The Daily Zeitgeist - Full Kit Wankers

Episode Date: June 18, 2026

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I thought I knew, I said last week, it was a tickled in my throat. Now I'm on my knees in a Tesco. Okay, trying to get some kind of relief as I clutch my meal deal close to my chest. I've got a ribina and a chicken and stuffing sandwich. But here I am, and this is Aina Footy, going into the first, I guess, second week of the World Cup. We got just a little preview last week. Now we are in the throes of it. We're like, eh, let's see what I might want it or not.

No, we're here. It's Ana Fuddy. Jamel Johnson, Chris Martin. Here we are to overall feeling. Because we went from like, man, I don't know. I don't even, I don't even care. I mean, obviously I'm going to watch. I don't even care.

It sounds like collectively the fever has taken over. How have you been dealing with the thief? I'm sweating right now. Miles, I got. I've changed my shirt a couple times. I've up the fluids. I'm drinking broth. Oh.

Drink of broth, dog. World Cup fever. Yeah. I'm down bad. Yeah. Have you, Chris, about you because how you've gone into watch party mode too?

If you checked out of some of the L. Watch party. I've gotten into so I so firstly I was just thinking about FIFA and the World Cup and I've decided that the World Cup is a beautiful racist.

Do you ever meet someone and they're just like, have you met in my time as a youngest single man I remember I once met a very beautiful woman that clearly was a bit racist. And so on a moral level, I was like, I'm not into this, but I was like, wow, they're so beautiful. And that is what this World Cup is.

There's a lot of moral stuff. I'm not into once a football starts. I'm like, God damn it, sexy. Sexy, sexy, sexy. Sexy. It's sexy. So I'm fully got, I'm fully on board. And then on the weekend, I thought I'd take my son to, we're in America, the World

Cup's in America. Let's go to a watch party. There'll be atmosphere, big screen. There's going to be stuff for my kid to do. I looked online. Karen Bass has got a nice little website on the LA City. I don't know, website or whatever. She's got like a separate tab for the forewarning.

Every city council district's got their own shit on. Oh, they've got their own thing. I was like, put my zip code in. Where is there going to be a big screen to watch it? And I found one in Korea Town, 25 minute drive. It's got a giant screen. It's going to be 1,000 people in the park. And I sent you guys a video.

and it was a jumbo, a jumbo screen and probably no more than 25 people on deck chairs watching it. There is literally, no one knows there's a World Cup on in Korea Town, apart from the 25 people I was with. Wait till Thursday when that Mexico-Korean match goes down because that is like a L. That is the most L.A. matchup I've ever seen. Should we go back to the same? Oh, I go back there, baby. Watch party and see how it looks? Yeah, except I'm not going to be here Thursday.

I'll be going to D.C. then. So I'll figure out there's got to be something in D.C. There's too many people all around in that area, the DMV area. But anyway. Hang on, I've got to say, by the way, on Saturday, I then went to, I was like, that's free. What I know about

America, stuff that's free, people generally think it's bad. So there's one I had at the Coliseum in downtown, you pay $10, it's a fan zone, it's going to have Germany, like it's 10 o'clock in the morning, the Germany, Curisthal game. It's going to be games for the kids. Free for kids, $10.

immediately they, it's like they wanted me to have the worst time. I get there. They're like, it's $20 to put your stroller away. I'm like,

you're just punishing me for having a child. I put that in the car. I go back, I've got a diaper bag. The guy goes, you're not going to get in because it's not see-through.

I'm like, it's a diaper bag. It's a kid. It's fine. I go to the gate. The person goes, we just change the rules. You can only bring a diaper bag in

if it's got formula as well as diaper. I go, this is just made up rules. You're just punishing my kids for not being, potty trained at the age of two. Yeah.

Which maybe he's a slow learner, but let's not, let's not monetarily punish me for it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was so angry and it was like, I don't know if it was a Coliseum or FIFA, but I get in there. And as soon as I get in there, there's a couple little games I'm playing,

he's having a good time. And then I turn around and I see Curris out score a goal. And it just like, it just cleansed me. I like just jump. It's like going crazy. Just so excited. An underdog story.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. for a brief moment. For a brief moment. For a brief moment. And then for absolutely no reason, the Port Patrol Pups were a giant, poor patrol pup mascots there.

My son was playing a football game and he goes, Sky! Sky! Sky! It's that girl wearing a Sky hat and I go, oh, it's just the Port Patrol Pups. And then so we went and saw the, I mean, he had the time of his life. He could see football and the Paul Patrol Pops. Anyway, so I've got the fever. I'm on board.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jamel, did you have any rowdy time? Did you go to a rowdy party? Or what was you? I went to a party that, well, I was rowdy at the party. Okay. And nobody else was really rowdy at the party. And I took it upon myself to inject a little pace into the event that I was at.

Shout out to the Cooligans, my guys. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, the East Coast companion to this show. I mean, really the OGs. Yeah, the OGs of Americans talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, Christian Blanco, the guys. A fellow Arsenal fan, though.

Because Christian's Everton, right? He's a veteran. Yeah. And that's okay because y'all help this out. Y'all helped us out. Exactly. He was still nice. And, you know, they hooked me up with a couple tickets to get in.

And it's a watch party at the bellwether. Okay. That it was like secret. It was like a watch party at the bellwether preceded by or followed by a Addison Ray concert. What? Two things that don't really matter. Yeah. And it's the bellwether and they've got like a big buffet.

It's like a foods of the world buffet upstairs. Okay. Which was mostly good except for the paella. I don't know what you're doing with the seafood paella. I don't think it like not at the not at the watch party buffet. Yeah, yeah. Do I want to see clams? Yeah, yeah, no, no.

And also paella has to be made by a Spanish person. I'm sorry, I'm just going to go out there on a limb. And I don't know who was back there. But point was I was by myself, but I had two tickets that came with two drink tickets. So I have my two IPAs. Yeah. I leave.

I come back in. They're like no reentry. I've got, and I'm like, I got two tickets, bitch. I go outside, smoke a joint to myself. Load up your two beers.

Yeah. Yeah. And it was like, it also was enhanced by the fact that I hit that bet that I was telling you guys about in the preview. Oh, yeah. What did you? What was in? Mexico to win.

Uh-huh. U.S. to win Canada to draw. free money. What were the odds on that? That's a very specific. I mean, all together, it was probably like plus 600, $6.50, something like that. Something sick.

So you won like $6. You won like $6.50? Is that what we were talking? Yeah, exactly. I put 50 cents down. Yeah, I'm not trying to risk it all. Yeah, I'm not. I just want to be right. Yeah, yeah.

The drink is on me. Yeah, you know what I mean? So I just, I just get turned up and then we beat the hell. out of fucking Paraguay. But the real killer was getting there. The only way, I'd take the train. Per the request of Mayor Karen Bass, I

take the train from fucking Highland Park to the bellwether. And the walking route, you can't walk there legally. I had to walk on a highway entrance. The only legal way to give... People were giving you money.

Yeah. The only way to legally get there is a set of stairs. It's a on ramp to the 110 north where there is a staircase underneath it who's fully blocked by a guy's stuff. Oh, wow. So then we had to navigate

how did it? How did that go? I just, I walked on the other entrance. I walked on the entrance to the freeway instead of shaking the stairs. Amazing. Amazing. I'm like, I'm not fighting a guy. Yeah. I'm not moving a guy's stuff. You might have to though. You might have to. I thought about it for a second and I was like, actually, I'd rather get hit

by a car. Yeah. And I did that. So basically, Karen Bass has a little bit to answer for. She talks to a good game. She talks a great game. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The World Cup playing is a little rough around the edges.

