The World Cup is bigger than ever but is bigger always better?
With 48 teams, more matches and more drama than ever before, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is already delivering unforgettable moments. From Messi's brilliance and Ronaldo's pursuit of history to underdog stories and early tournament surprises, football fans have plenty to talk about.
But with growth comes debate. Has the expanded format improved the tournament or has it created new challenges for players, fans and the game itself?
Join Nazrin and Adek of S.O.G as they sit down with football analyst Amin Fuad and former Kuching City FC player Aylton Alemão to unpack the biggest stories, controversies and predictions from football's biggest stage.
#SportsMatters #FootballFever2026 #WorldCup2026 #Football #Messi #Ronaldo #SinarDaily
With 48 teams, more matches and more drama than ever before, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is already delivering unforgettable moments. From Messi's brilliance and Ronaldo's pursuit of history to underdog stories and early tournament surprises, football fans have plenty to talk about.
But with growth comes debate. Has the expanded format improved the tournament or has it created new challenges for players, fans and the game itself?
Join Nazrin and Adek of S.O.G as they sit down with football analyst Amin Fuad and former Kuching City FC player Aylton Alemão to unpack the biggest stories, controversies and predictions from football's biggest stage.
#SportsMatters #FootballFever2026 #WorldCup2026 #Football #Messi #Ronaldo #SinarDaily
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00:19We're going to start with something very obvious in this edition, in this World Cup
00:2648 teams
00:27So before this previously, I think it's
00:30For more than
00:31I think since
00:35Pre-World War
00:37We've played with 32 teams
00:39In the World Cup
00:41So right now, FIFA
00:43Introduced this new
00:45Format
00:46Which is 48 teams
00:49For me, it's quite a lot
00:50Because before this, we only have
00:5362 or 64 games
00:55To watch
00:56And right now, we have to watch 104 games
00:59So what's your take
01:01Mr. Amin?
01:32I think definitely
01:33In Spain
01:33Without this 48 teams, we wouldn't have this kind of match
01:36Yeah, yeah
02:06It's a fairytale story
02:09World Cup
02:10That's, you know
02:11It's supposed to involve more
02:42More of the world
02:43Okay, on the players' perspective
02:47Preparing for like
02:49Like more matches
02:50And the preparation for 48 teams
02:52Like as for you
02:54Yeah, what's your perspective?
02:55I agree with Amin
02:57I agree with Amin
02:58We love football
03:00We don't mind
03:01More matches
03:02We don't care
03:03We need to watch
03:04And the
03:05Of course
03:06As the view of players
03:08I think
03:08I noticed
03:09The gap
03:10Of match
03:11Is quite
03:12Quite long
03:13Different for the World Cup
03:14It's one week gap
03:15Yeah, I talk about Brazil
03:16And so
03:17I saw
03:17They played
03:18Under-30
03:19And they have gap
03:20For next match
03:21So I think
03:22As players
03:24For example
03:25If you got some injury
03:26Or something
03:27Can recover for next match
03:28Yeah, yeah
03:29And yeah
03:30But we talk about the formation
03:32And
03:32I mean
03:37Interesting to see
03:38Cabo Frio
03:38The first time
03:40Play World Cup
03:40Yeah
03:42Although they get beaten 7-1
03:44They managed to score one goal
03:45Against a mighty Germany
03:48Yeah, yeah
03:48I bet that
03:50This is a trivial
03:51When they scored
03:52They said that
03:53That's the loudest
03:54The decibels
03:55That happened in the World Cup so far
03:57Yeah, so far
03:58Not this crowd
03:59It was interesting
04:00It was just making football
04:01More loving
04:01Yeah
04:02They surprised
04:02Nobody expected like
04:04Cabo Frio gonna throw
04:06Span
04:06Nobody expected about this
04:07It's making it more interesting
04:09More loving
04:09I mean
04:10It's a more interesting story
04:12Came out of the
04:14Cup Overday matches
04:15With the goalkeeper
04:16The mother couldn't
04:18Couldn't travel
04:18To the World Cup
04:20Because of the visa issues
04:21Probably not enough money
04:23Or whatever
04:23But this kind of story
04:25If it's not
04:26For the 48 teams
04:27We wouldn't really
04:28Get to hear
04:30To hear about
04:31About this
04:32That's true
04:32Yeah, that's like
04:34Netflix
04:35Worthy story
04:36Yeah
04:36Yeah
04:36So, I just wanna move into
04:39More controversial stuff
04:41Yeah
04:41About the jersey
04:42Have you heard about
04:43What's happening on the
04:45FIFA
04:46They tend to
04:48What they did to Haiti
04:50Yeah
04:51Egypt
04:52They had to remove
04:53Yeah, they had to remove
04:54Of like
04:55What's your think about that
04:56In the short notice
04:58I think of course
04:59In terms of the
05:01FIFA rules
05:02It's not allowed
05:02I think there is
05:04I can't remember
05:05Which
05:06What kind of rules
05:07But I think it's not allowed
05:07To put some political message
05:09On the jerseys
05:10Or whatever
05:11But again, I think
05:12Sometimes
05:13FIFA can be
05:14A bit
05:15Inconsistent
05:16Inconsistent
05:16Yeah, that's the word
05:17So, if you look at
05:20We go back
05:20When Indonesia
05:22They were awarded
05:23To host the World Cup
05:26Under 20
05:26In Indonesia
05:28But
05:28They couldn't host it
05:30Because
05:31Indonesia doesn't allow
05:31This one team to enter
05:33Because
05:34Some wars
05:35Is happening
05:35Somewhere
05:36So
05:37What FIFA did was
05:39They stripped
05:40The hosting right
05:41And gave it to
05:42Some other countries
05:43So, for me
05:44It's a bit
05:44I mean
05:45You can
05:45I know
05:46I would say
05:48It's the right thing
05:49To do to Haiti
05:50Because it involves
05:51Political message
05:52And everything
05:52But it has to be
05:53More consistent
05:55Across the board
05:55I think
05:56I agree also
05:58I saw even
05:59Some stars
06:00They are not allowed
06:01To put in
06:01Some cards
06:02So, they need to remove it
06:04So, yeah
06:05I believe
06:06FIFA need to be fair
06:07For
06:08For everyone
06:09For everyone
06:10Apart from that
06:11Just a quick question
06:13Which jersey
06:14Like
06:14Like
06:15In the current
06:16World Cup
06:17Do you like the most?
