Europe in the Mud | The Beautiful Pod
00:04Welcome to the beautiful pod. It's Adam Friedland. I'm joined by CR. We go through all the games. It's been a crazy world cup. I'm alsojoined by two Norwegian fellas friends of mine Erlin Morch, a comedian andMimir Christensen, who's a member of parliament, I guess. I didn't know who's a member of parliament until like midway through the game.I guess you like see the president at the supermarket when you live there and stuff. It's like 12 people and somehow they're amazing at sports.but yeahalso Chris and I just are going tobreak down the games from yesterdayI think yesterday was shocking
00:40I think it's been shocking and I think Americahas given us the best World Cupof all time happy birthday250 years guys you're welcomeI hope we're no one'sgonna thank us no one's gonna thank usbut anyway please enjoy the showthe beautiful pod is brought to you by
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02:26The Axis powers dead. The United States has given the world the best World Cup of all time,and we don't even care about soccer. Once again, our president, Donald Trump has proven him wrong.He's done a remontata. Every time we doubt him, every time we doubt him, he's theCarlo Ancelotti of world leaders.How are you feeling right now?It's so good.Happy 250, brother.Honestly, honestly, on our 200, if General Washington were here to see, to see penalties.
02:56To see us put on the greatest World Cup of all time.And deliberately, honestly, I'm not going to say that I'm not going to buy into it.But like, it would be very easy to manipulate, like, off sides, like replays.just to move the guy a little bit.Uh-huh.Right, and it would be very easy to have like a little remote controland whatever the stupid new ball is.Yeah.
03:20That's like a little bit like, yeah, let's just make it go up a little bit on a header.I'm not going to say that.I don't want anyone to go crazy because I don't believe in conspiracies.But, okay, yesterday was one of the best days of ball in such a long time.I'm so happy.I have a vacation from thinking about Arsul.For one second I thought about Arsul the other day.And it made me so mad because Carlo played.
03:41Martin Elliott at nineand then I was like I hate Arsenalbut guess whatwe have been having quite the summerit's been I thinkthe World Cup sometimesdazzling it sucks it's been dazzlinglet's be honest the World Cup like you build it up
03:55too much in your mind and then the game suckedyeah and it's also just like I've neverI don't have like clearmemories of the last time the Cup was hereand it's like to be able to watchfootball from 10 to 10 is nutsGermany has not won a knockout game sinceMario Goetza
04:10Do you know that?It's the last time they won.Spain, although this might change soon,has not won a knockout gamesince they won the World Cup.And Italy has not wona knockout game since they won the World Cup.They also are not in this World Cup at all.
04:27Well, so it's four more years.Okay. Yesterday's biggest winner,let's play the clip.You want to ban our national flags,but we're going to wave you goodbye.Yes.And we'll look forward in the future.to working with you as sovereign.
04:44Now, Chris, you know I'm a fence sitter.If you disobey the rules, you get...Okay, shut up, Europe.Okay, I'm a fence sitter, but I think,thank God our boys, the three lions are notin Europe anymore and subject to this Europeancatastrophe.Thank God, England will be the only team immune
05:03to the Europe aside that we've seen in this tournament so far.Germany are out.The Netherlands are out.Two great powers of society.soccer. How are you feeling about this?They both abandoned their principles.I agree. They bothabandoned their own footballing
05:18identities and they got what they deserved.Germany needs to be boringand a machine and we hate them and thebad guys. Italy isn't even in the World Cup.They're supposed to be cheatersand defensive and rude.Anytime they've been tryingto make the countries that are supposed to be the bad guys
05:34and boring, modern and interesting,it fails.Yeah, look what happened to them during penalties.you had Kimich have to go up to Guretskato beg him to take pens.Why did you play for pensif nobody wants to hit pens?Well, let's be honest, they did
05:50win that game.Let's be honest.But fuck off Julian Nagel's,but I think what we're seeing is the pep effect right now.We're seeing so many guys,tactical modern coachesthat think that they could do it like pep.Look at him. He's wearing fucking fear of God.
06:07He's wearing off white.Just have some respect.Also, like, I think, I mean, I don't want a body shame, but he's putting on a little weight.He has, actually.I don't want to body shame either.I'm not in very good shape, but, like, I find this outfit odd from a man who wants todress like a runner's felt.Yeah.
06:24He's dressed like Russ in 2013, not even like a new Russ.He's wearing harem pants and shutter shade sunglasses, like the heatles.That's also like a G-shock watch from.When is that from?That's, like, the biggest G-shock watch I've ever seen.Yeah, from middle school.I mean, what does he think?Who does he think he is?
06:41He tried to do the pep thing where he's like,I'm going to fuck with the tactics so muchthat I'm going to go hipster 4-42,which is,it was a narcissistic 4-42, right?It wasn't a proper 4-4-2.He's like, I'm going to start Undav and Kai up front,and guess what?
06:57I'm going to be so modernthat I'm going to be from the olden days, right?And guess what?You fucking lost and you fucking failed.And guess what, Kimmich put him in the fucking midfield.Like, genuinely.Like, I don't understand.There's a thing that happens in football where modern tactical coaches don't understand the difference.
07:17And I was saying this to Clivenelli in the last episode between that and tournament football.And really, in reality, what we see is like PEP spent 5 billion pounds, walk the league, what, seven times, six times, just walk the league.And then what?His brain exploded in every Champions League.Yeah.Every Champions League final, he would do this thing where he'd go into a layer and he'd be at like the map of.Europe and you'd be like this is how wejust we make everyone
07:44Germany and like it wouldfail every single time he'd be in a bunkerin Berlin with a gun okaygenuinely speakingI it is so sad I've turned into Emperor Palpatine thistournament I want to see any type ofmodern approach punished I wasreally hoping that Komen would do
08:02the Neanderthal travel yesterdayand it almost workedhe almost pulled it offby playing a backfive with one of the most talented teams in the tournament who was scoring at will in the in the groupstages wearing that shirt what was that shirt how tight was that shirt i mean i think her him andnot has been should have switched shirts they should have switched shirts yeah i know i think it'sherr vernard has thrown everything into chaos it's honestly just have effortless chill fashion like
08:33pep and seriously pep has ruined it everyone was wearing arson vanger three-piece suits and then pep came inwith just a hoodie and everyone's like, wow.He's got like an effortless style,kind of like Shia LeBuffet and hisvintage T-shirt chopping game.That's exactly what people think.And you can't do it.You can't do it like the goat, right?
08:52I mean, honestly, the hipstersare in the mud. They're crying into their,look, this is the kit that everyonethat was celebrating,yes, they're crying into their Phil Fodenex-Noel Gallagher kits.How atrocious is that dog shit kid?How bad is that?
09:10It's terrible.It's terrible.Offensive.Is this real or is this just like a drop that somebody did?It's the no, they did a collabo with Noel Gallagher to make a, make a special kit forfor Sidion.He was on drugs or something when he made it, apparently.That's what Rockers do.
09:30Listen, the lesson here is you can't play a hipster four for two, all right?Here's another lesson that I wanted to bounce off you.Go ahead.Do you think that Germany's failings have anything to do, as I've seen, kicked around online, with the idea that Byron is no longer building for them?Like that Byron is no longer developing.International.Their whole set.No, but Byron's buying like cane and they've got like, you know, they're like buying from all over the world now rather than just making the national team.
09:59And it used to be like Dortmund and Byron pretty much prop that, that whole national side up, right?That whole league is so annoying to me, right?The fact that Levindovsky could be at Dortmund and then go to them, it's a mafiakickback scheme.I know.Like, why would, why does everyone let the best team just take all their players?And why is that okay?Why do they give them like applause and stuff like that?
