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AI GeneratedThe hosts of \"Rio Presents\" share lighthearted stories about a horse-riding trip in Malibu before transitioning into a deep dive into football. They analyze the growth of African national teams, Marcus Rashford's current form, and England's midfield tactics. The conversation also explores the psychology of knockout tournaments, the impact of home crowds, and the evolution of flair in international football.
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I'm not trying to dream too much, but England do need to be careful here, you know, because
Congo are known for getting the one or two goals and locking up. You're going to be learning a lot
of Congolese phrases over the next few days. Well, you need to start showing us. You've not
done any. I don't know if you're a real native. No, no. Fimbul, right? Fimbul shikot means
someone's getting slapped, bro. That's it, Rio. I hope England ain't getting slapped. That's it.
Why is no one talking about Congo getting slapped? Nah, nah, bro. The opposite.
Welcome back to Rio Presents, guys. You know what? We've got a little moment to breathe, man,
because we've been on a mad one. So just chilling here at the Airbnb up in Beverly Hills. It don't
get much better than this, does it? It'd be nice if the sun was out. What's going on? Nah, it'd be
all right, man. We'll get on to the football shortly, yeah, but first, Joel, you were asking
for some escapades and you got what you wanted. I got set up. That's all I'm saying to the people
watching. I got set up, but nah, it was really good, man. We were out doing horse riding in
Malibu. Incredible. In gardening gloves, gardening gloves. Yeah, but that's because I was giving
gardening gloves and I thought I would have better grip on the horse and it would help me ride better.
Better grip on the horse. I mean, the way you were talking about Michael Arteta to the horse,
it was reacting in a mad way, the horse. So for you guys who don't know, so we all had our horses,
I had a particular horse, Lucas, who he seemed to be struggling with me in the beginning a little
bit. He was struggling. We weren't really getting the connection, so I thought maybe I should talk
about Arsenal. Are you sure it was him and not you? Nah, I don't know, but we finally connected.
You connected with your horse, right? I still can't believe and I don't understand how Steve
was named the most comfortable rider out of all of us. Natural. Is it raining? I think it's
spitting a little bit. We're actually getting rained on. The sun's just come out and it's raining.
But you know, you was named the best rider. I actually think there needs to be a steward's
inquiry into that because I thought I was better. We got to the top of the mountain
and you were trying to run with the horse and he was going left, right, every way.
Matt was just trying to run at the crew. Yeah, it was unbelievable. It was good though, but we
booked the experience through the Airbnb app and there's loads that you can find there as well.
We've got amazing things coming up. Me and Rio are going back. Yeah, we want to go back. Mate,
the views over this Malibu experience on the back of a horse, I'll be honest,
I ain't been on much better things than that. Wait, did you say me and Rio are going back?
You're not invited. Mate, the way he was moving on that horse. We've got miles to cover. We're
doing it with you. You've already kicked me out of paddle, right? I haven't had a paddle invite
since. I've barely had a gym invite since, actually. What's going on? Mate, you were
stretching off while we were mid-workout. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, drinking
a Diet Coke. It was the beginning, bro. You have been on it, I've got to be honest.
Every day. The mad thing is, my daughter was like, Dad, I've asked you I don't know how many times
to get on a horse with me and you won't and you go to America and you do it just because you got
a podcast. She's hammering the podcast. Because you got a podcast. I said, yep, you're right,
love. You're right, babe. That's how it is. Content never sleeps. Honestly, I loved it.
No, it was good. I genuinely loved it. I was thinking before I came out here, I've been
looking at different content stuff and I've wanted to learn how to ride a horse anyway,
I've just never pulled the trigger on doing it. I'm glad you're happy about something.
Thank you. It's true, that's the most excited I've seen him. It is all about teamwork as well,
though, really, isn't it, Rio? Take a look at this clip where we were working together
on a teamwork routine. For anybody watching and wondering, that's Rio struggling to get
his cowboy boot off because he had the wrong size. Mate, there were two sizes too small.