06:18Yeah, the most
06:20I like the
06:21Japanese
06:23Away
06:23Away
06:24I think
06:25So, the white
06:26Is it the white one?
06:27I can't remember
06:27But Japanese
06:27Away, I think
06:28I like the Korea
06:30The Korean one
06:31I think
06:33They look like
06:34Red color
06:35I like
06:36I like the color
06:37Nice, nice
06:38What about
06:38Oh
06:40Kurasaw
06:41Away
06:41Yeah
06:43Cool
06:44You have to watch
06:44Yeah, it's nice
06:46How about you?
06:47I think
06:48German
06:49No, no, no, no
06:50Bias
06:51Bias
06:51For me
06:53I think
06:54I think
06:54I love the all black
06:55Because yeah
06:56I watched rugby before this
06:57So I love New Zealand's approach
06:59Oh yeah
06:59All black
07:00It's like
07:01Same like
07:01Yeah
07:03Interesting
07:04Okay
07:05Yeah
07:06Let's move on
07:07To
07:08Match play so far
07:09Yeah
07:10So
07:11Biggest upset
07:12Biggest surprise
07:13So far so good
07:14So far so bad
07:15Which game
07:16Which game
07:17Which game that
07:18You like to take
07:19Yeah
07:19I mean okay
07:20We start with
07:22Biggest surprise
07:23Yeah
07:24I think it's still too early
07:25Yeah
07:26But
07:27I would say
07:28I wouldn't say
07:29It's a bigger
07:30Biggest surprise
07:31But I think
07:32Australia beat
07:33Turkey
07:33I think that is
07:35A little bit of a surprise
07:37Because people expect
07:38Turkey to actually
07:40Yeah
07:40After 24 years
07:41Yeah, Turkey to actually perform
07:42And maybe beat Australia
07:43But in that game
07:44You could see that
07:45Australia defended very well
07:47Yes
07:48And Turkey has some
07:49Very good players
07:50In Ardagula
07:51Ardagula
07:52Chenaglu
07:53And then their defender
07:54Is quite experienced as well
07:55Demiral
07:56Demiral
07:57And then they had
07:58They had this
07:59Juventus player as well
08:00Yeah
08:00So I think that is
08:01A bit of a surprise
08:02But I think
08:03For Australia as well
08:05I look at
08:07The squad
08:08It's
08:09It's quite a young squad
08:10For Australia
08:10For the Australian team
08:11And I think
08:13We used to watch Australia
08:15As a very big
08:16Physical team
08:17Yeah
08:17But I think with this squad
08:18I feel that they have more
08:20Technical players
08:21The younger
08:22The younger ones
08:23So
08:23So
08:23So yeah
08:24That for me
08:25It's a little bit of a surprise
08:26Of course
08:26The Cape Cape Verde
08:28Yeah
08:28Cape Verde drew again
08:30With Spain
08:30I think that's the obvious one
08:31I think
08:32Yeah
08:33I agree with him
08:34I saw the Australia game as well
08:36They did very well
08:38And I think everyone
08:40About surprises
08:42They cannot say
08:42Cape Verde
08:43Let's go
08:43Yeah
08:44This is the best
08:46For me
08:47And of course
08:48I agree with him
08:48Still early
08:49So we see Germany making 7-1
08:51In Curacao
08:52But still early
08:54I would like to see Germany
08:55In all the matches
08:56Let's talk about your country
08:58Yeah
08:58Your country's game
08:59From your POV
09:00As a Brazilian
09:01As a fan of your own
09:02Yeah
09:03Home team
09:04So
09:05The match was 6am
09:07We didn't woke up so early
09:08To watch the match
09:09And the
09:11Yeah
09:11On SU2
09:12The first half
09:14Morocco looked like Brazilian
09:15But
09:16On SU2
09:18And
09:18But
09:19Second half is Brazil
09:20Yeah
09:21They controlled the game
09:22Yeah
09:23What do you think
09:25If like
09:25People said
09:26Casamiro
09:27I mean the captain
09:28He's the captain of the team
09:29But he has
09:30He has lost his legs
09:31Because he was substituted
09:33In the first half
09:33Yeah
09:34Fabinho came in
09:34What do you think
09:35Do you think
09:35He's capable enough
09:37To captain
09:38And lead
09:39The country
09:40At this moment
09:42I believe
09:42At this moment
09:43Yes
09:43I think he'll hear
09:44The more experience
09:45Of the player
09:46In the team
09:46But
09:49The coach
09:51Subbed him
09:51Because of the yellow card
09:52Yeah
09:53Okay
09:54I think they changed
09:55The right back
09:56I think
09:57I was
09:57I forgot his name
09:58And they met Casamiro
09:59So
10:00Of course
10:01Because of the yellow card
10:02If you get red card
10:03In this situation
10:03Yeah
10:06But can you imagine
10:08Brazil
10:08All the years
10:09For the past 10-20 years
10:10They have been
10:11They have good fullbacks
10:13From
10:14Maicon
10:15Cafu
10:16Roberto Carlos
10:18Marcelo
10:19Danny Alves
10:19Even I can mention
10:20Cicinho
10:21If you guys remember
10:22If you guys remember
10:23But this
10:24You look similar
10:25Since you
10:26Sorry?
