WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:15.439 Welcome in. It's time for another edition of the Morning 2 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:18.359 Espresso on the SDH Network, brought to you by our 3 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:23.359 friends at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta's premier undergraduate learning experience and 4 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.440 soccer powerhouse. I'm Jason Longshore. Let's get the week started. 5 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:30.920 Some of the soccer news you need to know from Monday, 6 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:35.240 July seventh. US men's national team last night lost to 7 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.280 Mexico in the CONCACAFF Gold Cup Final. The US took 8 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:41.679 the lead on a set piece, great ball from Sebastian 9 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:44.359 burhal Or. He picked out Chris Richards, really good header 10 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:47.679 from him off the underside of the crossbar. I think 11 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:50.000 it was in. Pretty sure it was in, but not 12 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:53.280 one hundred percent conclusive and CONCA CAF doesn't have goal 13 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:58.039 line technology in the situations, so very close decision that 14 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:03.000 var ultimately upheld. Mexico tied it a really nice finish 15 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:06.799 from Raul Jimenez blasted into the roof of the net 16 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.040 from close range. Tim Reim trying to get across, wasn't 17 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:13.599 able to make the tackle. Then Edson Alvarez. He scored 18 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:17.000 the winning goal, heading in Johann Vasquez's flick of a 19 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:23.400 free kick. The foul was dubious, Diego Luna fouling Alexis Vega. 20 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:27.079 There wasn't a whole lot in it, but it's given. 21 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.560 Then there was an offside check on the goal, it 22 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.640 was on side, and Mexico ends up winning the match 23 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:38.120 to one. Look, the takes were all over the place, 24 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.200 as you would expect after a US men's national team match. 25 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:45.040 Too many people use these games for clout, whether we're 26 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.280 talking about social media, whether we're talking about podcasts, whether 27 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:51.040 we're talking about vlogs, whether we're talking about watch alongs. 28 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:55.959 Too many people use these games to It feels like 29 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.280 at times like okay, game happens in there is a 30 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:02.519 series of reactions. Then there is a series of reactions 31 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.760 that are bigger than the previous set. Then there's another 32 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.400 set of reactions that's even bigger, and this could be 33 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:12.159 bigger positive or bigger negative, which is typically the way 34 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.280 that it goes, And then it feels like a little 35 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.599 bit of one upsmanship as to how big the reaction 36 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:21.120 is to the game. Mexico is the better team on 37 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:24.199 the night. There's not a question really about that. They 38 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:26.319 had more of the possession, they had more of the chances, 39 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:28.159 they had more of the field position, they were the 40 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:31.319 better team. I didn't really have a problem with the referee, 41 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.919 Merizio po Chatino did after the match the handball call 42 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:37.319 that could have gone in favor of the US men's 43 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:41.039 national team. I'm okay with it not being called, and 44 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:43.680 i know that's the minority opinion, at least on this 45 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.319 side of the Rio Grande. It felt like natural movement 46 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:50.520 and the player was bracing himself for a fall. I 47 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.120 know it's a different situation than what we typically see 48 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.520 when we talk about the bracing arm on the ground 49 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:58.520 and the ball hitting it. In this one, that arm 50 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:01.840 is going to the ground and it actually the hand 51 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:05.120 lands on top of the ball. I think it still applies. 52 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:09.039 I think that idea still applies here. I think it's 53 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:12.080 a natural movement of the arm when the player is 54 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:15.800 falling to brace themselves, and that's why that was added 55 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:18.479 into the laws of the game. I'm okay with that 56 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:22.080 not being called. The US battled in the match, they 57 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.560 showed fight, they had some moments of quality, but they 58 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:28.159 got overpowered by a better team. This is the life 59 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.680 that the US men's national team faces next summer as well. 60 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:34.479 At the World Cup. The top US men's national team 61 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:37.599 against the top Mexican national team. Right now, it's much 62 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:38.960 more of a coin flip. It's much more of a 63 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:41.919 fifty to fifty game than the US has had. I 64 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:44.479 think maybe the advantage when they've had their best team 65 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:48.599 against Mexico over the last cycle. If you get Christian Polistic, 66 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.680 Westin McKinnie, Serginio Desk, Anthony Robinson, they're going to make 67 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:53.680 the team better, no doubt, they'll raise the