I suffered on the horse for an hour with these things. The question is,
why isn't Ste anywhere near me helping out? Ste was stroking the horse still.
Yeah, me and my horse were still having a conversation about how bad you was.
There you go. We finally got it off. I appreciate it. That's teamwork,
man. I like that. Thank you. You're there for me.
Probably the best thing I've done since I've been on this trip.
Do you know what, though? Because of how much of a success that trip was,
I'm going to get back onto the app and have a little look. I'm going to find another escapade
that we can go on. Let's do it. Make sure you involve me this time. I don't want any more
surprises. All right. We're doing surfing. Surfing? No, that's not my game. Sharks. I
know there's sharks out there. There's sharks. I'm not risking that stuff. I've seen too many
stories. You know what? Just make sure, guys, the vlog is out on the channel in the next few days,
so do not miss it. Turn your notifications on. It is a vlog not to be missed. Trust me.
This guy will have you in stitches. That's good, man. Listen, let's talk about
England now. All right. Obviously, they've gone through top their table,
but who are they playing in the last 32 guys? Dr. Congo.
How can you say? DR Congo or Congo DR. This is massive for you personally, isn't it?
Really, really big. Who are you supporting? I have to be honest. I'm supporting Congo in this
one. Is it? Yeah, because I don't feel like England need me to support them.
I think it's a bigger deal for Congo as a nation than it is for England.
Yeah. Talk to us through what does it mean? You're not there now, but I'm sure you've got
family or friends who are in Congo now. How has it been received?
It's been absolutely fantastic. This is one of the things that's given the country hope.
This is the first time that they can now pour into the Football Federation as well. I don't
know if you've seen financially what happens. Teams get like 12 mil coming out the group stage.
Approximately 20 mil for coming into the tournament. Then you get money after every
round. That might not mean anything to the English FA, but for Congo, it's huge.
I don't even know that you got paid at the World Cup.
I saw something on social media. Do you know what's a mad thing which I'm really excited by?
Nine out of the 10 African teams have qualified for the knockout stages.
Is it only six ever qualified for the knockouts prior to this and you got nine at one tournament?
It's crazy. I think it's testament to the African nations, the growth.
There must have been bigger investment in those federations. I think a huge thing is that a lot
of the players have been exported now into Europe. They're in the European setup, which makes them
more professional. They're bringing them ideas and methods back to their respective teams and
federations. Again, I think we said it on the previous pod before. A lot of the African nations
players have always been like, oh yeah, they're physically very good or the federation's really,
really unorganized. I think some of them still are unorganized, but the players then drive
the professionalism. I see that. I saw Riyad Mahrez. He spoke in a press conference yesterday.
He spoke really well about how proud he is of the African nations, how people judge them.
There's a preconceived idea that they're not professional and they're not this or that,
but the fact that they've qualified the way they have in the vast numbers they have,
I think is a real good point in the right direction for them. Again, I think they're a
threat to every single team they play against. Yeah, for sure. Is any of them close to winning
this? Do you know what? I think the closest team that could win it for me is Morocco.
They're class, man. I look at them and I go, no one wants to play Morocco. They're still not the
complete package, I don't think, and they still struggle when it comes to a France or an Argentina,
in terms of player for player. They could cause an upset for sure.
You could see them reach the semis. Easily. They've already done the semis.
I don't think any of them could win it now. In the next two World Cups, and I wouldn't be
surprised if an African team goes and wins it, but this tournament, I think Morocco and Senegal
and maybe Ivory Coast could beat anyone on their day, but they won't be good enough, I don't think,
to win the whole thing. But we will see, right? Speaking about the tournament,
Marcus Rashford. In my opinion, he had a really good game. We saw him and we thought,
oh, he's threatening. Now, we looked at the stats and they weren't as positive. The stats were
saying it's two successful dribbles from seven, zero accurate crosses from six attempts as well,
and he only had a single shot on target out of five. Now, that sounds crazy, Rio,
but we watched it together and we looked at it and we thought,
this guy's actually putting in the works, man. He's putting them under pressure.