10:26You look similar
10:27Since you
10:29So
10:29What I'm trying to say
10:31Is because
10:32That has been
10:33One of the biggest
10:34Strength for Brazil
10:35But this
10:35Time around
10:36You don't have that
10:38You get what I mean?
10:39I mean
10:39How do Brazil
10:40Because that has been
10:42The DNA of Brazil
10:43Part of the DNA of Brazil
10:45Yeah
10:45I agree also with you
10:48I'm sad to see
10:49Wesley was right back
10:51Wesley, yeah
10:51He was injured
10:52But for me
10:53The French match
10:55Before the World Cup
10:55They did very well
10:56But
10:58Unluckily
10:58They get injured
10:59So
10:59I'm sad to see that
11:01But I agree
11:02Honestly
11:03Before
11:04Brazil was
11:05Very good
11:07Defenders
11:07Right back
11:08Now
11:08I can see
11:10They want the same level
11:12Before
11:13I hear a lot of Brazilians say
11:15In the interview
11:16They say
11:17In the time
11:17Talk about Brazilian players
11:19Ronaldo, Rivaldo
11:20We have nice players
11:22Good players
11:23And it was hard to get to the World Cup
11:25Imagine now
11:26We see
11:27The full squad
11:28We have maybe
11:29Two or three players
11:30Different
11:31But others
11:32For me
11:33I'm sorry for saying that
11:34Normal player for now
11:35Alright
11:35If you want to take
11:37Like
11:38In
11:39Current Brazilian squad
11:40Who can
11:41Like
11:42Be in the first 11
11:43During World Cup 2002
11:452002
11:452002?
11:46Yeah
11:47Anyone
11:48Anyone from
11:48The current
11:50Difficult to say
11:51Yeah
11:512002 I think
11:52No one of them
11:54No one of them
11:55But Alisson
11:56Alisson
11:57Alisson
12:11Alisson
12:12This is your opinion
12:12As a Brazilian
12:13Because this is the first time
12:14Brazil have
12:15They hire a non-Brazilian
12:18Foreign coach
12:19Yeah
12:19So how do you feel about that?
12:21I mean
12:22Brazil has not really hire a foreign coach before
12:26Yeah
12:26As a supporter
12:28As a Brazilian
12:28How do you feel that
12:30You know
12:30You have a foreign coach
12:32Are you okay with that?
12:33Or do you think that
12:33It has to be a Brazilian
12:35When it comes to national team
12:37It has to be a Brazilian
12:39I believe
12:41All Brazil have different opinion
12:42But my opinion
12:43I mean
12:43I'm okay with this
12:44I'm okay
12:45I think they're gonna respect more
12:46The Brazilian players
12:48They need someone who
12:49Maybe foreigner
12:50Or they respect more
12:51For their following
12:52Okay
12:53I know they are
12:56Brazil
12:56For me
12:57Brazil play is very talent
12:58Talentful
12:58But
12:59They need to be more
13:00Disciplined
13:01This is different
13:02They are very talentful
13:05They like to party
13:07Most of them
13:08Most of them
13:08Garincha
13:10Carnaval
13:10Most of them
13:11So let's talk about
13:13The most impressive match
13:17Or performance
13:19So far
13:20So far
13:20What squad
13:21Which squad?
13:23For me
13:23It's obvious Germany
13:24Like
13:25They
13:26Come on
13:27Curacao
13:28It's only Curacao
13:29But
13:29They show character
13:31And they
13:31They show to everyone
13:33That
13:33They have this resilience
13:35And
13:36This mentality
13:38Whoever
13:38Is your opponent
13:39Don't take it for granted
13:41They took it for granted
13:42For the first 20 minutes
13:43And then
13:44After this hydration break
13:45That's over for Curacao
13:47They went all out
13:48What about you guys?
13:50I think
13:50The Japan
13:51Japan against Netherlands
13:52Is quite balanced
13:54I think for the first 42 minutes
13:55Was quite boring
13:56But after that
13:57But after that
13:58They kicked on
13:59And for neutral
14:00I think it's a good match
14:02Yeah
14:03Netherlands
14:04I think
14:04They let
14:05Japan
14:062-1
14:07At one point
14:08And they felt that
14:09It was in the back
14:11But Japanese
14:12You know
14:12They are very
14:14They are
14:16They are
14:16They are hard working teams
14:17They are very together
14:18They will never give up
14:20So you could see
14:20In the game
14:22Japan would score
14:23At least
14:23One more goal
14:24So I feel that
14:25And also I feel that
14:26Japan is no longer
14:28A dark horse team
14:29Underdog
14:30Or whatever
14:30You cannot call them
14:31An underdog team anymore
14:32Because I think
14:33Japan is an established team
14:35I wouldn't say
14:36They will win the World Cup
14:37But they will be
14:38They are a strong team
14:39They are a strong team
14:39They are a strong team
14:40I mean
14:41They won like
14:438 games
14:44With European teams
14:468 games
14:46And only one draw
14:48Which is against Croatia
14:50Yeah
14:51I think the last time
14:52They lost against a European team
14:53It was 2019
14:54Yeah
14:55Yeah
14:55I can't remember
14:57Which which team
14:58Probably friendly
14:59Or qualifying
14:59So I thought
15:01That match was quite good
15:02Quite good
15:03I am surprised also
15:04They scored with Hadien
15:05Yeah
15:06The Chikamada
15:07Right
15:08I play with
15:09Some Japanese players
15:10They are so disiplined
15:12Very hard working as well
15:13Very hard working
15:14So disiplined
15:15I will talk about
15:16Kuching
15:17Now I have
15:18You Kitanegawa
15:19I say
15:21Hi for him
15:22And they
15:24In process
15:24I am not sure yet
15:25I hope
15:26They get natural
15:27Naturalized from Malaysia
15:28I don't know if you are about it
15:29Yeah
15:30And
15:30But I say hi for him
15:32And the Japanese
15:33He is one of my best friends
15:34But they are very hard working
15:36Very disciplined
15:36And for this
15:38Is
15:38You cannot say surprise for Japan
15:40Because
15:40Japan and Korea
15:41They are
15:42Very disciplined
15:43Both
15:43Two of them
15:44Two of the teams
15:45And it's not
15:46No surprise for me
15:48But of course
15:49I know it's back to
15:50Against New Zealand
15:51They throw
15:52They did quite good
15:53Quite good in the match
15:54Yeah
15:54Again
15:55World Cup
15:56The only time that you can see
15:58Talent is second
16:00But
16:00Spirit
16:01Is number one
16:02Yeah
16:03What do you guys think about Spain?
