Kings World Cup Clubs Round 2 | GERMANY, ITALY, AMERICAS, SPAIN, BRAZIL, FRANCE, WILDCARDS 🔥 🌎

at this year's Kings World Cup.

And we have been treated so far with some fantastic individual performances.

Think of Lofaso yesterday for the boom, as well as Rodriguez, as well as Martins yesterday.

So we've had already some players really grab the limelight and

the game by the scruff of the neck as they look to lead their team and lead the way and we'll see whether Domenico Rossi can be the one to take centre stage or as we were saying Brian Hernandez for Olympia United with both teams just waiting for that countdown and here it is the countdown is on are you all set are you all ready

Are you ready for this one?

Are you ready for Kings League action?

Yes, I am.

As is Bruno.

I'm sure you are all the way.

Are you ready?

That's what I was going for.

Are you ready for Kings?

That's what I was going for.

That's what I was going for.

I wanted someone to understand where I was going and I knew you would not let me down.

Don't let me down.

As the ball is dropped down and it's G7 already on the ball with Domenico Rossi.

Ready the keeper.

Here is Chironi, early goal!

13 seconds!

Andiamo, andiamo!

Let's go, let's go!

GR7 lead.

And they've also got the stallion's president, Bleu, in the venue to support the Italian team, hoping that the Italian presence can make the difference.

Now the keeper.

Ooh, maybe just caught in two minds there.

Of course, one of the originals of Kings League Italy.

He went with stallions to Mexico last year as the first participant of Italy in the competition.

Unfortunately, he hasn't qualified this season, but he's here and he's done it, scoring again.

He's done it in both games.

He might get a second.

He does get a second.

Two goals in the space of a minute.

It is there.

Fantastic keep up.

The clinical Chironi.

2-0 to GR7.

I think they go out to Porcinius, if I'm not mistaken.

It was a short-lived experience, wasn't it, for the Stalins?

With Francesco Totti.

who didn't live up to the Totti that we all know and love.

But still, I'm sure the odd glimpse, the odd...

I missed a penalty as well, I remember.

Oh, wow, a proper penalty.

Wow, that's very unlike Francesco Totti.

But, hey, it can happen to the very best.

Think of the high-profile names.

I'm not going to let it tarnish my memory of Francesco Totti.

Ah, no, nor should it, of course, nor should it.

What?

that's still fantastic to show are we gonna have a hat trick here from a keeper we are it's a tripletta it's a hat trick this is the stuff that dreams are made of for year seven and they're on the way to scoring set to goal that's for sure

Well, the rest of the players better watch out because he's now second in the top goalscorer charts.

He's on four, Gianmarco Chironi.

Imagine if a goalkeeper ends up winning the Capocannonieri, the top goalscorer award.

Now there could be another one here.

That's more like it from Sergio Alfaro.

It's much more like it from the Olympic United keeper.

But wow, talk about a nightmare start for the Mexicans.

And as I was saying, a dream start for Chiedesete.

Looking to follow in the footsteps of the Boomers.

And here he is when he gets a fourth long-range strike.

And maybe that was asking just a little bit too much of Gianmarco Chidoni.

He was probably feeling, as they say in Spain now, the arrow pointing upwards, which was also when you play Prolution Soccer, when your player was in fine form, he had that arrow upwards, which meant he was probably going to put in a good display.

Well, that's how the goalkeeper was feeling, Gianmarco Chidoni, and that's why he took on the shot.

They're making the save, Bruno.

Could be tested here.

Giannis Ete just floated in.

Nice header, and that's a good save as well.

A lot of power on it, the header from.

It's the Lobo, which is, as you taught me, the wolf, isn't it?

The wolf, yeah.

The wolf, and Lupo for Olimpo United.

Looking to roar, do they?

There you go.

Howl.

Howl, that's it.

Yeah, looking to howl there.

That's a good one.

It's the beauty of having someone beside you.

If there's a word, you can just throw.

Which always happens.

And you can pass to your teammate, and he's there in support with the assist.

And that's why it's going well.

So far, so good.

The Gold Twins, the Calypso Twins.

SAS, you decide.

So I hope you're not the Chuckle Brothers.

I hope that's not what you're thinking.

It's a me to you.

It's a me to you who took.

Now they're in a really good position here, Gillesse.

