00:11Welcome to beyond the game the ball is pure the quarterfinals are done we already have our final
00:17four for an extremely exciting summer finals are going to be experienced and lived next Tuesday
00:23and Wednesday and for the first time in World Cup history the final four is actually the four top
00:28nations in the FIFA ranking that has never happened before so the four best nations squads national
00:34squad in football will be completed in the semifinals next Tuesday and Wednesday France
00:40versus Spain England versus Argentina but for more details on this World Cup and everything
00:46surrounding it let's go live to Mexico City with our collaborator Carlos Montero welcome Carlos to
00:51be on the game hi Luis good morning we are here in Basilica of Orledo Guadalupe a place of devotion
01:01of
01:01Mexican people to give you an idea December 12 13 million people come through those corridors to
01:08thanks or ask something to the version but talking about football you were right for the first time
01:14the ranking FIFA is the same like the 14 that want to play the semifinal also something very interesting
01:22the fourth play the 14 that are playing the semifinal they already won a championship Argentina is the
01:30defending champion France you know England long time ago but they won two and of course does the Spain
01:38is the one of the favorites and also won a a World Cup tournament fantastic two matches the first one
01:48is
01:48going to be two powerful team from Europe France against Spain they should know each other very much that could
01:58be
01:58it could be a perfect final the other one is a match that it has a lot of value for
02:04Argentine people it's
02:05going to be Argentina against England Argentina and England played 40 years ago in the Azteca Stadium
02:12they play no semifinal quarter final Argentina beat England you remember the hand of God the goal of
02:20the century and then Argentina went to beat Germany in the final but Scaloni the coach from Argentina he said
02:30guys don't make a big deal about this it's such it's only a football match 11 contra 11 it's a
02:39football
02:40match don't make it so big but it's really big you know it's really big what's happened in Argentina
02:45with the Isla Malvinas in 1986 it was closer to the conflict because it was four years later 1982 was
02:53the
02:53conflict but even though you know the fans they talk about Malvinas that they belong to Argentina
02:59that so there are so many things oh I know all the players of Argentina want to play that much
03:06in
03:06Argentina it's going to be huge news I have the chance to talk to the English coach to him yeah
03:14and
03:14I asked him about that and he said for us it's a game we want to play Argentina whoever but
03:21we want
03:21to go to the final so we are going to do the best so guys today we don't have football
03:27Monday we don't
03:28have football Tuesday fantastic match Spain against France and then Wednesday it's going to be
03:34Argentina against England and then a week from today the big final it's going to be New Jersey
03:42and on Saturday it's going to play the third and fourth to see who goes the third best team in
03:49this World Cup amazing remember when we started we said oh my god 78 teams it's going to be so
03:55complicated three countries three host countries 104 matches okay we came to the end and we got the
04:03four best national teams in the world playing against each other you cannot ask for anything better going
04:11back to you Luis Carlos before we conclude this contact with you in Mexico City regarding what
04:19you saw on the quarterfinals what are your bets on the next game on this semifinals who do you think
04:24will go through between France and Spain and between England and Argentina I know that you want Argentina
04:30to be the one to go through on that one absolutely absolutely I want Argentina to win I know that's
04:37going to be
04:38a tough tough match Argentina has been suffering the last three matches Kay Verde issue and yesterday it
04:45was tough match for Argentina to against Switzerland but I think England is going to be the tougher but
04:51Argentina is going to win because there are so many emotions so many things and in the other match I
04:57would put my money with Spain France he already been on the final so many times Spain and will be
05:04something great because you remember the finalism between Spain and Argentina they couldn't play for
05:11the crisis with Iran all that so it is going to be great that the finalism will be the final
05:16of the
05:17World Cup here in in this World Cup in New Jersey they are going to play thank you Carlos for
05:23your
05:23information as always we stay in touch in upcoming segments tomorrow and what remains of the World Cup well
05:30and something also interesting that happened in yesterday's game between Switzerland and Argentina
05:34is that for the second time during this 2026 FIFA World Cup referees have applied FIFA's mistaken
05:40identity protocol once again putting the spotlight on the growing influence of the VAR in modern
05:46football the protocol was first used earlier in the tournament during the United States group stage
05:51match against Paraguay in that incident the referee initially cautioned US defender Tim Ream for what
05:57appeared to be a foul on Miguel Almiron however after a VAR review officials determined that Ream had
06:04committed no infringement and that Almiron had instead simulated the contact the yellow card was
06:10withdrawn from the US defender and instead shown to the Paraguayan midfielder marking the first
06:14application of the mistaken identity protocol at a FIFA World Cup now the protocol has resurfaced with
06:20even greater consequences the latest incident unfolded during Saturday's quarterfinal between Argentina and
06:25Switzerland in Kansas City Swiss striker Brel Mbolo went to ground while shielding the ball from Argentina's
06:31Leandro Paredes prompting referee Joao Pinheiro to initially reach for a yellow card against the Argentine midfielder
06:37before the booking was confirmed the video assistant referee intervened after reviewing the play officials
06:43determined that Paredes had committed no foul and that Mbolo had instead simulated the contact
06:47under the mistaken identity protocol the yellow card was withdrawn from Paredes and issued to the Swiss forward instead
06:54that decision proved decisive Mbolo had already been booked late in the first half after catching Paredes
06:59with a late challenge during a midfield duel the corrected caution became his second yellow card of
07:04the match forcing the referee to show the red card and reducing Switzerland to 10 men supporters of the
07:10protocol say it ensures the correct player is disciplined while critics argue that overturning
07:15disciplinary decisions moments later can dramatically alter the course of a match after two high-profile
07:20applications in this World Cup the mistaken identity protocol has quickly become one of the tournaments
07:25most talked about officiating changes
07:29and on his football program La Pelota No Se Mancha veteran host Victor Hugo Morales launched a fierce
07:35critique against the commercialization of modern sport targeting the massive multi-trillion dollar
07:40football betting industry that the media advertising and capitalist marketing tactics condemn people to an
07:49addiction that will cost them dearly for the rest of their lives it is one of the shameful aspects of
07:55football today the industry is worth eleven trillion dollars not millions eleven trillion six hundred thousand dollars
08:02we're quietly putting up with this without anyone saying a word often the authorities themselves should be
08:09stepping in to address this issue which moreover is intertwined with illegal gambling in other words all the
08:17ugliness inherent in capitalism when these things happen is playing out in football betting
08:23and in other news the Italian Football Federation has officially begun rebuilding this national team project by
08:29appointing legendary defender Paolo Maldini as a new head coach the former left back widely regarded as one of the
08:35greatest defenders in football history who make his managerial debut after signing a four-year contract
08:41aimed at restoring Italy as a major contender ahead of the 2028 FIFA World Cup Italy has long been one
08:47of the
08:47sports most successful nations winning four FIFA World Cup titles and spending decades among Europe's elite but
08:54those glory years have faded in recent times the Azuri failed to qualify for the last three World Cups were
09:00eliminated in the group stage in
09:022014 and saw their hopes of returning in 2026 dash after a play of the faith to Bosnia and Sercovina
09:16this is all for this edition of beyond the game the bolster is pure we'll be back with more information
09:20and the stories that are shaping this World Cup
09:23go back to you Lori thank you so much Lizzie for always keeping us posted on today's updates in the
09:28world of football and with this special segment and this information we have come to the end of Disney's brief
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