16:05Do you think they fumble?
16:07Okay
16:07For me
16:08Like
16:08Let's talk real
16:09Okay
16:10Let's go
16:11I mean
16:11Spain
16:12Spain have a very
16:13High quality players
16:14Of course
16:15Of course
16:16But
16:17I don't know what happened to them
16:18But I think I know
16:19Because
16:20First they underestimated
16:21Cup over there
16:22And
16:24Like
16:24I think
16:25They made them work
16:27I think
16:27They made them hard to score
16:29I think
16:29I mean
16:30They put their hearts
16:31Like 100%
16:32From the
16:33From the
16:34First minute until the end
16:35But
16:36Spain
16:37They
16:37They
16:37They
16:39Didn't show
16:39Characteristic
16:41During their play
16:41I mean
16:42The moment
16:43They do all the dribbles
16:46It's not like
16:46Like
16:47They play in the
16:47Higher tier
16:49Top like
16:50Match
16:50Can you imagine the striker
16:52Oya Azabal
16:53The first 30 minutes
16:54Yeah
16:54Didn't touch the ball
16:55In the first 30 minutes
16:57Imagine
16:57Yeah
16:58Imagine the stress
17:00The pressure
17:01But
17:02By all means
17:03By all means
17:04They
17:04The
17:06Winger
17:07Inakin
17:08Lamin Yamal
17:09And Miko Williams
17:10They didn't play
17:11Because of injury
17:11Yeah
17:12So
17:13The trio is not complete there
17:15But still
17:15They have quality players
17:17Like they have good midfielders
17:18Like holding the game
17:19From the start
17:20But
17:20But again I mean
17:21You can't take this away
17:23From Cup over there
17:24Because
17:24Shout out to Cup over there
17:26The goalkeeper
17:26Even one of the players
17:28I've heard
17:29I don't know whether
17:30You've guys heard
17:31About the story
17:31Where
17:31The coach actually
17:33Sent a message
17:34Through Lincoln
17:37Asking him
17:37To play for the national team
17:39And he
17:39And the player thought
17:40It was a scam
17:41He only
17:42He only realised that
17:44One year after
17:44To play for the national team
17:46I can't remember the name of the player
17:47I think it's
17:48I think it's Roberto Lopez
17:50I think
17:50Yeah
17:51And now
17:51He drew against
17:53Spain
17:55It's crazy
17:55It's crazy
17:56It's crazy
17:57So this kind of story
17:59It's crazy
18:00Yeah
18:00I saw his CV
18:02The goalkeeper
18:02He was
18:04Two first team
18:04In Cabo Verde
18:06After he went to Angola
18:08Angola
18:09After
18:10He
18:11No play for one year
18:12I think
18:12One year
18:13And after he moved
18:14He started to go to Europe
18:15And
18:17I forget
18:18Forget the name of the country
18:19Now
18:20Moldovia
18:21Moldovia
18:21Moldovia
18:23Moldovia
18:24Cipri
18:25And after he go
18:26He go more far
18:27Portugal he play as well
18:28So I saw it just now
18:29Just today
18:30Happy to see
18:31He was a
18:32I think the goalkeeper was a former banker
18:33If I'm not mistaken
18:35That's right
18:35Because he became a professional at 25 years old
18:37Yeah
18:38Quite late
18:39Very late
18:39For a goalkeeper as well
18:41If I'm in a Spanish team
18:42I would be
18:43You know
18:44A bit embarrassed
18:45Yeah
18:46Talk about him also
18:47I hear in social media
18:48There was I think
18:5045
18:50Yeah
18:51Following
18:52Now
18:525 million
18:54Instagram
18:54Yeah
18:55That's crazy
18:56That's crazy
18:57That is World Cup
19:01Okay let's talk about
19:03Oldest
19:04Youngest player
19:05And of course
19:06Messi and Ronaldo
19:08Okay
19:09We talk about the oldest player
19:11Yeah
19:12So
19:13The age gap is real
19:15Yeah
19:15So as we can see
19:17The
19:18The player like
19:19Teenage breakout stars
19:20And players
19:21Who will play their
19:23Very last World Cup
19:24So
19:27Which player?