10:23It's one fucking team.Like, literally, like, if, uh, in any other league, if someone goes from, I mean, we knowthe names of the people that have gone from Rail Madrid to Barcelona or vice versa.Right.If somebody goes from like the thunder to the warriors or something like that, that wouldbe weird.Granted,Dormand is not
10:40anywhere nearlike thecompetitive parodyof,Dormant and Byronobviously,but it's justeveryone is
10:47sucking one team's,uh,I'm too graphicon this show.Everyone is justgobbling one team'sbut it's just likewhat is the point
11:01of the league?Like,why are you likeWolfs were goingout there to try that year?Because everyone's justgoing to kick backtheir best players
11:07to the number of a team.And yes,I do think that there are, like, probably, that is, like, an answer,that there are probably more international players on.I think there is something to that.But, like, German players go abroad now, too.Yeah.Italian players used to not go abroad, if you remember.
11:25Like, it used to be rare for, like, you know, DeChanio's, like,I'm going to bring racism to West Ham.Right.Yeah, you brought it.They didn't.He's going to, I'm going to do just the Romans.I'm going to do the thing that Elon Musk didn't do.At the whatever the, okay.
11:41No, I mean, it's just like, yeah, it was more rare.Like, Podolsky, I remember, was like one of the only Germans.I guess, like, what's his name?Was on Chelsea.What's the face, Sam?Andrea Sherlock.Scherler.Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:53Cleansman on Spurs.Yeah, Cleansman.It was, like, very rare.I think now German players are like going abroad more often.Yeah, I think the issue, once again, is Europe and the European Union.And thank God.Thank God we got out of that.No, I think that there is something to that perhaps.
12:13Yeah, like a team having chemistry and all playing the same systemdoes naturally translate over to a national side.I guess English players used to not go abroad as much too.Like Michael O.Not as much, but now it's interesting to look at that Byron teamand see Luis Diaz, Harry Kane, Alfonso Davies,different guys from different countries playing in that starting 11.And I wonder whether or not there's a trickle-down effect.
12:36you're saying like a more pure German...That's not what I meant.Is that what you're saying, Chris?You want it to be like cleansed of...What were you saying?You know what I blame.You know what I blame.Okay?
12:51I'm just kidding.The rabbis.No, I mean, they're probably in something to that.I...Just to mention the South African match was like really satisfying to me.And I'm like so proud of them as a team.Did my parents come from there and stuff?Because it was like a rebuilt roster.
13:09It was supposed to be like a terrible team,but they all play in the same league together,like the domestic league.I think they only had like five or six players abroad, right?So they did speak the same kind of tactical language.That's how that league plays.And there is something to like that being a thing.Spain has always had that advantage too
13:29because they all came from Spanish academiesand they all kind of like, you know,like La Mesao was obviously very dominant.So I think there is something.to be said about that.Yeah, in Belgium, they all went abroad.I mean, that's true.So you're saying that we just, like, basically have to reclaim identities of European.
13:47All I'm saying is that I think that that German national team relied heavily onByron, and I don't know if they're doing player development like they used to.And also, a lot of people are like, Nagelsman doesn't look under every rock for good players.Like, Noglesman basically goes and watches, like, Dortmund and Byron.Now, this is just what D.E. Haman said.Like, I have no idea how Nogles would spend his time.It's a little bit hysterical of a response.Like, they won that match, basically.
14:13Also, fuck Klopp.I mean, like, did you see Yergen Klopp's...He wants that job?No, he said, no.Well, first of all, that'd be...The boys would die for him.I lost my head from...Yeah.
14:24First of all, yeah, Clop says,if that's a disallowed goal,then Arsenal wouldn't be the English champions.They scored 60% of their goals like that.What does that have to do with Arsenal?We're a lot.loser team. We're losers.We lost 8-2 at Old
14:40Trafford. They're acting like we're freaking likewe're like, I don't know,I-Ax in the 70s.Like, we stink.And everything, the world revolves.Okay, anyway, back tocut that.Listen, I, no, I think they lost
14:57because less about likethe makeup of like their, I guesstheir dominant club team, but like, I thinkit's more so that they probablya KG group stage matchprobably eked it out to 1and they probably shouldn't have startedan egotistical like put my nuts on the table
15:14kind of like, why am I so gross?No, you're right.They shouldn't have gone to start the match.It was just a narcissistic lineup.Like bring on Undav like at 60.But Klop got a nagelsman's head about Undov.Like I feel like that that was a little bitlike too much chatter coming from the back seat.
15:32Look at the outfit.Look at the stupid lineup.everyone want to be pepbut they're they're not builtthat way he's trying to do effortlessfashion he's trying to do ridiculouscounterintuitive i'm going to surprisethem lineups america beat this team
15:47four one americaokay relax you're germanyyou had the Kaiseryou know who stillyou know who still wears the desert fuckdo you know who still wears suits to the matchand who knows where to put the guysin order to get results
16:03who's that the don't that the don't thank youThank you very much.Thank you very much.And you know who starts lineups where Casamero looks like perhaps one of the worst playersI've ever seen for the first half?And then just does the rem and Tata in the second half all over again.How many times have we watched this?And I mean, yeah, this is, I've become.
16:22We're talking Brazil and Japan, obviously.I want to see the hipster's hearts broken over and over again.I liked Japan.But I was happy that the people that were like,they're a tournament, dark horse.Yeah, they fucking beat Spain in the last.World Cup. You're not like, you're not, you're not, you're not like the, uh, let merun like they. They beat Spain in the last World Cup. It's not that fucking wild of a pick.
16:46We all like them. They're cool. They're Japan. They do, like, yeah, they're, they're fashion.It's the same thing as Morocco. Morocco is actually like a really, really good World Cup team at thispoint. They made the semi-final. Yeah. Like, right. And people are acting like they discoveredMorocco. And it's just my insecurity about being an American that likes footie. But,But I want to see everyone that thinks that they know ball, just destroyed and sad.And I just want to see Messi score as many goals as possible.And I want to just see it.Do you get a lot of text from people who are watching, like, never watch football?
17:17And then all of a sudden you get a text that's like, wow, great cross.No, because I'm having issues with a lot of the people in my life.Listen, Nagelsman, it was a narcissistic lineup.and for some reason he didn't start like he didn't start like like why put him at right back who who is there liketerrifying left-winger that you need Kimmage to be starting a right-back why can't you have one of yourbest midfielers playing in midfield it's just it's it's it's like he thinks he's pep righthe thinks he's like when Kinsello was was the best player on on their team that year andAnd Concello said, I'm the best fullback in the world.
18:03He sold him in January just to say, I'm the best coach of all time.You're nothing.You're in material.There's like, Calvin folks, there's so many guys Pep bought that he was just like,and now you're exiled after buying for $80 million.It's just bragging.It's literally just bragging to show how good you are.Pep's like, I'm going to win the league with six-eight's playing.
18:21I'm not going to have a striker.Everyone's going to be a central midfielder,and it's going to be confounding and so frustrating.And you're going to lead, I'm going to say after you lose.5-0 that the other team were so good they're so so so good they're an amazing team thatI'm gonna be so complimentary of your of your team that just lost you must play withcourage it's gonna hurt worse let me tell you Nagelzman I want to give you a lessonlisten what do I know but this is what you can't do a hipster 4-4-2 if you are
18:51employing a 4-42 you have to first of all recognize that you are not him okayyou used to eat worms at training and that's why you've got such a grantly voice I meanYeah, yeah.Well, no, it's a fact.I did.I also smoke exhaust pipes, as I've been told in the past,that's what makes my throat like this.I have gravel for breakfast.