level of 68 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:56.680 the group. The major questions of who will be the 69 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.400 goalkeeper in those matches, who will be the striker, those 70 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:01.840 are still there. I don't know if Matt Freeze did 71 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:06.159 enough to be the number one no question here right now, 72 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.360 I would go in that direction because I think Matt 73 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:11.439 Turner's got to play games and now he's waiting to 74 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.319 see what happens with Leon at the moment because that's 75 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.120 where he's headed. But they might be in the second 76 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:20.040 division in France instead of the first no telling. Leon 77 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:23.720 reportedly has to find one hundred million dollars by Thursday 78 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.519 to be able to keep their spot in the first division. 79 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:32.160 The striker Patrick Augimon has had moments. I know he 80 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:35.680 is one that the hashtag Brigade likes to really go 81 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.800 at on social media, which I think is extremely unfair. 82 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.319 A lot of shots at him for the game last night. 83 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:43.800 I don't think he really had a whole lot of 84 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:45.959 opportunity to impact the game. He did draw it to 85 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.040 pretty dangerous free kicks, including the one that led to 86 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:52.720 the US goal. I don't know who the striker is 87 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:55.279 going to be. I want to see everybody get healthy, 88 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.000 because there are a lot of injuries in that position 89 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:59.240 right now, but I don't think anybody has stepped out 90 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:04.040 to claim it. Goalkeeper and striker big questions. Regardless of 91 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:06.639 what those answers are. The US men's national team are 92 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:09.800 going to run into multiple opponents at the World Cup 93 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:13.519 that are better than them. You know, you might see 94 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:16.560 one in the group stage. Hopefully you will see one 95 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:19.199 in the first knockout round round of thirty two, and 96 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:21.120 hopefully you will see one in the round to sixteen. 97 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:23.279 That's where I am setting the bar for what this 98 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:26.000 team needs to do at the World Cup. They have 99 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:28.480 to win a knockout game. They've only done that one 100 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:32.240 time in history. They have to win a knockout game 101 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:34.800 round to thirty two now to get to the round 102 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:37.120 to sixteen. That should be the bar. This is a 103 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.360 team that is a top twenty team in the world. 104 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.759 They should be in the final sixteen of a home 105 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:45.839 World Cup. The draw is going to impact that. Luck 106 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.639 within the group is going to impact that. Matchups in 107 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:51.399 the knockout round is going to impact that. There's so 108 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.279 many variables that we can't control and we can't see 109 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:56.879 what they're going to be yet. But the US should 110 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:00.680 get to the round to sixteen. In those games where 111 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:02.879 they are playing teams that are better than them, they 112 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:05.160 have to fight. They have to be difficult to beat. 113 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:08.079 They have to be resilient. They have to make the 114 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.279 match tough for the opponent. I think they showed that 115 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:14.959 ability last night with a less than full strength team. 116 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.160 I will take that course. I want to see more, 117 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:22.959 but you have to be realistic. Instead of just yelling 118 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:26.519 and screaming and stomping your feet, you have to be realistic. 119 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.920 This Mexico team was a better roster than this US team. 120 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:34.399 That's not a judgment on the overall talent pools. That's 121 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:36.360 a judgment on these two teams that were on the 122 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:38.879 field in the match. Mexico is the better team as well. 123 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.120 But the US was right there in it. They had opportunities, 124 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.120 they did not take advantage of them. They weren't able 125 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.920 to keep Mexico off the board for that second goal, 126 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:50.160 and they end up losing to one in the final. 