could have used somebody else, and in that person, we thought Rashford was gonna be it, and he he he played pretty well. He has the the stats to show for it, but I don't think Rashford has that intensity that Hansi Flick is looking for.

SPEAKER_02 17:43

Because if you look at the way Rafinha's pressing, Gavi, for example, those are the type of players that I was gonna say, Anthony Gordon, he's a hustler, man, and I think he definitely he fits into Flick's style perfectly. I wouldn't say Barcelona in general, like if you would have told me five years ago, I would have been like, no, he does not fit into that style. But Flick's style specifically, I think he's perfect for Flick's style for the pressing. Yeah, and I think that's why he's because he has a lot of energy.

SPEAKER_01 18:11

That's why they wouldn't got him. Because, especially in the Champions League nights, and after a long season, we need somebody who's got that that high energy, who's gonna be able to press the center backs, the fullbacks, and give just give him hell. He's not the most like skilled player in terms of like if you look at somebody like Lamine, right? But he is he's got a ton of energy. But that's where, like, for example, Rafinha came in as well. Rafinha, before Hansi Flick, was not like he was about to leave Barcelona. There was a lot of people doubting him as well. They thought that he wasn't good enough, he wasn't skilled enough, and then Hanzi Flick took him and made him one of the best players in the world. So maybe he'll do the same thing with Anthony Gordon. I think he's a good signing in the terms of that, he gives us good depth, especially in long seasons with the Champions League and everything. So I think that's great. Would I have played 80 million for him? I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 19:06

That almost seems like the average price nowadays for a player like that.

SPEAKER_01 19:10

It does, though. Especially from a Premier League player, play for Newcastle. I mean, Newcastle has a ton of money with the the the new Saudi Arabian ownership. So I I I think it's uh I think it's gonna be overall Barcelona's trying to make good piece of business. I'm glad that we got it done quick. We it didn't drag out all summer. We got that thing done quick.

SPEAKER_02 19:30

Yeah, that was quick. But I'm surprised they didn't at least give a chance to negotiate more with Rashford.

SPEAKER_01 19:36

I still think the Rashford's not officially completely off the table, but it definitely does raise some eye problems.

SPEAKER_02 19:43

Especially if you guys don't get a striker this summer. Because you guys obviously are going for Julian Álvarez, but Atletico is not going to give him up that easily. How much money do you guys actually have? Because you guys already offered 100. Can you guys offer more? If Julian decides to stay with Atletico, I think Rashford will end up playing striker for you guys, maybe with Fernando Torres since Lewandowski isn't there.

SPEAKER_01 20:07

Yeah, but the thing is like right Rashford at this moment in time is not a Barcelona player, so he's right, he's not a Barcelona player. So we'll see what he's not gonna end up with Manu either. So he's not well, I don't know. Michael Carrick wants him back. So Michael Carrick has made a phone call to him, has said that he wants him back at Man United. I just don't think Rashford likes the board or anybody in the front offices at Man United. I think they've treated him very poorly. Interesting. Okay. But Michael Carrick himself wants him back. But who knows? Who knows? I don't know, I don't see Rashford being the number nine that Flick needs. I just don't. I don't think that's me neither.

SPEAKER_02 20:47

But I'm just saying, like, if you guys, for whatever reason, can't get a number nine, there you go. At least you have Rashford and Ferran Torres. Those two could at least play number nine.

SPEAKER_01 20:57

No, I think we're going full steam ahead on uh Julian Álvarez, which brings it to that next point of Atlético Madrid just being a bunch of little bitches. They just are. They went on, I'm sure you saw their whole tweet and Instagram post. Oh, I did. They're being so they're being so silly with it. I mean, talk about small-minded club mentality. They get so offended that what that one of their players wants to leave their club to go to a better club because he's gone two seasons without a trophy after winning the Champions League in the treble with Man City. What are you surprised that he wants to something better? That's one. Two, you act like you've never done this before. You act like you didn't do the same thing with Julian Albarez. Did like how did you how do you think he ended up at your club? Is because Simeona gave him a call and convinced him to come while he was under contract with Man City. And then you go do things as well. Whenever we loan Griezmann back to you guys, and there was a certain clause in the contract that if you pay at a certain amount of minutes, you guys have to pay us X amount of money, and then towards the end of the season, they stopped. Playing Griezmann a certain amount of time.

SPEAKER_02 22:01

I forgot about that, dude.

SPEAKER_01 22:03

Because they didn't want to pay us X amount of money. So you want to talk about being shady in business. It's you. It's you, Atletico. So how about you stay in your place in fourth place or wherever it is that you ended up, and then you just let William Alvarez go to the club that he wants to go to. He wants to go to the club of his dreams, which is Barcelona. Just let him go, man. You're not going to win any trophies next year. And by the way, we're getting Bernardo Silva too. So just let it happen. He's not coming to you. He's just letting it happen. It's not happening. You're trying to create this rivalry with Barcelona that doesn't exist. Congratulations. Listen, put the banner up. You beat us in the Champions League. You beat us in Copeland Rey, all for what? For nothing, because you lost it all anyway. You guys stink. Don't don't ever forget that. You guys, you guys are not. You guys, listen, we're here. You guys are like down here. Okay. We're still here. You're here. Remember your place. Remember your place.

SPEAKER_02 23:01

That's funny, dude. That's funny because that's exactly how I feel with Atletico sometimes. Like they I'm telling you, their only purpose is more and more. Their only purpose is just to try and beat Real Madrid, dude. And they just talk so much shit. They think they're the big dogs, and it's like, no, dude, relax. Like, just stay there.

SPEAKER_03 23:19

Like, you're not even our biggest rival, bro. You know, like my my beef is with you, not with them. It's like they're just like an annoying little brother. Like, dude, like, get the fuck off me. Like, what are you doing, dude, man? Sometimes you'll get the best. Yeah, dude. Sometimes, you know, you'll get the best bothering.

SPEAKER_00 23:36

Cousins, okay? Go bother our cousins. Leave us.

SPEAKER_03 23:38

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh my.

SPEAKER_02 23:42

Gotta give them a nudgy sometimes.

SPEAKER_01 23:44

Yeah, sometimes you gotta throw an elbow at them and some sometimes you gotta let them win so they feel big. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, right. You get a red card in the 30th minute in the Champions League set more quarterfinal. You got let's let's make it make it interesting, okay? Let's the ball go under his leg just so I gotta take it to O. Alright, let's make this interesting. All right, didn't really work out, but whatever. Hey, listen, again, congratulations. You beat us for a square in these tournaments. For all for what? For nothing. For nothing, bro, for freaking nothing.

SPEAKER_02 24:14

But they're gonna celebrate that for years. Yeah, hang up the banner. Hang it up. Yeah, bro. It's like when it's like when Colombius beat Argentina 5-0. We didn't do absolutely nothing with that, but hey, we still celebrate that till this day.

SPEAKER_01 24:30

To this day, but that's our world cup. Every year, man, we celebrate the anniversary. That is our World Cup. That's true, man. That is so funny, but that is true. That's crazy. But yeah, no, Atletico Maturid. They're just starting to annoy me more and more every day. They're trying to create this rivalry that doesn't really exist. Like, just let it happen. You know how embarrassing it's gonna be when we get the Here We Go, Julian Alvarez to Barcelona, and we got Julian Alvarez holding up the jersey with a smile on his face. He can't wait to go. He can't wait to leave that club, bro. He probably is looking in the mirror every day. He's like, Well, how why did I get here? How did this happen? What did I decide to come here?

SPEAKER_02 25:10

I think Simeona does a good job in convincing some Argentinians to go there. Oh, 100%. You know how many Argentinians are there? A ton of them. But yeah, I mean, if you're a striker, that's not a team for you. That is not a team you want to play for.

