Argentina vs. England

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the match of the World Cup. According now
to the FBI and US law enforcement, this is the
one game that they say poses the highest risk in
terms of security, especially regarding the fans. And all you
have to do is look at either the Argentinian media

(00:21):
or the English media and you will understand why this
is not a soccer match. It is much more than
a soccer match. They are essentially going to be refighting
the Falklands War in England Argentina. They have met twice
before in the FIFA World Cup, the infamous one in

(00:43):
nineteen eighty six, the Hand of God with Diego Maradonna,
and then of course the great game that was ruined
by the red card given to David Beckham, which forced
England to play with ten players and they eventually lost
to Argentina. Since the Falklands War of the early nineteen eighties,

(01:03):
Argentina and England have met twice in the World Cup.
Both times they were incredible games, and yes it was
preceded and followed by violent fights and brawls in the
stands and in the bars surrounding the stadiums. Already police
have arrested numerous Argentinian and English fans for fighting, for brawling.

(01:29):
They expected to become much worse during the game and
after the game. The Argentinian team is already singing nationalist
songs all tournament long leading up to this game about
how the Falklands belongs to Argentina and England should give
it back. The English media is attacking Argentinian fans for

(01:53):
burning the Union jack, for calling for English players to
be killed, saying that they are revenging Argentina's loss in
the Falklands War. You can cut the tension with a knife.
Already they're trying to segregate the fans. It's gonna be
very hard. Argentina is coming in with about fifty thousand fans,

(02:16):
the English fans will be about thirty thousand strong. The
stadium can only hold about sixty two to sixty four thousand,
so you understand the problem. The math doesn't add up.
Many of these fans are gonna be on the periphery
outside the stadium during the game, waving flags, singing songs

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and hopefully not tearing into each other. But what do
you do with the fans inside the stadium. They're going
to try to segregate them, but ultimately you can't play.
Fans can walk around wearing different players jerseys and anything
can happen. There will be a lot of security, but

(03:00):
everybody's on pins and needles and the game itself. The
previous two times it was basically war in short tants.
I believe the same thing will occur again. This is
going to be an incredibly intense, passionate, hard thought soccer match.
England does not want to lose. Argentina does not want

(03:24):
to lose. In fact, to show you the absolute fervor
and fanaticism on both sides, the Argentinian media has now
come out and said, even if you don't win the
World Cup, we don't care, you must beat England. The
English media is saying, if you don't win the World Cup,

(03:44):
we don't care, just beat Argentina. So my prediction it's
going to be the game of the tournament. I think
it's going to be one of the best soccer games
we've seen in years. They are going to go at
each each other and essentially it probably will go into
extra time. It may even go into penalty kicks. On paper,

(04:09):
England is the better team, they're younger, they have some
real firepower. Beckham Bellingham SACA they should in the end prevail,
but Argentina is Argentina. They will be carrying an entire
nation on their shoulders. They desperately want to revenge the

(04:30):
Falklands War. They have Messi, who maybe is thirty nine,
but it's still messy, and they have a couple of
fantastic players. The only thing that worries me if I
was an Argentinian fan, is that they have repeatedly looked vulnerable.
They looked vulnerable against their previous opponents Switzerland, they looked

(04:52):
very vulnerable against Egypt. In fact, they were down to
zero with thirteen minutes left in the game and then
essentially pulled off a miracle, and they squeaked by cape
Verdi the game before that three two against the country
of essentially half a million people. In other words, Argentina
does not look like the Argentina that won the World

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Cup in twenty twenty two. They are beatable, they are
porous in the back, and they have been living very dangerously.
England should be able to catch him and deliver the
knockout blow. But then again, France should have beaten Spain,
and they didn't get ready for one hell of a

(05:39):
soccer game and my prediction, England will finally beat Argentina
and it will be Spain and England in the World Cup.
But I'll tell you this, no matter who wins, get
ready not for just a soccer game, but this will
be war on the soccer pitch. And I for one

(06:04):
can't wait to watch the game. This is why we
watch soccer. It is everything and more. And it's Messy
versus Cain, Argentina versus England. And yes, they're going to
refight the Falklands War and I'm telling you they're going
to fight to the last man.