That's what I'll say about that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, hey, it is what it is. But I guess maybe start off talking about some of the opening matches with the host nations. Mexico won their opener 2-0 over South Africa. For whatever reason, Raul's scoring that goal really, like, touched me. That's when I was like, yeah, I got the fever. I think I texted everybody.

I was like, yep, that's, that's what it's all. You just need to see a grown man getting emotional because he put ball in goal for a first time in World Cup. And you're like, and then he had his head exploded. He's been through a lot, this Raoul. Do you know what though? Because at the moment, they're doing a lot of the World Cup because it brings a lot more like casual fans and they're really hitting the storylines. And I just saw like a headline like, he should be dead. And I was like, the dead man scored. Yeah, yeah.

It's amazing. Yeah. What a story. It was a good time. And then, bro, L.A. was everywhere. It felt like it was like the Knicks victory. The amount of Mexico jerseys that were in L.A., obviously.

That's why I got a taste. I love their white shirt. Someone's, what a beautiful kit that is. Yeah. Lovely bit. Also, shout out to our man. The first goal score, I was like, Hold on, who is Julian Kenyones?

Yeah, I did not. I wasn't familiar where Mexico's work. I know. I was like, hold on who's this brother out here? He turns out. He's actually born in Colombia. Okay. And then he was played there and then he got recruited to play in Mexico at 18.

And then that's how I ended up there. Shout to Jabari with the research producer Jabari, keeping us educated and in the know. But yeah, so that's sort of like his story. But yeah, there was just, it's a great match. Great opener. just also so violent as well we just talk about how

oh yeah sorry three was it three red cards three red yeah the ref the ref has got into a you know and it's like one I mean he's given two he's got to yeah he's like you're crazy

he's slightly lost his head he's slightly lost his head but I mean guys we've taken out the last man so you don't really have a yeah professional penalty it's a red card so dog so it was it's what yeah

I love it when people said dog so yeah that's dog so that's dog so mate dogzo um but Denial. It's what kind of you, it's what you want in the first game, right? Goals, sending's off. Yeah.

Beautiful, like, redemption stories. Yeah. I was the host country winning. You know, like, that's, it helps, it helps really set the vibes off because the stadium is up and everyone's excited. Um, so shout out to Mexico for their win. Like you said, oh, sorry, what are you going to say, Joe? Well, I guess what I was going to say was, I, I, for 20 minutes in the match, I thought that guy's name was shithole, as I'm sure you guys, I thought of his Cittole.

I really, I obviously thought that. There's some great names, by the way, at this World Cup. Was it Haiti? They've got experience, but experience, say, providence. A lot of just words that you hear in the English language, but with a little French accent that kind of smooge it out. Kind of how a lot of Nigerians have, like, biblical names. Or like, this is grace and faith.

You know what I mean? But then this is just a little bit of that, French flavor on it. This is probably done. Okay, this is experience. It reminds me if there's a very famous old British sitcom called Keeping Up Appearances where the main woman is called

Something Bucket and she goes, it's pronounced bouquet. It's pronounced bouquet. I love it. All right, so the US national team, I got to say I was very, very surprised at what they did. Jamel, you know this.

I tell you this all the time. I could give a fuck less about the U.S. men's national team. And that's why I'm so glad you are here because I have a couple questions. A, did you see this coming? And also, I didn't realize Diego Luna wasn't on the fucking team.

Jesus, listen. Yeah, Diego got played. They made Diego do a whole ad campaign with Carl's Jr. And Dutch bros. Dude, there's so many Diego Luna ads that I'm saying that I'm like, Wait, what the fuck happened to him?

First of all, what happened to him? Why didn't he get picked? I just, well, they just brought up, um, basically they say, we got to take Raina. Oh, Gio. It came down to Gio or him and guess who could do it Travella? Yeah, right? I mean, that was, what a finish that was.

It's kind of what it is. My favorite finish in the world. It's a beautiful outside of the... Yeah, it's nice. The shape of it, the shape of it. Yeah. I knew we could score. The beautiful racists got me again.

with a chevella. From one colonizing country to another. Yes. Yes. It's funny how to, I'm like, man, I would never be caught dead in all America, Jersey. And I'm like, England. England.

I'm like, yeah. It's just weird. It's like, when it's not your own country, you're like, I can look past it. Yeah, I know. Exactly. I didn't think the defense with, I thought if we won,

it would be like three, two or four three. Like, I thought it'd be a fucking nail biter. And also, Tim Rene did fall. Yeah. Trying to make a clear. At one point, it's like, okay. He did look a little goofy. Yeah.

A better team. How old's Tim R. now? He feels like he's got to be over 30. He's our age, dog. He's whatever age you are. He too old to be out there for sure. Man, call him father time ream.

Okay. But listen, he's out there for a reason. He can make the plays. He's 38. It's so tenuous. Yeah, yeah. That's fantastic. That's because I just miss type.

I just misspelled his name as I searched his age. I put time ream. that was the genesis of that terrible joke if you must know behind the behind the curtain but yeah the press was like they were pressing

they were efficient and going forward dark horses baby than my dark horses yeah no you might have something they had a key player missing some attacker up front right

who maybe would have made things look a little different but you know they just it's perfect perfect opponent for game one yeah absolutely Absolutely. And we got to shout out our boy.

The former gunner himself, Flo Balligan. Ooh. Two, bro, he looked so good. I love it. I love it. I tried to put a bet in before the game started. Us to win Flo Balligan, two goals. Yeah.

The odds of this, can I tell you the odds on this, if I put a dollar on this, they would have had to hand me like $400. Wow. I swear to the guy, I know. At the time that I went to place to bed. I would have to hand you that much money. At the time that I went to place the bet, the odds was insane. And then draft kings wouldn't let me do it.

It like kept buffering. And I'm like, oh, these bitches, they know. There's probably a lot of Arsenal fans are like, bro, he's scoring. He is. He's like, when they play, well, Flo Baligan, he is in there. Great fucking goals, too. I love it. A lot of people are like, wait, why is this guy, why is this guy talking like that?

Okay, yes, he's English. He was raised in London, but he was born in New York. Sit here. He said when he's on the flight, he watches paid him full, man. There you go. He with us. Yeah, exactly. Not the bitch of Pocetino in a fucking dicky suit.

Bro. Pachitino looked like Russell Crowe preparing for a role to be like a MS-13. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Just unbelievable. You touched upon a thing that's like every racist immigration stances get completely. screwed up by the World Cup. They're like, we don't want any one of those people.

I mean, but if he scores two goals, then he can say, you can say, bro. Same thing like white college football fans in the South. They're like, well, hey, man, he's playing for Alabama. You know, roll tight. That means he technically white. Yeah.

In my mind, in order for me to enjoy the game, I have to see him as a white man. In my brain, when you put on that Alabama uniform, you are white. Have you seen the Matthew McCodaghy, early 90s movie about time where he's talking about the Samuel Jackson's daughter who gets killed and then he seeks

vengeance. Oh sure. Time to kill. Time to kill. And he just goes. I was like, what? I thought you were saying it was a movie about the concept. No, sorry. It's called Tim Rame to Kill. Time Ream to Kill. But yeah, he does this whole speech and he was

imagine if she was white. Now imagine if she was white. So that's what they were. Literally, Brathe. Matthew McConaughey, they put on that bit of the movie in their headphones

before you. And I was like, oh shit. You've solved it. You bastard. You've gone and done it. Yeah, the U.S.

definitely. I'm like, when I saw that, I'm like, okay, Mexico, U.S. definitely looking good.