19:12That was another thing.So then three combined, often are the things I usedto keep this voice sounding how it is.If you play a 4-4-2, you have to stand for something.Yeah.You have to shave your head and have a goatee.The short chin pants have no tackles to be fair.And even a semi-bud tackle in a game,
19:32Now, it's like the world's gonna end.They're wearing these shimp pads.I mean, my phone's not smaller.My rule was, wear what you play,you have to wear shin pads.But now what they do, so to get around the rule,they put a bit of, like, sponge in their shitin that big, literally, that thing.
19:44I can go, I got my shin pads on.I'm like, you want to prove a point that much, right?That you're gonna put a bit of sponge in your shoe.And they've got designer ones, you know?Like, I've especially made with picture their family.I'm not, I'm not as far.Can I see the picture of their family?Oh, you know, oh, look, it's my family.
20:01Like, what, you really need to him in the shin pads?I need to wear what it's socks, really?What's the medical reason?Because I got, I don't know.Cutting the holes in the back.Oh, goodness me, John.I can tell all this now,because when you're with a team,
20:12yeah, yeah, I can see why you're going to.Can you just wear some normal socks?I can't possibly play todaybecause I didn't have my holes cut in the back of my socks.I mean, come on.Honestly, Johnny sometimes.I like, just play.Thank you.
20:28This is what it takes to start a 4-4-2 lot.You have to be a guy that, like,literally has a player like a like a Ben Me style playergive someone a career ending like multiple fracturelike compound fracture with the bone is sticking out of your leg and saying likeI think he was going for the ball and he wasn't wearing big enough shin pads yeahand he has to be like I didn't see it I'm gonna have to watch if Sean Deich if we replacelawless with Sean Deish would you just DVR every Fox studio show and watch it for the rest
21:00of your life it would be inside if it was Latan Tieri and Sean DiceBut literally what we're ignoring is that Zlatan is just as insane.I know.Lallis is so abject that we're missing the fact that Zlatan is just literally just out of his mind insane.He thinks that he's like Stephen Seagall or something.Like, you have, okay, if you play 4-4-2, you can never learn how to pronounce a single foreign player's name on your roster.You have to literally, you have to, you have to wear the poppy 12 months a year and talk.about the boys that died in World War I in the trench. How terrible of a war was that? It was just
21:40awful. They were just sitting there. You want to do this now? No, okay. You have to be in a minimum ofsix relegation battles in the Midlands. You have to be, wait, you have to be in like a bottomthree side, fired from that bottom three side immediately picked up by another bomb three side.You have to manage wolves and Southampton in the same year.and Burnley.And Burnley, yeah.Yeah, yeah.But you never leave your house.
22:08Like, you're always in, like, somewhere in the middle of the country,traveling to those, yeah.You have to replace Nuno Espirito Santo as a manager.Yeah.You have to be sacked so many times.Just sacked, right?Like, you have to, like, you have to hit this penalty.Play it.
22:27You have to be able to.I just from a chill and twist the line.Kissed on to myself.Hold on a lot.You drive me crazy, surely.You have to stand for something, Nagelsman.It's not FIFA, okay?It's not FIFA.
22:41You have to eat for breakfast,eat a curry for breakfast and minimum for none.You have to claim that something you said on TalkSport,you didn't realize had a history behind itand was hurtful to a group of people.Yeah, you didn't realize it was being broadcast.This has to be your birds.Is that actually Daisha's old lady,
23:03or is this just like an amalgamation?No, I think that's,Dwight York, Dwight York's lady.Okay.Who's apparently quite around Manchester, the ladiesman.Okay, you have to go on this vacation.Okay, this is the vacation you have to go on.You have to go on Thomas Cook.com and order this vacation package.
23:22Look at how insane it.I don't understand how they could, what food are they serving them?Can you put it on screen?This blows my mind.Okay, to me.They used to sponsor Spurs.I'm made.Okay.
23:3510 minute walks in the beach.Okay, 2994 pound total, total, okay, to Greece, okay?Including meals and flight.What meals are they giving you on this vacation?What are you eating?Yeah.They hand you an octopus when you get off the plane and they're like, this is it.This is three squares.
23:59They have a water park.There is not a single Greek person there.And a lazy river is just filled with people.piss just filled withSo your larger pointis that if Noglesman wantedto play 4-4-2, he neededto have gone through this initiation process.
24:16He needed a hazing.A hundred thousand percent.He needed to go to Sean Dice U.Yeah, you have to haveviolent criminals on your teeth.You have to have like justlike just with the spikestwo-footed, like there has to be a bone
24:31coming out of like another player's legand you have to claim that he was going for the ball.Adam, I got to tell you.you man, a reality TV showwhere Continental managersgo to Sean Deich finishing campwhere they show up wearing Unigloand they leave wearing like
24:45just Sergio Tuccini track suits.They would never be able tofind a single person to be in it because the game'sgone. The game's gone.It's just him and Carlo left.That's it. And Carlos Kiroz.Okay. It's pathetic.They lost to a team
25:02that lost to America for one.They should be ashamed of themselves.They actually did win that game,and it is, they,Freddy, fuck off forever.Nagel's been fuck off,and Freddie,fuck off,
25:15enjoy traveling back to your country,which isn't,is in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.Okay.Paraguay's a gaffer, though,he's got bars.Did you see, like,he was just, like,
25:26we come from the red dirt.What's that?Yeah, he was like,we played on the red dirt.They play in, like,Tony Academies.Like, he was really,he made it about something.
25:37I love that.They used to say that about Louis Diazabout how he played it on a dust pitch.Yeah.I love that.He came from dust.He's like Adam.He came from the...
25:49He's like the...He's like Ganja.He came from Dyer.Okay, wait.All right.Let's get to Brazil, Japan.Again, I'm rooting against teamsI want to have win, right?
25:58I like Japan better.But I want people, like, to learnthat tournament footballis a brutality.especially in the knockouts.And no one is better suited for it than Don Carlo,who literally looks like he didn't give a team talk.He literally looks like he does.
26:15He looks like he doesn't react to a single goal.You cannot react to a goal if you want to go 4-4-2.You cannot celebrate a goal at all.It's goaded.And also just the fact that all he does is put guys in the right position.It is his brilliance is he's like,Jude plays here.Martinelli plays here.
26:34Pierlo plays there.Like, that's what he does.It's the aura.I mean, yeah, he did it.Like, he moved caca.I mean, Martinelli playing nine reminded me of how much I fucking hate Arsenal.I hate Arsenal.The best part about the Martinelli goal was the dudes around him being like, that's going in.
26:55Like, Rand was just like, as soon as he passed to Bruno, he was like, it's in.He was, like, turned his back on it, like, Steph.He had 15 and 5.19 years old.Yeah.Let's just play my favoriteMarninelli clip.Gabriel Martinelli
27:10Raghzad in the storyGabriel.Oh, Matinelli.Okay, listen,I'm so happy for Gabby.He's been a loyalplay.I've watched him for the last five years.
27:28The debate was Saka or Gabby.Now Saka is dead.Can we stop playing him?I just, the whole world's watching.They're going to think he'sbad no he's like he's being so selfless for England it's like breaking my heartit's also like he's up against your boy for the right wing spot so it's likenoone is pushing it doesn't matter doesn't matter this was one of the coolest
27:47things in the Brazil game was earlier in the match cunia had kind of done likesettled down too small to one of the Japanese players and done fivechampionships to him but then after the match he did this that's sportsmanshipdog I think it's the second time the last game yesterdayThat's a plant, man.That's not real.It's like when Trump won, that one lady.Oh my God, it's Sepaku.