It'll be interesting to see how they approach things.

Are they just happy just to keep things tight now or maybe keep their foot firmly pressed on the accelerator?

I've seen teams have different kinds of approaches.

La Capital were storming their way to victory and then took their foot off the gas and they had to hang on at the end, but it looks like Domenico Rossi could get a goal here.

Were you ever in doubt?

Are you not entertained?

Domenico Rossi makes it four and maybe we're going to have another score-on like we saw between ex-Buyer and Los Chamos.

Well, it's a two-man show for GR7.

Just two players for them have scored in the entire competition.

Four goals, Quirone.

Four goals, Rossi.

Eight goals scored by the team.

And just the goalie and the midfielder, the two players that have scored the goals.

Well, you mentioned other teams sharing around the goals.

I think it was the Expire team, it was about their goal democracy, sharing them all around, different goal scorers here.

And United as well, for example.

A lot of players scoring.

Here we're seeing, as you said, concentrated.

It's maybe a two-party system then in this one, as opposed to different parties able to be elected, shall we say, to the Parliament.

Here we've got...

Two parties at the minute.

It's a two-party state.

Let's put it that way.

Maybe we'll see more joining in with the fun and game set against Limbaugh United, who were beaten by the Italian side in their first game against Zeta.

They don't want to be beaten again.

by another time for me and then by is it a beautiful country beautiful place and I know you've been on more than one occasion having you for work for brand new of course as our chief chief guy for the Kings World Cup clubs won by porcino soup

They've really won their second game in that all-Spanish derby against Upton.

And they're already through to the round of 16.

They've never actually lost a game at the King's World Cup clubs.

A few drums.

I've still got them ringing in my ear from yesterday, I have to say.

A bit more about Gear 7.

Manuxo as their president, a good friend with Blur, the stallion's president, as that comes in.

And it could be another stretch there.

Puma's actually managed to knock them out of the competition during the quarterfinals in Italy.

And Blur's a close friend of Manuxo.

You can also see Matz is there as well.

So it's nice to see that solidarity between the Italian sides and the presidents.

And that's a hospital pass, wasn't it?

Really awkward for the keeper, but he manages to hold firm.

If you're in for United mentally, it's so difficult, isn't it?

To be four down this early on as well, it's difficult to... Of course, in Kingsley, you always have that life-long presidential penalty, a secret card, those final two minutes.

Absolutely, I'm not saying that, but still, you don't want to be this far behind at this stage of the match.

And we always say that there are two minutes which sort of swing where the game is heading towards, and it is those initial...

three four minutes where it's three against three or two against two four against four and then it's the last two minutes of the first half when you get the dice and that is also a chance for things to shake up for goals to be scored other than that 90 of the game it's very rarely do you see a difference between both teams that warrants a full goal difference on the field of play so

They're going to need to make the most of that dice in the last minutes of the first half, and then make sure the cards go their way.

Look, there is Fran Hernandez, the player I was telling you about before earlier, who is unavailable to GR7 through injury.

Yeah, exactly.

Phenomenal footballer.

Yeah.

He played in the Kings League Spain, as you were saying, because of the Americas, and he's here to encourage GR7.

Fran Hernandez, exactly as you were saying, and they clearly heard you.

Bruno, he heard you as well, naturally singing his praises.

Hugo Rama, two youngest, with Lauren in the Olympia United booth.

Players from...

I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, Loren, who is an agent and has always been an agent to Chicharito Hernández.

So that's why we've seen him in the booth.

We used to see him in the Kings League Americas most weeks in the booth in representation of Chicharito, who, of course, was at the World Cup.

But Loren has been very active and participated in the Kings League.

And, well, the good thing for Olympia United is that he steps down to take penalties, and he's somebody who has played football in the third tier of Spanish football.

They see him in the middle, third tier of Spanish football.

So he's played football at a very, very good standard.

Exactly, it's a professional level, and also with the fact that there's lots of sort of fallen giants, isn't there, across Europe, and they find themselves maybe in the first, second tiers.

Oh, you just said Deportivo La Coruña, you said the two players here, there is a brilliant player with the bleached white hair, they've also got a mercurial talent in Jeremiah, who will probably be leaving the club this summer, but Deportivo La Coruña,

league winners in this century.