19:28That
19:30You guys think
19:31That
19:32We would like
19:33To shine
19:34This World Cup
19:35Young players or
19:36Both
19:37Both
19:37I would say
19:39If you want to look at young players
19:40Of course
19:41People will talk about
19:42Lamine Yamat
19:43But I think that's not a surprise
19:44I think
19:45Because he performed in the
19:46Europe
19:47Yeah 16 years old
19:48And he won La Liga with Barcelona
19:50And he has a little bit of similarity
19:54From how Messi
19:55Play
19:56Left foot
19:58Likes to dribble
19:59Very aggressive dribbler
20:01The one player
20:03Or
20:03I would rather
20:04Two players that I want to watch
20:06Is Desire Dwey
20:07Dwey
20:08Okay Dwey
20:08He won two Champions League
20:10Yeah
20:10Back to back
20:11Back to back
20:12And also he likes to take on players as well
20:15Yeah
20:15He's a very good player
20:16And another young player that
20:19That I
20:20I am actually quite surprised
20:21When I watch Morocco against Brazil
20:24Oh yeah
20:24I do that
20:25I do that
20:26Ayub Wadi
20:27He used to captain
20:28France
20:29Yeah France
20:30Under 18
20:31Under 18
20:32Under 18
20:33Under 18
20:34Now he
20:35Obviously he ditched
20:37He ditched
20:37He didn't want to represent France
20:39And he now represent Morocco
20:40So I think these three players
20:42I think
20:42For me I think
20:43It's a player to watch
20:44I think
20:45For the World Cup
20:45I saw the midfield
20:47I want to talk about him
20:47Yeah yeah yeah
20:48I'm sorry I forgot his name
20:50Wadi
20:50He's very composed
20:52For 18 years old
20:5318 years old
20:54Yeah I think
20:54I got like
20:55A lot of stars
20:56On his age
20:58Because he
20:59He plays like
21:00He's 30
21:00Yeah
21:02He controls off the game
21:03Even for Morocco
21:03They control off
21:04His midfield is the heart of the
21:06The team
21:07So I saw he did it very well
21:08Yeah yeah
21:09So I think
21:10These three players
21:11I think
21:11Hopefully they will shine
21:13Yes
21:13For the World Cup
21:14Yeah
21:14How about for all the
21:16People
21:16The last
21:18And I mean
21:18The last edition
21:20Yeah
21:20The players like
21:21Modric
21:23Casemiro
21:24Cristiano Ronaldo
21:25Maybe Salah as well
21:27Yeah
21:28Let's dance
21:29So who
21:30Who do you think
21:30Will shine
21:31In this edition
21:32And does experience matters?
21:34I told
21:35I put Neymar
21:36This group as well
21:37Neymar
21:38Neymar
21:39Now he's
21:40I'm not sure
21:41His age
21:42But he's old now
21:43But
21:45I believe
21:46They have
21:47How can I say
21:48Have a lot of experience
21:49If
21:50Neymar
21:50If they go for 10 minutes
21:52In the game
21:5215 minutes
21:53He can change the game
21:54He's so smart
21:55So
21:56How can I say
21:57Talent
21:57For the wins
21:58But hopefully
21:59He don't go to party
22:00Too early
22:01I hope
22:02Be focused now
22:03I mean
22:05Anything can happen
22:06Can happen in the states
22:07Yeah
22:09So yeah
22:09I mean
22:10For the older players
22:11I would like to see
22:12Olysee
22:13Olysee
22:13To perform
22:14I think this is his World Cup
22:15France has a very good team
22:17I think
22:17Olysee is one of the
22:19Good player
22:20I tip him to be
22:21The best player of the tournament
22:22Me too
22:23So we will see tonight
22:25Yeah
22:26France is playing
22:27France is playing later
22:29And also
22:30I think for Cristiano Ronaldo
22:32It would be nice for him
22:33To win the World Cup finally
22:35Because
22:36Because this is his sixth edition
22:38Messi has won it
22:40So
22:41To close
22:42The debate
22:43I think
22:43It would be nice for Cristiano too
22:45And
22:46Portugal is not a bad team
22:47Yeah
22:47The current team is like
22:49Very good
22:50Yeah
22:51Very good team
22:51But obviously
22:53Cristiano Ronaldo
22:54Has to play a different role
22:55With the Portuguese team
22:56I think
22:57Yeah
22:58So
22:58We talk about
23:00Messi and Ronaldo now
23:01Can
23:02Alright
23:02Okay so
23:03Which player that
23:04You guys invested more
23:07Messi's second World Cup
23:08Or
23:09Cristiano Ronaldo
23:10Aiming for the first World Cup
23:12I think you know my opinion
23:14Maybe
23:17I really like Messi
23:19Okay
23:19Yeah
23:19I wish he
23:20He get more
23:21One World Cup
23:23But
23:24I'm very proud
23:25Of how Cristiano works
23:27Yeah
23:27You can see how
23:28You work hard
23:29And
23:30Okay
23:31Two of them
23:33I'm okay
23:34But more to Messi
23:35More to Messi
23:36I think
23:37I think both players
23:38Have different roles
23:38Nowadays I think
23:40Messi plays like a
23:41Playmaker role
23:41He doesn't go
23:43He doesn't really go
23:44Up front
23:45Like center forward
23:46I think he plays
23:47A little bit behind
23:48And then he
23:49He doesn't really
23:50I wouldn't say he doesn't
23:51Really run
23:52But he doesn't really
23:53I mean he
23:54Other players has to
23:55Accommodate
23:56Yeah of course
23:57The same as Cristiano as well
23:59That I said
23:59He plays a different role now
24:01I think Cristiano is
24:02More like a leader
24:04In the dressing room
24:04Yeah of course
24:05I don't think he can play
24:06Every game
24:07I agree
24:07In terms of his energy
24:09Pace, intensity
24:10I think he can still score goals
24:12But he's
24:13He
24:13I think he has lost
24:14A little bit of pace as well
24:15So I think he's more like
24:17A player coach
24:18Role
24:18For Portugal
24:19I mean right now
24:20Currently
24:21To keep up the pace
24:22Of the team
24:24I think
24:25Cristiano
24:26Like he needs
24:27To be like
24:28Super sub
24:28Could be
24:29He cannot start every game
24:31He cannot start every game
24:32If he starts
24:32We will disrupt
24:33The
24:34The gameplay
24:35Cristiano Ronaldo fan
24:36Would be
24:37Not happy
24:38I mean
24:39If you ask me
24:40Either CR
24:42Or Leone Messi
24:43I'll choose CR
24:44Me too
24:45They
24:46They talk about Messi
24:47About running
24:48You know running like
24:49Before
24:49But
24:50Once he got the ball
24:53Obviously he will
24:54Make a difference
24:54Magic
24:56We can see the match
24:56Like you run
24:58The right moment right
24:58Sometimes you're walking
25:00Walking the match
25:00All the way
25:01Like when he get the ball
25:03It's crazy
25:03You can see
25:04I mean
25:05Football is all about moments
25:07So you have this one moment
25:08And Messi can
25:09Can do that
25:10The magic
25:11The magician
25:13Little magician
25:13Okay bang?
