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00:00Good things happening in the football world. I mean, Seb, we might as well just get straight into it.
00:04Neymar Jr. is going to the World Cup.
00:06Neymar has officially been selected for the Seleção by Giancarlo Ancelotti.
00:11We talked about this a lot, but Seb, how are you feeling about such a big decision finally being made?
00:14It's the right decision to make. Neymar deserves to be at the World Cup.
00:17It doesn't matter who you are in Brazil. He is the most talented Brazilian footballer on that squad.
00:22He might not be the most physically fit. He might not be the most athletic.
00:25He might not have the same capabilities as he had when he was younger.
00:27But there was no one that can do what Neymar can do with a soccer ball on that squad.
00:32He should be at the World Cup. It's as simple as that.
00:34And Ancelotti knew that. I think you could tell from the amount of...
00:40When was the last time there was that much of a call for someone to be called up?
00:44I don't know if I remember it in my lifetime. Maybe you guys do, but I haven't seen it.
00:48When Dino was left off in 2010.
00:50And still, probably, this is bigger.
00:53Yeah, I mean...
00:54Oh, the other difference is social media is in a completely different state, so it feels bigger.
00:57And obviously, we work in this space.
00:58Yeah.
01:00I'm glad that he got called up.
01:02I genuinely think he should start.
01:03He should start. He should start for Brazil.
01:07If he can't be...
01:09Because why is he there, then?
01:11He's the most talented player on the field.
01:13I said last time, I think...
01:16Based on fitness levels...
01:17Neymar coming in 70th minute when Brazil is losing...
01:20Let him go.
01:21Let him play within the actual conditions of the real game.
01:25Don't put him in...
01:26He's not the real game in the 70th minute.
01:28It is, it is.
01:29But let him...
01:30Dictate.
01:30You're saying dictate the full match.
01:32Let him dictate the match from the beginning.
01:33My fear is when you...
01:35We've seen it a lot of the time.
01:36When you start a football game...
01:38And Brazil is becoming a little more pragmatic.
01:40They have an Italian coach.
01:42Even though he's my boy.
01:43He used to coach Real Madrid.
01:44When you need that spark of magic, usually a substitute unlocks it.
01:47And I've seen older substitutes who don't have the legs but have the magic in their feet get it done.
01:52Like a late Luka Modric with Real Madrid type of vibe.
01:55I see likelihood of success more there for Brazil than in the first half of the match.
02:00If you have...
02:00If Neymar can't go 90, can't go 120, which it looks like he probably can't for the whole tournament.
02:06I think he will best serve the team the later minutes of the match.
02:11So meaning he will end every game sort of thing.
02:12That's what I think would be the best for the team if his legs can't take 120 minutes.
02:17Let's just talk about Brazil-Morocco.
02:19Let's talk about that game because we know that it's a game that's going to happen.
02:21It is.
02:22I think you need to start Neymar against Morocco.
02:24I think having him come on...
02:26Did you see that press?
02:28I know.
02:29I know.
02:30But I think one of the few people who has the technical ability in the world to move the ball
02:35quick enough
02:35against a Morocco team that presses like no one else is Neymar.
02:39I don't know, man.
02:40I think he can't run with them because when Morocco gets going, like Neymar can't...
02:45That midfield is going to get overrun.
02:47And you already have another aging star in Casemiro.
02:49So you're having two amazing legendary unks and maybe Bruno Gumares, who's also not the most athletic guy in the
02:55world.
02:55I think that midfield can get overrun if you also put Neymar in there from the start.
03:00My question to y'all for this is just how long do y'all think it takes Neymar to warm
03:03up on the field?
03:04Because if he take 15, you can't bring him in at 70.
03:08I don't think he needs any time.
03:09No, that's the question.
03:11I don't think he needs to warm up.
03:12No, but so you're saying Neymar, he steps on the field, he's on it.
03:15Yeah.
03:16I mean, this boy's last World Cup, last chance at the one thing missing from his career, I don't think
03:21he needs anything.
03:22Warm up wise, warm up wise.
03:23I haven't watched him enough to really have enough for him to be on this.
03:28He's driving.
03:29I've been keeping him.
03:29No, he's looked better.
03:30He's looked better.
03:31I'm just, I'm with you on the Morocco piece.
03:33I remember watching like Ademola Lukman get shut down by that Moroccan press.
03:38I remember watching Iwobi in that midfield in the back trying to like find a way forward.
