The Daily Zeitgeist - MLS > The World

Episode Date: July 1, 2026

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wrapping up the last bits of the group stages. Welcome, Jamel Johnson and Chris Martin. Jamel, you said MLS is on the up. MLS is here, guys. It's a real league. I mean, I know that. Yeah, yeah, okay. Paraguay just beat Germany, guys.

The whole team plays for MLS, okay? I was wondering where I'm like, where do all these motherfuckers play at? I didn't even bother looking. Ooh, MLS. I just, yeah, that's it. Wow. Fucking USL, bro.

Who is the biggest dude from MLS that was playing on Paraguay? What am I saying? A guy who was at Newcastle. Almaran. Amaram. Yes, he went back. He's back in MLS. Yeah, he went back.

Okay, okay. I see what you're doing, Al Maron. Yeah, that was a match. Chris Martin, how has the pub scene been? I mean, the pub scene's been, I was telling you guys about, Saturday, Saturday was a full, Saturday was, I ended up at a, so I ended up in wet,

So there's so many parts of the city to watch games. It's a vast metropolis. I went to high tops in Los Felas to watch the USA game. Okay. So you don't know it is a gay sports bar in Los Felas and it's the best place to watch you go. All right. I imagine a lot of people in red, white and blue, but none of it says USA.

Yeah. Just like they got, they're like, I'm not wearing a flag. Yeah, yeah. It's vibes. It's good food, good people. It doesn't, it's like just enough for a vibe, but not like hectic. Yeah. The guy who serves me the burger and fries, very nice guy.

He seemed to really enjoy my bit of flirty banter. Genuinely. I'm a married man. I'll take it anywhere I can go. And then Saturday I end up at a... It wasn't because you did 50%. It was a little bit because I tips of 50%. Saturday I end up going to...

I watch an England game in West Hollywood. I know, in Santa Monica at a golf club. Man. Which sounds like it's going to be terrible, but it's like a scene. Penmar Golf Club has... It's where the French is the big French watching place. But shout out to Lloyd Griffith and... Rick Edwards from Football Daily on the BBC who sort out tables.

There's like, oh, tables, like, good vibes. It's a weird thing where, like, it's sort of divorced women looking to pick up. Okay. Let's go. So I'm really, I'm really here in my sweet spot, which is, which is, I'm going to place to divorce with. Yeah. Yeah.

Come on. Game men where you're scoring high points. Game man. He's out here just kind of leaning on the bar. I'm having a great time. It's like you were feeling good about myself. Showtime, uh, dramedy. Yeah.

Like when you was at. Exactly. It feels like something from like Californication or weeds or some shit. And then I took my son and they mentioned this and their podcast, I took my son who's like to with my wife. And Rick, who has a son similar to my age, just goes, is it weird if I just hang out of your son while he's playing golf over there? Because I've really missed my son.

I was like, knock yourself out of me. Free baby. It sounds like the plot to a movie. Free babysitter. Free tall British babysitter. anyway. So that was great. And then I end up in a house part in West Hollywood's

where it was kind of had a keg and then all these new... You were out of Hollywood with a keg, bro? With the keg. That's impressive. But a keg with a built-in tap system in the backyard. Whoa. This is next level. That's the West Hollywood part.

And then I end up in Barney's Beaner in. I will say this. This is what I noticed about this part of West Hollywood. I was wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Yeah. I normally go out on the east part of L.A., just a quite a standard black wine shirt. the people couldn't believe.

I feel like in that part of town, it's a different end. There's like, not saying I'm hipster, but like people thought I was mad. They were this guy who was like at the bar going, dude, you just get to town, dude?

Hey man, what the hell is this? Yeah. You look ridiculous. I don't even know your name. Yeah. Good Lord. And he started doing that.

And then I was in another bar and there's other people. And people were just like, dude, you're taking a wild swing with this shit. I'm like, what is? That's because you're in shape. I was like,

that never happens. to me, but that's because I'm overweight. Wait, that's crazy. Hawaiian shirt is my uniform. They were giving you shit because you were wearing a Hawaiian shirt? This guy literally, a Hawaiian shirt? It was like, it was the craziest. It was the, he was like, I couldn't believe you have the audacity to wear that on

a night out. That's wild. Tiki culture out here is very scary. He was very, we invented it. Yeah, that's what I mean. It was crazy. The first guy very annoying, but then I'm at the bar and I'm next to a guy called Philippe and he's just like, this is sort of fan I love.

Obviously, there's a diehard fans. And this guy's like, I don't really, I don't really, I don't really follow soccer man, but I'm just any sport. six-year-old cool guy, glasses with, like, gold on them. And he starts talking about London. I go, you're from London? He goes, oh, man, in the 90s, I used to be a promo guy for Peter Stringfellow.

Do you know, Peter Stringfellow's? Look him up right now. Look him up right now. Peter Stringfellow, who used to own a strip club. Oh, my lord. And Peter Stringfellow used to own a strip club called Stringfellows, and this guy, this is my favorite type.

No, no, no, no, it's women's, strippers. Oh, no, I could see him. I could see him. He could be a stripper. Yeah, I'm saying,

no, no, I'm saying he could be running any kind of strip club. He's like, well, I'm about money. But anyway,

he's, as far as them away, it was, uh, the standard sort of, your more common strip club. He tried to run on in, uh, west,

in Bel Air for a bit. This guy, this guy, this guy told me, he said, um, lovely guy, he said his brother is,

I just like this is a phrase that a man would tell you a buyer goes, my brother, he's the richest black man in America and I was like, that's just a great quote. It's a great quote, but anyway, he was a promo guy for Peter Stringfellow and then he met him in London and he told me he had a, had a night with two strippers

and the way he was telling me about this night was just like he was just the happiest man I've ever seen him my life. He was time traveling back there. And then he vanished into the night. Took him back. And I was like, this is about this. And like, would that guy, Philippe go to the bartender and like,

he's been dead for five years, man? Chris, you're so drunk. Philippe? Yeah. His pictures, like, there's like a bunch of cano. There's a vigil set up. You were talking to a bunch of crumpled up napkins and place mats. Oh, yeah.

Well, shit. I watched most of my match on my fucking phone. Because I'm, like, doing all kinds of shit. I was in D.C. the week before last. So I, like, watched the Japan match at, like, midnight. It was kicking my ass. And then mostly on my phone. And then the one thing was, the beautiful thing is, as we've all realized, in World Cup,

it's like the one time you go, hey, man, where are you first? from. Yeah. And not in like a xenophobia. It's purely like. It's nice. What do we? Which team are we going to be talking about?

Yeah, yeah. I had one dude who was driving the cab. He was from Benon. But he was like, I'm rooting for all like the West African teams. I'm like, well, great. Because most of them have advanced. I had another guy who was Bolivian, but he was rooting for. I had a lot of people who were like, I'm from here, but I'm rooting for this other team.

Or people who were like, I'm from South Africa, but I'm rooting for Ivory Coast. And I'm like, oh. Okay. Okay, okay. But anyway, some great conversations, some heartbreaking moments. As we record this, we've just seen, we've seen three of the round of 32 matches that have happened so far. We did see South Africa lose to Canada. I think Drake put a gigantic bet on Canada, and part of me was like, I don't know what to do.

Yeah. But Drake's first bet he ever won. Yeah. Wow. And through 92nd minute from Stefan Eustachia. How you say that? Estacio. Estacio.

It's pronounced. LAFC midfielder. Once again. Oh, there we go. Once a motherfucking dead. Yes. Are we going to start doing an MLS podcast? Is that what's going to happen?

Hey, listen. I don't want to... But we can say some Arsenal names when we get to the Brazil's band. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't have to retire from the real podcast and start doing MLS podcasting. No, but I mean, it is, I get it. It's the levels, it goes up and up and up, especially is.

So what is that? Is that just because they're used to the sort of portion, the food over here? Yeah, they're accustomed to the preservatives. Yeah. I can't say preservatives. because he's irrefugee Everyone playing already has cancer from the food here Yeah

They're already playing From low baseline level The guy he plays for LFC He's used to like poisonous air Yeah yeah yeah These guys playing it so far now They're all scared of the fucking Big ass refrigerator

In Boyle Heights Exploding Insulation fumes Yeah yeah Yeah Everyone's got a mask And they're like I am a mask

Yeah My body is mask He's like first time All right Yeah That match fine, fine. Wasn't the most interesting.

It was a little stressful. I mean, not stressful, just like head grinding. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. These two teams, sir. Kind of deserved to win. They did, for sure. Davey's coming on made the difference as well.