25:14One more thing
25:15One more thing
25:16If Cristiano Ronaldo wins
25:17The World Cup
25:18He'll be the oldest player
25:20To win the World Cup
25:21Biting Dinozov
25:22Biting Dinozov
25:23Dinozov was 40 years old
25:25He is currently 41
25:27Oh 41 okay
25:28Yeah 41
25:31To win the World Cup
25:32Yeah of course
25:33And maybe the oldest captain
25:34To win the World Cup
25:35Could be
25:35Oldest player
25:36Oldest player
25:37Oh
25:38CR
25:39Oldest player
25:4141
25:41To win the World Cup
25:42To win the World Cup
25:59We need
26:01A debate
26:02Yeah because
26:04We need
26:04You guys' opinion
26:05I mean
26:06There are a lot of things
26:07That happened
26:08Before World Cup
26:09All these things
26:10I mean
26:10It's not
26:11It's not
26:13Happened in US
26:14But previous
26:15Previous
26:15Previous
26:17Additions also
26:17In Qatar
26:18All these
26:19Human rights
26:21All the
26:22Stuff happened
26:23In fact
26:23During World Cup
26:24In
26:26South Korea
26:26In Japan
26:27And like
26:28A bit of
26:29Dispute here
26:30And there
26:31And
26:32Right now
26:33Like
26:33In United States
26:35There are a lot of teams
26:36A lot of players
26:37A lot of
26:38Officers
26:38That are participating
26:39In the World Cup
26:40They are not allowed
26:42To enter
26:43Enter
26:44The United States
26:45Yeah
26:46Immigration problem
26:47Yeah because of the immigration
26:48Because of like
26:49The rules
26:50I don't know
26:51But
26:52Yeah what's your thought
26:53About it?
26:55I think
26:56Of course
26:57I mean
26:58As a host
26:58Like
26:59As a host of the World Cup
27:01You should
27:02Be welcoming everyone
27:03Yeah yeah
27:04No matter
27:05Where
27:05They come from
27:06Especially when
27:07They come to play football
27:08And some fans
27:10Because I've heard
27:11Some Morocco fans
27:12They bought the tickets
27:13But they couldn't get
27:14Visa to enter
27:15So I think that's
27:16That's a disappointing
27:17I mean
27:17If you talk about
27:18The best referee
27:19The African referee
27:20Couldn't enter to
27:21Somalia
27:22Yeah
27:22Somalia referee
27:23Yeah
27:26There's a lot of problems
27:27So I think
27:28It's like
27:29It's a bit like
27:30Me
27:31Asking you guys
27:32To come to my house
27:33An open house
27:34Then I have to check
27:35You guys
27:36At the door
27:37To check your IC
27:38Or your ID
27:39If I don't like you guys
27:40If I feel that you guys
27:42Are associated with
27:43Somebody that I don't like
27:44You have to go home
27:45Something like that
27:46So I feel that
27:47It's not right
27:49You should welcome
27:50The world
27:52And yeah
27:53It shouldn't be this way
27:55World Cup should
27:57You see
27:58In 2018
27:59Russia
28:00Russia has a very strict
28:01Immigration rule
28:02But what they did
28:04Was
28:05Every fans
28:06Who has
28:07Tickets to watch
28:08The World Cup
28:08To watch the matches
28:09They give them
28:11Fan ID
28:12So for them to enter
28:13Quite easily
28:14That's a very good idea
28:15Very good idea
28:16So for the teams
28:17Who are involved
28:18Officials
28:19Teams
28:20Referees
28:20Or whatever
28:21That involved in the World Cup
28:22They make them easier to enter
28:24Sorry the initiative
28:25Is created
28:26Is by the
28:27Russian government
28:28The government
28:29No it's not from FIFA
28:30So
28:31Because
28:32FIFA said
28:32They couldn't do anything
28:33Because at the end of the day
28:34It's the United States
28:36Of America
28:37Immigration
28:38Government
28:39That does this
28:40But for me it's too much
28:41And
28:41And
28:42This is the first time ever
28:44That the host country
28:46Is still in active war
28:47With another country
28:48But that
28:49Participating
28:49So
28:50Which is
28:51Iran
28:52So
28:53The story about Iran
28:54They can't even
28:55Like
28:56Stay
28:56In the States
28:58Although all the matches
28:59Are played
29:00In the States
29:01So
29:02It's like you staying in Kuching
29:03But you're playing a match in KL
29:04So you have to travel
29:05Yeah
29:06You have to travel
29:07And then play football
29:08And then you go home
29:09Yeah
29:09On the same day
29:11So
29:12That's what happened
29:13To the Iran's camp
29:15They stay in Tijuana
29:17Yeah
29:17In Mexico
29:18In the northern part of Mexico
29:20Still
29:20300 kilometers away
29:22From San Francisco
29:23I think they were not happy
29:23Because they said
29:24They needed time
29:25To at least
29:26Have two days before
29:28The match
29:28To be there
29:29To visit the stadium
29:31Or to visit the training center
29:32Or to have some conditioning
29:33To adjust the condition
29:35And everything
29:35So but
29:37It is what it is
29:37I hear also on
29:39Player of Ghana
29:39Thomas
29:40Parted
29:41I hear about him
29:42He also
29:43He can't join the national team of Ghana
29:45I hear
29:46But I'm not sure
29:47Yeah
29:47Some players
29:49Some official photographers
29:50Some officials cannot enter as well
29:52Even the president of football in Iran