127 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:54.120 That is not a shock in my opinion. I will 128 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:56.279 take what happened in the Gold Cup for the US. 129 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:59.199 I think there's far more positive than negative coming out 130 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:01.879 of this tournament and we'll see where it goes from here. 131 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.240 I also agree with what Maritzio po Chatino has said 132 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.959 about the impact that fans can have in the building, 133 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:11.079 and he's right about the level of support that Guatemala 134 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:14.519 and Mexico received in these last two games. There's fans 135 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:16.399 of the US men's national team that do an amazing 136 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:19.120 job supporting the team all over the country. But work 137 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:21.839 has to be done to grow that number that are 138 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:26.279 making it into the building and supporting the team. That 139 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:31.199 should not be a debate that should happen. You see 140 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:35.439 it across this country with soccer fans. They are there, 141 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:39.040 we are seeing them in large numbers. They have to 142 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:42.959 come out and support the US men's national team. There 143 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:47.199 is absolutely an effect from the overwhelming negativity from the 144 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:50.000 hashtag brigade on social media, quite a few in the 145 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:54.319 media and online influencer group as well. That does not 146 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.120 help get people in the building at all. I think 147 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.720 it becomes a reason why some people choose not to 148 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:02.959 get into the building to go support the US men's 149 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:07.480 national team. I know there were debates about ticket prices 150 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.519 for the CONCACAFF Gold Cup and blaming US Soccer for that. 151 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:12.879 US Soccer has nothing to do with the CONCACAFF Gold 152 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:16.759 Cup pricing for tickets. And by the way, I don't 153 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.079 think the Mexican fans had any issue with the pricing 154 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:22.120 for tickets, so let's stop that complaint right now. Guatemala 155 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.199 fans didn't have that issue either on Wednesday, let's stop 156 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:31.120 with that debate. Are tickets for US friendlies maybe a 157 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:33.639 little too high on that side? Yes, I would agree 158 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:35.960 with that absolutely, and that's something that should change in. 159 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:40.360 US Soccer needs to figure this out. It's not going 160 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:43.039 to be an easy thing to solve. Ticket pricing for 161 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.399 games that they control is part of the conversation, but 162 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:49.240 honestly a very small part of the conversation. I don't 163 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.679 know how this turns Between now and the next World Cup. 164 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:54.200 You will get US fans in the building for the 165 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:57.840 World Cup. Yes, you will get casual fans in the 166 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:01.000 building for the World Cup that will support the US. Yes, 167 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:02.960 but this is a big job for US Soccer to 168 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:07.279 contemplate to make this US men's national team more popular 169 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:10.399 in its own country. It is a very unique issue. 170 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:12.840 Don't know if there's any other country in the world 171 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:15.759 that would have the same issue. I don't think there's 172 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:18.480 really any other team even in this country to compare 173 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:22.639 it to. It's quite the challenge, but it's something that 174 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.360 US Soccer has to work at, and it's something that 175 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:28.639 I do think a lot of people inside of the 176 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:31.879 game at all different levels, and yes that includes media 177 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:38.519 and online influencers and bloggers and podcasters and bloggers and 178 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:43.759 everybody it does. It does need to be contemplated, it 179 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:47.679 does need to be thought about because the US men's 180 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:55.600 national team is a huge driver of the soccer business 181 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.639 in the United States. It is by no means the 182 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:01.360 only one, but it is a very portant one, and 183 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:05.120 I feel like the negativity around it does not match 184 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:09.960 the reality around it, and that has a very negative 185 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:14.279 impact on the product as a whole. It's very frustrating 186 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:16.919 at times and I'm sure Ma'rito Pochatino was very frustrated 187 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:21.600 with basically playing two away games in the United States, 188 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:25.240 in two major knockout games. That's got to be extremely 189 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:28.960 foreign to him. I think at times US soccer people, 190 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:31.159 and I'm not saying that the organization. I'm saying people 191 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:33.639 in the United States in soccer just kind of put 192 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:35.200 their hands up and say, Oh, it's just how it is. 193 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:38.399 Should it be? I mean, I think it's going to 194 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.320 be to an extent, and that's the unique nature of 195 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.720 the United States of America. But should it just be 196 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:50.600 accepted and just that whatever. No, it shouldn't. If people 197 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:53.279 are buying the tickets to these games, you would like 198 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.000 for the people buying these tickets to these games be 199 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.639 from the United States. If people from other countries or 200 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.120 other fans are buying these tickets to support their team, 201 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:05.840 why is the Why are the fans of the United 202 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:10.000 States not buying these tickets instead they're offered to both. 203 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:13.440 