As soon as he came on, it was like, yeah, exactly. And then this morning, Brazil to Japan won. Man, I was going into this one very, this is my dark horse team. I was like, tell me, I'm going to do it. Because we don't do great. Once we get to the knockout stage,

it's like the lights go out for, some reason. But this time that early, we're not early in the 29th minute, Sano scored from outside the box, I was like, oh shit, here we fucking go. Once Casamiro equalized from a beautiful ball from our big Gabby,

I gotta say, that was a really nice, really nice ball. That's when it was like, Japan was like, okay, man, we gotta just survive. We got to get to maybe extra time. And that's when it felt a little bit like, there were moments where Japan could still, like, they still offered a threat, but it just felt kind of like,

what we would do like in the banter section of Arteta's years or would be like clam up and be like maybe we'll just um hold on to this thing and then get beat uh it was 10 and half guys behind the ball yeah yeah yeah exactly and then martinelli with i mean look bruno gima rice just fucking just sent it right into him so clean one touch opened it up boom hit the post heartbreak my aunts were very upset um they watched together and then they were like, one of my cousins sent me a video of them where they're just going, oh, oh, that's sad. I don't want to say anybody.

Well, it's just funny because it's funny because they're watching the goal happen and then they saw the replay and every time the ball went in in the replay, they went, oh, again. So it's like a series of them going, oh. I will say when I watch, when I watched USA Turkey in the bar, I've never seen this. When I'm watching an England game and the goal goes in for the other team, they just go silent. It's very British. We're just, oh,

you're silent. Take it in. Feel the pain. Fuck. Americans like, America. Damn it. Every time.

Oh, for fuck. Why did I get my name? Oh, man. But it's very internal. But Americans obviously like stereotypically like to make it. Yeah, but when Turkey scored, it's very confusing because the bar was obviously full of Americans.

And Turkey scored. Everyone went, Oh. Like, it was, it was still a, it was like a sad cheer. Yeah.

So we've got to make a goal's in. So goals are good. Oh. Oh. Oh, no. No. Yeah. Yeah, I want to you to hear my aunties.

What time were they watching in Japan? They were watching live here. Shut up. Got that. That's the first replay. One more. Give us the closer. One more replay.

Oh. That's really funny. That's really funny. Ah. It was like multiple every, so every time they just out go, ah. They had to relive that over. So Mutsi, Yoko, I see you.

That should be a trending thing online where you make a sad noise every time you see the real. But I mean, Martinelli scored, as far as I'm aware, two of the most important clutch goals of the season, international and national, the one against Man City for Arsenal winning that one. Like last kick of the game coming up with it. Clinical. Which is wild too because in the league sometimes. He's good football. Yeah, it's my fucking son.

But sometimes he's not as clinical, you know? Like, there are times that you're like, you miss that? But hey, look, it's a different atmosphere. He loved it. I was just, I felt so happy for him because once he scored the explosion, like, he got to go to the sidelines. His post match was like, I got to see my friends and family. They're crying. I get to see all the joy.

And I'm, as a Brazilian, that's like, that goes straight into your fucking veins. Mate. You know they're going to be pying tonight. Yeah. A lot of dancing dogs. Talk of British stereotypes So we're talking about scoring the goal When I was with our friend of the podcast, Longers

Yeah He were watching the game He was with us on Saturday And then he goes How long is it takes to get a replay In this World Cup And I went what He goes, they show the celebrations for too long

Yeah, yeah, yeah That's the most thing I don't want to see people with happy I want to see the same thing again I'm going to go Just like me and the hoardings last year It's like the hoardings are too high up And he's just like, too long to see a replay.

Yeah. I've already forgotten it. My brain, I've got goldfish brain. I want to see it. I was just to the pet. I was like, mate, you sound so on an English thing to be complaining about. I mean, it does take a while. It does take a while.

Because they're really trying to like ramp up like the human. Yeah, yeah, which I get, but let's be real. This is a sporting event first. Save that for the documentary. Does anybody interview the camera guys from the World Cup? I want to see if they're good at finding certain people in the crowd. I mean, just like, what is the thought process? How much creative control do the cameramen have?

Oh, oh, I'm sure. I feel like that's got to be a skill because you've got to scan the audience and you're like, yeah, there he is. They're a hose. You know what I mean? You know they're doing that. There's probably one guy who's just looking for attractive women.

Yeah. Like, that guy's just like the pervert camera operator. Yeah, and they're like, terrible camera operator. But he just got an eye. He's like, yeah, yeah, right here, right here, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right. All right, right, right.

All right, Rick, good. There's one guy looking for a, it's a very sad fan of a certain country. Yeah, somebody about to cry. Was there the Japanese fan amongst in the Brazilian ones? Yeah. Well, Japan's easy because we cry all the time. We try out of happiness.

We cry when we lose. You will all, without fail, you just aim a camera into a group of Japanese people. Somebody's crying. Doesn't even have to be a sporting event. That's just because they're really shy. They don't want to focus on. Whatever it is. They might just be like.

I don't want a camera in my face. No, it's because they're overcome. It's by something. The most easily emotionally overcome people, trust me, I know because I was crying, watching some weird-ass YouTube video about fucking God knows one earlier. But yeah, I feel. I feel like they definitely get a... I'm sure, like, that's just a skill.

They're like, you've got to find somebody. And I'm sure just, if you're not on the pitch, you're just scanning the audience the whole time. So you find, like, this kid's going to lose his mind later. I'm going to put a pin in that. This person's got way too much shit on, so if they get a goal scored on them, I can see their reaction. I mean, it's the greatest people watching.

Yeah. It's almost better than Love Island. Just World Cup scenes? You been watching Love Island? I mean, just the guy. Only, I'm getting the audio from WMBA players like acting out scenes from Love Island. I'm not even watching it.

I'm just watching the Washington Mystics relive moments. Yeah. And I love you got time. Yeah. How has anyone got time for that when the World Cup? So yeah, no chance. The World Cup, this, I will say, has been a full-time job. Oh, yeah.

My mate lost his job about a month ago. And I've never, I said, mate, you've absolutely nailed that. What a perfect time to be unemployed. You know that. Nah, I kind of did it, man. I'm kind of hard up right now. I haven't eaten in three weeks. Dude, that shit is baller. How did you think of that?

Losing your job right now. He just sends a racist email out like a word before. He just says, here's my thoughts on these people. And then they're like, Jason, it's time. Speaking of you know who? It's like, oh, good Lord, you know who. Yeah, it's like I haven't paid bills.

I have like things I've let go by the wayside because I'm just trying to like watch matches. I get caught up. There's transfer market shit happening. I'm like, we're going to start Bruno. I don't know. And then the. the real big match,

a really huge upset. Germany, Ottawa, one one, then goes to penalties and my God, what a fucking, that penalty,

that shootout was crazy. Germany missed their first one, Khyveritz missed the first one, then they missed the second one. Then Paraguay was perfect up until their last two kicks, descended into sudden death, and then Jonathan Taugh

just fucking Gabby exiled it, just skyed that shit. I was like, ah, fuck. So sorry for you. Tata. Yeah. Tata. That sounds like a very, the sun.

The sun is definitely going to happen. It will be Tata. Tata, Germany. Yeah. All the builders. Yeah. Rubbing their thighs. Finally!

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. That's why, I mean, did you, I think you were in the, I was walking, watching it on the way to the studio and I've written, after they had two penalties to win it, Paraguay. I was just like, first ever pen cut. World Cup pens loss. Not yet.

Mate! I want the Germans to feel my pain. Fucking German, surely. Bamos! Then, co-please. Co-Please. So I get in the building. Yeah, yeah.

Bats a business. Batson. I just want to, because I was watching, obviously I like Kai. Right. He's a brother. From our team.

He's a brother. He's a black? Yeah, he's a brother. He's a club brethren. But then... No, no. No. No.

The more I think about it, Obviously, I wanted the Germans to lose on penalties. And I don't understand controversial. I'm still not over World War II. I'm still not over it. That's fair, dude. And do you know what? Just because of the blitz, right?

I mean, even if there was just one, more I think about it, one world war, that's all right. Two? I know it's been 70, 80 years. I was like, 45, yeah, 71 years. After the first one, you're like, guys, you've got one job. Or 81 years? Not go to war with the world for a good while.

They did it again. They did it again. And you'll never forgive them, huh? And then, and now they lose on pens, so everything's right with the world. Come on. Oh, okay, good. One to one. I was good, I was going to say.

That's the, that's the arc. Yeah. For the terrible fire bombings, you know, like, at the end of the day, they lost this penalty shootout. It did. They lost the power. So it's healing. It's healing. Do you think England can move on now?

I think we can, yeah. Maybe we can move on. Maybe make final eight? Yeah. You guys should make quarters off. We don't even need to make the final eight. It was really. That was a win.

Yeah, exactly. And in that, it came home. It did come home. Yeah. Losing on penalties. Yeah. Everyone's swarming, swarming Wembley, like when a man city lost and everyone's outside.

Yeah. Watching a white guy miss a penalty kick, I forgot how good that feels. Doesn't happen often enough. Yeah. Oh, really? I mean, I'm sure it does, but just, I mean, when that's a blowing the last championship league thing, that's my last memory. And Gabby.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Come on. But then Ty, you know what I mean? Yeah, hey, listen, I don't know where he. He ain't me. I'm sure he'll be the only one to get. He absolutely skyed that.