SPEAKER_01 25:27

No, he's gonna come play for Hansi Flick. He's gonna score a goal in the 10th minute. He's gonna be like, oh man, I gotta go back and defend. And Hansi's like, no, I need you to score more.

SPEAKER_00 25:36

Score more. Get up there.

SPEAKER_01 25:38

He's like, wait. He's gonna be Simeone defending with Athletico. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Simeone wanted me to play third center back. You mean I can go? I can I can do my job.

SPEAKER_02 25:47

Yeah, I mean, I think if he was in another system, he would definitely be scoring so many more goals for sure, especially in La Liga.

unknown 25:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:55

If he was with us or with you guys, he'd be he's unstoppable.

SPEAKER_01 26:00

Over 20 goals this season. Easy, easy, man. So anyway, that's uh a little bit of the transfers rumors going on over at Barcelona. We'll see what happens. Uh we still got we'll see what happens with Marcus Rasford. We're dropping Sella with everything, but yeah. Anyway, they're moving on, man, because we just had the Champions League final this past weekend against excuse me, from PSG against Arsenal over at Budapest. Early kickoff, which was weird. Was not expecting that. Really? I saw the sun for the first time in the Champions League final for a very long time. It was noon here over at the U.S. It was like right now. Why did they do that? What was the reasoning for that? I have no idea.

SPEAKER_02 26:41

I never heard a reasoning for that, but whatever.

SPEAKER_01 26:44

Yeah, I have no clue, but I don't I don't need it again. I don't want it.

SPEAKER_02 26:49

Yeah, it was weird. I'm just used to a 3 p.m. game. Yeah, always champions league is 3 p.m., dude.

SPEAKER_01 26:54

Yeah, I don't know what the good thing I looked at the time because I was gonna wait till 3 p.m. I would have missed the entire game. It's just crazy. Can you imagine? No, man, I would have killed myself.

SPEAKER_02 27:05

But anyway. Damn. Imagine being in the West Coast, bro. Watching that game at like 9 a.m.

SPEAKER_01 27:10

9 a.m. Get out of here. Having breakfast and watching Champions League? Are you kidding me? I cannot even imagine that. I can't even imagine that. That would be so weird. That's insane behavior. Yeah, dude. Premier League hours, man. That's not Champions League hours. Come on now.

SPEAKER_02 27:31

Insane.

SPEAKER_01 27:32

But what did you what did you think of the Champions League final? What did you think of that game?

SPEAKER_02 27:36

You know, Arsenal kind of locked them down a little bit, bro. Arsenal kind of surprised me. I mean, they didn't have an amazing game, but they scored their goal first, quick, in five minutes. I was not expecting that. No hell of a goal. Yeah, bro. Golazo. Kai Havertz seems to always pop up in the Champions League final. If they would have won, I think, I don't know, dude. Kai Havertz would have been talked about as one of the Champions League greats. I don't know about greats, but he would have been talked about about seven. Bro, can you imagine though? I mean, he he won with Chelsea with his goal. It was 1-0. And if they would have won again because of his goal, people would have been just bowing down to this guy, especially in London.

SPEAKER_01 28:22

Oh, 100%. They would have been like, you know what? 100 mil was worth it.

SPEAKER_02 28:26

Yeah, for sure.

SPEAKER_01 28:27

100 mil was worth it.

SPEAKER_02 28:28

And we were talking about it during the game. I was telling you, it just surprises me how Arteta always knows when to pick Kai Havertz in the starting 11. Because he has Gyokitis, bro. Gyokitis is a phenomenal stream. He spent a lot of money on the lot of money on him. And you know, he he I mean he started most of the games in the Premier League and Champions League, but when he thought Kai Havertz was better to be the striker against their opponent their opponent, that's that's I mean, his hand wouldn't shake whatsoever. He would he would go ahead and put him in. And then I mean, what a game to put him in in the Champions League final. And he answered for him. He answered for Arteta. So I'm sure a lot of people were questioning why he put Kai Havertz over Yokutis.

SPEAKER_01 29:13

Yeah, I think everybody's always questioning that. But hey man, he scored a hell of a goal. And yeah, as soon as they scored that goal in the fifth minute, I was like, here we go. Lockdown.

unknown 29:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:23

2020 COVID lockdown. Here we go. Yeah, 2020 COVID lockdown. That was all it was, man. They always like they said fun's over. Let's go defend.

SPEAKER_02 29:31

That's it. That's all that's all they did. And then they gave up a silly PK. That was the only way PSG was able to score. And I mean, that's all they need to kill you.

SPEAKER_01 29:40

But Arsenal had 25% possession, which is the least amount of possession ever in a chance. 25%?

SPEAKER_02 29:48

Oh my god. I didn't see that.

SPEAKER_01 29:50

Isn't that crazy? They only had one shot on target, which went in. One shot on target the entire game. 25% possession. And then obviously PSG controlled the remainder of the game. They had a really, really tough time breaking through the lines of Arsenal. I'll give it to him, man. I think Gabriel Mahalai has played a phenomenal game. Yeah, he's a phenomenal game. He's one of the best center backs in the world. In the world, man. I mean, he was amazing. I felt I felt bad for him because of that penalty at the end.

SPEAKER_02 30:21

Yeah. Barteta said that they practiced that plenty of times. And he always makes it in practice. And that he asked to be the fifth PK taker. Yeah. But sometimes when you're in that moment, it just proves to be a little too much. Yeah, that pressure is just too much.

SPEAKER_01 30:37

It's tough, man, because he had a hell of a game, so I do feel for him. He had a one hell of a game. PSG, I thought, completely dominated them. And there were some little remarks from some of the PSG players and Luis Enrique towards the end, Vitina saying, like we had to learn how to play because Arsenal wastes a lot of time, which they did. There was that one corner kick at the end of the first half. Bukaya Saka was going to take it, and he was taking his sweet ass time. And the ref was like, you know what? I'm blowing the whistle game over or half over. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was it. That was it. And that's the that's the way it's gotta be, man. Sometimes they take way too long to resume play, whether it's a throw and it's a goal kick, it's a corner kick, whatever it is, they take forever.

SPEAKER_02 31:19

And I'm glad that's just part of their playing style. And I mean, the thing is they're winning with it. They're freaking winning with it. They are.

SPEAKER_01 31:30

It works for them. That's the most annoying thing, is that they're winning with it. But I mean, they defended really, really well the entire game. They did not let PSG through, like barely, if any, at all. Best defense in the Champions League. It was insane. And like you said, they made a silly mistake. Cristian Mosqueta made a silly mistake, fouled, who was it, Dembele in the box? Yeah. Boom. Penalty. You gave a penalty to Dembele. He's gonna score that thing. And that was it, man. Although there is a lot of questions about that penalty that Nuno Mendes had on Noni Madueque. Uh was it in the the overtime set towards the end of the second half?

SPEAKER_02 32:10

I can't remember what it was. It was yeah, it was almost towards the end of the second half. Yeah, I don't remember the exact minute, but yeah, it was definitely questionable for sure. It was questionable. I don't know if it was 100% of PK, but I think they could have at least taken a look at it in VAR and came up with a conclusion there.

SPEAKER_01 32:29

Yeah, but it's I think it was definitely V AR worthy. I well, I think VAR told the ref like it it's not clear and obvious.

SPEAKER_02 32:36

I think that's that's I hate that man.

SPEAKER_01 32:39

Because it's not consistent every game. Yeah, not every rep is. I did see one angle where Madweque was grabbing Nuno Mendez, like wrapped his arm around him and was pulling him down. And some people were saying that that was a foul. So I could see it, it's it's definitely iffy. At first I saw it and I was like, there's no way that's not a penalty. And then the more I look at it the past couple days, I'm like, uh I could see maybe.