Yeah, I think sometimes stats can skew the way things are in reality. I think that
you can massage the stats to suit your argument sometimes, but I think if you're just talking
about the eye test with Marcus, I think his whole energy looks much better. It looks really good.
His body language is really positive, and I think to really go, this is what his performance was
like. For me, it was a performance that showed a lot of promise without being decisive and without
being clinical. I thought he got into some really good areas. Up until the decision-making part at
the end of it, I think he would have been doing everything that the manager would have wanted,
running in behind, being a threat in behind on the last man, getting to 1v1 situations.
Him and Sac are both sides. It was just the end product that wasn't there this game,
but I saw enough to make me still have the belief in those guys to be the ones that are
going to really unlock things for us outside of Jude and Harry Kane.
But you were actually praising some of his end product yesterday because there
were times when he put the ball in, and I heard you say on three different occasions.
Right area.
And you said, right area, and you said, this is what Marcus Rashford is really good at.
He's not just a person who wants to run, he has got really good delivery. He put the ball yesterday
in really good areas at times. It's just that we didn't maybe flood the box with enough bodies,
and it just didn't fall to the right person at the right time. But sometimes if the ball doesn't land
on your teammate's head, it doesn't mean it's a bad ball. I thought he had the right pass selection
in those moments. It's just execution and maybe not enough bodies in those areas to get on the
end of things.
And I saw as well, Steve, I don't know if you saw this, but there were times where he
ran at his defender. Yeah, he might not have gone past his defender all the time,
but it was really positive. Did you see that?
I still think that we're not seeing a 10 out of 10 Rashford in that sense,
in terms of his dribbling. But I thought his delivery was good. And there was a few times
where I thought actually the players that he was crossing it to weren't taking up the right
positions. I think we mentioned at one point, no one was attacking from post. And then when we did,
Steve should be manager.
Both the goals came from both of those sorts of crosses and deliveries. But there was quite
a few times where there was like three players flustered at the back post. And you're like...
Spread yourself.
No one want to make a run towards the front there. So for me, I've seen enough that he
starts over Gordon. That's not even close to being an argument. But I still don't think he's
like 10 out of 10 Rashford yet.
I mean, that's the same with a lot of the players in general.
Also, he's just played against like low block twice. So it's like,
that's very difficult for someone with the characteristics of Marcus.
He shines when you do come up against a France and they put you in your own half,
and he's got 40 yards to run into and you stick a ball over the top. He gets it.
That's what his game is. So I think that probably the Congo game as well is going to be a very
similar one where he's going to be dealing with limited space and probably a fullback
and a winger marking him, which is not easy.
I mean, especially when you're playing against Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who...
Yeah, knows you.
They know each other.
They know each other well.
He's going to be on your leg. Yeah, you're going to have to,
he's going to have to drag him all over the place to get away from him.
Rio, Jude Bellingham, how effective is he as a number eight,
or where is he the most effective, should I ask?
Because he's so talented and he's got such a great mentality,
I don't think it matters. I think it's like, who else is better fitting around that?
So who else is more effective in the eight?
Or is the next person more effective as an eight or as a 10?
And whatever the answer to that is, you put Jude there in the opposite place.
So if you think the number 10 you're going to bring in has more impact than the number
eight that you're going to bring in, you play Jude as the eight.
And I think that's the way to do it.
And I think Morgan Rodgers, unfortunately, I thought he was quite ineffective in the game.
Yeah.
He did set up Harry Kane's best chance, to be fair to him.
But he didn't really make the performance that we've been seeing for Aston Villa.
But I like Jude in the eight.
He's all action.
I think he has got the box to box in him.
And he showed again, as a number eight, he can still score.
He can still assist.
So for me, I'd be looking at the number 10 role.
And is that now an opportunity for Eze to come in that role?
Which is true, but then it really muddles things up.
Then you go, well, where's Declan Rice going to play?
Because Anderson was really good yesterday.
Won every ball.
I thought he was brilliant as a four.
Commanding.
He looks like a player that's just signed for Man City for 130 million pounds.
