Sé que todo se define al final, pero este Inter, la imagen que dejó fue muy pobre.

Fue una imagen muy pobre, eh, pero no deja de ser un partido aislado, ¿no? El Inter Miami puede perder.

Aquí lo que preocupa es la forma, ¿no? Porque bien lo dice Elías, fue un baile.

El equipo no metió ni las manos, le pasaron por encima.

Y lo habíamos señalado aquí, eh, la semana pasada.

Eh, si el Inter Miami puede marcar cuatro o cinco goles, no importa si le meten tres o cuatro.

El problema es que cuando tienen la pólvora mojada, cuando no son certeros, cuando no generan tantas oportunidades de gol, la defensa lo paga.

Eh, ¿dónde lo vemos, José? ¿En qué equipo?

Terminó siendo una herramienta de manipulación asombrosa el VAR a favor de ellos, ¿no?

Sí, yo entiendo perfectamente su punto, Jorge, y aquí voy a partir de algo muy importante.

Cuando no tenemos confianza en las instituciones, yo no le puedo decir a usted, Jorge, que no tiene razón.

Usted tiene todo el derecho para dudar, porque a veces siempre podemos suponer, elucubrar y podemos tener una opinión formada, pero muchas veces no tenemos pruebas.

Después de lo que ocurrió con Balogun, o sea, una injerencia política, una injerencia de la FIFA, bajo esa premisa, yo creo que hoy la gente no confía en la FIFA, no confía en el presidente de la FIFA.

Y si usted no co-- no confía en las instituciones, usted tiene todo el derecho a dudar de que la tecnología que ha impuesto esa institución, eh, tiene, eh, errores y que puede ser manipulable, como usted lo pone.

Eh, a mí me gusta el VAR, eh, pero al final de cuentas es un ser humano el que termina manipulando la tecnología.

Sí.

¿Y para qué están ahora en la siguiente etapa, José? ¿Alcanzarán a superar a sus rivales México, Inglaterra, Estados Unidos, Bélgica y Canadá, Marruecos? Pero lo escucho, ¿cómo podemos llamar a estas tres selecciones en esta etapa del Mundial?

Lo de Canadá ha sido histórico.

Ya cumplieron.

Nunca habían ganado un partido de Copa del Mundo.

Ganaron en fase de grupos y eliminaron a Sudáfrica.

Su primer partido de eliminación directa.

Ya están en octavos.

José comparte con Tomás de que México pueda dar de repente la sorpresa un Julián Quiñones encendido un Raúl Jiménez en un gran momento Mora que también está tomando protagonismo en México y lo que decía está en casa y con un Vasco Aguirre que tiene a la afición y al equipo juntos e inspirados

So he's above the rules?

I wouldn't say he's above the rule, but clearly you have room to make an exception, becau- because context matter, Alexis.

If you are Don Garber, if you are MLS, you want Messi to play the meaningful games.

And so far, he has done exactly that.

In 2025, he has played all the meaningful games in MLS.

He played pretty much all the games in Concacaf Champions Cup where Inter Miami made it all the way to the semifinals.

Then you had the Club World Cup where Inter Miami and Leo Messi exceeded everyone's expectations.

But now, surely that has to take a hit.

They should not?

They should not.

I understand there are rules, but come on, this is unprecedented for MLS.

You never had a player like Messi.

Not even David Beckham.

So he's above the rules? I wouldn't say he's above the rule, but clearly you have room to make an exception because context matters, Alexis.

If you are Don Garber, if you are MLS, you want Messi to play the meaningful games.

I mean, the apology has been issued, but that video has not been deleted, nor last I checked, which was literally two minutes ago.

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Uh, and then what troubled me the most was the message he was sending to his players.

He said, "You guys deserve more." What game did he watch in that final game against Mexico after Chris Richards scored early in the match? Mexico outperformed the US.

They got lucky because they only lost by one goal.

It was all Mexico.

It was a one-sided game.

So when he's like, "You guys deserve more." What are you talking about? Even in the semifinals against Guatemala, after Luna scored the second goal, it was all Guatemala.

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behind the scenes as an interesting speech that we heard from what you know when you saw this video will say what was your initial reaction to it.

My initial reaction was not what you know didn't win the nation's league.

He didn't win the gold cup and then I was like he's not going to win an Oscar.

That was a poor performance.

There were some crocodile tears.

Come on, are you kidding me? I didn't believe those tears for a second.

And then what troubled me the most was the message he was sending to his players.

So why would he want to start player to play? I

Jose and Herc, I wonder what you thought of what we just saw from the United States against Guatemala.

Hey, Sebi, I agree with Casey.

Like the first 20 minutes, the U.S. was dominant.

I thought it was going to be an easy game.

But Guatemala was able to come back and give credit to Luis Fernando Tena.

The subs he made in the second half, Olga Escobar, Arquimides Ordonez, they gave Guatemala confidence.

They gave Guatemala clarity in that final third.

That's how good the If I told you it was 90% Guatemalan fan base, 10% U.S. men's national team, I think I'm being generous to the U.S. men's national team fan base.

Yeah.

... if you are Mauricio Pochettino. I'm not surprised he included Diego Luna. In the last two friendlies he play against Venezuela and Costa Rica, he did well. He's only 21 years old, but the, the games weren't too big for him. He was always asking for the ball. He got hurt, and he kept on playing. So you know, he made a great impression on Mauricio Pochettino. Now he's having the chance again to prove himself in a bigger stage. So, uh, yeah, the US has a lot of good players. So, with this roster, it's more than enough to beat Panama and to win the CONCACAF Nations League once again.

Yeah.

... are out due to injuries. In this roster, I mean, Josh Sargent should be the starter, right? And then you have Bryan White, who is 29 years old. There is a reason why he hasn't had a lot of chances in the US men's national team. Uh, he played last night against Monterrey, he scored a key goal, so he has to make the most out of these opportunities because, as I said, you know, he's 29 years old. Um, but again, Alexis, they're facing Panama. I don't wanna disrespect Panama, but the US has more talented players. The game's gonna be played in US soil, where the US obviously is gonna get the crowd. So, with Sargent, with White, um, it should be more than enough to beat Panama, I think.

Are you as worried as Hercules just mentioned?

Yeah, I agree.

But it takes time, you know, it's a process.

Like this game against El Asberona in the first half, he would make every single run, but he couldn't connect with his teammates.

Joao Felix, he played an awful game.

I don't know why Konsei Sao just gave him this, put him in the starting lineup already and he hasn't been able to perform at the highest level.

So it will take time.

All right, so when it comes to Jimenez versus Jimenez, obviously the only difference that we see is in their names because when it comes to the position, too, and what we've seen from these two players as of late, for you, Jose, is Raul Jimenez penciled in as a starter against Canada?