28:19No, poor guy.The Japanese will be back.They're incredible team.Like, they play, like, beautiful ball.They were better in that game.Once again, we learned our lesson.Never count out Carlo.Genuinely speaking, like,
28:33Gabby Martinelli,in that goal.Like, he,he genuinely, like,took his moment brilliantly.I love him as a player.And also, both of our Gabby's,we had a Gabby assistant at a Gabby.
28:46That was a beautiful cross.There's got to be,like, a hard cap on how many timesyou can talk about Arsenalin one podcast episode.Okay, cut all the Arsenal.Then this episode is like two minutes long.No, genuinely actually cut the arsenal.
29:00I mean it.No, that was too many.It was a good note.Guys, let's go to Morocco, Netherlands.I was, Ronald Kuman,I think out of all ofthe Neanderthals, the dumbest one.Yes.
29:14Isn't it weird, they used to have a village idiot?They were like, this is our idiot.Does that mean, like, the whole community was like, yeah, that's ourboy, the fucking idiot, dude.Yeah, that's Steve, the idiot.He's the, I mean, literally, this was not aback five of hipsterdom.See, this is a clear distinction we have to draw.
29:34Cooman did it.It was the product of an imbecile, right?And once again, like you were saying before,the teams need to reclaim their identities.They have to be doing Croifters.They can't be a back five Netherlands.I'm sorry.This is my favorite thing about the cup,
29:49especially when you get to the knockoutsand the teams are like,we actually are like,we maybe have a little bit of a chance here,is that when they lose,the fucking national teams detonate.Like, they don't, they're not like,oh, we left it all in the field.
30:03That was really hard.They're like, fuck my coach,fuck these fans, fuck my teammates.Like, they all go nuts.And Kimmich was just basically like,I play with a bunch of betas.And then for the Netherlands,it was like, De Jong and everybody after the game
30:18was like, our coach sucked.That was a bad idea.Dude, we said it before the tournament.We all knew it.When Veg Horse came on, though,I'm like, this is going to bea moron, like, treble.I think we're going to just sweep yesterday.
30:32I was like, I was like,They're about to do it again because they have that psychopath.Like six foot, what is he?Six, six, six or something?Yeah.He's a, he's a psycho.And the way he looks is insane.You can see his skull.
30:45You know what you see a person?You're like, that's a, you know what his skull looks like?Vegors is one of those kind of guys.When he put Kukminers in and subbed him in at left, center back, and he's a 10,I'm pretty sure he didn't know the positions that the players played.I'm pretty sure that he literally forgot.Like mid-tournament.It's, it's, uh, listen.
31:08Frankie's amazing.Dude, fucking, what's his name?West Ham?Umberville.Cresencio, Somerville ran literally 120 minutes and was just like, uh,Cody Sprint.Yakpo tried like to everything he could.He scored, coming off the back of personal tragedy.
31:24It was like they, they had to, it was like, they were so set up for like a storybookwin there and he just, he just really screwed them up.Comen's really screwed.screwed him up. He stinks. The Mexican fans were booing the Netherlands because they lost to themin the round of 16, like what, 12 years ago? No, that was recently. 12 years ago. Oh, 12, 14.What the hell? Like, just relax, guys. Like, please. Can Eltree to make the second round of the knockouts,please? Can El Tree just like, just come on. You're going to, by the time this episode goes up,they are going to be strolling.
32:03Okay, yeah, they willOkay,speaking ofMeltdowns, national team meltdowns,the response of South Korean news,Korean news to their team's responsewas in insanity.Yes, they...
32:21Those are like...Just like, literally,first of all,I thought it was a different kind ofEast Asian cinema at first.And I was,because you know they blur out that.Yeah.
32:41And I finished.What about the airport?And I did finish.All right.Listen, it's a little bitcarried away.This man, they're blurring out of his facelike he's like an ice agent or something.
32:58Like, people know what he looks like.Yeah.I just think, like, yeah.I mean, it's a national tragedyfor these people.People are acting just like a,little bit yeah look at this you just to goit sounds terrible that's a long flight to get off of and have that be what's
33:22greeting you can't imagine if you got off an international flight I can'timagine fly back to Philadelphia and feeling like this 19 hours and then youreturn and you're like drowsy you're coming off and then literally just likethey're ready to just fucking kill you they're ready to okay anywaySam wanted us to mention our boy John Joe Shelby he's coming back thirddivision you a third division you a third divisionUAE.I was pretty into this story,
33:46but I have no ideawhat it has to do with the World Cup.I have no idea whyI said cut thisfour times and kept putting it back in.Okay, there was alittle bit more for the news roundup.Croatian man who went to the club.
33:58This is another great American cultureimmersion clip that I enjoyed.That's also great.I don't know.The coolest thing that I sawThere's a clip of Maradona in 2018 when he talked about the US, the North American countrieswinning the bid and he predicted basically that this fourth quarter like format would like be a thing.There was another news very
34:29very important, the World of Canada,States, and Mexico.He's wearing two watches?I don't like.Absolutely.It's very great.That's not from last night.The United
34:45are goodskis, skisskis,all what they want.The Americanswanted todo, youremember,
34:59fourtwo relax.Four, fourtime of 25for the publicity,you know,that wetalked.
35:06The goat.The absolutegoat.Christ,finally,Chris, Iguess we'lldo the section
35:13thatwanted to do you wanted to do the sexy ladies of the World Cup section I guess soso you were just for the sake of journalism yeah thanks for me you were sending methese things yeah yeah so I had Sam find sexy ladies of the World Cup all rightyou want to keep this moment come on come on we're gonna get in trouble for this no no no no no noyou got to play the clip at the end because that's the right now I'm seeing a woman withYeah, yeah, that's another lady.Oh, Chris, why do you want this on the show?
35:49Chris, why do you want this on the show?Oh, it's Africa, man.Okay, you go.Whoever's directing these love to, like, you know,cut away to a sexy lady during the broadcast,which to me is, like, a little bit like,I'm trying to watch the game.I can't be getting horny while the game's on.
36:06Like, just like, let me focus on the game.But, like, of course, it pales and comparison.The same guy, I think, B-in sports,that did the Martinelli thing, the horny brought, the same guy that does the Virgil Van Maguire,Upa Maguire, that guy, in the last World Cup, I believe, in Qatar, the best cutaway,this is the goat cutaway to sexy lady cutaway.Mushedia, mouazir to the menachab of the Russian.On a
36:38On a moreIn a loveI'm aLaughanBaleI'mB'all I'mMugher
36:47MyAughtMeMy MoryGirehI andAosOn a more
36:54seriousNo, let's getTo It'sIranThis weekendI foundmyselfwatching
36:59The mostDog ShitMatchI've everwatchedMy entireLifeWhich was
37:04Which wasAustriaversus Algeria.Of course, that was the matchthat determined the final slotin the third placeof the third place finishers.Throughout this tournament,
37:16like, I mean, we talked about Iran,but throughout this tournament,I think one thing that has become apparent.And let's actually hear from Teremi.But we complain about outside the football,because which is the details important in the football.As you know, recovery is important things.And a small detail,
37:36affect the football.And we just, we have hope, we have good energy in the dressing room, as I said.And we're looking forward and let's see what will happen tomorrow for the games.And there isn't, sorry, there is no word to about the games.Because we did our best during 90 minutes by this situation we had since the beginning till now.We are proud of ourselves.And if anything happened, it's by my responsibility because I lose the penalty.And if we pass the group stage, yeah, thank God.