He'll be the only one to get some fucked up tweets. Voldemada and Kai missed, but you know who's getting the tweets. Yeah. Oh, you already know. We know where the tweets are currently. Unfortunately, anytime in a national team, if a black, look, every white player could miss, but if there's also a black player, then it's just. Lightning right.

They should have had Kai sixth. He'd been running around all game. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He needs a rest before he has the... Just a reset, just a moment to just kind of gather himself. I felt like mentally for how frustrating that match was and the lack of teeth going forward, it felt like him having to really be the one to lift it up out the gate.

I was like, mm-hmm. Right, and it's like, it's been on you all game. You've been trying to score on a header for two hours now. Yeah. But he equalized. Yeah. They did. He got the goal here.

That's the sad thing when someone, he's the reason they're in the game still and then he's going to get. Yeah, missed the first thing. That's why you don't put them out there first. I think when more, if you're going to miss, you want more. If you miss the pen, obviously you want your team to win, you're like, someone else just missed as well. Right. Because it's always going to be the last guy, though.

Yeah, you're right, though. It's like, it's a very ridiculous how. It's tough. It's tough, man. It's tough. But it's tough, but also. Too bad, so sad. Yeah.

Everything's why with the world. That's what football do to you. Enjoy a donor kebab on us at the crib. Now rest your ass, bro. For sure. Oh, yeah. Because that means, luckily, getting in the club, baby. I feel like...

Put him in a fucking Ziploc bag. For us, just putting our club allegiances on the table, I'm also like, man, y'all could lose this too. You know, Saliba, you don't really need a World Cup, bro. You need to sit the fuck down. Becklin Rice, you need to sit your ass down. Becklin for sure. Oh, I mean, I don't know how he...

I feel like we're already gearing up for a terrible injury with him. Just like the amount of minutes he's put on his body this last two years. But anyway, Paraguay, congratulations to you. You are advancing to the round of six. where you will face either France or Sweden. Illarious. So France.

It's so set up for France to make the final now. Yeah, because I mean, you look at that side, no disrespect to Canada. The Netherlands. You could disrespect. The Netherlands. That could be something they may put up. At least that is a team that has

some talented players on it. Yeah. But yeah. Because then on that whole side of the bracket, you have Portugal, Croatia, Spain, Austria, the U.S. Bosnia, and then Belgium,

Cameroon. That's how the bracket stinks. Yeah. Yeah. Portugal, Croatia will be one of the slowest pace games we've ever seen. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. That's their stopping for cigarettes during that game. It's like... Yeah, mutually. They'll be like, like, after the hydration break, they're like, can we get like five more? And they're like, are you smoking cigarettes?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, when you play Sunday league with a guy used to be, like, back in the day, and he goes, I'm not going to do any running. I'm going to still be better than you walking, but I'm not going to run at any point. So don't... There's an unwritten no running room. Don't expect it. It's a bit like the Algeria. Don't even look at me.

The Algeria. What's the McCullet game? Who is it? Algeria. Oh, the Osher game. Austria. Yeah, yeah. No one's supposed to win this, right?

And then as we score or you score. Marrose is like, better not. Maris is like, why not? Let's just bang it in. Yeah, yeah. Let's have one. Let's do it.

That was really funny. Yeah? Because that was fully not part of the agreement, right? If there was an agreement. I feel like two of the goals were a part of the agreement. Yeah, yeah. And then the other, yeah. Then Marez was like, I want to get my stats up, baby.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's like, I want a man of the match trophy. It made it a very fun last three minutes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. One of the best rigged games I've ever seen, bro. I know. Did he have like a 93rd and 96th minute goal in a rigged match. The production value on that performance is the showrunner nailed that.

Definitely. That's some Christopher Nolan. Yeah, they smacked up. I get it. Absolute cinema. If we use that, Scorsesee meme of their rigged match. Absolute. I was at a red line.

during Congo Uzbekistan. How is the red lion for vibes? I mean, it's nice. I like going to watch games there, yeah. When Germany plays, it gets wild. I saw Germany, Germany, Matt's like, and knowing what I know now,

you, hey, listen, you like to mix it up. So you'll be good over there. I just like inside myself. I like getting involved. It's mixing. You get a fever.

Just getting a little too close to people. They're like, hey, man, there's a lot of room here at the bar. And you're like, oh, sorry, I'm a married man who doesn't get a lot of foot, I'm just happy to be.

I'm just happy to. You see that Gouda came in in the Hawaiian shirt and bike shorts? Yeah. No, man. Stay away from him. Don't that combo. The bike shorts exclusively without Hawaiian shirt. I'm not on a little.

He's been here long enough. Anyway, so the big game was Portugal, Colombia. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And me and my boy, Beniam, we're on the, they got us in the corner. Yes. Okay. Yeah, I'm with the guys. And we're invested in Congo because it's like, this game actually has stakes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Congo wins, they're in. I mean, it was kind of like whoever. Well, no, only Congo had a chance. Right, yeah, yeah. Respect stand did not, but nobody wants to go home. No, no, no, no. And the game ended up being really good.

Yeah. And the, but the whole time, it's like, uh, we're, we're trying to ignore these near chances in the Columbia game. Mm. Trying to pretend that this game is better. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, yeah, we're watching Congo, but right. Everyone else at the bar is watching the other game, and we kind of wish we were watching

that one, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And just trying to pretend. that we're from the Congo for like 90 minutes like nah this is really important you think the white people were looking at like they might be from the Congo

probably I met some American Congo fans in Barneys as well and that was a lot that's what I mean lovely as like they were like who used to support Congo hey we're playing in the next round

this is going to be quality and it was just like this lovely it's in this lovely sort of let's just be all mates until someone starts slagging off my Hawaiian shirt it's a good vibe

and luckily yeah that's all non-football based violence that's been done to you is all exactly That guy doesn't just caddiness. That's America for you. It's all nice until something American like this happens.

Congo, they finally let the Patrice Lumumba guy in. Now he's doing deodorant ads. Is he? Yeah, yeah, they got him. He got a degree. Like this just with the armpit up. He got a degree. Yeah, it's like I got my pits up all game.

So this is what I do. Yeah. While I'm pretending to be a statue. They're going to be a tough game. Hell yeah. Yeah, yeah. They got, they can, they can ball. Mesa.

Wisa. Wisa scores again. Yeah, Wisa. The whole team goes down. to ass? Hell yeah. But it was against his back of stuff. So let's remember.

Ronaldo also scored two goals against his Bekastown. Great point. That is true. This is a bad team. Which is, which is... They are bad.

They are not good. Husenov looked pretty upset at the end of that. I think he always looks about upset though, doesn't it? That's just his baseline. But Bernardo was like, hey, but Bernardo definitely came on and was like, hey, bro,

y' y'all were never going to win, man. Yeah, it's like, why, sorry. You should. You should. You should be in Lived City. Yeah, don't worry about that. We're just buying,

We're buying Ellie Anderson, but we're fine. Yeah, yeah. You'll be good, you'll be good. Some of those.

But you left. I know more, I'm done with that shit. But you have fun over there in Manchester, man. It's beautiful. Beautiful.

You'll really love it. Let's take a break, actually. Okay. When we come back, we can wrap up some of the group stage matches because some of the group stage

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It was a game. It's one of those weird ones where England is sort of expected to win. I mean, a lot of it was, as I said, we just in a very enjoyable arena watching. But I was like, this is not going to be a good game. And the way he's Tuchel's picked the England. squad is he's not picked it to win against these low block teams. He's picked a team, I think, that can play against, like, a Brazil or someone good. So these kind of group stages, it's like, let's just get him out of the way.

But Bellingham has that guy, Gene. He comes up clutch, and then Harold Kane becomes the top score at World Cups for England. And it's just so nice that he doesn't play for Tottenham anymore, because I could just sort of unashamedly say he is one of the best. Yeah, he's so good. He's so good. He's so good. He's so good. I've ever seen in my life

because you can just do everything. But yeah, England definitely have a few, have some issue, that the fullback scenario is not looking great. At the back, we just look a bit,

we need to let a goal in when someone, I forgot, I forgot the Panama player, but Panama weren't terrible, they were pretty decent. No, they brought the game.

I feel like, there's been very few batterings in this tournament. There's been a lot of teams have really, like, a well drilled and can hold their own.

And, that Germany, Carousout match. Apart from that one. Yeah, yeah, the biggest one. 5-0 Senegal

Iraq. Yeah, well, when people are resting to Yeah, but they even still, I feel like I could count them on one hand. Yeah, yeah, because you thought with the bigger tournament it would be so many more batterings. Yeah. No, so I think England did enough, top the group. Congo's going to be similar, though, much the same. They're going to sit in and be hard to break down.