I don't I don't know. It's not an easy it's 204 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:15.440 not an easy thing to answer, and it's gonna be 205 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:19.320 a very difficult thing for the United States Soccer Federation 206 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:22.360 to work on between now and the World Cup, and 207 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:24.440 it's a long term thing. It's not just about the 208 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:27.840 World Cup twenty twenty six. It's about everything past that, 209 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:31.279 especially when you get into qualifying for the next World Cup, 210 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:33.919 where fan support is going to be a very important 211 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:35.960 thing in some of these games. Because everybody in CONCA 212 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:38.360 CAF is getting better. Right now, the games are getting 213 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:41.240 more difficult. It's why you're seeing teams like Guatemala mike 214 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:44.559 runs that they are. It's not easy and fan support 215 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:46.519 is a big factor in it. And right now the 216 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.399 US men's national team doesn't get enough fan support and 217 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:51.720 it's something that needs to change one way or another. 218 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.159 Let's go to Major League Soccer. Yesterday one one draw 219 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:59.440 between Seattle Sounders and Columbus Crew right before the Gold 220 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.399 Cup final, and it ended in a very strange way. 221 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:06.000 Stephan Fry scary incident. He was forced to leave the 222 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:10.279 match in an ambulance. Full credit to Brian Schmetzer and 223 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:13.879 Wilfrid Nanci, the two managers, for asking that the match 224 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.799 be called and stoppage time instead of continuing with the 225 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:22.720 corner kick there were seconds remaining at that stage. I 226 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:25.759 didn't see any hesitation from Nanci, who would have had 227 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:29.399 the cornerkick for Columbus, by the way or Brian Schmetzer 228 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:32.039 in asking for the match to be called at that moment. 229 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:34.480 It was an accidental knee to the head and a 230 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:37.360 collision with a marceditch in the eighth minute of stoppage time. 231 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:41.559 Schmetzer said his captain was alert when loaded into the ambulance, 232 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:44.200 no paralysis, nothing major, but he didn't want to downplay it. 233 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.000 Fry tweeted Sunday night that he had returned home at 234 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:51.159 following the incident, so sounds like he's going to end 235 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:54.639 up being okay. Really scary moments, and I thought it 236 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:56.960 was very well handled by the referee crew and the 237 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:01.000 two managers to stop the match when it did. Atlanta 238 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.960 United this weekend, it was just, frankly, not a good 239 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:07.200 enough performance in a scoreless draw at d C United. 240 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:09.960 There's really little to talk about on the offensive side, 241 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:14.759 very few chances, very few opportunities to score goals. Second 242 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.360 clean sheet of the season. F Ryan Morales was excellent. 243 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:19.519 He was our man of the match on the radio broadcast. 244 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:23.679 Ronnie Dila also cited Luisa brom Will Riley Mitao's click 245 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:26.440 in the midfield as key contributors to the clean sheet. 246 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:28.559 The team played in a four to three three with 247 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:30.879 two holding midfielders in front of two center backs, as 248 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:35.279 opposed to the three center backs and one holding midfielder 249 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.240 alignment we have seen lately. The best chances of the 250 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.600 night came from Brooks Lennon's right foot out wide. You 251 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:45.679 couldn't create much of anything through the middle. Unfortunately, play 252 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:48.440 was far too slow in the first half. It was 253 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:51.000 too easy for DC United to get back and reset. 254 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:53.919 It changed a little bit in the second half, but 255 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:58.159 not enough. There were only two shots on goal, actually 256 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:00.960 I think there were three. I think Brad Gazan had 257 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:04.480 two comfortable saves and there was one comfortable save for 258 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:08.240 Luis Barrazza. This is not good enough for two teams 259 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:10.320 that are trying to get into playoff picture in the 260 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:14.519 Eastern Conference. It was not a good match and the 261 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:17.600 level has to go up, especially on the attacking side. 262 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:21.159 As Atlanta gets ready to go to Toronto on Saturday, 263 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.879 the unified team will be playing in Toronto as well. 264 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.440 We'll have that broadcast for you earlier in the day 265 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:31.000 on Saturday, followed by Atlanta United and Toronto FC on 266 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:34.600 Saturday Night. Plenty more to come this week about that 267 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:37.919 one Club World Cup. The semi finals have been confirmed. 