Canada? Hey, listen, they've never won a World Cup game, right? They pulled it out. Oh, is that true?

I'm pretty sure. That's, like, close to true. I don't think Bosnia, I mean, Bosnia is not bad. No. That's a tough opponent to draw first game. Yeah, and they've got people who are playing in Europe at pretty high levels.

Canada, it's a definitely mixed back. Calasca. He was playing for his life out there, bro. Yeah. Mate, do you see that clearance he did? Yeah. Fucking hero. And he gave up an old, they said he gave up an own goal at the last World Cup, too.

So he's fucking, he's sweating through his fucking draws about this. Yeah. That man's fought off knife-wielding criminals before. I know. He can deal with pressure. He can deal with pressure that guy. It's still terrifying to me. You play a game of football.

I fought a man try to attack me with a knife. Not even me. He tried to attack my boy. He was protecting Mesod. He was like, look at the fuck out. What the fuck you want to do? The guy was like, ah! Let's take off on our bike.

That's still legendary. For people who don't know, look up Kolazanatch Erzal robbery. where he had to fend off a knife-wielding fucking bandit to protect his... He was in the... It was an arsenal before Mikkel came in and you could imagine that Mikhail

would be happy with a fogging standards. Oh, yeah. If you wouldn't... You know what? If it was McKell, Michael would have sent those dudes with a knife to test their gangster. Yeah, yeah.

He's like, guys, I don't know if you remember this weekend. Every single one of you got robbed, guys. Strong arm robbery, every single one of you guys, except one. Sad? Stand up. Round of applause for him, guys. He protected Mesu, guys.

This is fantastic, guys. The rest of you, beaches. As we say, perras. You guys didn't even pay attention. It wasn't even knives. They were holding breadsticks, guys. Guys, sorry, by Bukayo, you got robbed with a slim gym. That wasn't even anything.

It was floppy meat stick, guys. Look at what your point. That was a fogging curly-whirley. He was holding a fucking curly-wurly. What's a curly-wurly? Oh, shit. It says stand is a quality 10p chocolate from the UK, mate. Get it up.

Get it up on the screen. It's a, it's a show. Get it up. Bring it up. I.E. or why? Curly, just type in curly wordy in any weight chocolate. There it is. Curly way chocolate.

Oh, yeah. This shit looks very regular. It's like a lattice, lattice style chocolate. So obviously it's 10p because you're actually only getting about half the amount of chocolate. You're actually getting 5p worth of chocolate. Exactly. Well, yeah. So we'll see.

Next matches coming up for them. We'll see how they do. Germany, again, we talked about destroying Curacao. It started off really beautifully because like six minutes, Germany scores. 21st minute. Livano Commenancia scores. And then you basically have like a, for the next 17 minutes, it felt you're like, oh, shit.

This kind of a game. You, Commencenae you, but I'm never going to say it right. But the dude's stats in the Swiss League are nuts. For you to score on Germany, the first goal in this country's history in a World Cup game, this guy played 24 matches in the Swiss Super League, no goals, no assist, four yellow cards. Jesus Christ. And you put one past Germany, that's nuts. Yeah, he said, Comencia, yeah?

Okay. That was terrible, too. I will say, I will say, I was excited. I'm very excited Curacao scored, but just on a personal note, I did go to Curacao for a day while I was doing a stand-up on a cruise ship and we stopped there. They're going to say just now, just because I had to go check it out really quick. I just had to go check it out, guys. I was sorry, what is this country?

And I got some of the worst custom serves ever for a lunch. I had my son with me. He was getting angry. I just said, just bring me some fries. And you know, and they've absolutely forgotten your order. Just bring me some, just bring me some. Forget it, just fries. Do you have that ready?

Just go, I'll go in, hey, I'll go back. I'll go round back. I'll go round back. Is this for real? Is this for real? This happened? Yeah, no, no. This, it was genuinely like, uh, honestly, it took an hour over an hour for them to make two sandwiches and some fries, but you're on like, in holiday mode, you don't want to sound

like the annoyed English guy. So I'm trying to be actually kind of polite about it. But then I'm like, just, just look at, I was like, look at this guy. And you see people coming after. you and they get the food first. And then you go, what the fuck's to deal with that? And then they come up with like, well, they ordered the lettuce. They were lettuce. So it's quicker.

Well, they're making it. So, yeah. We actually, these guys that, these guys can technically play for our team and we're just here to recruit players. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So for that reason, I'm happy they lost 7-1. I'm not. Yeah, I know. I just wanted them.

For a second, I was like, this can't be a real complaint. This is like a white woman's complaint who goes to the Caribbean for the first time. I'm like, the service? I don't know what they're doing. they don't care. I have money. I'm like, welcome to not America, especially when it's a majority black or brown country.

It's laid back. You know? It's laid back. It was laid back, but it was, it was, it was more the fact that it wasn't, it wasn't forever. It was just, it wasn't for everyone. It was felt like it's single. You got profiled. They were, they were using me.

And that didn't feel good. I'm the one man. And that didn't feel good. Now you know how I felt at Red Lobster in 1996. Okay, Chris. Yep, exactly. Every time I went to Denny's in Tennessee, now you know. The manager now is telling everybody in that restaurant you're like, now imagine that customer is white.

And they said, oh. Bro, you know what I almost did for this game on the side note? I almost watched it at a cura cell. Y'all ever go to that store, Curacao? The fucking electronic store? Yeah, it's like the layaway, like pay as you go fucking store. I've been calling it Latino Renicenter. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

Yeah. I almost slid the one in a panorama city. I almost went to Panorama City Curacao to watch the game. Just for vibes. Oh, shit. That's a deep cut. Yeah, Germany, well, how is Germany ranking for people after that result? I mean, seven fucking goals.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, but it's Currisout. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it seems like they're cruising. I will say that's the one game. Like, you know, 48 team World Cup, you think there's going to be a lot of, like, flat track bullying. But that's the one game.

think of it's been a battering and it's like, I mean, it's, I love the story that Currater and the World Cup and Dick Advocate, oldest manager ever, it's amazing. But they are the one team that like, they're not the level, but like, like, Saudi, like, everybody is, like, we're talking about Cape Verde, I'm sure. Everyone is like putting, like, earning a race, man. The Amherst came to play, yeah. Just, just hanging on with your fingernails draws was really amazing. And they were all compelling somehow.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Brazil, Morocco. Now that was one where I was like, let's see what you got, Brazil. I feel like, I think we're saying, we're like, I mean, is Igor Tiago? Maybe he could be. He had a great season in the Prem. Could it be Ryan, Hayan? But they ended up drawing to Morocco 1-1.

They look terrible off the ball, Brazil. Yeah. Like, they look absolutely diabolical off the ball. They look like they're being coached by Carlo Ancelotting. He's like, he's like, they get, they do the attack in the first hour and I, all right, if we've got any time left, we'll do a bit of defensive practice. And he's like, kind of want a cigar. Usually, he's like, usually we'll score like three goals with my formula and then we can just sit down.

But then he, then Igor Tiago missed the header. And I was like, you know, when he's like, I mean, this guy's so good in the Premier League. He plays with Brentford. But when he missed that header, I was like, you look like, you look like a striker from Brentford. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not even Brazilian. You look like what people imagine a Brentford strikers finishing at a World Cup would be like. But, um, hey, no disrespect.

Two great goals, though. Yeah. Yeah, that's for sure. And Tiago doesn't seem like the guy. It seems like maybe somebody else should be up there. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, I don't know who.