Champions League side on many occasions reached the semis of the Champions League one year when they were knocked out by Porto, that famous Mourinho-Porto side.

Now they're in the second division of Spanish football.

They went down as far as a third tier, so it is a shame.

But you were talking about the clubs in Italy who have gone down in the opposite direction to where they should be or think they should be, and it's happened also in Spain.

It happens everywhere.

It does, it does.

Can you remind me of some of those star players, those who danced for Deportivo La Colonia?

Of course, Balerón.

He was incredible.

One of the best Spanish football players I've ever seen.

We had Mauro Silva, Diego Tristán.

Tristán, that was the one.

Tristán was a privilege.

Gab de Vila went on to win the World Cup as the left-back for Spain.

Scaloni, who's the manager to Argentina.

There was a lot of class.

Jaumeinha, the Brazilian.

Bandiani, the centre-forward.

It was a great team.

Tristan was the one that I needed that little reminder.

Tristan was pure class.

And Validon was the best player in that team.

Yeah, they were very, very unlucky.

A couple of those kind of sides in that period.

Bayer Leverkusen was in a really good run, didn't they?

Very nearly got lost in the final.

It was Balak, remember?

But yeah, one of the most unlucky players, if you look at his career, a lot of finals, semi-finals, he lost, but still a fantastic career, and obviously one of the best players of his generation to come from Germany, but also, dare I say, across Europe, to be fair, for everything that he could bring to the game at both ends of the pitch.

Brilliant, brilliant player.

Yeah.

Nice little nostalgia there, diving back into the past.

For me particularly, that Deportivo side.

Just growing up and watching them play, it was just a joy to watch that team play.

I can see there's a little spark in your eye when I mention that side and that kit.

Didn't they also knock out Milan one year?

No, they knocked out Milan with an incredible comeback.

They lost the first leg 4-1 and they won the second leg 4-0.

Luque scored as well.

Luque was a Spanish international.

Roy Mackay.

That was a very, very, very good team.

Yeah, that was a remarkable comeback from them.

It just shows it ain't over until it's over.

And that also applies for the Kings League, guys.

So if you have maybe just joined us or been with us from the start and you're thinking, oh, this is going to be one-way traffic, well, we actually saw yesterday, Coppa Lisa's locals come from 4-1 down to win in a shootout.

So it ain't over as this is fired across the face of the box, and it's danger not over here for the Italians as...

now the danger is over but again something to build on a few little glimpses there from uh olympia united and they need uh those kind of moments to to give them a little lift we can see just in front of us then in your picture left course where the italian casters are sitting and they're they're enjoying this yeah they're they're pleased as punched punch aren't they with the with the situation the shot goes in oh wow wow rescued there by the

frame of the goal so again we're talking about things to build on and they are building now and they're getting closer and they need something right now just like that a little spark isn't it some kind of to just hook on to need a goal before the dice yeah ideally to to get closer and

and make sure that they can maybe maybe they can get a couple then in the dice period and then suddenly we're talking about four three rather than a four nil and it gives them some some hope for the second half but a lot of these olympia united players have not really appeared we said on the opening day how there is a lot of quality with lobo with furby with brian hernandez these are players who have been some of the very best in the kings league americas and we thought maybe it's the

The long trip, the first game, but there is Furby, for example.

But yeah, we're still waiting kind of to see them show what they showed in Mexico.

Yeah.

They're playing on here.

This is an opportunity.

Oh, it's a brilliant finish from the Wolf.

who howls and bites his way through the Italian side, and they have a goal back, and I'm loving the Wolf celebration.

He can also be called the Gladiator because of the Wolf.

Do you remember the Wolf Gladiator?

Oh, of course.

He was scary, wasn't he, when you were a kid?

He was very scary, but he wasn't actually the best kind of gladiator.

He was just fit.

He just...

I was scared of him.

He just struck fear into you, but he wasn't the best gladiator.

In fact, he was afraid of the big bird wolf, the big bird wolf.

He didn't play to the rules either, did he?

No, he was a bad guy.

In wrestling, they call him the heel.

In wrestling, you've got the good guy, the crowd favorite, and the heel, and he was the heel, wasn't he?

And you've got to have that in entertainment, and that was a very good goal.

from the Wolves for Morales, their number 19, as the Italians try and immediately restore their four-goal cushion.