268 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.919 Flamenense will play Chelsea on Tuesday. PSG will play Real 269 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:45.159 Madrid on Wednesday. Both will be at MetLife Stadium in 270 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:48.240 New Jersey. PSG are seen as the favorites to win 271 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.720 the competition by Opta, almost forty percent chance of winning it, 272 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.080 fifty nine percent chance of advancing to the final over 273 00:14:56.279 --> 00:15:02.480 Real Madrid Chelsea. They have a very wrong chance of 274 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:06.120 defeating Fluminense according to OPTA, which I'm not so sure 275 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:09.559 of that, but they also then are a thirty three 276 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:12.159 percent chance of winning the competition eighty one percent chance 277 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:16.320 of reaching the final over Flaminense according to OPTA's prediction model. 278 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:19.080 The final match here in Atlanta was one of the 279 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:21.919 best you will see anywhere. PSG advanced with a two 280 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:24.200 zero win over Byron in front of over sixty six 281 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:27.679 thousand fans. We talked about it on our Atlanta Soccer 282 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:31.440 Tonight special, but more has come out since. I was 283 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:35.759 disappointed with the booing of gian Luigi Donna Ruma in 284 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:38.039 the second half from Byron fans. I was even more 285 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.840 disappointed with the comments that came out of the mixed 286 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:44.799 zone later and they were very targeted in terms of 287 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.840 how they were delivered because our own John Nelson was 288 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.399 downstairs and these were not delivered in English. They were 289 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:55.960 delivered to German media. Manuel Neuer and Byron sporting director 290 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.080 Max Eberill. They I don't think they really attempted to 291 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.320 blame Joan Luigi Dona Roma. They absolutely blamed Donna Ruma 292 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:07.039 for the injury on Jamal Muciala. It was extremely out 293 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:08.919 of place for the sporting director to be in the 294 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:12.840 mix zone after the match. For one two. I think 295 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:15.519 it was very unfair for Neuer to try to take 296 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:19.639 credit for Donna Ruma going to say anything to Musiala 297 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.360 after the incident. I guess at halftime, I don't know 298 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.200 what kind of credit you're trying to take for that, 299 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:27.879 And it was very unfair for both of them to 300 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:31.279 blame Donna Ruma in this situation and to act like 301 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:36.919 he didn't care. That's absolutely not fair and I thought 302 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:41.159 very poor form from Noyer and Everel to do that. 303 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.720 I was honestly shocked at the sporting director was speaking 304 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:47.919 about it after the match and did not expect to 305 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:52.559 see that from Manuel Neuer, who has been a goalkeeper 306 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:57.679 who has been very aggressive in plays in his own career, 307 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.960 and I don't think he would really apreciate being questioned 308 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:03.840 in a moment like that, especially when it was blatantly 309 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.079 obvious to anyone watching the broadcast or anyone in the 310 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:10.240 building that Donna Rumo was one hundred percent affected once 311 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:14.559 he saw the severity of the injury. Reports have come 312 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:18.680 out since that he has spoken to the club psychologist 313 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:23.599 for support. Just don't like to see finger pointing in 314 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:27.119 a moment like this when it's a soccer accident. It's 315 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:29.079 a shame for Jamal Musciali. He's going to be out 316 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:31.000 for a long period of time, suffered a broken leg 317 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:34.559 and a dislocated ankle in the incident. But the blaming 318 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:38.799 of Donna Ruma afterwards I thought was extremely out of place, 319 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:41.319 and frankly, it's not something that I expected from a 320 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.720 club like Bayern Munich. I did not expect to see 321 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:48.319 or hear that from them and their sporting director going 322 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:51.119 to the mix zone to speak on it afterwards is 323 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:56.359 honestly really shocking and I'm surprised hasn't been talked about more. 324 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.000 Let's get into silly season because there's a whole bunch 325 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:02.000 of updates is by no means all of it. Things 326 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:05.279 that are bubbling up as we speak. Arsenal they have 327 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:10.720 gotten the deal done for Martin Zubin Zubimindi from Orel Sosiadad. 328 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:12.759 It's going to be about seventy six and a half 329 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:16.240 million dollars higher than the release clause, but by spending 330 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:19.000 more they'll be able to pay it in installments rather 331 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:22.160 than one lump sum. They have also agreed to personal 332 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:26.240 terms with Chelsea's winger Noni Madoweke, twenty three years old. 333 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:28.200 He's given the green light to the move. No club 334 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:31.680 to club talks between Arsenal and Chelsea yet. Arsenal are 335 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:37.000 also in advanced talks with Sporting in Portugal for Victor Yulkaris, 336 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:40.559 twenty seven year old striker. It's not done, the situation 337 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:44.000 is progressing. Personal terms are in place for a proposed 338 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:48.440 five year deal. The Swedish international wants to go to Arsenal. 