MLS Sunday Night Soccer Preview FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew | SI FCMLS Preview

Sunday Night Soccer Preview presented by our friend of Continental Tire. Another great weekend in the MLS, Miami with Messi, with Suarez winning against the DC United and another great performance with our guys from St. Louis, they won 6-2, Calhoun, Atric, Navarro, two goals and two assists, 18 wins guys in a row, they're chasing the record of 19. Let's see if they he can do it but now we're gonna watch of course Lionel Messi service from the far side Bertrami ahead to it Suarez a little to pass hitting it first time return for Lionel Messi his shot saved by Johnson still a live ball and there is Luis Suarez second of the night to clean it all up still a live ball in the 18 Suarez is having a night ops to play this across and there's the Third, Lionel Messi with the finish in front. Messi. Beautiful move, Lionel Messi off the left foot. What a goal. What we have to say, guys, it's... Not much, man. Rolling back the years, Messi-Suarez, one of the most dynamic duos in football history. Two goals for each. It's too easy for them, especially Messi. I mean, that second goal, that was just Messi's magic, as always. You know, and I spoke to a few defenders and they say that when the worst strike they had faced In their entire career Was Suarez I think it's because He's so inventive man Like even that first goal That he scores That's the most Typical Suarez finish Where He almost mishits it But it's It's clearly not a mishit He's meant to hit it like that But it's so unorthodox He has such a wide array Of finishing He's so crafty Even at his age Clearly Suarez Has lost a bit right But There's some instincts And there's some finishing That just never leaves you And I think that's the case With Luis Suarez Lucas Suarez Because when I spoke For example I spoke to What's his nickname by the way? Luis Suarez El Pistolero When I spoke to Bonucci and I told him, yeah, of course, Harry Kane, he covers the ball, he defends the ball in a brilliant way. Nah, he's not great as you would expect. I agree. And the top one, and he told me And same with Phil Jones when he was here. Honestly, it's so difficult to defend against a player that you don't know what he's going to do. You honestly have zero idea what Suarez is going to do at any point. He could literally the way he was able to just dribble almost ricochet it through your legs Like you think you have him and then he ends up on the other end of the ball Finishing again. I've seen Suarez have every single finish in the book So when you have a player that can score at any angle of either side, he's good with his head, too He can score chips. He can score volleys It's it's almost impossible to stop him when he's at his best and even this version of Suarez like that first finish I'm sorry. It's a joke man. It's an absolute joke this week guys We are going to take a trip to Ohio because there is a great Derby Cincinnati Columbus Crew is the Ohio battle guys They are separated by 100 miles on the Interstate 71 and in the middle You have a billboard sign saying 'Hell is Real'. I know it's funny. It's funny The first time they faced each other was 2017. So it's a recent Derby in fact it was formed nine years ago in the cup and Cincinnati joined the league in 2019 if I'm not mistaken so you know this uh this rivalry has been brewing over the last five six years and uh yeah naturally like Dan said a lot of a lot of bragging rights on the line and you know it's good to see that those derbies are also being built up to you know large standards I should say in the MLS like it is in Europe look at the Cincinnati jersey behind you it's not it's the main well I quite like it you know I quite like it I'm not you know orange and blue I'm not a huge fan of orange kits you don't like it no it's always always a little tacky kind of reminds me of the Madrid shirt you know when they won the UCL against Liverpool in 2022. I know it wasn't as orangey but it had the hints of orange, no no, Real Madrid in 2022 when they won the Champions League against Liverpool they had blue white and orange on it no i get you but the orange is like a tip no no it was small orange yeah yeah no all jokes aside the Dutch the orange kit is iconic but most the most orange kits it just doesn't I like hints of orange on kits yeah yeah that's uh be too heavy on the orange I prefer the Cincinnati one uh yes what's the meaning of rivalry in the US because of course you grew up there I mean we are probably a different yeah I mean it's definitely not the same as in Europe because I just think European derbies for the most part you're talking about stuff that's been built up over 100 100 years 80 years right and there's so much deep rooted into it now of course you have to start somewhere and the hope for MLS is that these derbies can kind of last the test of time and they can one day look at it and say this is an 80 year old derby but I think for the most part it's impossible to compare and then you even like look at other sports for example the derbies that you have like there's no derby in NBA for example right like there's teams who are really good to play against each other they don't like each other but when you compare it to like Celtic Rangers or Barca Real or Liverpool united who have so many other things that contribute to the rivalry these are good but i i think it's it's a step below yeah i mean it's gonna be a good game because Cincinnati are 10 and 12 in the league so with the MLS coming uh to the end they're fighting for a spot in the playoff now my question for you Luca if i ask you to rank your top three rivalries in football in football history rivalry or derby derby um celtic rangers for me is the best because it stems from religion So I think that's the deepest it can go. I know they play each other a lot and things like that, but I just think in terms of a derby, it's brilliant rivalry. I think Roma-Lazio is the best derby in Italy. I think it's better than Derby della Madonnina. I think it's way more heated and it probably doesn't get as much respect it probably should get because Milan and Inter are just bigger clubs. And then the third one, maybe River Plate Boca in terms of magnitude and what it means. I've never been, obviously, I've never really been able to go to that. hopefully one day that would be a big big goal I think for any football fan to get to witness that it seems like an incredible experience I've seen videos and stuff like that that looks really heated so I'd probably go with them three I think you've got to throw in Fenerbahce Galatasaray too you want Fenerbahce Galatasaray I think that's up there in terms of hatred in terms of heated in terms of drama you look at the flares in the stadiums I think that's certainly up there Celtic Rangers I completely agree it goes deeper than just football that's for me what makes a real derby right that's when you really get hatred and vitriol I'm almost positive like the rival fans like away fans aren't even allowed in the stadium on the day of the game because they're worried about the violence that can pursue from that kind of game and then I do like Lazio-Roma I do think Milan-Inter is more of a brotherly rivalry these guys don't hate each other it's more like a sporting rivalry and neighborhood rivalry outside of those ones any other good ones Madrid-Atletico was so uncompetitive for a while but of late to be fair it's been very competitive between the two teams in terms of heated ones you look at like Millwall-West Ham they're heated or like Birmingham versus Villa Arsenal Spurs hasn't been competitive for a minute nah it's tough to really point out to many other ones even in Germany right like the biggest derby is Schalke Dortmund it's coming back this season so it's important I agree though Boca River I think he obviously said Celtic Rangers but I think Boca River is the greatest derby there is because I just think the significance of those two clubs again the hatred everything about it I think that's Every football fan dreams of going to that game But also every football fan should actually be very careful going to that game because it can get it can get scary out there the loudest noise I've ever heard in a football stadium is when Boca came on on the pitch for the warm-up at the River Plate Stadium was something Something really played at the Bernabeu and I wasn't there. Yeah, but remember that was Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, of course easy Make sure guys you watch the hell is real derby on Sunday 18 of October Tokyo TQL stadium. Thanks to our friend of Continental tie. Thanks to liaise. Thanks to look at see you next week