SPEAKER_02 33:04

Yeah, I wasn't I wasn't a hundred I wasn't a hundred percent sold on it, but I think it was definitely VR worthy for sure. Yeah, I'm I'm surprised the ref didn't go check it out in such a big game. Yeah, exactly. Especially because you just gave one on the other end. Exactly. So yeah, you definitely gotta go check those things out. When it's that questionable, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 33:28

Yeah, but in the end, PSG win back-to-back Champions League titles. Luis Enrique becomes one of very few managers with three Champions Leagues to his name, joining the likes of Peguardiola, Cinedin Sidan. Man, he's Carlo Ancholotti, who's got five. He is he is turning out to be one hell of a manager, and he's really found his way into the type of football that he wants to play. He's really developed into a phenomenal manager, and all we can do is say bravo, man.

SPEAKER_02 34:08

Because yeah, I mean the team has completely bought in. If you see he's got the same exact lineup other than his goalkeeper from last year to this year. Yeah, the same exact lineup. So it's it's respectable what he's doing, and and it's scary because like I said before, our three-peat is definitely in danger right now because of this guy's. So nobody had ever even won back to back until Real Madrid did it, and now these guys did it, and they could definitely win a third in a row for sure. Dude, they're a scary team, man. They're a scary team, and it's scary because they always start off pretty slow and then they get hot at the right time.

SPEAKER_01 34:51

They do, they do, and they've also figured it out, man, because they they rest the majority of their players during the league. They can afford to do that, they can afford to do that, and not only that, I don't know if you saw this too, but during the during the league and League On, they requested certain games to be postponed so they can have more rest for championship. League on accepted that and they allowed it.

SPEAKER_02 35:16

Yeah, no other league will ever allow that. I think in in those type of situations, Waifa has to intervene. 100%. Premier League doesn't allow that. Are you kidding me? They did that against Liverpool. It's not it's not fair, bro, because I mean, against Liverpool, Liverpool had way less time to rest than PSG. Premier League is way more intense than League on. And League On just goes ahead and accepts that permission. Yeah, you go ahead and get more rest so you can go ahead and beat them. Because League on obviously is rooting for PSG. So yeah, they're gonna do anything they can to help them.

SPEAKER_01 35:55

Uh yeah, so they that they they got that going in their favor where the league is basically favoring them. They figured out that they can rest majority other players with you know Dembele, Kavarashkely are playing less than 900 minutes during the entire, or excuse me, less than a thousand minutes during the entire course of the season. That's insane.

SPEAKER_02 36:14

So that is pretty crazy.

SPEAKER_01 36:16

I think I I saw a stat that Ansufati had more league goals or just as many league goals as Dembele, Kavadeshkelia, and DeZuri Due. Put together? No, not put together, just still pretty crazy. More if not as many. So let me actually check that out.

SPEAKER_02 36:37

I'm I'm curious now because I mean they just have so much depth, dude. They got a lot of depth.

SPEAKER_01 36:46

And they but and they have the opportunity to just you know do that, to just rest those players.

SPEAKER_02 36:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 36:54

Where is he? Yeah, so let's see. Ansu Fati had 11 league goals this season. And then Barcola had eleven, Uzman Dembele had ten, Kawaraskely had eight, Dezira Dewey had seven. Wow. And then saying, so Ansu Fati had more goals, more league goals, than Kawaskely, then Dembele, and then Desire Dewey, and he had as many league goals as Barcola.

SPEAKER_02 37:30

And what's crazy crazy is that Dembele might win the Balondoro, especially if it's gonna be the World Cup.

SPEAKER_01 37:37

Yeah, I got I somebody's gotta stop that. Somebody's gotta stop that from happening because there is absolutely no way Dembele should be winning Balondoro again this season.

SPEAKER_02 37:49

How salty would you be, bro? Back-to-back Balon d'Oros without the Barcelona jersey on. That's gotta hurt you too.

SPEAKER_01 37:57

Actually, that doesn't matter. At least a little bit a little bit. It doesn't hurt me that much because I don't know. It it actually doesn't hurt me that much. That part doesn't hurt me. It just hurts me as a fan of football that we're giving the Balondoro to a guy who only plays what, like he started, let me look it up. He started 11 league games this season.

SPEAKER_00 38:26

11 league.

SPEAKER_01 38:27

Out of 38. Well, they played they have less teams in Legal, so out of 34. So out of 34 games, because there's 18 teams in Legal. So out of 34 games, he started 11. He was injured for uh quite a few times this season. Obviously, they he knows when to show up. He's shown up this past few months, which is where everybody remembers, which is the most important time of the season. But at the same time, the ball on door's got to be for a player who's there throughout the entire season. The good, the bad, the ugly. Like this is why this is what players like like Messi and Ronaldo and Neymar and Swat is like we're looking at MSN. Like people are comparing Cabrascalia, Dembele, and Duwe to MS. I'm sorry, we just can't compare them because MSN never missed a league game. They played uh 50 plus games over the course of the season and started majority of them. We can't compare that. It's just not comparable. There are they good a hundred percent. Those three at PSG are amazing. But whenever you get to the side, yeah, whenever you get to the side, like okay, it it's basically uh what do they call it in the MBA?

SPEAKER_02 39:40

Yeah, I mean you in the MBA you need like 60 or 65 games that you have to play to be eligible for the MVP award.

SPEAKER_01 39:48

That's what they need to do for the for the Ballon d'Or. But uh they're doing all this load management and just playing whenever, you know, missing out on games over in Liga so they can rest stuff for the Champions League and all these things. They just figured it out. And now it's gonna be does WEFA allow that? Does Liga continue to allow that? Will that then impact PSG and how they move forward in the next couple of seasons?

SPEAKER_02 40:13

I think they can allow that, but I think for the Ballondoro purposes, no.

SPEAKER_01 40:17

Oh, for Ballondoro, no.

SPEAKER_02 40:19

Yeah, no, for Ballon d'Oro purposes, no. But I mean, yeah, like they can definitely not play their stars if they don't want to in League On. Are you kidding me? And they still freaking won, bro. Like, they don't need their star players to win League On. That's how much of a joke that league is. Well, that's what the it works out perfectly for them because they get to rest their players, Dembela doesn't get hurt, he's perfectly fresh for the Champions League, which is the competition that they care about, and boom, it's worked for them back to back years. That formula has worked for them back to back so long, and that's why they're so intense, too, because all their players stay so freaking fresh.

SPEAKER_01 40:54

Yeah. Even though freaking like Cavanashkelly and Dembele were struggling towards the end over in that Champions League final. They were struggling. Yeah, they were breathing heavy. Well, it's because the sun was out, they weren't used to that. The sun was out and it went to extra time too. Well, yeah, it went to overtime. So but hey, what a what an exciting Champions League season. What a complete 180 of the semifinal between Bayern Munich and PSG to what we had in this final between PSG and Arsenal. We knew it was gonna be a tough game. We actually I thought PSG was gonna dominate even more. I really didn't think Arsenal was gonna see any of the ball, but the fact that they got that goal so early on, I think that's what kind of killed the game.

SPEAKER_02 41:38

And honestly, dude, their their defense is is ridiculous. They might have the best defense in the world.

SPEAKER_01 41:44

Yeah, like I said, Gabriel to me is probably the best defender in the world at the moment. He is insane.

SPEAKER_02 41:52

Yeah, I mean, him and Saliba are ridiculous. Those two are I mean to me, Saliba was probably the best last year. This year, Gabriel might have been just a step ahead of him. But I mean, Saliba is not far off whatsoever, and they're both extremely young, too. I mean, yeah, that that defense is phenomenal. Phenomenal, phenomenal. They got Julian Timber, too. Good, good fullback, and David Raja is a great keeper who I think might be starting for Spain.