29:54They cannot
29:55He cannot
29:57So it's
29:58I would say it's absurd actually
30:01Absurd
30:02Subtly absurd
30:03And you know
30:04Iran is playing Egypt
30:06In Seattle
30:08It's like
30:09Northwest of United States
30:11So
30:11How
30:12From Mexico
30:13They have
30:13Maybe
30:14Maybe
30:14They will go to Vancouver
30:15And then they will stay there
30:17For a few days
30:19Before to
30:19We ask Coach Ale
30:21Because he is a player
30:22For the travel
30:23Yeah
30:24Talk about Kuching now
30:26In Kuching
30:26When you play Kuching
30:27We travel a lot
30:28A lot
30:29My passport is over
30:30Because actually
30:31You cannot use IC
30:33Right
30:33Passport
30:33A lot of stamps
30:35Immigration stamp stamp
30:36But how tired are you
30:38If you travel
30:39A lot
30:39A lot
30:40They are actually
30:40How does it affect your game
30:43Yeah
30:43Because his travel is
30:44He is so tired
30:45Also
30:46Also the
30:46I played 3 years in Kuching
30:48So one of the year
30:49They request
30:50For
30:51Let's say if they come
30:52Come to Kelly
30:53We stay here for 2-3 months
30:55At least
30:56At least
30:56But in the first year
30:57We need travel to come back
30:58Yeah
30:59When you play
31:00When you start in Kuching
31:01It was Premier League
31:02When they come to
31:03Super League
31:04They request
31:05Please
31:05When you come to
31:07To Kelly
31:07They will stay here for
31:092-3 months
31:10And you can come back
31:11To Kuching again
31:12But
31:13So you are going to stay there
31:15For a while
31:16Yes
31:17Yes
31:18Because now it is too tired
31:19They go and come back
31:19Yeah
31:20The foreigners
31:21How do you recover then
31:22Yeah
31:24The more tired
31:25Of course
31:25The more tired is after much
31:27Need to travel
31:27Travel next day for
31:30Playing
31:30This mix
31:31So tired
31:31Yeah
31:32That's the challenge
31:32The challenge
31:33The players from the Borneo
31:35Yes
31:35Initially
31:36So now Iran has
31:38Tasted
31:39Yes
31:40But I think that's
31:41Tasted worse
31:42Because
31:43It involves 2 countries
31:45Yeah
31:46Yeah
31:47So about this
31:48So Ale
31:49What's your prediction
31:50About Iran's performance
31:52For this World Cup
31:53For this World Cup
31:54Yeah
31:55I expect that
31:56With this situation right now
31:57Yeah
31:58Of course
31:59They are going to be so tired
32:00In this situation
32:02And the
32:03Emotion
32:04I put football
32:05Also emotion
32:06Sometimes
32:06Let's see
32:07Maybe the players
32:08Some players cannot play
32:11So I'm going to join the team
32:13So I hope the emotion
32:14Of the players
32:14Yeah
32:15Should be all fine also
32:16Because football
32:17Not just physical
32:19Not just technical
32:20Also mentality
32:22Very important
32:22So I hope it's no
32:24In fact
32:25To the team
32:25Yeah
32:26Yeah
32:27And then shout out
32:28To Mexico
32:29For giving them
32:32A place to stay
32:34At Tijuana
32:34Even the fans
32:36Went to their camp
32:37Like chanting
32:38Tarimi
32:39Tarimi
32:40It's like a warm welcome
32:41That is how
32:42It's supposed to be
32:43In World Cup actually
32:44Yeah
32:44Cross
32:46I would say
32:46Crossing cultures
32:48With all the teams
32:50Right now we can see
32:52In the jerseys
32:52All the national teams
32:55They put their own country
32:57Or their own messages
32:58Into the designs
33:00Which is very good
33:01Is to promote their country
33:03To let the world know about it
33:05Yeah
33:05And yeah
33:06Right now
33:07Like we have this
33:09Like
33:09I mean
33:10A bitter country
33:11Like
33:12They have
33:13Have beef
33:15With other countries
33:16That
33:16Not align with them
33:18Yeah
33:18So I think that's not cool
33:20To host
33:21Such a prestigious event
33:23Like
33:23To use the
33:24The new world
33:25To use the new piece
33:26Of it
33:27So
33:27So
33:28I think
33:30We need to learn from this
33:32Maybe
33:33On the next edition
33:34It's too much
33:36Too much
33:36Unnecessary things happen
33:38So
33:39Yeah
33:40I
33:41I can't
33:42I can't say that
33:42I mean
33:44The World Cup
33:45Is a place
33:46That everyone
33:47Watch
33:48Want to watch
33:49In the
33:50Highest
33:51Highest state
33:52I mean
33:52In the happiest state
33:53But to start with
33:55All these controversies
33:56All these
33:57Cases
33:58So
33:59Tickets are also
34:00Very expensive
34:00I mean
34:01The tickets
34:02It's like
34:03It's World Cup bro
34:04But it's
34:05Five
34:07Six times more
34:08Than Qatar
34:09So
34:09Yeah
34:11I mean
34:11You talk about football
34:12Football is
34:13Usually when you talk about football
34:15Football is for the working class
34:16Right
34:17I mean
34:17So
34:18For me
34:19If you want
34:21The normal people
34:22The normal football fans
34:23To travel
34:23The ticket shouldn't be
34:24As high as
34:25What it is right now
34:27Yeah
34:27So I think
34:28As much as we
34:29Criticize Qatar
34:30The ticket price
34:31Is actually quite
34:32Reasonable
34:33Reasonable