And then I kept thinking, like, my pitch to him was like, get Ezra, get Ezra on, get Ezra on. That's not because of an Arsenal thing. He's like, he's one of the few, like, I'd call him a lock picker, someone that can kind of like, Whereas like Roger's Belling And they've got that like big guy Big stride running into the box Powerful Great footballers

But just lack that little bit of You know round the box Slide rule passing So And even just a clever Like a little cheeky dribble To get out of a tight Like tight space

Like as it will do that suddenly And like you can suddenly have the whole You know Just a whole field in front of you On a break or something But nice to score off a corner And it'd be good Apparently rather than an

Yeah Yeah It's nice when it happened at the workup. Yeah. A lot of out swingers, which is contrary to the Arsenal way. But job done, I guess. And it's like, who knows how. We're only going to know how good the England team is really, I think,

when we play better teams. But you just saw Paraguay beat Germany. Yeah. It can have, like, teams, there's a lot of teams that can sit in and get a good. And Wisa on a counter, I mean, this guy loves nothing more than to destroy British hearts. Yeah. A counter attack. Yeah.

That's what he does for a living. Exactly. I know. I know. Yeah. And he's like, bro, I play against these motherfuckers. I know all these fucking fuckers. I will wake up.

I know all these sport. That's how he says in luck. They're like, why's talking like that? Yeah, like, wait. I know all these fucking fuckers, bro. The guy who, the guy who doesn't know what to say, so he just starts swearing. Yeah. You know all those guys when you're playing sport who just, I'm just going to try and get everyone up for the games.

I'm just going to swear a hell of a hell of a lot. Just fucking fucking go, you fuck. I'm like, sorry, I brought my son here. Fuck yeah, dude. Airmuffs. Air muffs. Fuck earmuffs. Wreys. Man, bro.

Speaking of earmuffs, I have to raise my hand for this. What the hell is going on with Jed Spence and this chin strap in? Yeah, no, he's got a fraction. Oh, yeah, because he's got that, like, jaw. He's got a fraction jaw or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is insane when you think, like, the amount of, like, just a man playing a fully a fully important game of football with a broken jaw.

Yeah. Crazy to me. It's like, when he's got, like, it's kind of cool because he looks like a Marvel supervill or some shit. That's what I'm about to say. He looked like iron flux. Yeah. He looked like he got a...

It's kind of smooth. Like, he could just hit a button and that shit turns into a helmet. We... Like, it doesn't look goofy. You know what's like a neck brace? I'm like, oh, what's he on? Yeah, that's cool. Okay, Jed.

He looked like the danger room in the new Marvel, uh, fighting game. Ah. That's a deep cut. Shut up to all my guys who are at Evo. What does that mean? So it throws a bunch of robots at you? Yeah, just crazy like lasers. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

I know about the danger room, canonically speaking. They made, they, uh, they turn the danger room. they, like, personify the Danger Room. Oh, shit. Put them in a fighting game. Oh. Oh. The Dane's room is a...

Is a person who looks like Jed Spence, but is, like, painted... Imagine Jed Spence, but all light blue. That trap thing with the dreads. You know, they started choosing goalie outfits to be distracting for one-on-ones, right? That was a big thing back in the day. Like, they'd pick a bright color. I don't know Arteta definitely has done it, but I'm sure, like, maybe Marina or someone. You know, marginal gains.

but I will say if you're playing as an attacking winger and your defender has that on his face it's going to put you off your game a little bit I'll be like that's just unusual I'm just I'm still looking at this rendering of the danger of the danger room right here like Jets Spencer was I tripping which which version

this one looks like a white lady well that's just a yeah okay yeah yeah would you feel me yeah yeah because you see it with it it looked like it could turn into that yeah could all the team wear one of those headguards in solidarity You think that would put you off? Well, I just be like...

I'd be like, bro, let's do this soft, bro. He's hurt. You think that's weakness? Well, you just... Oh, fuck with him. You just to slap him in the jaw. Yeah, just something like, what hurt? You know what I mean?

Just to fuck with that. Look, because how good is that really for broken jaw protection? Yeah, yeah. You got to test the job. You got to test it. Just touch it. Or is you put up in early.

Slap his chin early. Yeah, yeah. Just get in there and be like, let him know. Just let him know your shit can be smashed again, you know? Unless he maybe... Or maybe he's, or maybe he's, he's wearing it like how Rip Hamilton never took off his mask. Because after a while, Rip Hamilton was just like, fuck it, bro.

Now it just feel good. Yeah, yeah, this is me. I feel more comfortable with mask. Do you know Rip Hamilton? Are you familiar with Rip Hamilton? No. Oh, okay. I'll show you.

It's a different version of the same problem. Similar thing. Yeah, he played for distance. And he also wore a mask. I remember who's the guy used to wear glasses to play basketball in the 90s? Is it Patrick Ewing? No, you didn't. Pick it a Koreans?

Nah, someone else wore, someone else wore shades himself. I mean, obviously there's Edgar, Edward. Grant. Horace Grown. Horace Grown. I had to think of somebody, it had to be a Bulls player for it to get to England.

Yeah, yeah, that's fair. I almost said to Antoine Carr. To get to England, I used to have Chicago Bulls hat. Yeah, see, this guy, Rip Hamilton would wear it. This is a little bit of a cultural exchange when we brought to you by any footy. Here we go.

I love it. It's been a while since we brought his nose or some shit. And then he was just part of it was like, I just play better. I don't know, I just like having it on. He didn't even need it anymore. Yeah. Anyway.

That's that. David's with the glasses. is the other one I can think of it. Like what sort of, how much headgear can you sort of wear? Legally wear. Okay. Do you keep adding different things to your face? Don't these were wearing hats.

Like, no, but what you did it throughout the game? Like, it's sort of 20 minutes. Hydration break, you put on a chin strap. Don't explain it. I'd be like, what the fuck this guy doing? He's thinking about you. What's this guy mind giving me through? Next break, you put the David's glasses on.

Yeah. Now you look like, go, I can't see his eyes. Have you got glycoma? Yeah, dude. That's what I was more good when he picks it up. During the hydration break. Next break. Headband? Is that allowed?

No, you go with the same maximum helmet. Remember St. Maximum was running a Gucci headband? Of course. He went the fucking Gucci join on. But they wouldn't allow that in FIFA because they are so brand. Because you know how like they were covered. You can wear a Powerade headband if you want.

You can put on a Powerade headband, Coca-Cola. Powerade, Coca-Cola. Lenovo. Qatar Airways, Lenovo. Yeah. Adidas. You can put on the specific brand. TCL or High Sense. High Sense television. Okay, yeah. You can do that.

Fox. You guys sponsored headbands. and then maybe for the last one you wear what's the guy the Mexican striker from Fulham got his name Raoul Jimenez Jimenez you wear one of them on your head

and you got a bit of your skull missing and then actually up there you've just got a piece of ham that you just take out and you just eat it What the fuck See? Just a little ham smack

A little slice of ham Hampton The referee's like He's like what's going on with that He's like No his hamon I'm telling him

It's the hamon His mouth is covered. He's covering his mouth. And it's the Hammond guy. He's in the... And he's looking, he's like... And everybody's just kind of rolling it up, putting it under this.

Oh, this? This is some just harmon iberico. Mmm, he's a rikos havor. There's a long, the B.A.R. debate on like, well, he was eating. Yeah, they're like, we said it.

He was covered his mouth, but he was eating. Yeah, oh, he covered his mouth because he was eating. But he was eating. He was saying some of the racist. No, he was just good manners. Good manners. If you look, he has a toothpick. And he's picking his mouth of the tooth that he was doing that.

It is weird. The amount of spitting you see doesn't bother me. But if I saw a guy eating ham midgame, I'd be put off. I do not want to see eating. I'd be pretty beside myself. I even like, I remember that one when, remember Russell Westbrook was famously eating, sneaking the fries on it. I was even like, you're not even playing, but I don't like.

Oh, I love that. I mean, I like it. Yeah, he was like sitting on the side and like a suit. He was just, that's funny. It's surprising to have more snack. That's, that's something. I'm a snacker, so I'd find it hard to not have a little slice of something. I guess maybe, we've never seen anyone eat anything on pitch.

It's always like those gels, if you ever see it. Yeah, it's gel down, having a drink. But like, yeah, what is, what is the, what is the rule? You can have gel on the side. Can you, what food? What food are you legally left? What is the rule, what is it? I can't wear a helmet.

I can't wear this tune strap. I can't put ham in my hair. I got a ham band on. But it feels like with, with the celebrations, obviously, is the Iranian one. I feel very bad for the guy. Oh. Because I always watched that game.

I was so cheering for them. And then he does it and he gets the glasses from the meme. That's that meme. Yeah, he had the deal with his sunglasses on. Once you get the,

once you get props out, you're like, the meme shades. The meme shades. The meme shade. They shouldn't have been allowed to take that back. And then I was like, texting me and then it was that thing

where everyone was like, who's only one guy? I was like, the goalie's in front guys. Yeah. Come on. I know this is your first. Shojee Khalil Zadeh.

Bro, he brought him out in that Egypt match. Stoppage time. He thought, man. And you get it too. You really thought you did that. And I understand. But then for it to get taken away, that was the part that really hurt. It was just that it's like,

nah, bro, you didn't even. Like, it would have been, that's worse than you, like, getting the goal and then losing from, like, a goal, Egypt scored or something like that. The fact that it was just like, no, bro, that should didn't even happen. Yeah. And you're like, but.