SPEAKER_01 42:22

Yeah, we'll see. But he might be, he might be so, which leads us into that because there was a lot of talk this past week or so, because uh every national team was releasing their squad for the World Cup, for the upcoming World Cup. We had some big surprises in certain national teams, certain big players not going. But let's start off with uh with our national team. Let's start off with Colombia because Colombia and Nestor Lorenzo they released a squad uh late last week, and now we got our 25 or 26 players that are gonna be going and representing our country in the World Cup. Any surprises to you from that squad selection by Nestor Lorenzo?

SPEAKER_02 43:06

Surprises? Um, I was kind of surprised Juan Cabal didn't make it. Really? A little bit, yeah. I mean, he's been coming with Nestor Lorenzo for a while. I know he's not his best option, but I mean, I was a little surprised that he didn't go. I thought he would have he would have got the nod.

SPEAKER_01 43:24

Um I wasn't as surprised about that because he played so bad in the last two friendlies. He yeah, the last two, but I mean everybody did too. Really. Yeah, but he him, him in particular. I mean, he's been tough season with yeah, yeah, he had a tough season with Juve. He's been coming off of injury. He hasn't been as consistent getting called up with Nestor. And then the the couple times that he's gotten opportunities, he just completely blows it. So I wasn't I wasn't too surprised about that one. I was more surprised about somebody like Wilmar Barrios. Not going. I guess I wasn't surprised, but I was I was hurt because I'm like, man, I really want to see Will Martin.

SPEAKER_02 44:08

We could still use him, yeah. We could use him, but no, I would that that one didn't surprise me. Yeah, that's the one where I'm like, I really wish he's not he's not favored for um for Nesto. Nestor doesn't really like him for whatever reason.

SPEAKER_01 44:23

No, I don't know why. I I don't know. And again, it's not like I watch the the Russian league all the time and see what he's doing over at Zenit, but from what I remember, that dude was one of our best midfielders in recovery and everything. So I wanted to see him, but unfortunately won't be able to see him. No surprises, John Duran not getting called up, but Cucho, that's what that one I was doing. Dude, I'm so glad.

SPEAKER_02 44:46

And I'm happy. He had to call one of the two, especially after seeing the past two friendlies. How we didn't we only scored one goal, I think. No, two, yeah, two goals in the friendlies, but still, I mean, uh that that miss from Luis Suarez definitely I think shook everybody a little bit. 100% so I I mean we still have faith in Luis Suarez. I think still I I still think he's gonna start, but having Cucho Hernandez there, my god, that's that's a big relief because coming off from the bench, or if one of them gets hurt, whatever, we can just plug Cucho Hernandez right in. And he had a really good season with Bettis, he deserves to be there.

SPEAKER_01 45:27

He had a really good season there, so he's been having a couple of great seasons ever since back to Columbus crew. Yeah, he's been proven.

SPEAKER_02 45:34

But I just think he never really got the chance to get called up because they don't really take the MLS serious.

SPEAKER_01 45:40

Yeah, I know, I understand that, but he's been playing really well.

SPEAKER_02 45:43

Yeah, he's been playing good because I used to question it too. I'm like, why the hell don't they call this guy up? He's been killing it in the MLS, but then I used to think maybe because it's just the MLS, but he still really wasn't getting called up when he got transferred to Betis. So, I mean, he wasn't with the squad in the in the last international break, but no, he we need him. The squad definitely needs him for sure. Yeah, I think between him and Lucho, I feel a lot more comfortable now because if I mean if Lucho starts messing up for whatever reason, all right, let's go put Cucho in right now.

SPEAKER_01 46:12

Yeah, I'm happy to see that happen. Yeah, and he he deserved to be called up. He deserved to be called up. Yeah, definitely. Phenomenal season with Betis. I'm happy to see that. As far as everything else, I'm not too surprised from the collops. I would have liked to have seen uh somebody like Romania, who plays over at San Lorenzo center back, he's the captain of San Lorenzo over in Argentina. I would have liked to have seen him get the knot for the team. I think he's like 28. So he's at a good age, and he's he's been proving himself in the Argentinian football, which is a tough league. Very important league down in South America. San Lorenzo is a big club, he's the captain of that team. I would have liked to see him uh get the knot for the national team, but yeah, alas, we get Jerry Mina again.

SPEAKER_02 47:00

Jerry Mina got the nod. I wasn't sure if he was gonna make it, but he sure did, man.

SPEAKER_01 47:05

He sure did.

SPEAKER_02 47:06

Our hero against England.

SPEAKER_01 47:09

Yeah, man. I mean, he was our hero that World Cup in general. That dude was he he everything he touched turned into gold in that box. So hopefully he does something similar there. But aside from that, no big surprises. We had a friendly today against Costa Rica. We won 3-1. I honestly didn't get to watch the game too much, but I'm I'm glad we won. I'm gonna have to go back and watch the highlights and catch a little bit of uh more of an analysis of the case. Suarez scored. Suavez and Lucho's Lucho got an assist to go in an assist. Yeah, so that's good though. At least we got a big win.

SPEAKER_02 47:43

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 47:44

And good news there is that we're our uh our supporter group, La Fiora Marilla, got together with Carlos Beas and they're starting to make some good chants. I saw that for the World Cup, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 47:56

We always have we always have some good music for the World Cup or Copa Medica. So I'm excited to see what they cook up for this World Cup right now.

SPEAKER_01 48:03

Well, they they they put a chant together. It's not necessarily a song, but they put up a chant. So instead of saying like Colombia or C Sepue, they're starting to put on like like how the Argentinians do it, like a nice chant, like Mucha, something like that. So they're putting something, yeah, yeah, they're putting something together that the entire stadium can sing, so we can have we can be taken seriously as a football nation with the chance that we can come up with, man. Because sometimes you go to these games, like we were in Orlando, people were just like C Cue, C Cue.

SPEAKER_03 48:36

And it's like, all right, let's go lump yeah, and it's always the same thing.

SPEAKER_02 48:43

It's like hi, bro. It's C Sepue, that's Mexican chant, bro. Yeah, exactly. If you say C Cue, I'm I'm thinking Mexico, bro.

SPEAKER_01 48:55

Yeah, so I'm glad that they they came up with something cool, some something fun. So hopefully it gets picked up throughout the World Cup, and and we get to be chanting that at the stadiums. Well, not we as in you and me. We'll be chanting that on the couch, but if people got the money to go to the world cup.

SPEAKER_02 49:12

Unless we got 2,000 buckaroonies for a ticket and the and the freaking nose bleeds. Yeah, right. I think we'll just do yeah, I think we'll I think we'll just enjoy it from the couch, dude. Yeah, I'd rather watch from before coming to my couch.

SPEAKER_01 49:26

I would be so uncomfortable watching. Yeah, I'll be freaking.

SPEAKER_02 49:29

Let me tell you, bro, I'll be pissed if I pay $20,000 for a ticket to go see Luis Suarez miss against Portugal right in front of the goal. I'll be freaking pissed, dude.

SPEAKER_01 49:38

Yeah, no. You you would have to you would have to get me out of prison after that one. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 49:46

I'm running on the field and going after him.

SPEAKER_01 49:49

Running on the field, man. I'm freaking. I don't know what I would do, man.

SPEAKER_02 49:54

I'd never imagine paying $20,000 just to see that miss.

SPEAKER_01 50:01

Anyway, let's not think about that in the slightest. Let's go over to the U.S. men's national team, man, because Pochettino also made his uh his squad. And there there was a couple of big surprises there. Porchettino excluding, specifically the biggest surprise to me was in a lot of people, Diego Luna. And we talked about it with the guys who were for the record, but man, not including Diego Luna, who was one of your biggest pieces the past couple of years since the Gold Cup, consistently showing up and sh and playing really well. And not only that, he's been one of the faces of the U.S. national team everywhere in Sorrent.