339 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.599 If they get all these deals done, they have to 340 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:55.720 be a major contender for major trophies this year. There's 341 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.519 no way around it. And I've talked a lot over 342 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:01.119 the years about Mikhael Artet and I think at times 343 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:04.359 the unfair criticism that he has dealt with at Arsenal, 344 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:09.039 sometimes from his own fans. This changes it for me. 345 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:12.160 The issue has been that he has done as much 346 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:14.680 as he could reasonably do with the talent that he 347 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:18.279 has had at his disposal. If he gets Yolkaris, if 348 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:22.799 he's gotten Zubi, MINDI, if he gets Mattawaki, along with 349 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:26.559 any other moves that they make, they have to pay 350 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:30.319 that off with trophies this year, and that puts you 351 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:36.200 into the conversation of FA Cup, Premier League, Champions League trophies. 352 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:39.279 We'll see if Arsenal can get it done. Chelsea might 353 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:42.759 sell Mattawaki. They have confirmed the signing of Jamie Geitttens 354 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:46.920 from Barusha Dortmund fee of forty eight point five million 355 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:51.240 pounds potential add ons as well Tottenham Hotspur. They have 356 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:54.400 failed with their initial bid of fifty million pounds for 357 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:59.440 West Ham midfielder forward Mohammed Kudus. We'll see if that 358 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.960 goes up over time. Callum Wilson, he is leaving Newcastle. 359 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.920 He said all good things must come to an end. 360 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:08.720 After confirming he will leave contract expired. They couldn't agree 361 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:11.039 to a new deal. Forty nine goals and one hundred 362 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:14.279 and thirty matches for Newcastle thirty three years old. Will 363 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:17.519 be curious to see where Callum Wilson ends up next season. 364 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:20.599 Fresh from the Club World Cup, Igor jay Esus his 365 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:23.799 transfer from both the Fogo to Nottingham Forest. It's complete. 366 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:26.880 It's been a wild year for Igor jay Esus. He 367 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:30.839 was in the Middle East, won the Copa Debertadores with Botafogo, 368 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:33.680 came in as a backup, ended up taking the starting role. 369 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:36.440 He's broken into the Brazilian national team. He was a 370 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:39.880 start the Club World Cup and now he's headed to Forest. 371 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:43.960 Speaking of Botafogo, after firing ran out to Paiva, they 372 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:48.200 have hired David Ancelotti in his first managerial role. Yes, 373 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:50.880 he is Carlos's son. He's been his assistant at Real Madrid. 374 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:53.240 Most recently. He was in the running for the job 375 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:57.759 at Rangers this summer, didn't get it. Reports have suggested 376 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:02.839 that Paiva's departure was largely due to disagreements over team 377 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:08.400 selection and the tactics with club owner John Texter. Texter 378 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:11.599 wanted a more aggressive style to play. He wasn't happy 379 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.039 with the one zier loss to Paul Mettis in the 380 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:18.599 Club World Cup knockout stage. Paiva started three defensive midfielders 381 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:23.359 in that match, reportedly against John Texter's wishes. Piva himself 382 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.680 has attributed the sacking to his refusal to accept John 383 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:31.480 Texter's interference in team matters. We'll see if David Ancelotti 384 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:34.599 is ready to manage that side of things, and John 385 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:37.720 Texter might need to interfere more on the financial side 386 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:41.319 of things. And I don't know pay his transfer fees 387 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:44.039 that he has agreed to with clubs like I don't 388 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:47.839 know Atlanta United, as a FIFA tribunal has told him 389 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:51.920 he has to or he's going to face a transfer ban. 390 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:55.119 And we're getting close to that time when things were 391 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:56.759 supposed to be paid, and I don't know if they 392 00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:59.920 have been paid, because John Texter also has the issue 393 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:03.359 with trying to find one hundred million euro for Leone 394 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:06.960 to prevent them from being relegated. Good times all the 395 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:09.839 way around for the Eagle football group. Rodrigo de Paul, 396 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:12.039 his name is coming up a lot right now. This 397 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:15.359 has been going on a weekend. Now it's being added 398 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.519 to by Fabrizzio Romano, but it was Michelle Kaufman of 399 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:23.079 the Miami Herald, who reported first that Miami is chasing him, 400 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:27.200 maybe it's better to say Michellekaufman confirmed that Inter Miami 401 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:30.920