My shades, bro. And all the bullshit that we've been through. I know. They're fucking. FIFA is fucking us. They are colluding with the U.S. government to make this the worst shit. It's also crazy the shit they asked these players

at the end of a match. Like, hey, homie, what's a straight-of-horamoo is going to be open back up? They're like, uh, I'm here with you. I'm just the fuck I look like. I brought a meme shade. Yeah. Hold on, you're not going to ask about these? I was the guy who pulled out the fucking deal with it,

sunglasses. You don't get about that? A shipping container that was in the straight of hormones? Where did you get them from? I don't know, man. Somebody gave them to me at the hotel. They thought it would be lit if I did that. Huh.

Huh. So what did you think about the new Ayatollah? That's your boy? Look, man, I'm just trying to get back to Tijuana on this jet because we cannot stay in the United States. That's just hell. I made my girl watch. And I was like, still then my might get through on the third place thing. Yeah, tough.

Right. And then Congo, so Congo knocks him out and I'm at the bar. And it's a very nice Iranian man who's like, it's only me, my Mbinium, watching the We're the only ones paying attention to the screen until the second half. Right. When an Iranian guy and a wife, Peter walks up and he's like, yo, kind of need Uzbekistan to win right here. He said it like that to you. Yeah, yeah.

You're like, I'll be honest, I have no control over what's happening. I'm going to be real with you guys. Put the blick on the table. Yeah. You're like, okay. And like, and we're like, listen, we won Iran to get in last night. It was really heartbreaking, but obviously we're rolling with Congo, bro. If they win, they might get to keep some of their cold bolt, man.

Yeah, yeah. We're trying to get our resources back, dog. I don't know what you will. They're kind of going through some shit too. You feel me? I didn't y'all going through some shit too. But they got some other shit. We just agree.

It didn't turn into anything. You guys. Every time Congo scored, it was just a headnot. It was like when Batman sees Alfred. Oh, yeah. Just a little look like. All right, sir. You know, we're sorry, bro.

My cocaine. Yeah. Yeah, the roby, the size of a chanourine. That's a quote. It's a quote. It's a quote my man always does. A robe the size

of a changeraine The turkey U.S. match was also fun to watch Man, that was... Turkey.

Turkey. Turkey. Turkey. Turkey. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. In the U.S.

Austin trustee. Kind of former Arsenal. I mean, technically he was on our books. A lot of kind of former Arsenal. Balligan wasn't playing. But there's Matt Turner, him.

Yeah. Yeah. When I saw Matt Turner was playing, I was like, I don't know you guys are going to win this. Yeah. Sorry.

And I went, I don't even know who you have a goalie is, but I know he's not Matt Turner. It ain't Matt Turner. And that's good. That's, if it's not. Sorry,

Matt Turner, but, yeah. Seems like a nice guy, though. He was terrible. Have you, you know those commercials they do on Fox that's like,

it's like, it's like the fantasy vision of the US winning the World Cup. It's how it starts. And then it like cuts to the dudes at the bar. And they're like, you really think the US is going to win. Yeah, I know that part of me is like,

I feel like you're playing with fire with a commercial like that. Don't, don't make that a commercial right now. That's not, just take it one match at a time. I'll low-key be excited if the US kind of goes far. I think it's a great project.

For me, this is the thing. If it's a country that's not a massive sport in a country, them going far is so good for... For the sport. Because in England, us going far, I mean, still it's going to energize the youth and stuff, but like, they're all on...

You're forced to do it. Yeah, they're already on that. Even if you don't want to... You can't get your kick-ups. Yeah. It can't even walk. Doesn't matter. But here, it's like, it's a...

It's a sport-changing thing if you guys can get to at least the core finals. Yeah, maybe you won't have to be fucking rich to fucking get some shit done. You know what I'm saying? Maybe we'll start funding this shit. Have you read that book Socceronomics? No, no. It's always a sort of like, the problem with the U.S. is that it's basically paywalled.

It's like a fair, so, so such a middle-class sport. I tell you how much the lessons are. You should be charging motherfuckers for lessons because you got the accent. I've seen. Oh, my God. you can charge double for talking like that. I see English guys training rich white kids at the park all the time doing shit. I'm like, this guy is finessing.

It's clear like the mom has a crush on this English dude. I see that with basketball a lot in Pasadena. Oh, right? He just kind of the same thing. It's just a guy. Yeah. It just goes. Is it?

Yeah. And they're like, it's like a cute black guy. Yeah. And they're like, it's like the opposite. It's like the opposite of white men can't jump a plot for the movie. Yeah. Just one black guy. He just rolls through Pasadena.

He just sits at the. He's just like pulling his socks up and stuff He's like, you bulls up. He's like, he's got like a life guy. He's got like, he's like middle-aged white. He was like, you got a sign? They play in basketball? They need help?

You need help? You need some help? Do you need some help? That's funny. You're correct. If you just see an English guy, go, brilliant pass. They're like, this guy passed. He must know.

This guy, Matthew. Who's Matthew? This guy? We call them Matt here. This guy Matthew is like from like Peterborough. or something. He wrote it down. I don't know how to say it. He's so English. He's so good. Like, he's so good with the kids. I know he's legit because he speaks with an accent.

I saw a guy, I remember once, like, could not pass the ball and was, like, drilling, like, two 12-year-old kids, like, at the park, like, on some, like, your parents are paying me money to, like, put these cones around. This guy could not kick a ball and kept acting like, you know, like, when, like, you'd fuck up, you're like, you're looking at your boot or something shit. Or you're, like, grabbing your muscle. You're like, ah, man, that was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. These dang American pitches. Yeah.

Not used to these. Your fields you have here. You've got pitches back home. Deal with it. Listen, but back to the Matt Turner of it off. What a fucking terrible game this guy had. Yeah, it was garbage. They fucked them up worse than the Sixers did Markell Fultz.

That's just for you. But this stuff, whatever happened to Matt Turner's confidence is dead and gone. McKell Artetta is somewhat responsible. Yeah. And it's not like I even cared at him. much. Yeah, yeah, but something happened. Yeah.

But it got, the big thing is, uh, Pulisich got some minutes. He got some minutes and he did play well. He did play well. 30 minutes, three shots on. The thing that blew my mind was where Turkey, I celebrated it. Like, I was like, how would I celebrate if the game meant anything? Yeah. Yeah.

I was like, the way he celebrated was like, hang on, can they go through? Yeah, I know. Yeah, I know. I was watching those people who didn't know and they're like, oh, no, is the U.S. out? Because they were just completely going off the energy. Yeah. I was like, no, no, no, the U. was through regardless.

And also, I don't know why you're watching, this is the most low stakes match in the tournament right now. The US, nothing can happen where the US doesn't go through and nothing can happen where Turkey goes through. My American friend, Stefan, was like, still wants to get the win.

I was like, you're so American, mate. It doesn't matter about it, mate. This is the time to lose, rest your players. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, yeah, I saw it both ways. Exactly. Perfectly time lost. Yeah.

Lessons learned for free. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? How to finish out a game? Right. And then you can be like, bro, and those motherfuckers are. aren't going to be playing the next rights anyway.

Also, it does kind of, in terms of the Matt Turner thing, because I know people were like, is it Matt Freez? Is it Matt Turner? They both named Matt, so they both should have an equal chance. You know what I'm saying? And no one's named Matthew. That's how you pick the team. Yeah, that's exactly what it was.

But now we know who's top Matt. There is no question there. I feel bad for him. He has been top man, his door mat. Thank you. Hello. That's a free one for you. Yeah, way to clean that up.

Yeah, bro. I mean, as far as the other backups, You know who I felt bad for it? Tim Way, I had a terrible game. I mean, just the larger scale. Like, he just looks so much worse than Georgia. Yeah. When I was explaining to the people I was with a lot of lovely,

a lot of lovely men, really into it. And I was like, so his dad used to be the man. He was the best player in the world in the mid-90s. And they were like, what? And for Liberia. Liberia? Liberia. He's president of Liberia.

The fucking president. And that's something you guys should be doing here. Instead of reality stars, who can you get from sport to be? Because that's... Michael Jordan. He took it personally. He took what Iran did personally. He took what Iran did personally.

Not good for foreign policy. No, that's not good. That's not good for foreign policy. He'll be like, bro, I will go to the house and kill them myself. They're like, no, no, Mr. President, you don't have to do that. Well, then somebody needs to. Fuck them kids. You should have Dennis Rodman, actually.

Oh. That would be more fun. Hey, listen, he's already in there. He's already in pals of... The alcoholism. Yeah. Alcoholism is definitely a wild car But of the things I've seen so far

That's probably the least of our words Right now right now doesn't seem that ridiculous I mean it could work But said that 10 years ago I'd be like this is mad It's crazy like everybody fucks with them Like Putin Xi Jinping

They're all like Love Dennis Ryan That's our boy It's crazy bro Some of somebody unifies You know what's bad as I want to be He was in a wedding dress Remember who came on the wedding dress?