SPEAKER_02 50:38

Yeah, literally the face of the USA national team right now.

SPEAKER_01 50:42

Yeah, he's in every marketing collateral at the moment. And Poggettino's like, hey man, thanks for uh all the stuff you did, but I'm gonna go with these guys that via email for me the past couple of years. Via email. Via email. That's the other thing. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 50:58

Classy, huh?

SPEAKER_01 50:59

That's such an Argentinian thing to do. Mucho valu. Well, but the justification was the dumbest to me because he said when I was a player, I didn't want to be called by my manager to tell me I wasn't gonna make it because then that makes it about me, and then that's all about me. And it's like, no, like I I don't want to talk to the player. What he didn't say that exactly, but he said something on the lines that I the player doesn't want to hear from me. It's like actually.

SPEAKER_03 51:31

When Daniel Levy called me in Tottenham, I knew he was gonna fire me. Why called me? Why called me? Why? Why? You already made up your mind. Why?

SPEAKER_00 51:41

That's hilarious. It does sound like that. That's exactly what he said. You what did he want?

SPEAKER_01 51:46

He wanted a text message? That is such a weird justification, man. I don't know. I think I think it's I think it was the wrong move. I think it's just poor leadership. I think this whole potch experiment has not lived up to the expectation that anyone was going to be.

SPEAKER_02 52:04

I really do think it's just a pit stop for him. I think he was just here. Yeah, for the for the US for sure. I think he there's already talks or rumors saying that he's in talks with Milan. Insane. Insane, man, and the World Cup hasn't even started yet. So I think this is just a pit stop for him. He came here because he couldn't find a top club that wanted him at the moment. And the US just happened to have an opening, and he's like, you know what, let me just go here for a little bit, see what I can do. But you can tell his heart really isn't in it. Yeah, yeah, no, he's not. He's definitely not. He's not enjoying it. This is this isn't for him. This job is not for him. And it's unfortunate because I know Pochettino is a really good coach. He is. We proved it at Tottenham, but you can just tell his heart is not in it. Yeah, it's not, it's not.

SPEAKER_01 53:01

Yeah, and his heart's not in it, and he just doesn't seem to have a good relationship with the players, and the players that he did have a good relationship with, he's left him out of the squad. He's all he's been butting heads with Tim Weyer. Tim Weyer has been pretty vocal about the ticket prices, and Porches basically tell him to shut up and dribble. So that's just yeah, it's just creating, I think, unnecessary tension in the locker room between them. And Tim We is basically telling him, like, I don't care because he was over in New York City with uh the New York City governor or mayor, excuse me, and promoting low ticket prices for New York residents, New York City residents. So he doesn't care what Pochettino has to say.

SPEAKER_02 53:45

That's not what we need, man. We we can't have another World Cup where one of our star players gets in an altercation with the with the head coach. That happened last World Cup between Gio Reyna and Greg Berthalter. We don't need that to happen again. And you can tell that toxic environment really got to the players and it affected them during the World Cup because they did not perform to the standard that the US should be at. So and and I mean, hopefully history doesn't repeat itself here.

SPEAKER_01 54:16

Hopefully not, man. I mean, they had uh a friendly uh last night against Senegal, big big win against the African champions. That's a big win, so that's that's huge. So hopefully they can clean everything up before their kickoff on uh June 12th. They play Paraguay over in LA. I think it's Seattle. I think it's LA. I think the first game is LA.

SPEAKER_02 54:39

I thought they played all three games in in Lumen Field.

SPEAKER_01 54:44

Let's check, but I'm pretty sure the first one is June 12th, Paraguay. Where is this? Yeah, LA Stadium, Englewood. That's so fly.

SPEAKER_02 54:52

It is LA. I I could have sworn all their games were in Seattle against Australia, Seattle, and then I think Turkey.

SPEAKER_01 55:01

Turkey's Englewood, too.

SPEAKER_02 55:03

Damn, why do I think all their games were in Seattle?

SPEAKER_01 55:06

I don't know. That's a good question. I have no idea. Good question. Yeah. So one more friendly for the U.S. and Germany at Soldier Field this coming weekend. That's gonna be a true test as well. So a couple of good go a couple of good tests before the uh the start of the World Cup. But yeah, I'm interested to see how it works out. Uh another big one that I I wish I would have I would have liked to see more of was uh or in the squad was Aiden Morris. He had a great season with Middlesbrough uh over in the championship in England. Yeah, and uh he ended up not getting the call-up.

SPEAKER_02 55:43

But I think our one guy that got hurt too from uh McGregor.

SPEAKER_01 55:46

Patrick Algumong.

SPEAKER_02 55:47

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 55:48

Patrick Algerman, he got hurt. I felt bad for him. Oh man, that sucks. And yeah, he's Johnny Cardoso, too. Johnny Cardoso, that's right, dude. I forgot that. Yeah, he got hurt. Big loss. That's sad. A lot of injuries, a lot of injuries for this World Cup, a lot of players missing out due to injury. It's sad. It's sad.

SPEAKER_02 56:10

Well, I mean, the season is long, bro.

SPEAKER_01 56:13

And it's sad to see players getting hurt like at the last game.

SPEAKER_02 56:16

Like for the most oh my god, yeah, dude. That sucks. That sucks, bro.

SPEAKER_01 56:23

He must be devastated, man. I mean, and it was a game, like those are the type of games where it's like he didn't need to play. Yeah, guys had already won the league. Yeah, like he didn't need to play. You know what I'm saying? Like, that was and it's how long is he out for? Just a couple months. Four to six weeks. Four to six weeks? That's it. I think so, or six to eight, one of the two.

SPEAKER_02 56:44

And he didn't make the squad.

SPEAKER_01 56:46

Well, he wasn't gonna make it until like this the quarterfinals almost to be fully healthy. Like, so de la fuente was like, I'm not gonna call this guy.

SPEAKER_02 56:55

I guess, but damn, I mean, he's just a really good player. I still could have kept him on the bench. There's 26 players they can call up. It used to be 23. Yeah, Fermin there has the extra three players there on the bench.

SPEAKER_01 57:07

Yeah, I think he just I think De La Fuente rightfully I mean he's I mean, yeah, they they have a lot of weapons.

SPEAKER_02 57:12

Yeah, they have a lot of weapons.

SPEAKER_01 57:13

They have a ton of weapons. Like, there's no he's not gonna he's not gonna be playing.

SPEAKER_02 57:17

Fermin is just so good. He is I like Fermin a lot. I'm not gonna lie, I like him a lot. He's a really good player.

SPEAKER_01 57:23

He's a hell of a player, and so that's a huge, huge blow for Spain. But they have so many weapons in the midfield.

SPEAKER_02 57:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 57:30

And speaking of Spain, man, no Real Madrid players get called up none for a world hero in the first time ever. Ever, ever, and may I add, rightfully so. Because there are no Spanish players in Real Madrid currently who deserve to be called up to that team ahead of the players that were called up. I mean, you could maybe argue Gonzalo Garcia, maybe, but even then he's in the training camp right now. He's in the training camp in case somebody gets hurt. Yeah. But uh he wasn't even starting for Real Madrid. Arbeloa wasn't even giving him that many opportunities.

SPEAKER_02 58:11

Which I'm sure if he would have had more opportunities, I think he would have won. I think he would have to do that.

SPEAKER_01 58:15

Absolutely. I think so. I think I think that's the that's the only one that would have been like, okay, I I can understand that. But he's a proper striker.

SPEAKER_02 58:27

Even I mean, Deanhausen didn't have the best season, but he's been going a lot with De la Fuente, and he's been doing good with Spain, at least with Majority.

