00:00We now go with our special segment on the occasion of the World Cup.
00:04Beyond the game, the ball stays pure.
00:07Go ahead, please. Pleasure to share that with you.
00:09A pleasure to be with you once more, Sophie.
00:12And with our audience, of course, what a thrilling game has been the first in the afternoon.
00:16The Netherlands against Sweden has been a beautiful display of offensive football.
00:20Currently, the Netherlands winning 5-1 over Sweden, although the scoreline doesn't tell the whole story.
00:25More after the break.
00:45Welcome to Beyond the Game.
00:46The ball stays pure in an extraordinary display of offensive football.
00:50As we were saying before the break, the Netherlands leads 5-1 over Sweden in a key group, F-Fiction.
00:57Now, the game has been high-paced from beginning to finish.
01:00Although, what happened is that Sweden began a little bit slow in the tempo of the game.
01:05And the Netherlands was quickly to get on the score with a brace by Brian Broby.
01:09His first score in the 5th minute and in the 17th minute, making the 2-0.
01:13From there on, Sweden came to life and began to attack with the same intensity as the Netherlands.
01:19But, however, Cody Gakko also scored a brace later on in the second half in the 47th minute and in
01:25the 54th minute, which Anthony Elanga for the Swedish team tried to come back with a goal in the 59th
01:32minute.
01:33And I was saying before the break that the scoreline doesn't reflect the reality of the game.
01:37Although Sweden began a little bit slow, a little bit slip in the first 20 minutes of the game, they
01:42quickly recovered their pace.
01:43And if we go to the statistics, the Swedish have shot at targets 19 times and have shot 19 times
01:50and at goal 8 times.
01:51In comparison to the Netherlands, it's only 12 and 7.
01:54They have had the Swedish team have had a couple of woodworks, so luck has not been on their side
01:59of the Swedish today, which I believe deserves a bit more.
02:02Possession has been evenly divided between the two teams in the course of the game.
02:06Although, in the last minute sense, of course, as is expected with the Swedish being behind, they took over the
02:12possession of the ball and created the more dangerous Sanchez.
02:14But still, that goal was denied to them by luck and by the Dutch goalkeeper, who is also having an
02:23extraordinary game as well, preserving the only one goal against.
02:27So that's what happens right now in stoppage time.
02:29The Netherlands is winning 5-1 with only one minute missing for stoppage time.
02:34It's a clear victory for the Netherlands, which will consolidate their position very likely in the first place.
02:38With Sweden still remaining in second place with 3 points and the Netherlands with 4, with anything left to be
02:45played in the match later tonight between Japan and Tunisia.
02:50We'll see what happens there.
02:51But this group is still a lot to be decided and there's still much to happen as the tournament continues.
03:05Let's go now go live to Mexico City with our colleague Carlos Montero for everything that has to do with
03:11the World Cup, with how the tournament is progressing, how it has been experienced in Mexico and all the details
03:16of importance that you have for us, Carlos.
03:19Welcome to Beyond the Game once more.
03:21Hi, Luis, what an exciting game is payback time from Sweden who beat Tunisia 5-1 on the first match
03:31of the group.
03:32And now is feeling how awful is to be defeated for such a big difference.
03:36Here is a beautiful day.
03:38Luis, you know, Mexico people are very happy because the team already classified first in the group and is going
03:46to go to the round of 32.
03:48And last night it was the turn to the USA, another of the host country who played a fantastic game
03:55against Australia.
03:56They beat them 2-0 and they are going to finish first in the group like Mexico.
04:02And, of course, they are guaranteed they are going to play in the round of 32.
04:08That's something very important for the USA because, I mean, they never in the World Cup history, they won two
04:15matches in a row.
04:17So, at Pochettino, the coach of the USA team is kind of a star right now.
04:24Everybody is talking to him.
04:26The first time that happened, they won two games in a row and they are dreaming high.
04:31They are dreaming really high.
04:32They think they can go very far in this tournament.
04:37They have the advantages of playing home from here to the final.
04:41If they make it, the final is going to be in New Jersey and the Argentine Pochettino is a figure
04:49very popular right now in the USA.
04:52We know this World Cup is changing.
04:54There are so many rules, confusing rules.
04:57And yesterday, for the first time, a player got a red card, sent it to the bench for covering the
05:07mouth when he was arguing with another player.
05:10That was during the game of Paraguay, Miguel Ángel Almiron was the first player who suffered the consequences of the
05:22new rule.
05:22It's called the Vinicius rule because you remember during the match with Bonfica, Vinicius said in a confrontation,
05:34he has with the Argentine, the Argentine player from Bonfica, he sold him.
05:41He said some racial, but that's what Vinicius was saying.
05:45But because Giannini was covering the mouth, they couldn't prove that.
05:50So right now, if there is an altercation between two players and one of them is covering the mouth,
05:56they send them out of the field.
06:00Alfaro, the Paraguay coach, said, that's something rule.
06:04We are playing a new kind of football.
06:06I'm not used to that.
06:07And then Joaquin was saying to the player, Almiron, next time you get upset with the player, don't cover your
06:17mouth.
06:18Insult him in Guarani.
06:20Guarani is the dialect people use in Paraguay.
06:25And like I tell you, Vinicius was a story for that rule and also because Brazil finally played like people
06:34want to see playing Brazil.
06:37They played against Haiti.
06:39Haiti is going home.
06:40There is no chance for them to go to the round of 32.
06:44But Vinicius scored a goal and we have a chance to see the future of Brazil, Hendrik.
06:51He is a 19-year-old phenomenon.
06:53People wanted him to play in the match.
06:56He was almost at then.
06:58He couldn't do much, but it was nice to see a young kid to be playing.
07:02One more thing from Mexico, Luis.
07:04Today we have a match in Monterey, the last match of the day, Tunisia against Japan.
07:10It's important because it's going to be the 1,000th match they are going to play in a World Cup.
07:17You know, when they started the World Cup, this is going to be the 1,000th.
07:21So it's very symbolic.
07:23So I'm sure they are going to do some kind of ceremony.
07:26And how much changed this tournament, the World Cup, since the first match, 1,000th of matches.
07:36Again, there are so many rules like Alfaro said.
07:39And I agree with him.
07:40This is a different kind of football.
07:43Some people like it.
07:44Some people don't.
07:46What about you, Luis?
07:47You like the new rules so far?
07:49There are some rules I like.
07:51There are some I don't.
07:52I don't like the one about covering your mouth.
07:55I really think that people should be able to cover their mouth and say, I don't know,
07:58it's something that has happened always.
07:59I think it's an issue for new generations.
08:01But I do like the new rules that the World Cup has introduced to avoid losing time.
08:06Like if you wait five seconds, then you give the ball to the other team.
08:09I like those ones.
08:10But this one in particular is not to my care.
08:14Thank you, Carlos, for your time as always here in from beyond the game.
08:18We'll stay in touch for the upcoming games for the rest of the afternoon.
08:23Let's now go back to Sophie as we come to the end.
08:26As we said, the game between the Netherlands and Sweden ended 5-1.
08:30A clear victory for the Dutch in their quest to recover their glory in the World Cup stage.
08:38Let's go back to you, Sophie.
08:40Well, thank you, Luis, for keeping us updated on the world of football for today.
08:45And well, with this information, we have come to the end of this news brief.
08:48And you can find this and many other stories on the website at TelesureEnglish.net
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08:56For Telesure English, I'm Sophie Fernandez.
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