I'm not I'm not gonna negotiate You don't know what he's gonna say Carmen Electra gets back in as the first lady. The most 90s fucking presidency ever. Please. Nostalgia, mate. People are craving it.

Yeah. I'm just saying, America. It's in your power. Dennis, Carmen, you've got my vote. Argentina. Yeah. They beat Jordan one, two, three. It's an interesting word saying to score.

Yeah, one to three. I like say like I'm like a 10-year-old describing what happened to be. It was one to three. Right. That was the score. there. Argentina, bro. Messy's still fucking scoring. Again.

MLS legend. MLS made him who he is. Alexi Lalas. Thank you, Alex. You can't tell me otherwise. You straight up can't tell me otherwise. People are going to be fucking desecrating Messi's gravestone just a tag.

You're well. Thank you, MLS on there. You're welcome. A lady crying. Yeah. Thank you, Emily. Let's one moment I saw the ball went in the air and Messi was next to a guy

twice as size for a header. And I've never. seen a man in a professional in football pretend less to compete for a ball. He was just like I don't know he goes, why would I do that? He was like lifting him up. Yeah, yeah. He was just like, that's not for me

that. Yeah. Just put it on the floor. Look how close I. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's cool. If I, if I was, if only I was bad enough that I needed to even try and win that header. Yeah. But luckily, put it in my feet. I mean, they are going to potentially sleepwalk

They've got a great path. To the semi-final. Who's the first game? Cabo Verde. Although, that's a tough game. I do want to say that would be so, such a fucking head fuck if they pull off. I think at best, probably a penalty. Bozzi, for president, brother.

If that is, I'll change my national. I do to vote for him for whony president. Because then on the other side, it's, what, you got New Zealand, Iran, Switzerland, Algeria, and Ecuador, Ghana. Hang on. New Zealand, Iran, what?

New Zealand's through? I thought with New Zealand, didn't you? You're just reading, Australia. You're just reading names. You're just reading countries out. I'm just like, I don't know my flags. I'm like, that's America. He's just looking at the flags.

I mean, going off just flags. That's a very, you're podcasting like altitude, mate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm doing it. You're up there. Give me an earpiece. I need some help. It's three teams in this World Cup.

For real. No, wait. Did I have that right? Australia. It was Australia, Egypt. I did have Switzerland, Algeria. Algeria, Kabul, Verde. Oh, Columbia, Ghana.

That was the one I fucked up for Ecuador. Columbia looked good, but we didn't say it. But Columbia, Portugal, Colombia, very unlucky not to win. Yeah. They look. Luis. Luisito still looks active. Hamas.

I told you about my Hamas reveal at the bar. This guy is like, I'm Columbia, baby. And I'm like, oh, Hamas Rodriguez. He's still playing. He goes, yeah, man, plays for Real Madrid. I don't think that. I'm not at all. Yeah.

He got his phone out. And in real time, I saw a man discover his hero plays for Minnesota to resty. Come on, dog. Yeah. Well, he hasn't played for Madrid in ages. Yeah, he hasn't played for Minnesota. FC in ages. He played for Everton in between.

I was just like, that's what's fun about these sort of like, it's like the good and the battle of the World Cup. So I was like, I'm into it. But I have no idea what I'm doing. I love it, man. Yeah, Real Madrid. You're like, buddy. No.

That sort of superficial banter to work, but 10 years ago. Okay, like literally 10 years ago. Yeah, I'm not messy. He's like, messy, Barcelona, baby. He's like, no, no, no. Oh, yeah, you know he's, uh, yeah, he plays for Barcelona still, right? No? Oh, shit, I don't know anything.

Is that Rinaldo? I don't know where you were going. Yeah, I didn't know either. I was trying to be, I was trying to be that guy trying to go from here. Is there another team? So, method. Yeah. Sorry, I had to really get in there and shit the bed myself.

The other thing, too, Uruguay crashed out. South Korea. crashed out as well. There are problems for them. Some backlash. So, first of all, in South Korea, the president, he was like, I am, quote, baffled at the performance that we just saw. He is calling for a fucking inquest.

I love it. I love it. I love an inquest. Yeah. Love it. Always happened to the word inquest. It's an inquest. And you have to use the word inquest.

We don't use that in America. It's an inquest. That's a very English thing. There is an inquest. There is an invest at Gatsione. going into, he's again said, utterly baffled by the results, came after the FAA and like the larger like department of sports to be like, we spent all this fucking money for what?

Yeah. In purple jerseys, dog. Once they came out in the fucking lavender joints? Yeah. It's true. No one's ever want anything big in lavender. No. No, no, no.

Yeah, human son was like, hey, man, look. We're playing at Monterey and lavender? They already talk crazy. This ain't it? this ain't it yeah you should have known you should have known um but yeah the ministry of culture sport and tourism is all that everyone's getting written up right now someone was like hey man please just please don't come after us the players trust me we're all fucked up about this he's like i wanted this more than anything i can't even believe it happened if you can't you live in venice now

if you can't please just support us okay and don't rip our heads off he just wanted july four fourth maybe yeah and then you see the macdonald's ad of him yeah the picture frame with grimace? Nah, dude, you need to hear about this, bro? Yeah, that is true.

You're doing the picture frame with grimace? You are doing the picture. Tell me to lay off. Grimmis, the big purple monster. Oh, that's the name of the purple monster? I'm more of a hamburger fan. Do they not have grimace in the UK?

They do have grimace, but I can see him not. Maybe. The thing is, we don't use the word grimace in the U.S. So it can be an abstract name in America because we don't have, we have such a limited vocabulary.

You'd be like, why would they name that grimace? Yeah, grimmis. Is he grimacing? But hamburgler is one of the best name characters. And it's one of the best puns going. And you can't have that. He burgles.

Yeah, that's us. And he likes hamburgers. And it's just like, Hamburgler. It's right in front of it. First pitch was ham robber and it didn't really make any sense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And someone's like, dude, we need to tidy up this name.

Hamlich. That's what they hit him first with. Oh, also, I was going to say, have you seen, have you noticed, like, a lot of the U.S. chance are, they're taking from Arsenal chance? Yeah. What? Like, it feels like, I'd imagine there are a lot of U.S.

Arsenal fans that are also U. U.S. national team fans. And they're kind of like bringing in some of the chance because they reworded the Eza chant for Baligan where they said, bro, they said No. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's crazy. No. He says, you can hear him. Oh, my God. Nobody's crying over Balagan. It's like it's good that he's doing well, but I don't think any other country he could have played for. He's not going to replace Harry Kay.

Well, at least listen, England's not crying. You can hear him crying at Big Ben Flo Balagan Scores again One girl from Pachitino He said wow Fuck off England

I'm a Yankee now That's a thing It's good I love you can hear him Because for people who don't know The song for Eberrecheese From the Gooners is You can hear him crying at the lane

Eberreze scores again But like You can hear him crying at Big Ben That's not Dipshit American thing Yeah. What's going to rhyme here? Big Ben, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. You can hear him crying at Big Ben. They might be crying in Nigeria. I don't think England's crying over Baligan, bro. No. Not when they have Harry Kane. The hell. Yeah.

But who knows? You know, maybe Balagan will have a big match. I mean, he's on three goals. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But trust me, I've walked around Big Ben on my visits and I've yet to see. Not a tear.

And I'm weeping. Yeah. The sort of America instead. Does anybody cry when they see Big Ben? Period. Japanese people. Japanese people in tears immediately upon first sight. It's on site.

The Swiss, the Swiss just loving timepieces. It's the biggest thing what you love. They probably talk shit about the movement. It's like a watch, but giant. They're like, what kind of movement? This is not Swiss movement that's moving the watch we love. We're very very serious about time you feel about. Yeah, yeah.

No, no. Timepiece technology. And we're keeping the gold. You don't get it back. It doesn't matter. They gave it. They left it here. so it's ours.

Switzerland feels like one of the few countries in today's more near it you can do an impression of and have no ramifications. Everybody loves it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're so neutral. It's like, you're like, they're so neutral. And they're so many guns. And they're very rich. They're like a bizarre version of us. Okay. You know what I mean?

They don't know it. Oh. They've got the blamies. Swiss gun ownership. It is one of the highest civilian gun ownership rates. And they love sweets. Good point. We love sweets. They love guys. You can, you can get a, You can go full auto with it.

You don't even need a 3D printed switch for your Glock. Okay. You can just have that. So why are there never any shootings in Switzerland? What's the difference? I think social safety nets. Yeah, you know. They've got that.

Low poverty, inequality, because it's also the most fucking expensive. So, goddam expensive. I remember also low-key cool with immigrants coming. Are they? I mean, according to the roster, hey. That's true. That roster, look, immigrant-friendly.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everyone's roster is immigrant-friendly when it comes to winning the World Cup. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? They're stealing children in some instances to be like, get that Brazilian motherfucker over to Saudi Arabia now. Oh, my God. You've just got to, if you're, yeah,

if you're trying to emigrate in the future, you've just got to get good of football. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's really the golden visa, if you really want one. So, yeah, anyway, sorry, the South Korean president, not happy. Uruguay, they crashed out. They came over on a chartered jet, okay?