38:15As you see, we play so good, I think, 90 minutes we fight.I think that the Iranian team obviously showed a lot of class.It was a very difficult situation they were walking into,which was they were walking into a tournament where they were playing in a country that they were at war with.and I think it showedincredible bravery in classthey were doing it for like the folks back homeand have some hope you know
38:38like there's beenthere was relentless bombingthe piece was negotiatedI guess with Trumpwhere hebut in the tournamentit seems to mepeople have taken issue
38:54with the offsideand the VAR decisionand I don't think that that is the right pointat the end of the Iran game of coursehe wasoff sides and also on the pitch it was declared offside so it wouldn't have been clear andobvious error even if you know like it that was that's not the right argument to make um i think whatwhat's more apparent is that um infantino kind of uh like uh you know bent the need to all of the demands
39:20of the trump administration and uh to the extent that he went into the iranian locker roomand apologized the players well i would just say this is a black guy on the tournament on the tournamentLike in the, for as much as it's been like a blast to watch this, like the treatment of the Iranian team has been like deplorable.The fact that Trump up until right before the start of the tournament was like threatening to remove them and replace them with Italy like by fiat, I guess.And I'm sure Infantino would have gone along with it, to be completely honest.And you look at like, for instance, Algeria and the way that they were welcomed into like Lawrence, Kansas.and it became like this huge community,like this community in Kansas embracing this team.
40:04Iran never had that chance.They never got that opportunity.They were getting flown out at 10 p.m. back to Mexico.They are very thankful for the Mexican fans,but like these guys had no shot.And the fact that they got as far as they did was amazing.Yeah, they had every disadvantage thrown their way.Like their support staff were not allowed entry into the country.
40:22They had to be evacuated to TJ basically after.Can you imagine how much more you'd hate Americalike staying in Tijuanajust like seeing likeyou see guys that were likethey were likejust clearly on Mollyjust like trying to find their friend
40:37who like got spookedduring like a donkey show or somethingcan you imagine like howit is the worst example of American behaviorlike guys named like Tyler and Kaiand yeahjust like the thing is thisthe failure was a failure in the format
40:51there are clips of Austriaafter the third Algerian goallike going likewhat are you doing?Yeah I thought we wereYeah, but although there's no translationas to what they were saying to each other, so I don'tlike, we can't really be
41:04Yeah, they were like this.Whatever that meant, yeah.Whether or not that there's the actualcollusion or not, it wasit was the most bizarre,unwatchable match I've seenever probably. It was like 60minutes of literally walking and
41:18then someone would getannoyed by it and then score and then theother team would go like balls to the walltry to equalize.It was just in terms ofan entertainment product it was like an insult to the fans but beyond that like the thingthat's really heartbreaking at the end of the day is that after uh who's it marres marres uh scored likescored an extra time for two minutes those players who have had such a shit experience like attending
41:49this world cup had like hope and uh thought that their nation had hope and that wasIt doesn't matter if it's a collusion.The thought of them and their hopes being crushed or dashed like that is really sad.This is something FIFA had done away with.I mean, I don't know whether it gives people any comfort to know that it's not particularly corrupt.It's just typically corrupt.You know, it's like this is kind of been something that's been corrupt the entire time.Echoes across the World Cup history and it's kind of the fabric of the tournament.
42:24It's what makes it such an maybe an interesting sporting.event to study historically is to look at stuff like this but like in 82 in this in Spain um ironicallyenough austria and west germany were playing in algeria going into the austria west germany match becauseusually all these final matches of the group should start at the same time so that there is no chanceof people being like oh it's like this so we're going to do that but algeria was in second place goinginto the last match between they had completed their final group stage match they were in second placebut they only had a zero goal difference.West Germany had a plus two.
43:01And West Germany and Austria playwhat is now known as the disgrace of Gijonwhere Germany scores earlyand then the two sides basically likehave a Sunday kickabout for 80 minutes.They play catch basically with their feet.And it's, you can still see footage of it on YouTube.It is grotesque.
43:19It is like 80, 82 year old plumberswould play more vertical football than these guys.And then, you know, like they have,to basically change the rules.I think until now, when they've introducedthis third place qualifier thing,where now it's all back intothis jackpot.
43:36Yeah, the point is that they wanted more gamesand they wanted to make more money, right?And that's what we're seeing.The stated purposeof FIFA is for footballdevelopment around the world. But likewhat this organizationreally is, is
43:52hey, we're going to get the best guysat sportsand we're going to make a tournamentand the whole world is going to watch itwe're going to get insane ratingsand oh how much is it going to costto get the best guys and it's freebasically it is
44:08basically they areit's such a good fuckingracket you knowbasically what they're doing is they're makingthe most popular thingand they're doing itbasically at thejust like it's
44:22it's brilliant in fact if you think ofin those terms.There was no attention paid to whether or notthis was actually going to work.And no one asked the question of like,oh, are the games going to suckif they know how many goals they needto qualify for third
44:38or how many goals like both teams needto get through the knockout stages?I think there are other games in this tournamentwhere people equally saidthat there was some funkiness.But not to get into it.No, but your point is really well takenbecause you could make the argument.
44:52I bet you could look at this tournamentas the ultra-televen.product. They're doing these hydration breaks that they're slamming in commercials for, and thethird place safety net that they established is probably there so that they can get as manymessy Mbapé, Holland, like global superstar matches. They didn't want these big stars to fallout after the groups. But they didn't actually need that. What they've created is like,what is the best thing about tournament sports, which is Cinderella stories. And they kind of,they really, they've really fumbled it in this way. Well, just,
45:24Or like what the corruption we used to see, I mean, when it comes to the tournament as a television project, our product, with the way that things are distributed these days, it wasn't like always that.It was usually like the host nation's dictator would be like tell the other team we're going to kill them.I mean, literally like in 78, there was a military hunt of the year before in Argentina.And Vidala, what he did was like him and Kissinger basically made a.a match-fixeda game.A lot of this wasn't on television.A lot of it was about like state
46:03propaganda.But him and Kissinger like enteredthe Peruvian locker room and gave a speechabout the topic of Latin AmericanBrotherhood.Basically they needed to win by four goals.Peru lost 6-0.Argentina made the final.
46:20And there's an understanding.I don't think it's true, but there was like maybesomeone has read it and said,I'm going to believe it's truethat Generalissimo Vidalawatched the finalwith Mr. Joseph Mengalawho I don't know who he is
46:37but I'm going to have to look into that.He was no angel.Can we be honest?And also, you know that Kroifdidn't go because his familywas being threatened.The Krois story is one of theall-time greatest, like,
46:49legends of football.The truth of this.I mean, like, it's always been, like,dirty, but like now that it's an entertainment product,and now that the global audience is like billions, right?They're maximizing the amount of money that they're getting for it,and they're not thinking about, like, the meaning of this to the people involved.I mean, and the meaning of this to the supporters, like, it means the reason people are doing this for,
47:13like, think of that the amount of money that PEP has had to spend to build a really good team, right?Right?The reason they're doing this, like, they're not getting paid.How much, Sam, can you actually look?up how much players are getting paidfor playing in the World Cup? It's about 75,000pounds a match. Maybe look it up, I want to see if you're right.Well, wait. That was amazing.
47:35Give it up for the boy. I mean, likethe amount that clubshave to spend on recruiting talent,they can do this because it means something to them toscore for their country, to play for their country.Yeah, so it's about 75,000 pounds,all included, permatch for everybody.