03:44But every time he gets on the ball, it's three people on him.
03:47And I'm trying to picture Neymar in that situation, having played in the Brazilian league, not knocking the Brazilian league
03:53at all.
03:53But like, I don't know if they're playing weekend and weekend, weekend and week out at that same level of
03:58intensity.
03:59They're kicking him.
04:00They are kicking him.
04:00I will say I've been keeping up.
04:02Like I'll be watching Neymar highlights still.
04:04He's going to get kicked in the World Cup.
04:05And that's why I'm saying he's going to start.
04:06And we know Morocco going to be kicked.
04:08Yeah, yeah.
04:08And the problem is if you start him like that, it's just more time because he's, it's Neymar.
04:13He's been kicked his whole career, but he's not as stable as he used to be.
04:15We've seen it.
04:16I will say one.
04:17Morocco going to what?
04:18Morocco going to be kicking him.
04:19And one thing about it too, though.
04:21I'm going to buy on that what?
04:23He's going to grab a lot of attention, one, which could free up his teammates as well.
04:27Yeah.
04:27Two, if there's, granted, he's an uncle, cool.
04:30But if that uncle gets a one-on-one situation, that defender is going to have to watch his legs,
04:34bro.
04:34So if there's someone that can unlock a tricky situation.
04:37Yeah.
04:38I just, if we're confirming, not confirming, with the assumption he can't go the full 90,
04:42I'd rather him be there in the later stages.
04:44What time, what time of the match are you bringing him in?
04:47Maybe 60th.
04:48Has to be before 70th.
04:49I'd say about, if you, like, consistently 60th minute, I think, would be the best result for Brazil as a
04:54team.
04:54I don't have time.
04:55Who's getting hooked at the 60th minute?
04:57Who's getting hooked at the 60th?
04:58Maybe you're forgetting.
04:59I don't know.
04:59These World Cup games, actually, one more thing.
05:02These World Cup games are going to be the least continuous soccer games we've ever seen.
05:05Because they have the-
05:06Oh, the gaps.
05:06That's fair.
05:07The gaps are pretty good.
05:07And so, I don't, because the cooling break is what, 75?
05:11The cooling break is in the 75th minute?
05:13In 30th.
05:14Yeah.
05:14First and second half.
05:15You must start him.
05:16All right.
05:17Because if you bring Neymar into the 60th minute, then you have a five-minute cooling break in the 75th
05:20minute.
05:21What if you're going to 120, though?
05:22We're not going to 120 with Brazil.
05:24Especially in the group stages.
05:26They pretty consistently go to at least one overtime game.
05:28Not in the group stages.
05:29Of course, yeah.
05:30Not in the group stages.
05:30I mean, thoughts on, what does this inclusion mean for Brazil's chances at the World Cup?
05:35Who got left out?
05:35João Pedro?
05:36Yeah.
05:36And I think that's weird, because he's a proper nine, and they don't have a lot of those.
05:40Nah, man.
05:41Hendrick, man.
05:43Yes.
05:44Very good player, but he could also come off the right wing, too.
05:46Igor Tiago, man.
05:49I might have gone with João, man.
05:50I'd probably go with João.
05:52I agree.
05:52Also, even thinking about, not just the season you had, but overall, your footballing ability,
05:57and kind of where we see João's career going.
06:00That's someone I probably would have taken.
06:02Ancelotti announced the squad, and he said that he thinks that this team can win the
06:06World Cup.
06:06Oh, of course.
06:07You have to say that.
06:08Sorry.
06:09Yeah.
06:09But do you think?
06:11I think they can.
06:12I don't think they will, but they certainly can.
06:14And I think they're maybe a little bit better than some people give them credit for.
06:18I was in a little World Cup debate with overtime, but someone made a point of like, the starting
06:23centerbacks are in the Champions League final.
06:24That's a great way to put it.
06:26The captain of PSG, Marquinhos, who's been exceptional for them,
06:29and Gabriel Magalais, I don't know if I pronounced that correctly, but he's had a crazy season
06:32and one of the best set-piece scores as well, which can be a little bit of a target man
06:36option when you don't have the size up front.
06:39Phenomenal goalkeeper, some legends in midfield.
06:43If you do Neymar at the 10, Casemiro at the 6, great front three.
06:47Let's say you do Vinny, Rafinha, and Endrick.
