00:00Welcome to Beyond the Game. The ball stays pure. As we were saying before the break, in just a matter
00:04of minutes, the second quarterfinal game will begin between Spain and Belgium. We expect it to be a very entertaining
00:10match between two teams that like to control the ball and create astonishing buildup. We'll see what happens. But for
00:16more details on the World Cup, let's go live to Mexico City. In Mexico, of course, with our collaborator, Carlos
00:22Montero. Welcome, Carlos, to Beyond the Game.
00:26Hi, Luis. A beautiful day here in Mexico City where we have the headquarter of Telesur following the World Cup.
00:34You were right. It's coming a very interesting game. It's going to be in a matter of 10 minutes.
00:39There are two teams that they know each other. They play many times before Spain came into the tournament as
00:47one of the favorites. And it hasn't been disappointment. It hasn't lost yet. Nobody scored on them.
00:55They have a strong defense. Belgium, who didn't start playing so great. They sent home one of the co-hosts
01:04of this tournament, USA 4-1 in a very controversial match.
01:10You remember that when the USA play against Paraguay, one of the best players of them, Balogun, got a red
01:18card. Donald Trump talked to Infantino and said, you know, that's not right. We have to take away the red
01:25card.
01:25And Infantino said, OK. Balogun played, but they couldn't do much because they lost 4-4-1.
01:31The winner of this match is going to play another one of the favorites, France, who yesterday did a fantastic
01:40match, defeated Morocco 2-0. Morocco was the only African team left in this tournament, but they couldn't do much
01:50against the French team.
01:52Bono, the goalkeeper, was the best player of the match. He stopped many, many balls from France because that 2
02:00-0, if it were not for Bono, it could be much bigger. 5-0, 6-0. So there are a
02:07lot of expectations.
02:08That's today. Tomorrow, Saturday, we have two matches. One is going to be Norway against England. And the other one,
02:18later tomorrow, is going to be Argentina against Switzerland.
02:22So what we are going to see now, we started with 48 teams. Right now, we have eight. They are
02:29already Morocco left. Today, another team is going to left.
02:33And then we are going to see what's happening with the semifinals. I want to tell you, it's the third
02:39time that France is going to play a semifinal.
02:41That's something outstanding, something fantastic. I have, Luis, if I have time, I have two news about Gian Infantino, the
02:51president of FIFA.
02:52One is really awful. They are very legislators in Europe that are really upset what's happened, what I was telling
03:00you before,
03:01with the red card that was voided, and they let this player, Balogun, play for the USA because Trump, as
03:08Infantino,
03:09they said the FIFA, they cannot get involved in politics, and Infantino did accept the request of Donald Trump.
03:17That's the bad thing. The good thing about Infantino, he said yesterday that he has his heart with Venezuelan people,
03:25that the FIFA organization has already a million dollars to send to the Venezuelan people in this situation,
03:33that they are trying to rebuild the country after those two powerful earthquakes.
03:39So that means one bad, one good about Infantino, and we are almost ready for the game.
03:46That's going to be a fantastic game. I hope you have a chance to watch it.
03:50Going back to you, Luis.
03:51Thank you, Carlos, for the detailed information, for the two pieces of news about Infantino, the president of FIFA especially.
03:58The second one, which is the good news, which we have seen in the sporting world,
04:02lots of people have come in support of the Venezuelan people following the 7.2-7.5 earthquakes
04:07that you were saying back on June 24th, last Wednesday.
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