47:55For the entire team?That FIFA pays the national teams.Wait, so they, what's, what's, it's about 2,500 a player.And if you see that.Gabriel Martinelling, I paid 2,500 pounds.2,500.I mean, seriously, like, it's, it's, the reason they're doing this, because, like, they,I mean, these guys are on, like, like, 500,000 a week.
48:22How much is Holland on?I mean, it's reported at 500K, but.Yeah.we know how that works.Yeah, yeah.So he's on a million pounds a week.Like, you know, he's doing thisbecause it's meaningful to people
48:34and it's meaningful to countries.And what we saw was a country that, like,you know, I mean, they did double the...They did double...I mean, Trump just...Obama got one...gave $150 and Trump did $300.What a loser.
48:51Cut that.He's a friend of the show.No, I mean, like, seriously,they're giving it to a countrywhere, like,they'rethey fucking dashed the hopes of a countrywhere their players
49:02were bravely going toanother place that had bombeda school of girls and killedthem like it'sthe US and USSRdidn't attend one another's Olympicsduring a cold war like thatMaggie Thatcher was considering during the
49:18Falklands not going to the 82you know which was likeobviouslyyou knowthat's probablyThat was a big deal also.I mean, that's just for theseArgentines to
49:32think that they could invade ourbeautiful rock.I love that you're referring to this hour.We're doing it for king and country.Queen and country. But guess what?I literally found myself watching the most dog shit matchof all time because they meantit had like implications.
49:52I switched to Messi when they said to Mon.It just got so weird there at the end.for Algeria.I was refreshingFobb to seewhen Messey came onand then he gave us a goal.Okay.
50:04And now that's the only thingthat's making me feel loveis messy.And it's just likeI want to see every singleI want to see everyone hurt.Give me the five reasonsyou're still hype.
50:16Give me,because you got messy.Messy, Messy, Metsy, Matsy,you got John Carlo.Yeah, Carlo.Yeah, I want to seeCarlo win football.I want to see Messey.
50:25I just want to see Messey.I just want to see.I want to see this continue.I don't want to lose it.Honestly,Rinaldo, I want them to winand I want to continue to see him humanly.I got some great Rinaldo stats
50:38if you want to read themor if I can read them to you right now.I know we're doing like it.Okay.He's the first football in World Cup historyto go seven matcheswithout a successful dribble.That a successful dribble.
50:52He is, he's played the most minutesfor any outfield player.he has less touches than the opposition goalkeeper through 10 straight matches.He's never scored in the World Cup knockouts.You know, I don't know.Listen, I don't even feel that way.I kind of want him out because he ruined having a messy Ronaldo quarterfinalbecause they finished second.
51:15I think what I really want to see is like I really want to see yesterday just was insane.Right?Like the World Cup can be really, you could have huge expectations and it could be a real letdown.Like last final was the best final ever because it was the only one where it was like a bunch of goals, right?Usually it's Mario Goats in an extra time.Usually it's like watching paint dry.And like I want to, like it was wild.Like can you think of, speaking of tournament football, can you think of the last good championship final?
51:52Like I can't.I mean, we were talking about this the other day.bars a manchester united yeah well that was just because i'm missed man's man's man yeah i mean likegenuinely like uh this is not expected like seeing an insane paraguai like a penalty shootoutwhere everyone was missing where they like it was like a match point like uh basically it was liketennis they had two match points in a row they fucked it and then somehow they still lost they still wonand then seeing nagelsman like go home sad and seeing freddie sent to uh ciaa blackin uh in in Syria uh you know that that's I mean it's just it's been a lot of fun let me ask you
52:31so you're just talking about how we don't get Rinaldo messy in the what I think we quartersyeah and that Netherlands out Germany out we get robbed of Germany France so this is getting a littlelike a one of those tournament NCAA tournaments were like George Mason's in the final fourand there's a potential that right now we're reallyabout like things being fucked withand then France just walks it.Yes, that's either France walks itor we have just like a goofballs
53:02like final eight or final four.And I'm here for it. I want to seethe chaos. But sometimes you dojust want to see Germany play Franceor you do just want to see Messi Renaud one more time.I am still in,first of all like I'm not,I'll say it, people really
53:19are fucking with the World Cup right now in Americaand it's not the U.S. national team.I mean, I am seeing enthusiasm for ball.Maybe I live in Brooklyn.I don't know.I think it's all over.I live in a liberal bubble, okay?Maybe I'm at the park slope co-op, food co-op.
53:37And everyone is talking about the Congo statue guy being deported.But no, but seriously, like, there's still a lot there.We're going to probably get Mexico.England at the Aztecathe ghosts of the hand of God.And we could still get Brazil, Argentina.I mean, there's so much ahead.And then we are also seeing the greatest player
54:04of all time, likeat 39 years oldcooking.He's just bossing. And it's sobeautiful to see because we didn't expect it.It was like a hello old friend.I thought you played the MLS.How are you this? How are you doing this
54:20right now? I mean, it's, it isa, it's special. And like,Beyond that, it is like, tournament football is about moments and players and stars.It's not about tactics.It's about someone just busting out of like a fucking dog fight or like a just a slug fest,which is like two teams are like punching each other in the face.And then like one player just has a dazzling moment.And that doesn't even have to be that dazzling.
54:48It could be like what Holland did where he basically like shanks it into the back of the netand it doesn't even believe that it's there.but that's he was just like the man in the right place at the right time but also on neanderthal watchi wanted them to be rewarded for starting sore swer lath a right wing i wanted just how moreit is just how the hell who came up they literally have oscar mob and they literally scored uh i meanthey they look so much better after i do sometimes want to just see a dumb things being rewardedthe chaos of it how unfair it is sometimes like that is like what's specialabout the World Cup and guess what America is it's the best one we're the best
55:27country we did the best World Cup we have the best we have the bestbest team best set best sandwiches by far do you want to do happy trails youwant to wrap it up there let's do happy trails all right I'm gonna I'm gonna throw theteams that we have just waived goodbye to as we exit the groups and into theknockouts and you just tell me how you're feeling happy trail South Africalisten we're so proud of you guys like that you guys are late was sucha young team.They, honestly,
55:55like I...Right,saving for your biography,man,Coyote.What do you meanmy biography?It's not Arsenal.
56:00That's a fucking guy...The Coena,that guy,what's his name?If I mispronounce,I cut it.Please, please, please,please, please, please, please.
56:08If I nailed it,Chris?No.Mobocazi.Mobocazi.Mobocazi.Fuck.Fuck.
56:18Mobokazi, the Chicago fire guy,he's going to get a fucking move.He's a brick shithouse.He kicked the ball so hard against Chequia,and I'm going to give you one word answersto the rest of the teams,but it's my heart.He kicked the ball so hard
56:31that he busted the ball openagainst Chequia.That's Randy Johnson.Okay, continue.Japan.You got Carlo, fuck off.Guitar.Greedy.
56:40Shouldn't have.And Japan, also, we haven't forgottenwho side you were.Okay.Qatar, they shouldn't have two teams.It's bullshit, okay?What, they have PSG and then they have some bad team?Like, but you don't get two.
56:54Enjoy PSG.Haiti.Haiti?Thank God they're going back to France.I mean, though, geez.Turkey.Turkey on.Do you want to say anything?
57:04About Turkey?Yeah, I think you should.They got Matt.Because of my boys.They got three on Matt Turner.Let's watch.Right there.Right there.
57:13You know, three on.American legendary goalkeeper Matt Turner.Unreal.Thanks for coming, Turkey.The Great Wall of Denver.What was it?New Jersey.New Jersey.