06:49They have a very good squad.
06:50I will say, everything changes if Vinny plays, like what, 2023?
06:55Yeah, or like the Champions League winning seasons, yeah.
06:57He's actually in great form right now.
06:59No, but I'm saying, if that Vinny shows up, then...
07:01And Rafinha from last year, too.
07:03Ooh, you got a squad.
07:05And Neymar?
07:06Yeah, of course.
07:07Yeah, yeah.
07:07Wow.
07:08Now, I don't think, I think one big difference between them and France and maybe Spain,
07:11other guys, is the depth level.
07:13Of course.
07:13I think that bench, if you especially start Neymar, is not the same.
07:16And then it becomes, how do I switch up the game?
07:19Yeah.
07:20But you have an all-time legendary coach who maybe can figure that out.
07:23So, I mean, I think they can definitely make a semifinal, assuming the bracket shakes out.
07:27When's the last time we saw a scary Brazil?
07:30People would probably say 2014.
07:32Scary.
07:33Which is funny, because that team, individual talent, wasn't that crazy.
07:36Neymar was just on some different shit.
07:38I'm going to be right.
07:38But I'm saying, like, we haven't seen Brazil play together in a way that's like,
07:42teams are actually, like, afraid of them.
07:44Yeah.
07:44In, like, over a decade.
07:46So, I'm not saying it can't happen.
07:48Yeah.
07:48But I need to see something crazy for me to be like, I can see them in a semifinal.
07:52Yeah.
07:52And their first game being against Morocco, I'm fearful for them.
07:56I think it's good for them.
07:57I think they could get smoked in that opener.
07:59I don't think smoked.
08:00I think so.
08:01I think so.
08:02I don't think smoked.
08:03Because even the friendlies that they played, and obviously friendlies are friendly, whatever.
08:07Yeah.
08:08They just don't look scary.
08:09They did have a, after they lost to France, no shame in that.
08:12They did have a very good second game win.
08:14I forgot who it was.
08:15And Vinny had a crazy assist to Joao Pedro, I think.
08:19I forget the highlight.
08:20He dropped, like, two defenders on the wing.
08:22Yeah.
08:23He dropped two defenders on the wing.
08:24That was, so they played really well in the second match.
08:26I don't know.
08:27Again, that Moroccan team.
08:29No, Morocco really good.
08:30They're going to come out like, yo, let's make a statement.
08:33And I think, for me, I just think they have more ability to do that than Brazil.
08:38Especially coming off of AFCON.
08:40Yeah.
08:40Like, they're coming fresh off of playing at an AFCON with each other.
08:44Yeah, it's true.
08:44It's true.
08:45Feeling like, yo, we at the top of the world playing all their games at home.
08:47Yeah, it's true.
08:48They come into this tournament like we about to do something.
08:50All that chemistry is cool, but then when you do Brahim versus Vinny, you know what I mean?
08:56Brazil's talent level is way higher.
08:57Besides Hakimi, Brazil's talent level, now you have to play together.
09:01I could actually see Vinny getting shut.
09:03Like, I could see their wingers getting shut down.
09:06You know what I'm saying?
09:07Every other game.
09:09Where did Brazil do the last opener?
09:11Didn't Richarlas send you?
09:12Yeah.
09:12So, Masalini.
09:14They watching online.
09:15That's what I'm saying, bro.
09:16It's a different tip.
09:17It's always, with them, it's always a possibility.
09:20Yeah.
09:20No, that's how it be.
09:21So, I'm never counting them out.
09:22Yeah.
09:22I'm like, my gut feeling right now is like, I think they're good.
09:24You think disappointing World Cup?
09:26Yeah.
09:26I'm giving them a semi-final.
09:27I haven't seen the bracket, but I think they're about a semi-final team.
09:31I'm seeing them getting waxed by Morocco in the opener.
09:36They go up against Haiti and Philly.
09:38I'm not saying they lose.
09:40I'm not saying they lose, but I think they have a disappointing showing in Brazil for Haiti.
09:45Like a Haram 1-0 type.
09:47Yeah.
09:48Okay.
09:49Like what we've been seeing with Arsenal, where it's like they get their results.
09:52They literally have Gabriel, too.
09:53A little header on the corner.
09:54But people are like, ah, this isn't like the strong force that we are expecting to see.
09:59Okay.
09:59That's how I'm feeling about them, but we'll see.
10:01Okay.
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