Then that's when you go, okay, if that's the case, then Declan comes back in as the eight
and Jude goes to the 10.
So I think what he's posing is posing good questions for the manager.
I don't think it's entirely opposition dependent though.
Yeah, I agree.
I think against the Congo, I don't need Declan Rice and Anderson.
I'd rather have either an Eze or a Mainu.
And let's progress the ball a little bit more through the middle.
And let's be a little bit more dangerous.
And play a Declan or a Anderson.
Correct, yeah, one of them.
We don't need both.
We can have one.
But the second you get Spain, France, Germany, Argentina,
someone that's going to put you on the back foot,
both of them two are the first names on the team sheet.
Don't you also think that this is when you're looking at this
and you're posing all these questions,
maybe we wouldn't need to pose these questions if Cole Palmer was there.
And we know he can just be stuck as the 10 and produce the magic.
And then you've got an all-action Jubellenum as an 8.
And then, like you said, either Anderson or Rice as a 6.
So you'd take Palmer before Eze and play him before Eze?
Yeah.
And also Morgan Rodgers.
But it's hard to argue against Rodgers or Eze
because of the seasons that they've had.
But...
I think Gibbs White had a better season than Rodgers and Palmer.
And no one's talking about...
I can't say Gibbs White had a better season than Morgan Rodgers
because from start to finish...
No, you can't.
From start to finish, Morgan Rodgers, he did tail off.
He scored goals, but I thought his overall contribution wasn't as effective.
I think with and without the ball, Gibbs White was giving you more.
But you've got to remember, Gibbs White was getting slapped up
at the start of the season when they almost got relegated.
He came to life in the last 10 games of the season.
So...
I think, I just feel that this type of game,
as we've seen, England find it hard.
If we're going to say that Congo are going to play similar to Panama
and similar to Ghana,
they find it hard to unlock those teams at times.
Yes, they've got through.
But it's not pretty.
And this is the type of game where I just see...
That's why I feel Palmer had to come.
Because...
Yeah, he didn't play to the standard that he'd set.
But sometimes you've got to take a look at what he's produced.
He scored in big games, in finals.
He scored finals for City, finals for Chelsea, finals for England.
On the biggest stages.
So, with that being said,
I really felt that he should have been somebody who could come now.
Listen, the manager might have fooled you.
No, he doesn't like being sub.
Will he be great around the place?
That's a different conversation.
But we're talking pure football here.
Then I think Palmer is ready and was made for these type of moments.
And you could push Jude back in the eight.
He goes in the 10 and all of a sudden,
you've got more threats going into the box.
Because Jude's going to go in there.
Palmer's going to be in and around it to back up Kane.
And Ivor Wingo on either side will jump in as well.
I'm not trying to dream too much.
But England do need to be careful here, you know.
Because Congo are known for getting the one or two goals and locking up.
I know it sounds a bit mad, but...
Oh, scoring first is going to be huge.
Yeah.
Like, it could happen.
Whistler's got three goals, as we said.
You saw Zlatan hyping it up.
Doing the Fimbu dance with Thierry Henry and Alexis.
Like, you're going to be learning a lot of Congolese phrases over the next few days.
Well, you need to stop showing us.
You've not done anything.
I don't know if you're a real native.
No, no.
Fimbu, right?
Fimbu shikot means someone's getting slapped, bruv.
That's it, Rio.
I hope England ain't getting slapped.
That's it.
Why has no one thought about getting slapped?
Nah, nah, bruv.
The opposite.
The opposite, I'm telling you.
When we come up against teams that are going to sit in the low block,
why don't we go with Harry Kane in the ten and put an actual striker in there
so you've got two in the box?
Why would you do that?
Because they ain't done that the whole season, though, Steve.
Because he starts doing that and it goes mental, man.
I think Harry Kane's better when he starts as a nine high and then comes off.
And this, when he asks the defenders more problems,
it's hard to mark someone who's like that.
If he starts in a ten, you're like, I don't know if that's natural for him.
Bit like Declan in the other way.