57:34Saudi, Chechia, Panama, New Zealand, and Jordan.Do them one at a time.Saudi.Don't care.Chechia.Don't care.Panama.Could not care less.
57:46New Zealand.Don't care.Absolutely don't care.Jordan.Were they nice?They have a GD. Nice index?Gross domestic niceness.Grow up.
57:58And Jordan's last.23. Don't care.Okay.Uzbekistan.Borat.Who else we got?Iraq.So funny.
58:09I keep saying, just to say Borat,it's not the right.Yo, by the way,one of the guys that,speaking of the,I don't want to doRinaldo propaganda.Literally one of the guys was a plumber
58:22that he scored those two goals.It's true. Literally a plumber.Okay.Iraq.Yeah, Iraq.Sorry, sorry about all that, but fuck off.I mean, that was, that was, that was,we fucked up that one.
58:36Curacao.Curacao, what the, I don't even know what the fuckCuracao is.Scotland.We will be seeing you for three more gamesat World Cup 266 Israel.I can't wait to see you again.You think that's how long it's going to take?
58:52It's going to be another 40 years.40 years and we'll get him for another three games.Steve Clark, I'm sorry.I'm going to miss you.And then finally, one last team, Chris.Tunisia.Okay, big news.We've been following the Herr-Vernard story since its inception is the hottest story of the World Cup.
59:12We've been chronicling this.There is a potential that he will stay, but he has a list of demands, okay?They are a higher salary for him and his coaching staff, reasonable.Full control over the national team for six months.Yeah, six months of stability without pressure or criticism to implement his project.Basically, he's...We actually inserted this last one into your Spotify contract where we give you no pressure, no criticism.It's time to implement your program.
59:41I am fucking schvitzing right now in this room.Okay.Herbrenard has said since Tunisia, I will stay.I will stay, but you have to, for six months, let me do whatever I want to this team.Last team, Uruguay.I'll let you take this away.Because you're sweating too much.Bielsa just lost his mind.
01:00:05And this was basically in 2024, Suarez, Louis Svarez said this was going to happen.He was like, Marcelo Bielza Nezis never says good morning to anyone.And they should have taken that as a sign.He was like the best paid coach in the region.He comes in.He basically tells all the guys their shit that they abandoned him, that they're cowards.And they play like it.He's old Verde.
01:00:25He's a coward.Yeah.Who the hell?He's like a fucking old man that sits on a Yeti cooler.His keeper asked to come out of a World Cup match at halftime.That's how much they hate him.They're like literally like they need to, they need to like, they can't, they can't just keep bringing this guy back to be to be mean to people at different teams.Like, just, it would be funny if he pulled the, what do you call it,
01:00:52what's the goddamn United?Brian Clough.Yeah.It would be funny if he pulled the Clough move where he was out of subs and then hesubs a guy.I'd rather have no one replace you.Guys, they haven't won a World Cup game without Louis Suarez since the year 1990,which is a meaningless, meaningless stat that you put on here.
01:01:13Yeah.It's good, though.I like it.It's turning to me?You want to see how wet I am?we got to get you out of herewe gotta drive you off.Oh my god, look at four long.
01:01:26All right, that's the episode, guys.I hope you enjoyed it.The World Cup's fucking great.Chris, I'll see you next Tuesday.We will be back on Thursday or Friday.Have a great 4th of July.America is going to win the World Cup.Guys, this is what an honor and a privilege.
01:01:43Soccer has landed in the United Statesand we will be,I think we might win like three or four of thesein a row. Guys, enjoy your time.Bye, Freddy. Happy birthday, America. 250years of just greatgreat stuff, great decisions.You have anything to say
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01:03:31Two good pals.You guys want to introduce yourselves?Yes, I work in the Norwegian BBC, I would say, NRK.I do podcasts and I am, as you said, I am a Viking.And I have never felt like a Viking before.And it's a good, I'm starting to like it.And your name is.My name is, I forgot that part, yeah, my name is Erland March.
01:03:58It doesn't make sense in English, so I might as well not say.Erlund is kind of the Nathan Fielder of Norway.Would that be fair to say?That's 100% accurate, yes.So you torture Armenians in Norway.Yeah, well.Yeah, yeah, okay.And, and counselor, sir, your honor, would you like to introduce yourself?
01:04:18Yeah, I'm, my name is Miro Christensen.I make a World Cup podcast with Earth.Erland, but usually I'm a member of Parliament in Norway for the left wing party.Yeah.My name, by the way, my name means foreigner.Oh, okay.Dark foreigner.Dark foreigner.
01:04:35I see you're enjoying a Diet Dr. Pepper as well.Do you want to give us a review of one of the finest drinks here in America?I was pleasantly surprised.I expected it to be a bad experience, but I'm okay with it.My opinion on Dr. Pepper is that when I'm hung over, I always have this extreme need to drink Dr. Pepper.Okay.But after the first sip, I understand why I don't enjoy it when I'm not hungover.Yeah.
01:05:07Okay.Also, we've been following this podcast for the World Cup.I was very happy to see that you also make a World Cup podcast.So we are also kind of colleagues, Adam.Yesterday, we went to New York, New Jersey Stadium, which I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,regret to inform you has a corporate sponsor that Gianni Infantino, which I don't know if you guys know this isis, the English translation is Johnny Baby. Did you know that? Yeah. He's removed all the corporatesponsorships because he is, of course, also a member of the Norwegian Socialist Party. Let's just go do a
01:05:44scene report. Let's do a report. We started off. We drove in to Giant Stadium, as it used to beimmediately you guys I tried to make you break the rules and cut the line if you recallyeah and I was especially me but also I was very concerned about you breaking therules because in Norway these are the type of things people can remember for yearsyeah I saw this one politician at a game once 15 years ago and he broke the rulesyeah it's the kind of thing people will say behind your back that they saw this guyHe's a guy that cuts in line.Well, there were a lot of words you guys were saying during the match,
01:06:25which I didn't think were...I wouldn't even repeat them,but they were quite rude.Anyway, yeah, I did take a picture of you,and I have it as Compromot in the event of you ever tried to destroy me.No, you guys both had press passes,and there was a huge cue before the Norwegian fan fest,and I was like, guys, like, you can cut the line,
01:06:46and you were like, oh, no, this is not a social...welfare of us.Let's get into the match.I was in the fan section.How did you fight? Because you were with us in the Norwegianpre-party with all the fans.You did at times look kind offish out of water.
01:07:09How did you experience it? Did you like it?It's very blonde.Yeah. Yeah.Very, you boysare big. You got some big.boys over there. Yeah, I think it's the tallest populationnext to the Netherlands, yeah.Oh, okay. Congratulations.
01:07:29A difficult question for Norwegianjournalists to ask to foreign people, what do you thinkabout Norwegian girls?I thoughtI thought I was focused onthe guys pretty much.What was the song, the goal song that you guys were playing?I fucking loved it.
01:07:49It's like punk.Yeah. It means where the farmers from the north,but it's more like a hillbilly, it means hillbilly where the hillbill is from the north.Who does that song?That's like your...So there's a Norwegian band called Dumb Dumb Boys,but they have made it, they call themselves a racer for the World Cup songs.The Dumb Boys?
01:08:16The Dumb Boys.So this is proud Norwegian music.heritage and that exact song is.I think it's also connected tothe Danish people callingthe Norwegian national teamMount Monkeys.Which is a derogative term,
01:08:31obviously, Fjell Lappena.And then you have this response wherethe farmers of the north.It's a good song.You got, so it's a disc track.They insulted you and you're like, yes, that'sright, we are disgusting.Yeah. Okay, cool.