But could it just be because Morocco was good. They swapped because Coonia came in, right? For Tiago, I think, to play nine. But yeah, I was definitely, I was like, oh, man. Did you see that clip of Namar trying to coach? I think it was Bruno Gimerice. And the dude, it literally looked like an adult trying to ignore like a five-year-old trying to, like, explain a movie.

they just saw. And then like the thing happened. And he was like, yeah, bro, what? Man, shut the fuck up. Like, he was like, I got to go. Like, I'm actually playing. And you have a receding hair line and you're above. Yeah, backwards.

Yeah, don't try to coach me with your hat backwards. First off. You're not the cool teacher, bro. Okay. Yeah, you pastor vibes. Yeah, 100%. So, yeah, that will see where that goes. I hopefully, though, wait.

I like when Brazil plays exciting football on a World Cup, but like, it's been a while since they've truly kind of put the razzle-dazzle on. I think Morocco's a tough first game, and I think both teams by the end were just like, yeah. Yeah, we'll take our draw. We'll take our draw and get the fuck out of here. For sure. But I think, no disrespect to Morocco,

you'd expect Brazil to win that one with the amount of quality they have. And not to say Morocco doesn't, but it just feels like in the World Cup, I feel like we're historically used to the Jingah, as they say in Portuguese. Haiti, Scotland. Scotland with a win.

Now, Chris, you sent a video of these Scots partying on a boat. I don't know. What town are they in right now? Are there? I have not. I think there's somewhere in America. During the East Coast, like I think there was a Providence, Rhode Island. Yeah, they're in Providence. That's what it was. Yeah, yeah.

I mean, the the skin cancer numbers that are going to pop up in about five or ten years off the back of that is going to be astronomical. The amount of samples getting sent to the lab is going to skyrocket, but I mean, like, my wife's Scottish is quite funny because when Arsenal won the league, I was just, all I was doing was watching videos online. And she's, she's in Scotland

right now, filming something. She's just on the set of Scottish people. She texted me like, today was like, I took, like, this is, when did the game happen on Saturday or Sunday? Yeah, Saturday. She was just like, she's like, I get what, I get, I totally get why you were doing out of Arsenal. She goes, I just keep watching videos and I'm so, she said, walking around her town, this little town outside of her. Okay. Got that fever. just on a big ass boat they're turning up and they all got the pink shirt too

that's crazy I love that I love that yeah is in the clip it's like from it from threads whatever it says like Landon Donovan is right they might be the best fans in the world and obviously we're big Landon Donovan fans

and just so you know if you do go to the fan watch party at the Coliseum you can win a signed book from Landon Donovan that's one of the prizes Wow. And do we know what it's about? Jamel, do you have any idea? Boy, if it is not about his trip to turkey to get that new hair, I'm not reading it.

It's a soccer book and it's called Two Knights in Istanbul. It better than one name for Liverpool. Two nights in Istanbul. Got in, got the transplant, was able to get right out. Oh, funny. Fantastic. Yeah, Mesa Scots, fair play. And that game was kind of, it was kind of a real, like, it wasn't a great game, but I was watching

with my son and I was like, and I was watching Haiti again. I was like, Haiti, this was my, I think I texted you guys, my reviewers, they're almost good.

As in like, they like, in buildup, it reminded me weirdly of a kind of, Mikel Artetti. The first two thirds of the field, they're just like pinging it around

and playing lovely stuff and they just could not put anything together in the final third. But again, like, I thought Scotland would easily win it, but it was a really, a really,

a really, like, tight, well-fought game. And, yeah, I hope Haiti do well as well. I had no bad customer service in Haiti, so I just wish them the best. Come on. Did you see White Clef John refused to shake a Scottish guy's hand?

No. They had White Clef at the desk on one of these World Cup talk shows. And yeah, I forget who the Scottish panelist was, but he was just like, no, I ain't! Get out of here. He like did the like, hey, listen, good game. He hit him with a psych. He was like, psych. Wow.

Wow. Okay. Hit him with a psych or mine. He did it twice. He did it once, two time. There we go. That was a really, really tenuous Fugees' reference to kind of work.

But I appreciate you guys for laughing. You went for it, though. The other joke I just tried, I tried to make work was he said, I'll see you. I'll be gone to November. Yeah. Duncan Burke, that's who it was.

Duncan Furger, thank you, Jabbar. Also, just, I got to say, that gala song, freed from desire, it's just such a good chant, bro. I think Wiggin was the one who really started it first. Was it like Will Griggs on fire? Will Will Griggs on fire?

Yeah, yeah. For Wiggin to someone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know how many years ago. But then we have our own version because your defense is terrified. Bukkah, Bucca's on fire. And then this one, it's just a great song. And I just love that like old, it was like 90s techno, electronic music,

ends up becoming like just timeless on the terraces. elsewhere. Some pretty, some more interesting. Australia, put two past turkey. Good on them. Their fans love seeing a bunch of drunk Australian people in the streets going, Ozzie boys are on a bender. Donald Trump is a sex offender.

They were, let them stay. Let them all stay. I was like, yeah, yeah, there they are. Yeah, there they are. Checking beers out of shoes. Come on. Yeah, yeah. Netherlands, drew with Japan.

That was another hanging on by your fingernails truck. Yeah, talk to us. Yeah, you're, you got, you got skin in the, skin in the game for that one. My literal skin. In the game, yeah. Half of your skin was in the game. I mean, two light skin Dutch players scored. And then two Japanese guys, like, you're talking, you're, this, you have biracial

black people and Japanese people scoring. This is amazing. Virgil Van Dyke with the first goal, Nakamura with the, like, near, I mean, it's like five or six minutes, instant reaction off a deflected goal. Then Cresencio Somerville with a nice, that left foot had finished from the side, from just outside, very Robin

esque. I had no idea he was Dutch. That's the real. I thought, I thought he him and Brian Robby. I knew Broby was Dutch for some reason. I didn't know Brabby was Dutch. I didn't know him. Somerville, I think just the name, Summer. I just was like, this guy this guy's just like not quite

good enough for England as I don't know, but yeah, I think he'd start playing for Holland. I thought he played for like Antigua or something. That's all right. From the island. I was like, yeah, you were cliff diving, dude. I can see you doing some cliff diving, Cresensio, Somerville.

You're a scuba instructor who may or may not have had sex of a lot of married women. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah. On the islands. Are you for scuba, Lubin? Yeah. A long time. A long came, Polly. You're what?

Hey. For scuba, for scuba, Louben. He had an interesting, uh, cross cutting the side of his head. It was a plus sign. It wasn't a cross. It's like the shit on a Bluetooth speaker. When you want to turn the volume up. Yeah, he has like a

I don't see that. He'll cut in the side of his head. It's very subtle. New listeners to the podcast, Jamel is our resident hairstyle expert on the show. Yeah. Football and hair, they're synonymous.

They're wanting to say. Yeah. They are tied together, like some fucking braids. Wait, where did he have his shit on the side? He was on the side. He's got it cutting the side because he's got the braid. but on the side of the fade, he had a Bluetooth speaker plus sign.

I don't even know if you, I don't even know if you get an ISO of it because it was so quick. I'm trying. I'm just, I got to see. Anyway, but shout out to him. And then it was so funny.

I don't know if you were watching the match. I forget who it was in the commentary. Am I even Darren Ferguson or Darren Fletcher rather? And talking about like, he's asking like, why the Japanese, like, why are they even bother with these crosses into the box?

because they're so short compared to the Dutch. And he's like, they should probably go short on this one, cut to just a fucking amazing header. Sikki Kamaada coming off his teammate, I think, and just straight into the goal. It was just, yeah, it was just like one of those ones like, all right, I'm an idiot. I'm going to shut up.

