00:00Now let me put you guys on the spot.
00:02Your top four teams in the World Cup.
00:05Who are going to make the semifinals?
00:09France.
00:11Inglaterra.
00:16Morocco.
00:18Let's see.
00:20People are rooting for them, right?
00:22No, I'm telling you.
00:23I've been rooting for Morocco.
00:25Week after week, I'm telling you guys,
00:27Morocco is a team to be careful with.
00:30I can already see Suavecito Crespo heart about to break.
00:37Por qué?
00:39No, because you're not going to Argentina.
00:41I'm not.
00:42I'm not, but it's okay.
00:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:45No, we love it.
00:46It's okay.
00:47To be fair, can the U.S. get to that stage?
00:52I mean, this is the best opportunity that they will ever have
00:56to make it.
00:57I mean, after what we saw versus Uruguay, a solid team with a solid coach.
01:02Yeah.
01:03There's some hope to be having.
01:04I think that the U.S., what it has is already a core of players that are exceptional in Europe.
01:11Yes.
01:12What Costa Rica didn't have was players.
01:15They had some players in Europe, but they weren't exceptional.
01:17They weren't key figures for their teams.
01:19Yeah.
01:20They will be key figures for the 2030 World Cup.
01:22That's Costa Rica's chance.
01:24The U.S., in my opinion, has a chance to do it now if they develop the right culture within the next three months.
01:33And things are done in a faster way where now the U.S. understands.
01:38The players understand.
01:39We are the ones.
01:40The coach knows who to count on.
01:43The faster you move into that, I think the more success they will have, especially playing at home.
01:49And the unique opportunity of being at home.
01:51Yeah.
01:52Now, Chiba, your turn.
01:53I mean, Argentina, Brazil, España, and Portugal.
01:57Those are your top four.
01:58Top four.
01:59I'm going to go with Morocco because I've been following them, and I believe that they are...
02:02It's one team that people are sleeping because they're putting so much money behind it.
02:07They're building the biggest stadium in the world.
02:09The next World Cup is going to be in their home turf.
02:12This team already played at a really high level the last World Cup.
02:15And they have players that are great.
02:16So, Morocco is at the top of my list.
02:18Spain, because I believe that the core group of players is still very, very tough to beat.
02:25And they can flip any game in a matter of seconds that we have seen when they play with Barcelona
02:30or they play with Real Madrid.
02:32They just take very little for them to change the game.
02:35I think France has also a chance to be there because still some of the best players of the world.
02:44And finally, my dark horse definitely is going to be Norway.
02:49Yeah.
02:50I think Norway, it's a team that...
02:51They have a machine.
02:52They have a machine.
02:53They have a different player.
02:54A player that, you know, they are the only country that has a striker at that level, that tenacity.
03:00And you being a striker, you know that a player like him can change a game on his own.
03:04Yeah.
03:05I was a striker and I was also a left back.
03:07And so I see...
03:09I see the difficulty in marking somebody like Haaland.
03:14It's...
03:15There's no player in the world that can do what he does.
03:19And any country that plays against Norway, regardless of what it is, you're going to have a hard time.
03:25Because he's going to try to find the back of the net within the first three, six seconds.
03:29No matter what.
03:30And they'll live in that environment for the whole 98 minutes.
03:34Just constant.
03:35Haaland, Haaland, Haaland.
03:37These African nations, it's Senegal that's playing...
03:40Norway.
03:41Norway, for example.
03:43Senegal, move the ball well.
03:46Senegal, good football IQ, organized.
03:51We can talk about speed and strength and all of that, but they're quality national teams.
03:56They're big players.
03:58They'll hold you...
03:59They'll hold you back.
04:00They'll hold Norway.
04:01They'll keep them accountable.
04:02If it's 0-0-1-1 within those 68 to 75 minutes, Haaland is still going no matter what.
04:11It's still going no matter what.
04:13You can...
04:14Because people...
04:15You wanted me to say, they'll wear you down until...
04:16Nah.
04:17Nah, bro.
04:18Haaland is right there.
04:19So there's...
04:20There's no escaping him.
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