34:34I think they
34:34Can enter the match
34:36With only 50
34:3750 US dollars
34:39But I think
34:40The cheapest ticket
34:42In US
34:43Right now
34:43Is 250
34:44US dollars
34:45But they claim
34:47That they sold
34:47As cheap as 60 dollars
34:49I don't know
34:50I don't know about that
34:50And apparently
34:51There's
34:52I read
34:53Somewhere
34:55There's
34:55Like New Jersey
34:57And New York
34:58Lawyer
34:59Something
35:00Something like that
35:00They
35:01They
35:02Like
35:03Find
35:03FIFA
35:04Because of that
35:05Because of misleading
35:06Of the
35:08Ticket info
35:09Because it's not that
35:1060 dollars
35:11At all
35:12I mean
35:12We just did the research
35:14Like
35:15We want to watch
35:16Football
35:17They still available tickets
35:19We watch
35:20The match
35:22Between Iran and Egypt
35:23Yeah
35:24And then we tried to find
35:26Like
35:26The cheapest
35:27Matches
35:27Similar matches
35:29Nearby
35:29Like we want to make it a week
35:31Yeah
35:32The ticket price
35:33For three
35:35Three matches
35:35I think it's
35:36Around 1,000
35:372,000 dollars
35:38That's crazy
35:39That's crazy
35:39So it's so high
35:41I have to sell
35:42All my house
35:43And watch World Cup
35:45In United States
35:46It's not including
35:47The flights
35:48And accommodation
35:49That's why
35:50When the Morocco fans
35:51Were denied
35:52Can you imagine
35:53They don't go there for free
35:55They spend on hotels
35:57They spend on visa
35:58They spend on visa
35:59They pay for visa
36:00They pay for tickets
36:01So I think
36:02This is
36:03This is
36:04Very disappointing
36:05I would say
36:05And
36:07We haven't talked about
36:08The hydration break
36:09Where
36:10They are trying to make money
36:12Out of that
36:12Out of the break
36:14What do you think about
36:14This hydration break
36:16Yeah
36:16Yeah
36:17Does it
36:19The momentum of the game
36:21Does it really like
36:23Break the momentum
36:23For you guys
36:24Like when you play
36:25Yeah
36:26We mean the water break
36:27Yeah
36:28Actually
36:29Depends on the weather
36:30Depends on the weather
36:31I will honest with you
36:32I'm not sure the weather
36:33Now in USA
36:35But of course
36:35If it's the whole team
36:36I mean the southern part of USA
36:38Is going to be hot
36:39And dry
36:39It's in Miami
36:40Yeah
36:41If it's quite hot
36:42Of course
36:42But what
36:43But they are doing it
36:44For every game
36:45Because there are some games
36:46That are
36:47That are not
36:48In very
36:49They play at night
36:50So
36:51This is not necessary
36:53Yeah
36:53So I don't know
36:54Because maybe they have
36:56Some agreement between
36:56Fox and FIFA
36:57That they had to have the break
36:59So that they can
37:01Commercialize
37:01Yeah true true
37:02For money
37:03Yeah
37:04So but at the end of the day
37:05I mean
37:06This is America
37:07Because America is very
37:09Commercialized
37:09In terms of their sports
37:10When you look at all this
37:12American football
37:13NBA
37:14They have all this
37:15It's all about entertainment
37:16So basically
37:17This water break is like
37:18Timeouts in basketball
37:19Yeah
37:20So that's what I think
37:22I did
37:22It's unnecessary
37:23If they don't need to
37:24Yeah
37:25Maybe after that
37:27Some leagues
37:28Going to follow
37:29Going to follow them
37:29Going to make it
37:30I hope not
37:31But honest
37:32If we
37:32I play
37:33I play
37:35It's so hot
37:36Of course
37:38It's necessary
37:38But it depends on the weather
37:40For me
37:40It depends on the weather
37:41For me
37:42Even in that night
37:44It's still hot
37:44Is it?
37:45It's still hot
37:45It's still hot
37:46It's still hot
37:46The wind become hot already
37:48But they have no hydration
37:50Like
37:52Not really
37:53Much to go on
37:54Okay Ale
37:56One question
37:57Despite everything
37:59Happening
38:01During
38:02Before World Cup
38:03About the issues
38:05That geopolitical issues
38:06Everything
38:07So a lot of fans
38:09That
38:09Getting
38:10Sent home
38:12Right
38:12So as a player
38:13What do you feel about
38:15When you're playing
38:17That
38:17No fans
38:18Coming for you
38:19Playing at the highest level
38:20Yeah
38:21Honestly
38:22With you
38:23The best feeling
38:24The best feeling
38:25Of football players
38:26Be inside the field
38:27And they look
38:28No look around
38:29In the beginning
38:29See the stadium
38:31So
38:32It's one of the best feelings
38:34Yeah
38:34And you
38:35Second
38:35When you score the goal
38:37Yeah
38:37You remember
38:38From
38:40Your dream
38:40When you're young
38:41And you dream about it
38:43This is
38:45One more thing
38:45When you go
38:46I've never been to the national team
38:48But imagine
38:49You go
38:50Begin of the match
38:51And
38:53For the national team
38:54For Brazil
38:55For Malaysia
38:56And they start to
38:58Yeah
39:00This one
39:00You make me so happy
39:01So happy
39:07You
39:12You
39:13You
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