Like any national team. but after that defeat, I will play that the AUF, Uruguay's Soccer Federation, has canceled the charter flight to set to take players from their base camp in Mexico back to their capital city of Monte Video. According to the Uruguayan broadcaster 10-field, players will instead be left to take commercial flights either home or to vacations with their families. They really just said, you're on your own, mother. That fucking jet, it ain't happening. So either you have a vacation or you can come home if you want, but not on our fucking dime, not after that shit. Damn, dog. They had to fly frontier back to Uruguay.

Yeah, man. And the commercial flight's back. Guys are giving you shit. It's going to be like on a commercial flight. Can you imagine? You sit in first class on a commercial flight. Everybody walking by you, like. Someone in a Spain jersey.

Like, this is bullshit. Got the Cape Verdeon. Yeah, they won't give you peanuts or whatever little snack mix. You know if the, the cabin staffer Uruguayne, you're getting charged extra for your backhand. Oh, yeah. You're going to every bet That has to go under, mate.

They're going to spill copy. It's just a fatty pack. It has to go under. Yeah. This is a bagel I got in the air force. No, no, we're going to have to put a bagel under. No, we have to check that. We're going to have to check that, sir.

You need to take that to the Jet Bridge and tag that, sir. I'm eating it. I don't care, sir. That could throw the weight off of a bagel. That could throw the weight off of the entire plane. We're not messing around, sir. Put that, tag that shit. You can claim it at the gate when you get off.

Okay, it'll be. So stupid. It'll be smushed under one of, the strollers. So let me see if I can fit that bagel in this little, in this grid. Anybody here is too big? It fits. It's a tiny bagel. I mean, 16 by 14. That's not what I see. Look how big this.

Look. That's not what I see. That wasn't what I saw when I was fucking up. I was fucking America. Oh, so now you know how to look at something. Oh, that's a safety demonstration. In the case of an emergency and you play for the Uruguine team, jump out of a fucking window, mate.

Yeah, yeah. If you're looking for any cowards. They're sitting right here Got some holes in the back Yeah The exit on them on your way if you want The exit road talk That would be funny

And are you Are you gentlemen Are you a little bit Of winning a World Cup match? No That's what I thought They're coming through A coffee during the service

Just spilling it on all of them Like I'm sorry we have turbulent Man That's crazy I fear for Darwin Nune Yeah You know if any of them try And put their chair back

Just like like an inch Oh yeah Kick in the back Oh yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're going to come immediately. They're going to come like, sir, I need you to put your seat up. They're like, are we landing?

No, no, no. But you can't. You need to put your seat up. I need to put your seat up. I need to get that inch of front line. Yeah. Oh, God. So, yeah.

They actually send Louis Suarez to bite a chunk out of everyone's neck as punishment. They line them up. They're line them up. Yeah. Who's getting it first? Volunteer right now. Volunteer. They got him on a leash.

She's like, ha, fucking naked and shit. They got him on a fucking, yeah, they got them on a truck chain. like those African gangs that got hyenas and shit. All right, who's that? Come on.

Who's that first? Either one of y'all getting it or all y'all getting it. Who's it going to be? Louisito. Just foaming at the mouth. They're like, what kind of makeup did you do? He does not, bro. They're like, bro, he's not been right since he went to Miami.

This is how he comes back in trains. And listen, it's too bad. that he doesn't have two working legs. I know. Because he might have helped them. I know. He's on all fours because his, because he's, he's, he's become a quadruped. He can't stand upright, man.

He has no leg. He has to be a quadruperator. Literally crawling for Enter Miami out there. Every time I see him run, I'm always like, oh, no, no, no, no. Yeesh. Okay. Any other things? Shit, I don't even remember, man.

Honestly, I've been drunk since I came here. I'm watching it with them Brazilians, man. They got me fucked up. Yeah, where were you watching? I was at Boom Tower, Boom Tower Brewery in the Arts District, Little Tokyo, which was interesting. I'm in Little Tokyo with the Brazil watch party. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

A little juke to Pazzi. Yeah, yeah, my guy, I'm with the homie, the Brazilian homie, Chiago. Chiago. Who is just, like, nervously drinking. Who is this girl? How did you know him? This is my girl's co-worker's husband. Love it.

Oh, and she's like, do you, does Jamel know about it? Chiago need to get the fuck out the house. Yeah, I'm like, yeah. Let's fucking go. We locked in and yeah, he just kept handing me beers. Oh, yeah, you like, Fuchible? I love, as I said to you guys before, I was like, so I read a tweet and it was like,

the World Cup is just two billion of the world's biggest alcoholics, just, bonding, it's lovely. Growing, flourishing. Absolutely. Was he buzzing when they won? Of course. Last minute winner. Was he going to.

The first half, he's like, I'm going to fucking kill myself. This shit always fucking happens. I'm tired of this shit. Winter comes. He's got the flag on like a cape. He's like, I knew it the whole time. Never doubted my country. I've done nothing but drink beer and eat cheese and bread all day.

Oh, it's the best. That's the American. That's what I'm loving just going like with the American, I was just going with a bunch of fans from that country. Just soaking up. This guy showed me footage of it's American. He went down to K-town for the Korea-Mexico game. Yeah, yeah.

And he showed me, it was the park I went to that had 25 people in it from Morocco, Brazil. I said, how many people in that park? And it's like, 10,000. He said 10,000. He said, couldn't get into a single bar. He had to watch the game on a TV screen in a juice shop window. Yes. Literally, he's like, he's like 10 people deep.

And he said it's mainly Mexicans, though, watching it there rather than Koreans, weirdly. But, um, that's a losing Korea town. Yeah, yeah. He had to, like, he couldn't get on a cab or anything. He had to walk for, like, three miles to get, like, snow. No, I mean, this is L.A., bro. I was fucking. I love it.

I was working during the game. I really wish I could have watched at one of those, like, um, underground gambling rings in the back of a laundromat. Oh, yeah. Ktown got a couple of them joints. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. There's just so many of those bars you go into and they're like, you can smoke cigarettes in here?

It would be funny. If you got the heart for it, yeah. I have karaoke on while the game's on. Yeah, yeah. Someone sings the commentary for the whole thing. Just someone just like half dead doing karaoke two-stepping while they're watching the game smoking cigarettes. All right, let's take a break.

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Knock them out the box, Miles. Knock them, knock them out the box. We've just seen Brazil advance. They will meet the winner of Cote d'Ivois versus Norway. A bit tough game. Who do you got in that one? I just think, I just think Holland is just on the fire. Yeah.

I think that's my De Amande Tydie. It's going to be tough. Brazil's got the centerbacks to deal with him. You know, Gabby and Marquino's

can handle that guy. Exactly. That's true. They're like, oh, him? I think Norway will be Code. No, no,

I think Norway will be Code Devoire. And then... Hey, Pepe. I just think Brazil, I just don't think Brazil are it. You know what I mean? Like,

today... I think the winner of this game is actually was going to make final league. That's what I thought between Brazil and Japan. I thought they were destined So then England, Congo will be tough.

I think England will win. Mexico, Ecuador, also a tough game. Both teams used to play... Ecuador play altitude as well, don't they? Oh, yeah. Them and Mexico, both at altitude. And then if England advance, you have to play out altitude against one of those teams.

That's going to be a tough game as well. It's a tough route for the old free lions. But I, you know, naked patriotism. I think they'll end up playing Brazil or Norway in the next game. And I'm going to say Brazil. used to the heat, but the Norwegians have brought their own food. Just below that and the lower concrete. Come on. Bringing your own food is smart as fuck, man.

We got to. One trip to Hardee's, some boys would be dead. Oh yeah, they're not ready. They're not ready for that. In the lower quadrant, Argentina, Cape Verde. I feel like this one ends up with maybe potentially Colombia, Argentina? Yeah.

Do you think there, is there a chance for someone to upset Argentina at all? I mean, like they... Cape Verde, weirdly, I think I've got to have more of a chance than... They just see. like, they're like, I don't care if you want a fucking World Cup. True. We're fucking nasty, bro. I don't know what the fuck's going on with us, but we, we're not fucking scared.

I mean, it's Switzerland sitting in there. Switzerland's got to like their chances. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Switzerland could definitely get there too. And then I think Columbia are, it looked good. They look really good. Yeah, it's honestly. Yeah.

They should. Yeah, off sides by like a, like a shoe knuckle. It was crazy. Yeah. On the other side, it felt like we're thinking maybe a French, Netherlands type of situation to emerge from there

and then that lower quadrant what do we think in Spain U.S.? I think U.S.S. court finals was my pick and then I'm because I don't know man

I could see us losing this Bosnia game Yeah, they have big boys sure. Because we have the goalie situation Right like sure it's freeze but like I don't believe

I haven't seen any of them Stop a shot But that's the song I believe I believe that Don't Don't do it, Miles You're hanging out,

You're hanging out British people Have you seen how many times They're fucked up on like English Twitter They're just side by siding U.S. chance With other country shit The one I've seen the most of

Was like the most Half-hearted where they're like And that's the way we like it We like it We love it It is like 14 people doing it And then they'll show like The like Brazilian League 2

team from like his Sifay and they got like a full drum line everybody's like fucking rapping you shit and they're like I'm like that's not fair these people don't have drums those white people didn't have drums okay this there's a full fucking band that's a little bit of there was no expectation for these white people to ever know drugs that's not an apples to apple situation here yeah yeah that was like a weird fans on event these are people who have their shit together now but the in some glee they've got some some glee level singing they've got come on full music get some musical theater kids into it That's what you're Lloyd Weber.