Tell him he's a nine and play with two nines
because he will naturally just do that anyway.
And I think he comes off and then you've got Watkins
and then you've got one defender then who's going to go,
do I stay and hold so we're 2v1 against Watkins
or do I follow him in there and leave Watkins potentially
to run off the defender behind me?
And I think you cause them all sorts of problems.
I get that.
But then, like, we had a legend on the show yesterday
and in Tiago, he came into the...
Mate, you're just saying it casually.
Guys, the next meet is a mad one.
Oh, and organising half an hour, by the way, as well.
It's a mad one, like...
Literally, like, coming round.
All right, cool.
Yeah, and he just drove by to see Rio, like...
Yeah, last minute.
He said, lads, I can do it.
It's half six.
Are you ready?
He said, look, we've got 30 minutes to prepare,
but we've got a great team behind the cameras.
Shout out to the team.
So it was good, man.
But the insight he gave us, man,
was like what he spoke about with Messi.
Like, guys, if you just want to hear that alone,
it's worth tuning into that.
Spoke about what happened with United.
Yeah, what happened with United when I was speaking to him
about coming to Manchester United.
The reason why he didn't come.
Laminia Mou.
Like, he's coached Laminia Mou.
He's trained with Laminia Mou.
Like, what he says about him.
And I've not...
I don't know.
Listen, there's been a few lovings.
Jude and Morgan Rodgers having a loving about Henderson.
But I don't know if the loving gets any more stronger
than what he has to say about Henderson.
I've actually got a clip for it.
There's a big, big talk about Henderson.
Why is he there?
Why not?
Why do you think he's in the England squad now?
He makes all the players better.
If you are going to national teams,
it's because your standards are here, are high.
And he doesn't allow any of the players
get below their standards.
That's why Bellingham is performing better.
That's why Harry Kane is still there in his level.
That's why Anderson now is in the midfield with himself.
He's performing as he has been ever in football.
So this kind of play, you need the team.
You think Jordan's behind that?
I think Jordan is behind everyone.
Because he was...
That he seemed to make it better, for good.
That is a massive statement.
Like, if Steve ever thought...
Not him.
Come on, let's show him he's so wrong.
Harry Kane's playing this well
because Jordan Henderson's there.
Cool.
Are we just ignoring the fact that he's got 70 goals this year?
No, no, no.
When Thiago speaks...
Thiago, lad.
When Thiago...
Rio, have you ever seen me more excited to see someone?
I came in late.
He was like a kid.
He was a kid, man.
Thiago, can I get a picture, please?
I'll tell you what, though.
What a player he was.
Oh, great.
The mad technician.
We were talking about the technique on him yesterday
before he came.
It was unbelievable.
If you're a young player that plays in midfield,
you want to see how he takes it on a half turn
and gets it moving forward.
He's unbelievable.
One of the best at it.
Steve still refused to take a picture of him.
Liverpool player.
Liverpool, you know the rules.
There are rules.
I didn't write the rules.
But you know what?
What he was saying is like...
It took me back to when I played and was in squads.
I don't think people understand the importance sometimes
of the guys that aren't playing,
that are just in the squad.
And every squad has players that don't actually get on the pitch.
Those players need managing.
Those players need inspiring on a day-to-day basis
because it can get low.
I was in my 98 squad when I went with England.
Loads of players didn't play.
Big experienced players didn't play.
And they weren't great around the place.
And you can't have that.
You need the ambience to be really good.
The environment has to stay positive.
So when you're winning or you get through to the next round,
you can't have half the squad or three quarters of the squad
jumping around and looking over there
and there's a couple of them just sitting there going,
yeah, but I'm not playing, Jesus.
We need them guys being the loudest cheerleaders.
Without going and blowing everyone up here,
unless you want to,
What exactly is the player that's expecting
or thinks he should play and not getting a sniff?
What are they acting like in the camp
where you say that they're disruptive or they're not?
It's not good.
No, it's just that there is a mood change.
Do you know what I mean?
There is like a sulk in a way at different levels.