01:08:46Wait, so let's get to theIt was 3-2. I admittedly left. I had to catch a train back to New York City right before the second Senegal goal.For me personally, I'm bringing in a little bit of club bias here.Holland is objectively, he's the best box presence like a striker I've ever seen. He's comprehensive, but to me it's annoying that we have to play. I'm anMarcel supporter playing the same league as him.But the volley, the second goal, I remember just, it was so good.Was the volley the first goal or the second goal, Sam?Second goal.
01:09:30Let's run again.The feed from Martin Odegaard, the captain of Arsenal.Like, how many people are there in Norway?There's like 45 people.Like, you, the president gave you these tickets.Was that how we got in?No, we're both members of the royal family.Oh, you are?
01:09:54There was a scandal recently.The only family in Norway, actually.There was recently a scandal, from what I understand it.In the royal family, yeah, there have been several scandals.But Norway, number one country in the Epstein files.Really?So we are extremely present in the Epstein files, which is our claim to face.It's kind of nice for us to tell the world a different story.
01:10:20Instead of only being the Epstein Files, we are also Vikings who went to.We're probably raped people.We also rapists, okay?Yeah.We're not doing this.What your friend said to me, do you think the whole Viking aesthetic is corny,or do you think it's like a cool thing?No, we have decided to lean into it.
01:10:43You're leading in.Yeah, we love it. Yeah, but there has been a debate in Norway, but...I've been a big part of the debate, I would say.Yeah, yeah, it's great.Because some left-wing academics in Norway would think that it's aright-wing kind of thing to love Viking aesthetics, rooms, all that stuff.What's your take?My take is that you can't leave the Vikings to the Nazis.
01:11:07You have to reclaim the Viking heritage.We have to reclaim it, yeah.Yeah, and the Viking heritage is on.our real history, it's not something we construct, it is a part of real Norwegian history.So we have to, yeah, take it back.And also, I'm named after a Norse god, so I have to have that opinion.Yeah, I guess, like, what did you make of the match?So what's it like?
01:11:31It's been how many years, 24 years since you guys were in the world?28 years.Yeah.I mean, is it scenes?Like, do you guys, like, when the, when the, when the,them played. Did you guys feel an emotion there?Yes, definitely. And definitely before the Iraq game,so that was the first game in 28 years. I have never seen Norway in any tournament
01:11:56at all, not the Euros and not the World Cup. You haven't been to the Euros either since 2000.So the World Cup for me has always been something where I have to pickanother nation to root for. So it's been Spain or England or whatever.So it's kind of strange to have my own country presence,but it feels right when the team is this good.And Norwegian people have a different sort of emotional spectrumthan Senegalese people, so when we're very moved,we stand completely still and pay nothing to each other.
01:12:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.That's very moving for us.That's our drum.That's our drum.It's just staring into the distance.It's a country of 8 million people, is that correct?Five.Five million.
01:12:46And so what percentage do you think of the entire nation is in the space right now?I think we tried to crunch the numbers and we ended up at about 1%.But Mimir here, he's actually a dual citizen.So he's also Icelandic.So I think in Iceland had 10% of their population present in the 2016 euros.That's right.And that's 30,000 people is 10% of the, there's 300 plus people.So we don't, we don't, that's not like, that's not the fact we brag about because we don't want the Icelandic people to start writing.
01:13:24What are you guys, what's it like having the best striker in the world who of course was born in England and you guys settled or colonialed him into Norway?Right?What's it?Yeah, I mean,I feel like in a countryso small,like you have a cousinthat's friends with Holland
01:13:45or something.Yeah, it's, of course,statistically incredible,but to me,it's kind of two-sidedbecause on the one,I guess it's amazingto have the best track
01:13:59in the world,but I'm just personally,I'm wired in the waythat I just keep thinkingabout the factthat this will never happen again.So it's,I all,
01:14:07I'm sad and emotionally, yeah, I'm also disappointed by the fact that this will not last forever.It's very Zen, yeah, the Zen of Norwegian soccer support.Why do I talk? Can you cut me saying that, please?Jesus Christ, the Zen. I don't even know what Zen is.Erland, you made a series about Holland, an animated series.Yeah, we made an animated series, which I guess could be.resemble South Park or somethingand Holland plays this
01:14:40you know the giants from Game of ThronesYeah yeahHe's a huge bodyguardBut he doesn't talk, he only makes noisesLike an animalYeah yeahHoder, yeah like HoderSo I want to find out during this World Cup
01:14:56If he has seen the showYeahDo you think he wouldTake issue with your portrayal of himNo I think you'd like it only madeA giant lumbering foolNo, when we made it, I was kind of like, okay, maybe he will be offended if he sees it.But later, I've seen his videos in Manchester City and in interviews.
01:15:17He seems like just a really likable and fun guy.I think he would actually find it to be pretty funny.And we were both yesterday very noticed that Holland was smiling during the national anthem.Before the kickoff, he was already happy before a play.playing the game.And there was also a press interview after the game where he was asked, what do you thinkabout meeting France?And he said, I don't know, they're probably going to win and then they're going to win the
01:15:45World Cup.Yeah.I was about to bring that out.Yeah, it's awesome to hear a guy like the best striker in the world not be like it's goingto be a tough fixture.Just do some media trained answer.He's like, fuck, we have to play France.Yeah.
01:16:01So he's what I mean.So he's now he's authentic and real and fun.in interviews and so we havethe best striker in the world but he also turns outto be kind of afigure you want to watch videos ofalso off the pitch which is greatboys I genuinely
01:16:18so appreciated the invitation yesterdaygoing to the World Cup match itwas phenomenal I meanyeah the flags that likethe anthemsI don't know why but theydo touch me and when you seea guy crying I don't
01:16:34Dick Avakot, the coach of Curacao, who's from Holland,he cries every single match at the anthem too.And it's just like seeing how much it means to people.I really relate to you having something niceand then expecting it to go away.I think it means you're good people, folks.Okay, that's good.How drunk did you get after the match?
01:17:02I would say somewhat.It wasn't that bad.Okay.Okay, okay.Different levels of drug after the game, yeah.Because he had your backpack, so.You were concerned before the game for rooting for the Vikings against a black nation from Africa?I would say just Africa.
01:17:24Yeah, I would be in a place with all blonde people rooting, you know, with a cross on the crest.Yeah, but did you like it?Do you like it?The winning team.It was, you know, and then Holland is the guy that scores.Yeah.You know, you guys were good.You guys, the king, you guys said F you to old.
01:17:52Okay, we don't have to bring up the Holocaust.But you guys are, I'm cool with you guys.Well, we'll say that.You guys are good people.Yeah.Thank you.Cut the Holocaust stuff, please.No, no, it was
01:18:04The Holland cost. Keep it then.That, I mean, you're in the government?Only in the parliament, so it's difficult to reach.Only the parliament, it's awesome.You said the Holland cost?Wow, can I vote for you?Yeah, yeah, please.You're awesome, boys, boys, it was so fun.
01:18:24We're going to do your podcast after this one.I really appreciate it.And then we'll talk about who is right, Coden, and who, and who,who is more left-coded of Holland and Embappe.That's the subject for our podcast.Mbapé is fascistic, I think, yeah.And I think that Holland is, I think him saying, well, fuck it,we're going to lose to France is probably, like, you know, he's...
01:18:49He's like...He's chill.Yeah, he's chill.I don't think he knows who the president is, probably.No.I don't think he does.All right, thanks, boys.You guys are the best.
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