Juventus Players Collapse in Miami Heat, Bellingham Brothers Drama & Quarterfinals Preview

10 Juventus players asked to be substituted due to Miami heat in loss to Real Madrid. Jobe Bellingham suspended, missing brother clash. Plus Friday-Saturday quarterfinals preview and USMNT tonight at 7 PM.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Calaruga Shark media, right settle in because we need to
talk about what's happening at this sweltering mess of a tournament.
I'm Jamie Rudd and there are no games today, which
is probably a blessing given what we witnessed in Miami yesterday.

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Let's start with the absolute scenes at hard Rock Stadium.
Real Madrid beat you Ventus one nil. But the real
story wasn't Mba pay finally showing up after losing five
kilos to a stomach bug, though fair play to the
man for that dramatic entrance. No, it was twenty one
year old Gonzalo Garcia continuing his fairy tale run with

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another brilliant header. This kid had never started a senior
game before arriving in America, and now he's got three
goals and looks like Madrid's future. His grandfather was Rita
Hayworth's cousin, which is a fun bit of trivia. But
more importantly, Spain's under seventeen coach thinks he could be
Madrid's striker for a decade. Not bad for someone most

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of us hadn't heard of a month ago. But here's
the thing that's really got me wound up. Juventus coach
Igor Tudor came out after the match and said ten
players asked to be substituted because they were knackered from
the heat and humidity, and this is exactly what we're
dealing with when you schedule a tournament like this at
the end of a long season, in the middle of

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the American summer. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, Borussia Dortmund beat Monterey
two to one, with Sir Hooguirasi grabbing two early goals.
Lovely stuff from the striker, bringing his tournament total to three.
But the real story Joe Bellingham picked up his second
yellow card of the tournament and is now suspended for
the quarter final against Real Madrid. That means no meeting

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of the Bellingham brothers on Saturday. Nineteen year old Job
looked absolutely devastated when he realized what had happened. Nkokovecch
had to sub him off in the fifty fifth minute
to make sure he didn't get sent off entirely, but
the damage was done. I think he did not exactly
know that the second yellow card is a suspension, Kovac

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said afterward. You can almost feel for the kid. Imagine
missing out on facing your brother in a Club World
Cup quarter final because you didn't know the booking rules.
The quarter finals are set on Friday, Fluminency versus Al
Hilal at three pm. The Brazilian side has been solid throughout,

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but Al Hilal brings that Saudi money and European experience
should be tighter than expected. Then at nine Palmiras versus Chelsea.
This one's got upset written all over it. Palmira's a
no joke. They know how to handle big occasions. Chelsea
looked vulnerable in the group stage and the heat could

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be a factor again. Saturday's heavyweight clashes feature PSG versus
Bayern Munich at noon, two European giants colliding in what
should be the match of the round. Byron's experience in
these situations might give them the edge, but PSG looked
ruthless against Miami. Then at four Real Madrid versus Barrussia

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Dortmund the big One, Madrid with their mix of experience
and youth against a Dortmund side that's been impressive. Mbappe
should be fully fit by then. Garcia will be looking
to continue his dream run, and somewhere Jude Bellingham will
be thinking about his suspended brother the USMNT takes the

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pitch at seven pm tonight. After watching what this heat
has done to seasoned professionals, you have to wonder how
the Americans will cope with their own conditions. We're looking
at a forecasted eighty seven degrees at kickoff, but at
least they're used to playing in this climate. The tournament
rolls on, the heat continues to be a factor, and

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FIFA continues to pretend everything's going according to play. Welcome
to the Club World Cup, where the football's good when
the players can actually stand up long enough to play it.