It kind of reminded me of when we scored that header against Burnley, when it's like, ah, the last couple crosses haven't been great. Or we went short. We kept going short before I have her. scored. And then like they should probably go. Yep. Okay.

Yep. It's the, like it's kind of the revert. Commentators curse is where you. He's having a great game. And so what's, what is the revert commentators? I mean,

he fucked himself by saying that in the same way where he's like, they're not going to score. Oh. The opposite of what I said. There's certainly something in a bunch of these games. It's like they're jinxing themselves. It's not like they're jinxing the team. The team, like they're talking shit.

They're hating. Right. Like Leonard Donovan was like, man, I don't even know why. curse I was even trying to score. And then they scored immediately. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's such a fucking arrogant fuck. Let's see. There was also, like, I mean, Sweden won 5-1. That was a pretty big win. Spain. Yeah, yeah. I was sad to see Isak alive.

I'm not going to lie. Yeah, yeah. But he is. But he is. You'll have to deal with that. You'll have to deal with that. And well. Spain and Cape Verde.

That was one. Is that a bigger, I'm curious. Do you think that, or I'm trying to work out the biggest upset? That or Australia being Turkey. I can't work out what's the big. I think the Cape Verdi is a bigger upset, right? Yeah, for sure. I mean, for a team that just won the Euros and has that many players who are in pretty

decent form playing. They're my picks for the tournament as well. So, yeah. I thought too. I was like, but now I'm like, I don't know, bro. You couldn't even put one past. Well, Cape Verde. A 40-year-old man in gold, by the way.

He's got to be lying about his age. yeah he might you know he's you think he's older you think he's older yeah in the face yeah the face he looks he looks 50

he's doing what he got to do to get on that fucking plane to the World Cup man and I'm not hey you know what you did your thing it's like an insurance no they all know

it's just like an insurance thing like if they know his real age this guy can't get insured for being a goalie or like the coach is like bro don't tell me your birthday man don't please don't tell me

your birthday because if I know I have to do something man let's just shut the fuck up yeah okay you're 40 years old. It's like no one wants to play in sticks. It's like, like, like it's pickup. No one wants to go in. This old fucker, just get him in the net. You're just happy to be on the field.

He's happy to be on the field. This guy has to, he gets a free bus ride here. You get in the goal. You get in the goal. Get in the goal. Shout out to Vosgenia. Yeah, and he's got, what's his Instagram story? He's now gone from like, he went from from 50,000 Instagram followers to something million? Like one and a half million. Tim Payne? And someone else on top of Tim Payne? Tim Dane is the guy on New Zealand. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, no. He also, Vosinia had a huge blowup. He has, I mean, sure. 10 million followers right now. 10 million now? Seven saves. He had seven saves in the game, so he's got more followers than damn, like per million. That's so funny.

I'm just looking at the people that are following. It's like Marcella Argueo. I'm like, comedians are fucking following him. Oh, shit. Hillary Smith. Well, listen, Marcela, hey, listen. Marcel is trying to slide them DMs. You know Marcella B.

She saw him. I was like, hold the fuck up. Who is the? Who is this, man? What city he is? She got it, man. What's your man got to do with me? Listen, they played 10 guys behind the ball, bro.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think they went, they tried to cross half field one time. Yeah. It's tough to beat that. Everyone Greece won't Euro's doing that? Yeah, I know, but Spain didn't have, like, they didn't have a ton of like, it wasn't like, I can't believe they, as in like, They weren't like ripping them apart.

But there was some great saves that he had. There was some good saves. A lesser keeper, that would have been a way for sure. I mean, fair places. I mean, what that's a story. I'd say a story tell his grandchildren about. I mean, he's probably got, he's got great grandchildren.

He can tell about that right now. Oh, hell yeah. Got an honorable mention to that boy, who I never even saw a photo of, Pico Lopez. One of their defenders, this guy was blocking everything. So, yeah, which is, dude has seven saves.

Pico Lopez had probably 50 blocks. bro. Did you hear the story about Pico Lopez, though? That's another... That's the guy from LinkedIn? Yeah, the LinkedIn guy. He's like Irish or something, right? He's Irish, and he got sent a thing on LinkedIn like a year ago in Portuguese, so just ignored it. His name is Roberto Pico Lopez, who plays for Ireland's Shamrock Rovers. He wasn't even born in Kvo, but an island to an Irish mother and a Cape Verdean father. He got called up by Ashtram through LinkedIn.

the 32-year-old centreback, he just had no idea what they were saying in a message. He reached out in 2018 for a global search for more players. He thought it was spam, just ignored it. Then nine months later, the national team manager followed up in English. And then when he saw it, he said,

why not? And then bank starts in 2019 in a friendly. But that's a great story. And it's good that, you know, it's good. I wonder what his LinkedIn profile said. Right. How LinkedIn it was like, yeah.

He goes, I'm a builder of, I'm a builder of people and men. Yeah. And they're like, all right, this guy. I'm a footballer. What I do with the ball I foot.

Yeah. Obviously. No, no, no, my questions. Listen, bro,

I believe, obviously I didn't think that they would win, but I didn't think they was going to be shit. I knew they'd be better than Curiselle. They made a quarter final. They made the quarter final. They made the quarter final.

Like, they're decent. It happens, man. They're decent. They're decent. And Spain, And they also decided to not try to score.

Yeah. Okay, let's take a quick break. And when we come back, just a moment, we keep talking about some of it. Let's take a hydration break, yeah? Yeah, yeah, quick break. Yes, yes, yes. I can't, I can't get through this about. Without water.

When we come back, let's, so we talk about hydration breaks and how shit they are? We can talk about that now. Yeah, we should. I got one last Cape Verde thing because I figured during the hydration break, we re-stratitize. Yeah, yeah, we do. We do. And totally kill the momentum of the show.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, okay, right back. And we're back. Damn. That was a wild hydration break. How many ads did you guys hear? Yeah, 15.

Probably. I bought a bag of Doritos. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. I got Powerade running through my veins right now. Yo, Powerade.

Who knew Powerade still had this level of muscle? I mean, it's just, it's just, just Coca-Cola. Oh, Coca-Cola's got, they got the juice.

You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. They're just like, come on, bro. Just try to give us that. Hydration breaks by Powerade. Those are so fucking bad. I saw the BBC.

They are so bad, dude. They don't show, they don't cut to an ad break on BBC. You go to the BBC. Yeah, like in the studio, you just see the, or like in the footage, you just see like how the stadium immediately just becomes a gigantic power rate ad during the hydration break. Like they've, like, they'll, like, every screen is like a power raid takeover. Again.

I hope to God it's just for this. I like, I hope they're like, this is shy. Because they started in 2014, if you. remember, but that was a game by game basis where they're like, yo, this shit could kill somebody. We need to have water breaks. They were in the fucking rainforest. They were in my nose.

Gianni just wants to, he wants to like really get above the accusation. So next World Cup is actually set on the sun. So he has an excuse to just, just to have a hydration break. It's mostly a hydration break. It's a hydration break every three minutes. Yeah.

Because like the Scotland, Haiti game, that was being, by the time they took their first break, that she was like 10. PM. Yeah, you don't need. It's a fucking night game.

On what planet is this? And then the Japan, Netherlands game, they took one. That's at the AT&T stadium. That's air condition. But hey, you gotta do for every single game.

I really fucking, that's like the one part that really fucks me up. It's weird how you would, I remember in COVID they did it. I'm sure they did it. Or maybe one is hot. Yeah, like the game by game.

