Japan's Grit & Mexico vs. South Korea: A Soccer Showdown
We analyze Japan's grit and South Korea's upcoming clash with Mexico! Join us for insights and a cultural exchange that has made this match unforgettable!
Video Transcript
I see, I see grit in Japan.
Mm-hmm.
I see a fighting spirit.
I f- see a, a squad that's trying to prove something, that's not giving up, and that makes chances out of thin air.
Mm-hmm.
Out of thin air.
I was watching that match, and I just kept seeing them swinging the ball in, one cross after another, and I was thinking, "This is not working.
These Dutch defenders are, like, 6'8".
They're, they're not gonna make anything happen."
And then boom, on the 12th cross in, they just make it happen, and they don't give up.
They don't back down.
They got you know what.
Si, tienen actitud.
Yes.
Attitude.
And let's say, let's say- We got- Get, get better, Kubo Kubo.
Kubo He unfortunately Kubo had to leave the game yesterday.
He's wearing number eight on this World Cup.
This is another jersey.
But we see that they have some world-class players.
They were able to, you know, endure a difficult, difficult game.
Now, let's talk about another Asian team.
Let's do it.
South Korea is gonna play Mexico.
Yeah.
And they both play well.
They both got the three points, but at the same time, I don't think they really convince anyone with that game, not Mexico, not Korea.
With Mexico, I was expecting a 4-0.
They had the chances.
That- What was it, 2-0 in the end?
2-0 at the end.
Yeah.
With a red card.
Three red cards.
The most red cards in the history of first games in the World Cup.
The betting market, my friend, had a over of five red cards for the whole tournament, and we are already at three or four.
I'm sorry, but that match, watching, I, I thought that first red card was a red card.
Yes.
The first one deserved it.
Mexico got done.
The second one came along, and I thought, "Oh, God.
Now this ref has given two red cards, and now he's gonna feel like he's gonna have to give one the other way to balance things out."
And lo and behold, it happened.
He did.
And then I just saw the man giving out cards for the sake of giving out cards to cancel the other cards, and it just got into a red card frenzy, and then yellow cards w- in the mix, too.
I s- that Brazilian ref, I don't know.
I think he was being a little too involved in the match.
A little too involved.
Now, this might play to Mexico's advantage because now we have it for sure that Alvarez, el capitane, el machine, el mero mero, my friends, is going back to center back, opening a spot in midfield.
Erick Lima did very well.
And I think that is the time for Gilberto to come in, the wonder kid, the Mexican wonder kid, to come and make a splash.
Nick, do you feel like these changes in lineup, forced changes in lineup, sometimes bring something good to the teams?
It's gonna have to, but it's gonna have to depend on, what South Korea's doing as well.
Yeah.
And I think we're gonna have to look at that and, and, and I'm gonna, I'm gonna guess a very, very tight match.
I'm- Mm-hmm.
You're gonna get mad at me.
No, Nick.
Por favor.
1-1.
1-1.
If we're gonna start getting, like, if we're gonna go down to the math of it all- Yeah, let's do it lo firmo.
Yeah.
Lo firmo.
We all, we both go to four points in the group, same goal difference, and then we finish our ga- you know, our third game.
Cada quien con lo suyo se rasca como puede.
Ay, ay, ay.
It's gonna be tough.
It's gonna be tough.
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We're gonna be here.
This is gonna be- We're gonna party a historic match.
So let's, let's set this up.
Let's hype this up a little.
Okay.
First of all, tell the people a little bit about the history between these two countries, why they love each other, and why this is gonna be a particularly interesting match between Mexico and South Korea.
Hermanos, Sonaldo, Yair, and Mexicano, let's go back- Yes in history because this, this is really cool.
Yeah.
Mexico, let's, let, let me paint a picture.
Mexico has already eliminated, my friends, Germany 2016.
Mm-hmm.
That's right?
No.
Eh.
that was Brazil or South- Brazil or South Africa.
What, what was Oh my God.
Too many World Cups.
Yeah.
Let's pull it up.
2016 World Cup.
Let's do the cliff notes.
The cliff notes are, my friends, Mexico and Korea were in the same group.
We've been in the same group multiple times, my friend.
This is a known game for both of us.
So Mexico defeated Germany, but they weren't, they weren't able to finish the, the job.
They tied the last two games.
They weren't, they did not have enough to, points to advance.
And Korea needed to beat Germany in order to allow Mexico to qualify, and little did we know that Son, hermano, Yair, and Mexicano will score against Germany, Nick.
And after that, he was adopted, very beloved by the Mexican fans.
And now, because Korean fans are going to Mexico, we're having such a, let's just call it cultural exchange, Nick.
Yeah.
There's, there's a rumor that there will be very m- a lot of Mexican-Korean K-pop hunter babies- Oh in the future because the vibe between Koreans and Mexicans are on match.