SPEAKER_01 58:35

I was surprised that De La Fuente didn't call him up. I for sure thought he was. Yeah, I thought he was gonna call him up too.

SPEAKER_02 58:41

But he's been one of his core players, so that must have been a big blow for Dean House.

SPEAKER_01 58:48

Oh, for big. His dad's been posting all over Instagram. Yeah. Talking about comparing him and other players, and it's like alright, pop statement. Stupid. Yeah, it's stupid. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 59:00

So that that one was definitely surprising for me.

SPEAKER_01 59:04

Yeah, I think it was surprising. It is what it is.

SPEAKER_02 59:06

It just it just it just goes to show you what kind of a season Real Madrid had. We don't have any fullbacks going to the World Cup. And I think, do we even have a yeah? I think the only center back we have going is is Rudiger and a lot.

SPEAKER_01 59:19

I think I saw a stat, and I can't I'll have to double check, but I think you guys only have nine players going to the World Cup out of your entire squad.

SPEAKER_02 59:27

Yeah, and I think it's like the lowest ever.

SPEAKER_01 59:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 59:31

But yeah, it just goes to show you what kind of season we had. Yeah. Really insane. I mean, players like Trent, Camavinga, you know, Alvaro Carreras, Frank Garcia. I know Alvaro Carreras and Frank Garcia haven't really got called up with Luis de la Fuente, but they're not really bums, you know, and and and Trent hasn't got called up with Tucho, but he's one of the best right backs in the world to me. So that that's pretty controversial. Yeah, it was huge. Yeah, that that that that's pretty controversial. In Kamavinga not getting called up to me. I know he had a a pretty questionable season, but not calling him up. I don't think he's he's worse than Rabiot, for example. I think he's better than Rabiot. Just have him on your bench, and he can still be somewhat of a game changer coming on if you need him. So that that was definitely surprising to see. But yeah, like I said, it just goes to show you what a terrible season Real Madrid had and how we didn't trust our players. That definitely affects them and their national team too. So at the end of the day, it's just because of this the season that we had was the deciding factor for these national team coaches to say, okay, yeah, you're not coming along with me.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:41

Yeah, they just didn't prove that they guys played so bad that it's like, all right, I can't be risking it just because you were good a couple of years ago. So, and and there's so many good players to choose for, especially when you got your friends. I mean, you got players blossoming left and right. Spain, same thing. So it it it makes sense. They can afford to leave those guys out, yeah. Exactly, exactly. So but uh yeah, and speaking of Trent and Thomas Tuchel, England had a lot of surprises. I mean, a lot of surprises. People are very upset about Thomas Tugel's squad selection to leave out players like Trent, which we saw that one coming because he hadn't called up in a while. But somebody like Cole Palmer, somebody like Phil Foden, somebody like Harry McGuire, those were probably the biggest surprises. And calling up somebody like Jordan Henderson, Ivan Tony, Ivan Tony, I don't know, man. Tuchel's got a lot.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:45

I mean, the bar all in or bust himself, all in or bus. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:51

It it it is, it basically is like he has to win it all or just walk away at the end and say, Thank you guys for giving me an opportunity. Because that's the that's what everybody's gonna be talking about. If he doesn't win it all, Cole Parman could have done this, Phil Foden could have done that, Trent could have done this. It's oof, I mean, it's gonna be bad for him. Yeah, it's gonna be bad if he doesn't win the whole thing. And I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:19

No, they're not, they're never gonna win anything, dude. Went to back-to-back European finals, lost, and in the World Cup. They went to semifinals in 2018, and I I forgot how far they went. They lost to France actually in the quarterfinals. Now I remember. Yeah, they lost to France in the quarterfinals. They're just not a team that that wins silverware.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:43

Plain and simple. That's just weird. You know what's crazy? They have the same amount of titles as Colombia does. They're not a bigger national team than us. They're not a bigger national team than us. We got a Copa América, they have a World Cup, and they won that thing back when the fucking dinosaurs were playing, bro. I think it was a long time ago. Hey, nobody was alive when they saw the club. That was probably corrupt, man. Yeah, that was played in England. Yeah, yeah, they're playing in England. God bless. We got the same amount of titles, man. Yeah. Come on.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:14

But we'll see how that team performs.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:17

Yeah, I mean, they got a hell of a team on paper. I mean, it was interesting to see Tuchel's reasoning as well as to why he didn't take a player like Cole Palmer and Phil Foden. He said he had too many tens. Basically, and they all they also didn't have the best of seasons, which I can understand to an extent. But do you know how many teams would absolutely kill to have Phil Foden or Cole Palmer into their score? Oh, it's insane.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:46

Which I'm curious to see if Phil Foden is gonna stay with Man City, like how Enzo Mariska is gonna use him.

unknown 1:03:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:53

Because he didn't really play last season. Actually, the last two seasons, Guardiola didn't really use him.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:58

Which is crazy because a few years ago, he was the player of the season, the Premier League player of the season. And how do you go from being the Premier League player of the season to barely getting any minutes? I don't understand.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:10

I don't know. That's that's Guardiola's system. He's always changing things up, dude.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:16

Always. I don't even know if it's much of Guardiola's system as much as it is like Phil Foden just kind of tanked a little bit. I think so. I think his form just hasn't been as because there's no way Guardiola isn't gonna play his best player. I just think Guardiola didn't didn't see it in him anymore. He's like you you haven't been playing to the level that you there's also a lot of competition, too.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:40

And he just hasn't had the same amount of rhythm that he once had. Like when he was playing all the time, he was performing. But yeah, you're right. I don't I mean, I don't I don't I don't know how he's doing in training now. Maybe he got a little too in over his head, or right.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:54

Maybe he got a little cocky, a little bit too confident, or lost ambition, or lost yeah, who knows?

SPEAKER_02 1:04:58

Who knows? We're we're not there, but all we can comment on is that it's shocking because it is shocking. From what our I see is that he on a good day, he's one of the best players in the world. Yeah, so is Cold War. Yeah, so the fact that they're not there is super surprising. And yeah, Phil Foden can play number 10, but uh dude, Guardiola uses him on the left, on the right, false nine. You play around with that guy, dude. Even put him as a six or an eight, he can perform.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:26

Play around with that. That was the because Tuchel was like, I only saw him as a 10. I didn't really see he he he said something on the lines like I didn't know what position he played.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:37

I mean, I I think I think as a number 10, he can probably thrive the most, but Guardiola has used him everywhere, and he's he does great everywhere. Yeah. I mean, I understand the argument that this past season wasn't his best and he wasn't playing a lot, but yeah, it's still what he can get.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:55

I don't know. Like again, it's it's gonna be one and all or Bust for two goal in England because there's gonna be a lot of questions to be answered if he if he gets knocked out anything before a semifinal, and you got some of these big players watching at home. So anyway, and then what was I gonna say? Draw Pedro? Draw Pedro is another one.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:23

Big player left out.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:24

Draw Pedro's another one. Neymar gets the call up, which I thought that was surprising in itself. I actually didn't think Ancelotte was gonna call him up.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:32

I did. It wasn't that surprising to me. Because how are you gonna leave a player like that out of the World Cup, man? I agree, but he's so much to having called him up. In the past couple of games, I've been seeing highlights, and he's been doing pretty good. He's been taking care of himself, and I mean he's been decisive with assists, with goals. So he's injured. I know he's injured right now, but a little like two weeks ago through, yeah, previously. He was scoring goals, making assists. That's why Ancelotti called him up. And also just what he means to the team. Just having him on the bench, everybody wanted to play with him, dude. You saw every single Brazilian player came out like, I want to play with Neymar this World Cup. Yeah, even Draw Pedro said that, and Joel Pedro ended up getting left out. That's crazy. That that one is that one's a head scratcher to me. How he got left out. Who else? Anthony got left out too. He didn't have a season.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:31

The biggest one was Draw Pedro. I mean, uh, that guy deserved to be there.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:36

I I mean, I would have left out this guy from Zenit, Luis Enrique. Yeah, I would have to leave him out, bro. I would have left that guy out.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:45

Because Igor Tiago deserved to be there. He had a good season. Yeah, I think so too. I think that's a good thing. Mateos Cunha deserved to be there. He had a good season. I'm happy to see Neymar there because I want to see him do well. I want to see him succeed. Hopefully, this injury that he's carrying isn't that serious and he can make it to the World Cup healthy and he can have a good showing at the World Cup. It's not like he plays one game and it's over because then it'd be all for nothing.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:07

Yeah. No, I think he'll play. I don't think he'll play maybe the first game. Second game was to the game.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:13

Did you see that whole thing that went down at Santos recently where he like guys subbed him out on accident?