But you don't realize that's every game how like it does, it does screw the momentum up. Like, it means this type of get sport, other sports, American football, you can, sorry. Start, stop, start, stop. This is like, it's a full game of, like, swings and

momentums, and it just, it really does suck the, the life out of it. So, I hope to God, it doesn't stay. The only game that wasn't really affected by this, I felt, was Iran, New Zealand last night. Like, I feel like that was just, that continued to be end to end. Yeah, that was. No, nobody hit the brakes. That was also wild, too. Yeah, yeah.

Every just, is that the guy's goals? Yeah. Oh, that's one. I think it's up there for goal of the tournament. I mean, Chris Wood, honorable. I mean, best assist in the tournament, too, bro. The holdup and then the flick. That holdup was so funny, though.

He literally stopped and, like, turned. But Leigham was like, should just let the big guy spin freely in the middle of the field? He's just too big and slow. Let him do it. Let him do it. Let him cook. And then right now, as we record this, Norway is leading Iraq,

uh, who Iraq almost had a second goal, which was kind of crazy. they're not they're even like not getting swept aside by a player that Alexey law is like this guy's about to be the greatest player of all time if he has two good games in the World Cup we'll get to that coming up because there's a lot of shit outside of the results that needs to be discussed um I just want to touch because the France Senegal game also did just happen uh that was 3-1 Mbapay with a brace Oli say I don't know if you saw his assist for the first Mbapap goal this dude just cut the fucking entire Senegalese midfield in

three just getting it right to fucking Mbapé in the box. He just saw he just saw the fucking pass, threaded it in. All Mbapap had to do was finish, turn, finish. Then his second goal was pretty fantastic. Like, he got it what?

It was like 35 yards-ish. Yeah. Swet out. Hugo. fucking rocket. Yeah. Just he had too much space that he was able to turn. He said, oh, it's this much space? Fuck you. Right into the corner.

Just as he vowed. officially to do more defensive work. As if you guys saw, and an interview he said, I'm going to do more defending. And then he just went and scores two bangers. And it's like, well, maybe you don't really need to defend that much,

mate, because you are kicking in the net. You have been doing that. Senegal had their chances, though. Yeah. Minion got lucky as fuck on that, the save off the boot. Off the line?

Yeah. We're talking about the one that, like, went off the crossbar and he like stopped it. Yeah, there was one off the crossbar off the line, but then there was one where he dives for the save. Oh, and it was, deflected off the back of his boot and somehow back out of the goal. Crazy physics.

Almost had the Emmy Martin as special. I think also what was the one Tottenham keeper? It was one of like their, it was like a banter ass keeper. And it wasn't Brad Friedel. It was come on now. Paul Robinson. That's been,

he's supposed to be quite a good fun actually. A couple of comedians, Rob Beckett and I think Lloyd Griffith. And Edinburgh Festival, he went to a show they were doing when they were like new comedians and they went on the piss of him and he's apparently a really nice guy. He looks like he he has a good time. For sure. For sure. France, after that one, I'm also like, okay, yep, yep, yep, yep.

Olisei is oldie saying, which I think is really the most important thing because if he's active, then that just kind of sets everything else up. They were the only team that had to play in the heat. Yeah, right? It was a lot of fucking this game. Yeah, yeah. What we would consider, okay, yeah, you might need a water break for that. And we would just call it a water break. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We don't need the phrase hydration. Powerade hydration break brought to you by hydration. Because Powerade don't got no water in it. You can't call it a water break if we're selling Powerade, man. Thank you. What if the players just sort of wear a camel pat for the whole game to have it linked, branded? And then at least they have it, they're sucking on it while playing. And then we'll just get everyone as have as much, including the refs, everyone's got as much random equipment on their bodies.

The reps with the little... The refs with the sort of... Universal soldier... Universal soldiers, exactly what I was thinking of it. Something about it. I know obviously why they did it. I don't think it's worth them looking like that. I'd rather see a cameraless ref's face than see the camera of the ref.

I've no... I don't know why. It's just like, I don't want to see... I don't want you to have all that... I don't have these big shoulder pads and stuff. Just want to... An out of shape, Michael Ellery, a bold and... private school boarding school teacher

just gently skipping up the field rather than hit it out like they're going to war like imagine like a like a fucking referee like filled out rocking bat

just like so fucking like I feel like filled out he was he looked like he looked like he would probably collapse with all that shit on pretty soon the refs are probably

going to be wearing like a fucking proton pack from Ghostbusters I was going to say does look is this just because they're in America and we don't realize

that they're actually tooled up they've got they've got like they've got like they've got Kevlar and stuff under their breastings. Just don't know when a bullet's going to hit you in this country. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's got that little Glock on him.

You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's actually, that's like a sniper telescope attached to their head. It's not a ref cam. Yeah, yeah. All right. Well, any other results you want to talk? Because there's a lot I need to talk about.

And I'm sure we all need to talk about, which is some of the broadcasting. No, no, let's get to it. Let's get to it. First up, on Fox, they've assembled a fantastic team. They got Rebecca Lowe. They got Slataon Ibrahimovitch. They've got T.T. The god. Tieri Henri. And then that fucking bag of piss, idiotic, stupid, ignorant motherfucker who should not be talking about sports, especially soccer in a public setting ever again, Alexi Lollas.

I can't stand his ass. You're on the fence about it. Yeah, man. I don't know how to feel because on one second he makes a really good point. Did you see, so things got first of before even a ball, I think got kicked. they were talking about, they were promoting, like the James Corden

Late Night World Cup show, and they're like, oh, what do you think about that? And he said, oh, yeah, I saw him. He's like, what do you guys call him

a full kit wanker? Did you see that? He said that. Yeah, he called him a full kit wanker, and then Zlatte, everybody, Rebecca, Tieri, Zlatan,

it was truly like one of those scenes where they just went, huh? And Tieri did the trademark, big eyes to camera. The, yeah, Rogers has been sacked.

That smells of a guy who doesn't belong in a group of people trying so hard to like just come in swinging of a joke and it's like, whoa! Hey! It's not that kind of party, dude, all right? You know, we like, we like Corden.

Corden's a nice guy. Corden's my former boss. I like the man. He's a good egg. And he loves his football. My partner's former box. And he, so we, yeah, we, he knows a lot of,

he's a big football fan. He knows football. He loves football. This clip is just so funny. This is like Alexi La Rebecca Lowe's just trying to set it up to be like, let's promote this other show that's on Fox to do the World Cup. Easy work. This is where it's just so funny.

He's like this eager-ass golden retriever who's dumb as fuck trying to impress me like, oh, you want to see what I'm about to do? And here's Alexie Lawless. Oh, I mean, what do you guys call him a polka-white or whatever? Oh, wow. Wow.

I like how Zlatan even goes, whoa. He was trying to break the tension. Like, here we're going to go say shit. Rebecca Lowe. She's like, oh, fuck. Oh, shit. And it's just funny too because obviously they're used to being on the air in the UK

where that's like being like, yo, that dickhead or whatever. Whereas in the U.S., it's funny because like you would see in the commentary, like the comments around this clip where Americans like, what the fuck, whatever. And other people like, it makes sense that Americans don't see why this was kind of odd because you would never hear someone in

punditry saying some shit like that about another person just straight up. So just just speaking of as the most American guy on the show, I knew it was fucked up based off the context clues. But what actually got said? Did he just call him a fucking asshole or like something worse than a fucking asshole? It's not that he, it's, it's not that like it would arise to the levels of like the FCC being like, what did you say? it's just like very

untoward. It's like a thing people say to each other like in very informal. Yeah. And the full kid part. So that's based on the sort of thing online where like you'd see a photo of a guy like just a football fan like a middle age dad or something

wearing like socks shorts. The full joint. Okay. Now that's what I thought. Okay. So now that. Full kid dickhead. In America,

that's when a guy comes to the basketball court in the full Lakers house. And he got. the, he got the Jordan Calf sleeve on. What would you guys call them? Like, look at his dick. Yeah, he's fucking, same thing. The same way you'd be like with,

I would call him a fucking goober. Look at this goober. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's, but me personal. Yeah, yeah. Has he had to apologize or anything? That'd be kind of funny. I don't know if he did.