It should be this. It should be more soul stuff. It should be more like, oh yeah, yeah. How sweet it is to be, you know? It's like they need HBCU culture

to infiltrate the terrorists. Because then once you have one of those bands, then it's like, and only a black goalkeeper can make this happen. Oh. Okay. That's what I think. Now who is that.

Now, who is that kid? No clue. You? Hello. I'm six feet. I'm six foot even. Yeah, you got a good wings.

You are a better goalie than Matt, Turner. You didn't even know which mad it was. Doesn't matter. See? I think... Podgerino. Yeah, I feel like...

And then Belgium... I mean, Belgium is so weird. Belgium was I'm being extremely pale... Paleist of horses, but they... They got a little... They got a little son. They got a little son. They finished off strong.

They got... It's weird they won the... They got their... Leandro Trossart. Yeah. That group was fucking the opposite of death. Yeah. Group of parole.

Group of life. Parole. Portugal. Do you think between Are they getting past Croatia? There was some joke I saw. I would love it if Maudrich and the guys did it to them. But they're right.

Maybe one more round for Portugal, huh? Someone they're like, oh man, like people don't realize how easy Portugal's path is because they're going to play Croatia and then fly straight home. Wow. I mean having to play Ronaldo if they just don't play him. That's, yeah. If they just don't play him. He is the president of the same.

He's the, he's got the Mbapé chokehold on it. Like, everyone's scared to him. And I'm sure they're also like, brother, thank God this is the last one for this. Yeah, why are you scared?

The next one is like, Yeah, why are you scared about? He lives a son. He don't even live it down in. He's on all fours too because his body's gone at that point. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's like flipping, um, what's that succession? What's the dad in that called? Um, a TV show success. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Brian Cox. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

fuck off he's like why aren't you dead old man hey I'm my business you're crazy they cannot wait they cannot wait they cannot wait um also I just have this is the wild this is

completely not World Cup related but I I read the wildest shit about the Athletical Madrid player have you have any of you seen this shit this is crazy so yeah

Mateo Ruggieri he plays for Athletico, he's a defender. He was just exposed allegedly in a scam where he's been paying this woman to send him like blasphemous and racist voice messages like that he gets off on.

He pays her for these. She put him on blast. He's like, this motherfucker pats me to say stuff about like, fuck God. Like, true, like, he's like into like, truly, when I say blasphemous, like out there. He's trying to hear her to just desecrate the name of thy lord.

God. Oh my God. Saying stuff like, now send me one about how you hate people, like immigrants from this country or that country, how they're dirty.

And then he'll send messages back where he's like getting off to, it's crazy. I was like, this is the wildest L scandal to be, I have no, I just couldn't believe

what I was reading. Were you also getting turned on? Is that what it was? You got a little, you got a little, you got a little, I mean, I'm not going to lie that.

I got some inspiration. I got some inspiration of what I want to hear in a voice. I got a dry erase board happening to my head. That is a certain weird. You're such a weird guy

when you're like say bad stuff about God. It's like, mate, why didn't you just watch Kill Tony? Yeah, baby. It's free and available for you. You don't have to.

You need to pay a woman to do it. Yeah. So just get a Netflix subscription. Yeah, it's fine. It's only his clothes. Bro, it's up there.

It's a little feminine. You like that shit. Yeah. Get that. Bro. Don't pay this lady. You know he tried. Yeah.

He was trying for a while. Like shit, man, I got a, I got a Venmo this lady. Yeah. It ain't hitting right. I wonder if, like, she had like a regular, like, OF or something. He's like, hey, this is going to kind of sign kind of crazy. Yeah, because how do you build up to that? Are you down to, like, insult God and commit blasphemy in a voice note?

Yeah, for like 200 a clip. 120 euros a clip. Okay, okay. It's a weird career for her, though. She's obviously, like, packed it up. But, like, that's weird. Hey, man, get it how you live? How are you paying your rent?

Well, um. And this guy genuinely just, just, jerking off to it could ruin this lady's life which is foul audio of her. Yeah. But she's released the, she's released, well, she just kiss and tell. I mean if it's kiss and tell, it's, I don't know what is female.

A lot of people are like, the person who's putting the, like, story out there is also, like, kind of a shady dude who's been, like, found, like, he has, like, his own, like, extortion scandals. Okay. So I don't know if it, it could be, like, one of those things. He was like, he, it's probably, I want

wonder if it's one of those things like, hey, bro, you know your girl? I've been talking to her about those voice notes. So what's up with it? You got a, where's the bag at? Yeah, yeah, I'm going to shut my mouth. And he was probably like, man, fuck you. And he's like, I'm paying her 120 a piece. I'm going to give you 40 grand.

Yeah. How much do we reckon it costs per? Because that's not something I would want to do. You were saying, I think it was a man's got their price. I think it was 120 euros. Oh, that's so cheap. That's what I'm saying. 150.

150. 150. Okay. Yep. And he's like, all right. Okay, whoa, whoa, well, okay. In this economy? I need a sandwich for each. It's basically like the black web version of a cameo.

Yeah. So, hey, can you just give me a shout out, but in it, just talk about how much you hate the guy upstairs, you know, those people from that country. Hey guys, just want to say it. Just get like Steve Urkel doing it, like charging 150 or whatever. I'm trying to think which celebrity would do that.

That would be funny, though, to go on cameo, but like, hey, buddy, can you, um... Yeah. Send me a little... Apparently, like, using, like, blast. A blasphemous language is like a lot of the right of saying in Italian, that's like the worst shit. Oh yeah, the blasphemous. It's worse than the racist.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Which is so funny. That tracks. Like, just calling like God a dog and shit is this like, go, you're getting a one match band if they catch you for that shit. What? It's also crazy. This guy who's who was the person who's bringing out the scandal, Fabrizio Corona, well known to the world of Italian football,

having been jailed for effectively trying to blackmail clubs and players before. photographs of their behavior off the field. He was also found guilty of defamation against Marro O'Cardy when he was at Inter and made broad claims during the betting scandal of 2023 and 2024 that never panned out. So I'm like, this guy is sloppy as fuck.

He's ex-stowing, plays. Yeah. It's sick a bit. Good business. So, I mean, that's a good business. It's probably pretty easy to just keep. He's got a few open accounts at all times. Knowing this era, yeah, knowing this era we're in and this guy's history, like, this is, look at the dude. This is the guy making the claim.

That's bad news. Yeah, he's bad news. He looked like he on Italian Google. Look at that. What the fuck is his tat? What? You know Italian Google. Gugilio. Gugle.

Gugle, mugule. All right, nothing else. We've hit the silly, silly business. We already got to blasphemous text for... The game 10 minutes in. Morocco's on right now. What happened? What's the score? No, no, I'm just saying. It just started.

Okay, great. Well, we're going to skedaddle on out here. Thank you for joining us this week. We're going to be back as the matches. The stakes get even higher somehow. Even higher. We're going to get closer to learning. He's going to win the World Cup.

Even closer. Is it coming home? Should I pick England? Now the Japan's out? Don't do that. I mean, you are the most English man. I know. That is also true.

That is true. Come on. Join the party. Yeah. I like countries with a problematic past of colonialism. Yeah. In Japan, England, the U.

Yeah. Shit. You know what? It's coming home, baby. It's coming to someone's home. I mean one of the three lions, baby. I'm one of them. All right, we'll see you next week.

Jamel, anything to plug? Fresh produce, July 7th. So this coming Tuesday at Blind Barber and Highland Park, free comedy show, 9 p.m. Do not be scared of the start time. I'm plugging just any bar in L.A. And I'll see you there.

See me there. See me there. Where are you going to watch the next England match? We're going to watch the Congo match. Well, it's at 9 in the morning. And then so there's talk of going to the fox and hounds, but I do have to go to my writing job in the day. But there was a talk of my friend was like,

well, you could watch the second half and maybe I've got to zoom in. It was like, maybe you could just have the zoom off. It doesn't really work. Yeah, that's not. Yeah. Like, Chris, why can I see your face? Can you go? Have you ever tried to go full blackout on a World Cup match?

Well, just like, just watch it later? Oh, no. I can't. Because your phone's going to blow up. I can watch almost all the game until work. So I'll be doing it. And then you show up and they're like, are you drinking? Yeah, I'm drinking in my house at night.

I split the G though. Perfect. Three times a little. All right. Well, find them there. Find us everywhere. Make sure you like, subscribe. This ain't YouTube.

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