Some sulk more than others.
Like Martin Keown didn't play.
Les Ferdinand didn't play.
The manager, when we went out, had to speak to him.
Glenn Hoddle spoke to him, but they weren't happy at all.
And they show it.
Subconsciously, sometimes they're not even intentional with it.
They don't even mean it, but they can't help it.
All of these guys play and start for their teams.
Top goal scorers in league, some of them,
not getting on the pitch.
Most important members of their squads,
they play them week in, week out.
You've got to manage those guys.
And that's where someone like Jordan Henson comes into play,
where he can help beyond the management,
talk to these guys in their rooms,
drive the training session the day after a game.
Probably one of the most important sessions in the World Cup
is the day after the games.
The players that didn't play and didn't get on the pitch,
they train.
They've got to stay sharp.
They've got to stay fit.
They've got to stay inspired to train.
Sometimes you need a player to be driving that.
Jordan Henderson will be that guy in that session.
But you've spoken to us about Roy Keane at Manchester United
being the person who drives the standards.
You always say that, drives the standards.
Internationally though,
who were the players or who was the player
that drove the standards the most for England?
The training sessions weren't what let England down.
It was the games.
Okay, so going back,
you wouldn't say that there was one person
that drove the standards higher for England training session?
No.
Like at United, like you said Roy Keane.
At United, it wasn't only Roy Keane who drove sessions.
Roy Keane would put demands on people
or would pull people up.
But in terms of standards,
Scolzi was the best standards setter in training in England.
Because you say when you played with him or Giggsie,
you never lost.
Yeah, in the main night of training,
Scolzi was the best trainer most days.
Giggsie's standards were always high.
Like I can go through so many,
my character was always high standards.
Do you know what I mean?
Wazza was a poor trainer most of the time.
You get him in a game, unreal.
Carlos Tevez, not great in training.
Wouldn't want him on my team.
Same like Wazza, I'd rather not be on their teams.
But them two would be two of my first picks come Saturday.
So only a few people can do that.
I couldn't be like that.
I couldn't train below par all week
and then just switch it on at the weekend.
When you say they didn't train well?
Mate, poor.
Lack of effort or lack of ability?
Carlos Tevez would rather not even put his boots on
during the week, yeah?
But come Saturday, them boots are done up
and my man's doing wheel spins everywhere.
Because he's just chasing people.
I heard laces weren't even done.
No, he'd rather sit in and have a massage.
Wazza, he'd try it.
Can't shoot, can't pass.
Yeah, Wazza would be trying things
and just half messing about at times.
But it just won't click in for Wazza most times in training.
Every now and again, he'd do some madness in training, right?
But then half the time, he'd go,
I just don't want him on my team.
I'd ask Carlos, Carlos, I'm not on his team, am I?
Is there a player?
Come the weekend.
Wayne Rooney, last pick.
You having that?
But come Saturday, these two guys and others,
you go, I can't not have them on my team.
They're too good.
Look, I don't want to think too far ahead.
England, if they beat Congo,
Mexico could be awaiting in the next round in Mexico City.
Now, that's a lot of fans over there.
Do you know what I mean?
I mean, since you've DJ'd in front of 30,000 Mexicans,
you've been worried about this one.
Yeah, I mentioned it because I think it's like,
I always thought I don't ever want to play against the home nation
because the support they get in the stadium
and you can't underestimate what that support means.
We always talk about the 12th man, it's a real thing.
That's why playing away in games in your domestic leagues
is always more difficult than playing at home.
Mexico.
But Mexico.
Mexico City.
They are loud, they are passionate, they are patriotic
and oh man, that would be a tough game.
I'm not saying we can't win it
because I think we still could win the game
but the amount of gas that's taken out of the tank to get through that
if we get past Congo and they get into that game,
I think it's huge.
They're not afraid of anyone at the moment, are they?
They don't need to be.
You're home nation, you're the United States
and Mexico especially.
I don't think they have any need to be scared of anybody
because they will use that 12th man
and that gives you energy, man.