I know, I feel like Rebecca Lowe may have said something right after. Wait, I'm trying to, what? You did it just so much? Okay. Okay. Lucky we're on American television. Oh, Because the W-WW on British TV.

It's just funny. Like the three of them, like, and all of the Fox broadcasts have been like, they all hate Alexei Lawless. Like they cannot hide their fucking contempt for the shit that he says. Like when he said, uh, when Alexi Laos was like, hey, if Holland has like a good tournament, he's going to be better than you, Slotan. Like, he's going to be bigger than you.

Hands down. I'm going to have to put him above you. And Zlatan's like, no, you fucking idiot. That's not. You know what we'd say in the UK, be like, that guy's got some real stinky chat. You'd be like, can you, can you, can you, can you, can you smell that? That's a Lexi's chat right there.

Yeah. That chat is fucking mortal, man. That chat is wiffy. It's a, it's a minging, as they say. Yeah. He's the guy you become friends with first week of university and you're like, I don't want to be nice with this guy. And you have to just lie about where you're going for the next couple of weeks.

Hey, where are you guys? And Lexi, yeah, yeah, yeah. we let you know and he just slowly fade you just fade away it is strange that it's like he's required

in US soccer talk because like yeah I don't know bro you had you don't even got the hair no more

did Kobe Jones get cancelled or something you know what I mean like he's probably also dull as fuck too I'm like yeah I mean

he does a lot of galaxy stuff he seems pretty chill can we surely surely he's now old enough that Freddie adieu can be the the go-to pun did

I'd rather hear that I would I'd love to do that. Yeah, I think a lot of the guys who I'd rather hear probably just don't feel like doing it. It has, that has to be the case. They're also probably like, bro, it's cringe, honestly, if I'm up there talking with Tieri and Rianzlatan, like, not, bro. Yeah, and it's just a little off.

It's a lot on. Get Landon Donovan on there with his signed book. He's like, he keeps trying to, like, sell his book. I know. They're like, like, Landon, what do you think? I'll tell you a lot. If you want to know my thoughts on the game, I recommend getting a signed copy of my book. Available.

Two nights in Istanbul. They got Kobe Jones on the ground. He got boots on the ground. Okay, there you go. There you go. He's like community ambassador. And you get my second book. Landon's calling.

Landon's calling. Oh my God. It's all about him leaving Everton too soon. There's, oh, there's another moment with Slotan. Oh, this is another great part where Zlatan was like,

look at this. There's like during the opening ceremony. He's like, look at this. You have the future on the pitch. the present right here at the desk, and then Thierry with the great punchline. The present here. And that next year is part of the pass.

Look at them. They don't give a fuck. They're like, fuck you. Laughing in your face. Hey, I love, I love Thierry in this World Cup desk. At the Champions League desk,

he would never, like, Micah Richardson and, yeah, yeah, they do all the talking. But in the World Cup team, yeah. he's going down the middle with it. I think it's perfect because it, like,

Tieri Henri is a cocky guy. And he, if he knows he's better than you, you're going to know that he knows he's better than you. And I think that's where it was just funny to see him. Because he said another thing where like, I think it was at the end of the Senegal France match, Alexi Loss was like,

you know, you're going to say that the French were arrogant, uh, and blah, blah, blah, but like maybe they deserve to be arrogant with that performance. And then Tieri said something he's like,

the ignorant, people will call that arrogant. The people with intelligence will call that confidence. And just fucking just smashed his face to his fucking face right there. It reminds me to like, have you seen that clip? Did you see that clip? Did you see that clip? DiBari says his letton. Yeah.

Zlatan said that. Zlatan said that. Yeah. Yeah. It's good they're both piling in. Yeah. Yeah. They're good. He has to quit. He has to quit. He has to quit because he gets roasted too much. Alexi's, Alexi's dropped out of the group stages, guys. Yeah. Yeah. He cannot handle the banter. that's right. While he was saying that Tieri was just stewing

like the whole time not talking like, this guy's an asshole. Like his face was like, this guy's an asshole needs to shut up. This guy's an asshole needs to shut up. And then when he got his take off, it was I would much... Do you see the clip with Travis Scott? When Travis Scott was turning up in front of Tierra, at the match

and Tierra was like looking at him like, look at this little asshole. This guy cannot, if he doesn't like you, you will fucking know. I love that kind of transparency. I just, I wish we can move on from Alexey Lulles. You know who's ready. You know who could be American on that desk.

Any one of them call it what you want, guys. Give me Charlie Davis. Give me Jimmy Conrad. Yeah, right. On that desk over Alexi, man. Come on. Because they'll know how to kind of have a good time, you know. And Alexis, I think Alexi Lollis is just so insecure that he has to constantly, like,

prove himself or just have these, like, really dumb ass takes to try and be, like, yeah, I'm saying some chest out too often. Yeah. Also, shout out to the Congo national team. Javarai put a picture of them arriving in the world. I was like, fuck, shout out to Zamunda pulling up. I thought fucking James Earl Jones pulled up to check on his son in New York. We all three of us need one of those.

Yeah. Chris, you could wear one too. Yeah, this feels like it's going to end my career. But yeah, absolutely, yeah. Just like the context is everything. Yeah. You think your service in Curiselle was bad before? Wait until you throw on this leopard crossbite.

Oh, look at him. You had the doerag on too, didn't you? I was told it was a wave cat. Yeah, guys, I was told by knowledgeable friends what to do, and I feel like they led me astray. They're like, here, I have waves. Heels the wave cap. Man, that reminds me of the last thing I put in the dock.

You guys with the goats? No. So Cape Verde gets the draw. And the fans are partying in the street. And a guy hops out of a cab with a du rag on holding a goat, a live animal goat. I love that. Oh, okay. I see this.

So they got the goat. The goat scared is shit. But the video ends with somebody taking off the guy's du rag. And he's bald under the du rag. Don't do it like that. Uh-oh. He's got it up. He's got it up.

He's holding it up like, it's the fucking. Who's about to snatch his shit off? And then they start laughing him. The goat afraid for his life. Put the goats down, man. Put the goats down, as my people would say. Do you reckon that's because they're like, we're the goats?

Is that why? Or is it just because he has a pet goat? I think he just had a goat. I think he just flew over here with a goat. It was just very dependent on what animal the guy had. Yeah, yeah. It could have been a cat. Could have easily been an iguana.

Yeah, yeah. He's trying to style out afterwards. I'm saying with the goats, I'm pretty sure you just always. bring a goat to every party we go to and this was the one time I'd say. No, I don't. Never do that.

We literally call you goat man behind your back. We call you goat man. I thought you were saying that as a compliment. No, man, it's because you bring a goat everywhere. Yeah, there you go. Remember how you said you couldn't get to do a long-term relationship because you got to concentrate on raising

a goat? Right, yeah, yeah. Jabari said in the chat, he's like, he's their version of the dudes in New York, walk around with a big ass snake. For sure. I just got my dog with me. No leash.

I'll hold them in my hands. In L.A., what is it? It's like a dude with a parrot or some shit. I think a lot of parrot dudes in L.A. Dog and a baby carriage. That's another L.A. Or just a guy in a Spider-Man outfit with a fanny pack. Oh, that's New York too, though.