SPEAKER_02 1:08:20

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I saw that. And he get like he saw um, or he showed the camera the no of the substitution that was supposed to happen, which I didn't even know that was a thing. I didn't even know he'd give the referee a paper. But yeah, I guess the the he he pulled that up to show the camera. And yeah, he was pretty upset.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:39

There was this whole conspiracy going around on the internet, and people were saying that they did want to take him out, but Neymar acted like that so that Anceloti, because he got he was on the sidelines because he was getting treated for an injury, and that Neymar started acting like that so that Ancheloti could see that he was healthy and he could get called up because if he would get pulled out for an injury, Anceloti would be like, hey, what's going on? Maybe we we can't take him, we can't risk it. Apparently, that was all that that's the conspiracy. I'm not saying I believe it, but that was a big conspiracy going on. Maybe in the Twitter sphere that I was diving deep into. I don't know. Yeah. Maybe a lot of a lot of conspiracies, but yeah, we get to see what we're gonna do.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:24

I'm just glad we don't see. Yeah, I'm I'm glad he's gone though. Because it wouldn't have been the same World Cup without Neymar, even if he's just on the bench, we at least get to see his face and be part of the Brazilian squad. I think he earned it just for being Neymar for the player that he is. Yeah, I think he at least deserved to play one more World Cup.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:46

Yeah, he definitely does. And honestly, I can he kind of I hope he kind of wins, man. Like that would be dope to see him look like.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:54

It wouldn't be it wouldn't be bad for the eyes. No, it wouldn't be bad for the eyes. We'll see how he does if they do make it. There would be interesting if he even like starts or not. I mean, we'll see.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:04

I guess we'll see how the World Cup plays out, but we'll see, man. If Columbia doesn't win it, play with Anchelotti, so we're gonna see how that plays out. That's pretty much like some of the big surprises for the World Cup. People getting missed uh uh left out. We got the World Cup again starting so soon. I think the people that missed out the most on some of these big misses of the World Cup are the people filling out the the sticker album. Because we got hold on, let me get mine real quick. Because I'm filling this thing out, and I got I get to remote.

SPEAKER_02 1:10:43

How far how far along are you?

SPEAKER_01 1:10:45

I'm I'm getting there. I'm getting there. I still got a lot because they added more teams. So I got like I I still got I got a lot of Brazilians to put in here, but we got this guy right here.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:01

Can you see this? I don't have Drapeiro, but I I still have Dropeiro's still there. He's still not there. Rodrigo. Who else is not going there? You got Militao? Estebao is not going. We got half of the squad, bro. Militao is not going.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:17

I mean dude, that would have been good competition in the Brazilian squad between Militao, Gabriel, and Marquinhos. Wow.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:26

Yeah, that would have been some good competition. That would have been tough, but man, I've been I've been having a lot of fun filling this thing out. Look at that. Cole Parmer. He's right there, but he's staying home.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:37

Phil Foden, I see him too. Yep, Phil Foden. They got Sancho in there too, or what? No, they don't got Sancho choke. Who else?

SPEAKER_01 1:11:46

Who else is in this bad boy? McGuire? Trent. Trent's in here. Look at this. Trent! Man, my background's really throwing things off. But we got Trent in there.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:58

I wonder if they do that sticker album in Europe. They must do it like they do in Colombia. Yeah. Well, yeah, we go ham with that. I just started mine.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:07

Mine's on the other side of the house, but I got I saw I saw some stickers at Walgreens. So they sell them at Walgreens here.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:16

Did you already finish the 500 from Columbia? No, I didn't. I still have some.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:22

You're gonna get a bunch of doubles, bro. I got a ton, actually. I have a bunch of doubles. I got way too many repeats and not many people to trade with. So I don't know what I'm gonna do with those.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:36

Yeah, it sucks. People don't really do that here. We gotta find like a little Colombian community around here. Hey man, just trade monas.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:44

If you guys are in Florida and want to trade some some little uh sticker albums, what album stickers? Hit us up.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:53

Monas in Colombia's hey, monas.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:56

Come hit us up at the friendly foes FC. Hit us up, hit us up with the friendly foes or even wherever you at. We can make some trades that you're listening to this, and you want to make some trades, we'll hey we'll, you know.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:08

Yeah, you know, we'll get we'll we'll get you know, my people talk to your peoples, you know, just hit up the line. My fax number is uh 972. Let's go ahead and fax it over. We'll we'll see. I'll I'll have my my attorneys look at it, look at the offers.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:26

It's always fun filling this thing out. I haven't filled it out in like 20 years.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:31

Really? You know, I've done it every year except the last World Cup.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:37

I didn't do it in the last one, I didn't do it the one before, and I don't remember doing it in 2014. Really, bro?

SPEAKER_02 1:13:45

I don't remember doing we definitely I remember doing 2010. We had it in 2010, bro. We definitely had the album in 2010. I remember that. I should remember it. I don't know where they are after so many moves now. I have no idea where they are, but I do remember doing 2010, I remember doing 2014, I remember doing 2018. Yeah, I've done every single one except 22. 22 is the last one.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:08

I didn't do 22 or I I legit. It threw me off because it wasn't during the summer.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:13

That's why.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:14

Yeah, that that threw everybody off. I don't remember. Literally, the last one I remember doing is the Germany one in 06.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:20

Bro, that that doing that album and watching the games was what got me into falling in love with soccer. Yeah, it's nostalgic. I just that that was like my first memory of actually watching football and falling in love with it. Yeah. Just I remember just fucking sticking that shit and just watching watching like uh France versus Brazil or Italy versus Germany, and we were just sticking all those stickers into the album. Yeah, man. That was fun.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:50

That was awesome. It was a ton of fun. That was fun, dude. But man. Last thing we didn't get to talk about was uh Pep Guardiola officially leaving Man City. I know this officially happened a couple of weeks ago, but made it officially official. The news broke out before he even got to say it himself, which I'm sure he was pretty pissed off about. I got leaked that he was leaving. Favorite Romano and everybody else took it and ran with it. Uh, after 10 years, Pep leaves with 20 trophies to his name over at Man City. One of the wingingest coach coaches in the history of the Premier League. Who knows where he's off to next? He says he's gonna take a sabbatical for some time. I think he'll be back in probably what well, I'll give it up to two years. I don't think he I don't think he takes off longer than that. I think up to two years, and maybe he'll go coach a national team or City A. Heavy Italy.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:45

Yeah, he loves his sabbaticals, that's for sure. He needs real quick. Real quick. What's up? Who is your goat between Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola? Because right now, I mean, Luis Enrique, everyone's giving him his flowers. Right now he's the king of modern football.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:10

He deserves the colour. But Pep Guardiola is Pep Guardiola, man. I was gonna say Pep is Pep. Pep's still the goat. Pep is the Pep is the guy who completely changed football in recent history, man. He he took it to a completely different level. He set the bar so high, not only for himself, but for other managers, for other coaches. Uh Pep is still the goat, man. I mean, to come into the Premier League, everybody said you're not gonna be able to do what you did in Germany and Spain here in the Premier League. This is the Premier League. And guess what? He did exactly what he did in Spain and in Germany, man. He came in, won six Premier League trophies out of ten. He won four in a row. He won a treble. What more do you want?

