00:04Welcome back to From the South. We go now with our special segment on the occasion of the World Cup,
00:10Beyond the Game, The Ball Stays Pure. Go ahead Luis, a pleasure to share with you.
00:18This is our second edition this day, Beyond the Game, The Ball Stays Pure. We're going to be talking about
00:23the results of the South Korean and the Czech Republic match, and we'll have more analysis with our correspondents in
00:29Mexico City, so stay tuned with us.
00:47South Korea opened its 2026 World Cup campaign with a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory of the Czech Republic in
00:54Guadalajara, overcoming an early second half deficit to claim three crucial points in Group A.
00:59After a scoreless first half, the Czech captain Ladislav Krejcik broke the deadlock in the 59th minute with a powerful
01:06header, but South Korea responded with composure and intensity.
01:11Midfielder Wan In-bem labeled the match in the 67th minute with a well-taken finish after sustained pressure from
01:17the Asian side.
01:18The decisive moment arrived 10 minutes from time, one-turned provider delivering a precise pass to substitute Oh Hyun-gyu,
01:26who commonly slotted home the winner in the 80th minute to complete the comeback.
01:31South Korea dominated possession for much of the contest and created the better chances, with Captain Son Hyun-min playing
01:37a key role in the attack despite failing to get on the score sheet.
01:48United States of Music
02:01And to talk more about the repercussions of this match between South Korea and the Czech Republic,
02:05and also how the World Cup is being experienced in Mexico City, let's go live with Carlos Montero, our correspondent
02:10in that city, to have more information.
02:13Welcome, Carlos, to Beyond the Game.
02:15Hi, good morning, everybody.
02:17We have a big crew here in Mexico.
02:20This is the center, the operation center of Telesur,
02:24the Aztec Stadium behind us.
02:26Well, yesterday, the local team Mexico beat South Africa.
02:31It was a big party.
02:32The whole day yesterday, even this morning, people still celebration.
02:36It's the first time, after seven tries, that Mexico wins an opening game.
02:42Let me show you.
02:43I'm an old school.
02:44I like to go to the kiosk and talk to the guy who sold you the newspaper.
02:48This is the story.
02:50The cover, the front page, La Jornada is one of the newspapers most popular here in Mexico.
02:56It's about the opening ceremony.
02:57That was fantastic.
02:59Then it's talking about the game.
03:01It's talking about the fans, the Mexican fans.
03:03Yeah, and here is showing us one of the two goals of Mexico.
03:08But this has two faces.
03:10This celebration here in Mexico.
03:13If you go to the last page from the same newspaper, you see all those protesters.
03:21They are from school organizations, the professors, teachers who demand more money.
03:26And they were trying to get here, close to the stadium.
03:29They couldn't do it because the police stopped them.
03:32But also it's a subject that is very important here in Mexico.
03:38And here it says the President Sheinbaum says he's going to talk to the professor, the teachers.
03:45And he's going to listen to them.
03:47They've been protesting for a long, long time.
03:49The first game of yesterday has a beautiful opening ceremony.
03:54We are going to have another two opening ceremonies today because you know this World Cup is playing in three
04:01countries.
04:01So today was the then of the USA.
04:04And it's going to be the turn of Canada to have a beautiful opening ceremony.
04:09But my point was this.
04:11The first game was absolutely sold out.
04:15But the second game, the one it wasn't played here in Mexico, was played in Guadalajara.
04:21It has a smaller, much smaller stadium.
04:23Here it's 82,000.
04:25Guadalajara was 45.
04:26There were 42,000 people.
04:29And you can see some pictures on social media of a lot empty seats.
04:34That take us to talk about how expensive is to buy a ticket for this World Cup.
04:40And we start to see in this game, South Korea against Czech Republic, there were a lot empty seats.
04:49Also it was an empty seat that was very significant, very, very significant.
04:54I think we have a picture.
04:56Gian Infantino, the president of FIFA, was sitting with an empty seat.
05:00Why?
05:00Because that seat corresponded to the president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
05:05It was the ticket 001 tradition.
05:08In all the World Cup, always the president of the country who is hosting the World Cup goes to the
05:15opening ceremony.
05:16In this case, for the first time, the president, Claudia Sheinbaum, decided to watch the game in a small community,
05:24with people who put a big screen.
05:27She didn't want to be here in the stadium.
05:29What's happened with that ticket?
05:30She gave the ticket to an Indian girl.
05:34We don't know what's happened, why she was not in the stadium.
05:38Yesterday, that's a question.
05:39We have to see and to find out what's happened with that ticket, the ticket 001, that the president said,
05:46I'm not going to go, but I'm going to give this to this little Indian girl who has not much
05:52money.
05:53Today, we have, like I said, Canada-Bosnia-Herzegovina.
05:57Before the game, it's going to be an open ceremony.
06:00And then, we have Paraguay-USA, the host team.
06:04The first one is going to be in Toronto.
06:06The second one is going to be in Los Angeles.
06:09For Paraguay, one of four teams from South America is very important.
06:14He's coming to a World Cup after 16 years.
06:17The last time was in South Africa.
06:19Really emotional for the players.
06:22Yesterday, before each match, the players and the coach, one player and the coach,
06:27they give a press conference.
06:29Yesterday, Diego Gomez, a young Paraguayan football player,
06:35in front of all the reporters who were in the media center, he couldn't hold the tears.
06:42He started to cry.
06:42It was very emotional to see him crying, saying, for me, so important.
06:47I carry on my shoulder the whole Paraguay country.
06:51Paraguay, like I said before, 16 years without a World Cup.
06:55A lot of emotion, a lot of things going on.
06:57And I'm sure the next time we are going to talk, I'm going to give you more information
07:01on what's going today here in the World Cup.
07:05Three countries, complicated this broadcast because we have to be here in Mexico.
07:09That's where we are from.
07:10We like Latin America, but then we have correspondents in the USA,
07:14and we have correspondents in Canada.
07:17I'm going back to you.
07:18Have a wonderful day.
07:20Thank you, Carlos, for the detailed information.
07:22Of course, we're going to stay tuned to follow the scores of the games that are going to take place
07:27today.
07:27As you were saying, the host nation, Canada and the United States, the other two co-host nations,
07:32will be making their debut.
07:34Canada against the Bosnia and Herzegovina team and the U.S. against Paraguay.
07:40But before we conclude this segment, this edition of Beyond the Game, what about if we could review what happened
07:45with Group A,
07:46the matches that were played yesterday?
07:48We saw that with the Mexican, we see the group with Mexico and South Korean teams securing their first wins
07:54in this year's tournament.
07:55The Mexican side takes first place in its group with a 2-0 record, thus earning its first three points,
08:00while South Korea is in second place with the same number of points but due to its 2-1 score
08:05remains behind the leader due to goal differences.
08:08Likewise, the Czech Republic and South Korea remain lagging in the bottom without having earned any points so far,
08:14with South Korea in fourth due to goal differences as well.
08:23This is all for this edition of Beyond the Game.
08:25The ball stays pure.
08:26Stay tuned with us to be updated on everything shaping up the World Cup.
08:30And also remember to keep up with our socials so you can follow the scores of today's games.
08:34We are going back to you, Lorena.
08:36Thank you so much, Lizzie, for the updates because all eyes are on the Football World Cup 2026 from now
08:42on.
08:43So like this, we have come to the end of this brief.
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