Yeah. With Tim's on. Oh, yeah. And they're drinking henny. Oh, they're out now, especially after the next. Oh, yes, they were. The numbers are through the roof. Also, I got to say,

the, one of the, the, one of the, other really underrated things. I think, and I was saying this, like, earlier this week, just as somebody was like, even though, like, fucking FIFA sucks, at least, like,

the people, it's really what the, like, the people that make the World Cup, like, really fun. It's seeing those Scottish fans on the boat. It's seeing, like, you know,

a lot of people are doing the thing where the, you know, obviously every time Japan plays, are like, they clean up the stands after they play every time. That's so true.

What's great, these people are fucking, but shout out, there are some trolls who, like, just found this shocking footage of Japanese, people slowly put a pulling out garbage from a bag and placing it down.

And they're just playing the clips, the shit in reverse. It was so fucking stupid. But then the other part that's great though, too, is so many people, especially from the UK, are posting about their travels in the U.S. Because it's like their first time. So many people are in the U.S. for the first time. They're like, uh, hey, I'm an outback steakhouse, bro. Yeah.

Uh, they just can't. They're like, look at this. look at the size of the slice of this pizza. This is a regular water. This is a regular water. You know, and they're just like, yeah, man, welcome to fucking maximalist. The really wholesome content I've found somehow

on a, on a, on a algorithm is, like young, not just young, but people from a tiny town in the south. Is it Algeria are playing down there? They're playing in Lawrence, Kansas, I think. Yeah, their home base is in Lawrence, Kansas. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And these guy, like, wait, yeah, we just want them to win

because they're in our town. And it's, you know, obviously, goes against the stereotype people at the moment that's happening in this country. It's very wholesome to see these sweet people who are just like, they want to come to our town. We're going to support it.

We're the best for them. They're like, we just love that they picked Lawrence, Kansas as their home base. Like, we're honored. And I'm like, damn, okay. I'm like, dude. And part of me is like,

and you're aware with what continent they are from and their religion? Is everything still like? Yeah, of course. I'm like, and see, I was saying on Daily Zikers, I'm like, when I saw that clip two and I talked about it.

I was like, It reminds you that, like, America is like about 70% good people. You know, it's just the 30% that get a lot of fucking traffic. They're very loud. Yeah, it's the problem with America. They've got a lot of cash, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, oh, too bar I said there's a person who called Golden Corral an out of body experience.

Well, yeah, if you've never seen that chocolate fountain, bro. I bet it was. Yes. It will fuck you up. Have you seen that much fried shrimp come out at once? No? Well, you're welcome. Yeah, a lot of people just been like listing things they like.

They're like double cheeseburger from Hardee's. I'm like, bro, Hardys, you're really just shouting out the local. Again, same way I'm like, I love Tesco sandwiches. Yeah, when you see the Japanese fans, six words to describe Texas. I'm not going to do the accent, but he said something along the line. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. You're like. I'm co-signing it as a Japanese person. No, no, no, nah, nah. Not full of that. He said something like,

Oh, wait, I found the clip. If you just look, find it. Yeah, yeah, because it's pretty sweet. Wait, is it, is it someone... It's just a little guy being interviewed in the street, like, in a Japanese. I'm pretty pretty pretty Japanese fan in an outfit. If you show me this... Oh, oh, is it a guy with the fucking...

The headband? Yeah, the headband. Yeah. Is this a video of the one lady who was, uh, who really, uh, wanted some barbecue. she kept calling it Big Beef. I like that lady. I also won't do the beef. Yeah, yeah.

They're in Dallas talking to some Japan fans and they're like, yeah, we're looking for barbecue. And then they cut to the one lady like, yeah, big beef. I won't do the voice as well, but it's tight. It's tight. Yeah, it was fire. So it's Big Beef. I'm searching for Big Beef.

Is it Big Beef here? Guys, I'm looking. That's Jamel. That was Jamel. Anyone's listening. That was Jamel. God, damn. Very good.

That's shit. It's so. It's so good. It's not racist because it's so accurate. I've been taking classes. Hey, man, those accent work classes, they are paying off. Okay, here we go. Where's everyone from? Japan.

What do you think of America of Texas? Texas is good. Everything is a big. Where are you from? Texas is good. Everything's big. Yeah, yeah. Good.

So it is. Great. There was another one. I think a woman of like one of the Chicago broadcasts also found a Japanese fan. And he, this dude could not speak English, but that did not. fucking stop him one second from doing a full on TV interview. He's like, um, my English

is not good, but I love Japan. I'm excited. I'm so excited. Yes, very good. Japan. I'm like, yep, okay. Very good. Very good. Very good. Some of the other, there's a lot of people

writing poetically, there was one Japanese guy said to those heading to America for the World Cup, if there is a Texas roadhouse near your hotel, head there immediately. It's a chain restaurant, but you can get the best cost performance steak, especially the ribeye is the absolute best. There was another one who was describing going to a Tex-Mex restaurant. Did you see that about the free salsa?

That is real, though. Hold on. This is so funny where he was like, this is, this is just, this is so fucking funny. I have to read this whole thing for you because this guy is waxing poetic about the free chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant. That's amazing. So this is what at Japan underscore Nobunaga posted. He said USA, a Mexican restaurant.

We had not yet ordered anything and the food was already arriving. Chips, salsa, unrequested, free. I stopped the waiter. We have not earned these. They just come with the table, man. They come with the table. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully,

returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you even have proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration. We trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity of the... that the moment deserved.

And then I must report this calmly. The basket emptied and a new one appeared. Did we refill? The waiter said. It's bottomless. Bottomless? They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me, don't fill up on chips, dude. Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one to be finished. An unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable.

I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at most. Who am I deceiving?

There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it. That's amazing. Let's go. You can go, bro. You get those free chips, man. Unbelievable.

So that's going to do it for us this week. We're going to be back, probably doing multiple episodes as things heat up even more. And, you know, rapid response demands it. I guess for the two of you, any plugs? Anything you want to shout out? I'm going to plug Group I of the World Cup, Norway's Up 3-1. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's it.

We just went down. Somebody looks like they're down. I'm just going to plug the people, the people of the World Cup. Yeah, honestly. That's what it is. They can only charge. you so much for water out of state. Yeah.

And we could just bring a camel pack in. Now I think we should be, we should be wearing. I'm going to plug camel packs, guys. I've been, I've been talking about players wearing them, fans wearing them. Get them in. Bring the fucking ad money, you cowards. Cowards! Sponsor us.

Ain't a booty brought to you by Camel bag. I nearly did. I nearly shouted cowards when I was like, and I was like, what diaper bag, bag, you go get, go buy, you just go buy it. Go buy a see-through one. You're a coward. that would be so jarring

you're your fever's bitch you coward to an American like wage worker who's just like I don't know like coward they're like I'm like do you not listen to ain't it for it's sort of a callback to oh wait are you Jamel I'm Chris

The Blasian one No What? Also it's 4-1 now Yeah it's 4-1 Oh Holland back across the Bumbled in.

I just saw that. And I showed a Norwegian guy with a terrible sunburn. Actually, I think that's paint, but given the circle, well, hold on, no much to see. Let's see,

cut to the, I'm on a little bit of delay either the sunburn or is it face paint, verdict in, I believe that's a terrible sunburn. Okay. Or his liver is not functioned.

For it's pains. It could be in it. All of the about. All of the about. All right, y'all, we will see you next time because we got the fucking fever, and I know you do too. We'll see you then.

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