When your team's roaring,
you're getting roared on by a whole nation at home.
We see what that's like when we have the Euros.
We didn't win it but we went beyond what people thought we'd go.
You need it.
And that crowd in Mexico City will be outrageous.
Guys, you've got to remember, I DJ's in front of 30,000 of them.
I know these things, I know what they're really like.
Listen, this is where it gets interesting.
Knockout rounds.
You said it yourself, it's not how you start,
it's how you finish.
Because in the next round,
you've potentially got Spain versus Portugal,
France versus Germany.
How different is it from group stages?
Well, this is where the tournament really heats up
and this is where it's the business end
and the teams that can manage the emotions of these games
and there's some teams and there's some players
who tighten up in these moments when it's knockout football.
In the group stage, it's like, well, I've got another game.
It's another game, we can afford to drop points here,
especially with more teams in this tournament now.
But I'm telling you, you're going to see,
we've seen some real free kind of open style of football
at this point, up until this point.
I think the amount of goals drops off a little bit
as we now start going through the tournament
because there's more at stake
and that means more tension.
That means more apprehension
and some people get a bit conservative
in picking their passes
or picking their moments to open up
and I think we'll see that.
But I hope we still see the big boys scoring the goals
and they continue in that vein of form.
When you were playing, was you looking at the tree?
Yes.
And looking at your route?
Yeah, or we can get them, we can get them.
Don't look too far ahead,
but guys, have you seen the draw?
Have you seen?
It's like if we had beaten Brazil,
they play Turkey in the next game, I think it was.
And we're sitting there going,
guys, no disrespect to Turkey,
but if we get Turkey in the next semi-final,
Jesus, we are going to the final.
We got beat by Brazil, so it never happened.
But this is the type of thing that you do as players,
definitely, like fans.
You mentioned this France team
and you said a quote on Rio Presents a few days ago
and you said France looked like
they could beat the new Brazil.
Can you please elaborate on that, please,
just in case people missed it?
Yeah, I think Brazil have always been like
most people from my generation and before,
everyone's second national team,
because of the excitement that they bring to the games,
the individualism, the mavericks that they had,
the skill set that they had.
They made you love and enjoy the game.
I think France have now got a group of players
that when you watch them,
you go, you sit down, you get your popcorn out
and you go, what is Mbappe going to do for me today?
What is Alise going to do for me today?
What is Dewey going to do for me today?
What is Turkey going to do for me today?
Forgot Ballon d'Or, Ballon d'Or, Ballon d'Or.
Dembele, I can keep Bacola.
All of these guys can excite you in different ways
and that's what Brazil done.
The team I played against, Ronaldo,
the best nine in the world,
probably the best nine we've ever seen.
Ronaldinho, the best street football
we've ever seen probably.
Rivaldo, on that day, the best player on the pitch.
Imagine being that gifted, that talented
and having Ronaldinho and Ronaldo
to be able to play it too.
Who was on the right?
Or Kaka.
And Kaka on the bench to come on.
Yeah, Kaka was a puppy though, wasn't he?
And Roberto Carlos on left back
and Cafu on the right.
Too much, man.
And we were meant to be the golden generation.
Drop me out.
You have Danny Mills playing full-back.
Yeah.
He played World Act tournament, you know.
Yeah, but let's be honest.
Mildred played World Act tournament.
Mildred?
He was good.
Yeah, I used to call him Mildred.
Oh, really?
Milsy, Mildred.
So you go through that golden generation,
you go all-timer, all-timer.
Not you.
All-timer, all-timer.
Like, you know what I'm talking about.
Sorry.
Guys, listen.
We will be back after England versus Congo.
And Rio, you've got that guest coming on, man.
Remind the people who it is, please.
Yeah, man.
We've got Mr. Tiago.
He came and sat on that magical sofa
in the Airbnb house that we have out here
in Beverly Hills and produced the goods, man.
And we've got another guest coming.
Which we're not naming.
Can't name him.
We've got another one coming in.
You might stay with us, actually.
You might be the vibes.
Listen, guys.
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