SPEAKER_02 1:16:49

Two trebles.

unknown 1:16:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:16:51

One with Barça, one with Man City. And he's the only coach to never get fired.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:56

That's the only thing. He he also has never gotten fired. He walks away on his own terms. Yeah. So walks away on his own terms. Yeah. I mean, they're naming a freaking stand after him over at the Etihad Stadium. I mean, it's it it was beautiful to see all the tributes that they gave to him. He rightfully deserves it. He didn't get that at Barcelona because he got some really poor treatment from Sandra Rosel and just at María Bartomeu and all the board that wanted to get rid of him because he wasn't their little puppet like they wanted him to be. Uh so it's I'm I'm happy that he got that treatment over at Man City. He deserves it. I think he's a good thing. Yeah, a whole decade over there. Yeah, he probably would have stayed longer if he just if he if he had the energy. I think he just ran out of energy. He ran out of steam. He's tired. Yeah, it was too much. Yeah. Too much, man. But no, but Pep's to go.

SPEAKER_02 1:17:44

There's no but today, okay. So Pep Guardial is available. If Luis Enrique just said, hey, I already won two Champions Leagues, I'm done. I'm out of here, I'm out of PSG. And you got two coaches available. Hansi Flip, for whatever reason, he just decides to step down to he's like, I won two La Liga's, whatever, I'm done. So you guys don't have a coach, and Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola are both available. That's your scenario right now. Who are you going after? Today. Do like who do I think? And they're both, and they're both, and they're both.

SPEAKER_01 1:18:25

Yeah. It's Pep? Yeah? Yeah, I would take Pep. I would take Pep, yeah. Interesting. Interesting. Okay. Pep is Pep is Pep is just still Pep even today. Okay. Yeah, Pep is Pep, man. I mean, imagine what Pep would do with Lamin Jamal. I mean, come on, man. He would do some Pep with Lamin and Pedri and Gabi and oh my god. And Kuarsi. He would do some unthinkable teams. Not that Luis Enrique wouldn't either, because Luis Enrique would do some crazy things with them as well.

SPEAKER_02 1:19:02

Obviously, it's it's 1A and 1 B.

SPEAKER_01 1:19:04

Yeah, but I I to me Pep is just Pep is different, especially for what he means to Barcelona. Yeah, and and plus he can get the uh the goodbye that he deserved properly at Barcelona that he never got uh like he did in Man City. I mean, he was only it's insane to me that as a manager he was in Man City longer than he was at Man at Barcelona. He was Barcelona four seasons, he was at Man City for ten. Come on. Yeah, like that that should have never happened. But unfortunately, there's a lot of politics and in sports. There's a lot of things that go on behind the scenes that we will never know, we will never be privy to. But it's very clear that he had a lot of disagreements with the board at the time, with the president, Senator Rosell, and they gave it to him pretty hard. And the way they got rid of him, too, was just kind of shitty. It was yeah, not yeah, it's it was crazy. So, but no, it's Pep.

unknown 1:20:04

Damn.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:04

Okay, okay. I was curious to to know your answer on that. It's because they're both obviously like you know yeah, right now they're they're 1A and 1B. So I think it took Luis Enrique.

SPEAKER_01 1:20:16

They're getting so it took Luis Enrique a little bit longer to really establish his philosophy and into the way that he wanted to play, because he he had a couple of stints like over at Roma and over at Celta that he it did well.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:33

I think it was just harder for players like Messi to buy into his philosophy at first, like the very first season.

SPEAKER_01 1:20:39

I remember there were some rumors that they kind of clashed heads. Yeah, there was a lot of there was a lot of rumors of them clashing heads with Luis Enrique, and there's that big story that what happened at Anoeta, I think it was in February of 2015 that Chavi went into the dressing room and was like, we need to turn this around. Basically had this whole speech within the players and with Luis Enrique, and we turned the season around immediately right after that and won ended up winning the trouble. I think a lot of I think um I'm happy that Luis Enrique is finally getting the flowers that he deserves because for many, many years people were saying that he just got carried by the by Barcelona, he got carried by the MSN, and that was it. And now look at him and where he's at now. He got rid of Mbappé, and he won back-to-back Champions League. Mbappe must be wanting to throw himself off a bridge. Somebody go check on Mbappe, man.

SPEAKER_02 1:21:33

Dude, it would have been hilarious if someone just live streamed him while he was watching the PSG Arsenal game.

SPEAKER_01 1:21:40

He probably offered the five. People would have paid millions for that. Yeah. He 100% had a Arsenal jersey on, and he was rooting heavy for Arsenal. I think so too. Yeah, 100%. There's nobody can convince me otherwise, but yeah. No, I'm I'm happy Lucha's getting the flowers he deserves because he is an excellent coach. It took him a little bit longer to adapt a philosophy that is true to him and true to what he wanted to do. It took him just a little bit longer. He had a little bit of trouble uh with the Spanish national team, clashed a lot with the Madrid media because of that. Obviously, he went through that horrible, horrible experience losing his daughter at the age of nine. Yeah. And sad. That's terrible. So that makes me really happy for him that he's been able to overcome that personal obstacle and just grow professionally. And look at what he's done with this team, man. And and all the all the credit that he's been getting has been amazing. So what a true testament of resilience, perseverance, and continuing to believe in yourself.

unknown 1:22:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:22:48

No, that that's very respectable. It's almost like the death of his daughter changed him to be a better person and a better coach. Yeah, a hundred percent. Because I feel like after that, he just he turned into a monster. I mean, we all knew what he did at Barcelona, but like you said, I mean, people thought it was MSN that carried him. People that know ball know they know that Luis Mtique had a lot to do with that trouble.

SPEAKER_01 1:23:13

Exactly.

SPEAKER_02 1:23:13

Definitely had a lot to do, and and now he's been able to prove it with this team. But obviously, I don't think this team has the names that Barcelona did. Not that these guys are scrubs, they have a lot of good players. But if you compare him to Messi, Neymar, Suarez, I mean, come on, those those names you can't compare players to those type of names. So yeah, I think that that has just given him some extra strength and something else to fight for. And now we're seeing the Luis Sampica that we see today. I'm happy for him.

SPEAKER_01 1:23:43

He 100% deserves it. So yeah. Shout out to him. Shout out to him, man. But all right, I think that's been enough. It's been enough covering everything that happened in the past couple of weeks in about an hour and a half or so. Uh, it's been great catching up with you, man. Appreciate everybody who tuned in and listened to the past 90 minutes of us just rambling everything that went on. But man, we got even more exciting things going on again. A lot of summer transfer window that'll be happening, a lot of mini news and rumors. We'll see where Barcelona ends up, we'll see where Metrich ends up, we'll be keeping everybody updated. And again, the World Cup starts in just 10 days. 10 days so excited about it, and we're gonna be we're gonna be recording almost every day at this point because there's gonna be so many games out of a ton of news, a ton of exciting things. So keep in mind maybe we'll do a couple live streams, we'll see if we'll play around with it, we'll we'll keep everybody informed, but we appreciate all the love and everybody's support. Again, be sure to follow us at friendly folks FC on Twitter, on Instagram, on TikTok. Be sure to comment, review, rate us anywhere that you get. Your podcast really does help grow the show. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell everybody that the friendly folks will be covering everything going on at the World Cup right here for you guys. So again, thank you all for tuning in. We'll see you all next week.