And you can get the Olympic-rated Olimpico.

I'm thinking of the Italian camiseta, their jersey, which is available on kingsleague.pro.

Of course, you can get the GR7 if you want the Italian one.

Why not?

You can get all the jerseys online.

Don't forget Bazaar as well, and JD.

They're all the various outlets for you, as this could be trouble for Olympia United.

Lovely pass, lovely shot, and an even better save.

Couple of very good saves from Sergio Alvaro in these last two attacks from GR7, and it's just the case of nobody knowing how to put the ball in the back of the net other than Gianmarco Chidone or Domenico Rossi, because that was a pretty clear chance for GLC, the player who we highlighted earlier.

Nicely worked.

Oh, that could have gone everywhere.

There's a b-ball there for a handball from Leandro Cosenza, but we're free.

It touched someone at least.

I mean, it's not a goal kick, I don't think.

No, goal kick, no.

I mean, it's definitely a corner.

We'll wait to see.

Actually, the guys, girls behind the scene will be checking this.

should it be necessary there will be an on-field check but it looks like we're going to be playing on for the corner here as we go to the final two minutes before the final two minutes we're in the closing stages of the first one in comes a shot it was again that man there leandro cosenza which is a city in calabria in the southern region of italy

But we're many miles away from South Italy.

We're in Paris here, the city of light.

We're looking to find the light again.

Look at the city of love as well.

Is Paris the city of love?

It's got to be.

Surely it's not like an official town.

It's got to be.

It's got to be.

It's only the city of goals in the past few days, that's for sure, with the Kings League.

They've been fired in.

He's been loving it.

J'adore.

Le butte.

Le butte.

Can they get another goal before we get to the roll?

It's going to be DJ Mario with the roll of the dice of Volutti Mostalis, who actually, if you remember yesterday, after the Italians played, after it was Bouma Santori, actually gave Santori a big hug after the game.

DJ Mario is another one of those who...

I was talking earlier about Loren in the Olimpo United booth.

DJ Mario...

So committed to the project.

It's wonderful to see because he's here every day on site, trading with it.

It's trading penalties, giving a helping hand to the organizers, and just being available and being one of the faces of the competition and always willing to participate in different things.

So nice to see DJ Mario, and I really like his Ultimate Mosler side as well.

Yeah, and DJ Mario will be rolling the JD dice.

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Already done it, mate, already done it.

I know, I know, I know, but just a little nudge in case...

It's Fran that's throwing the dice.

It's Fran in the end.

That is Fran.

So we have a 2v2.

So that is basically two outfield players, one outfielder and a keeper to start with.

We'll see if, rather than try and hear anything that's being maybe said to the respective coaches,

The countdown is on.

Thank you to Fran Hernandez.

That could be... Ooh!

Very heart-in-mouth moment, wasn't it?

Well, it's what we said.

It was good for them to score at 4-1.

Then when we get to 2v2 with the dice, chances are there to peg back a couple of goals.

And it means that at 4-1 now suddenly you get a couple and you're setting up a very tight ending to the game.

Although this man, I say this man, has been scoring goals for fun at this competition.

Could he be yellow carded here?

He will be yellow.

Listen, that's the right call.

It's the right decision.

It's...

it's very petulant it's very churlish um i understand in the dying seconds of the game but he's now gonna be off the pitch for two minutes when we resume at the second half so here he is the the wolf man morales setting up his teammate he stays free brian hernandez couldn't quite find him

Chironi scoring a hat-trick, though it's not quite the fastest ever hat-trick in Kings League history, in the Kings League Spain, with a record by Pablo Beguer.

He's got a few records on over there.

Most appearances in the competition history.

A very, very good player, as we were also saying.

MP United also facing an Italian side in their first game, losing to FC Zeta.

Here he goes.

Oh, again off the post.

They've had so much woodwork woe, haven't they?

They've been really, really unlucky.

The Italians once again bailed out by the frame of the goal.

Bit of a hand as well from Kidoni, I think.

Yep.

Turns it onto the post.

A fine save from him.

Now the Wolfman.

Brian Hernandez.

Morales.

Hernandez is free.

Morales goes in alone.

And it was the right goal.

Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

Well, GR7 right now.

He's got two goals.

He's on a hat-trick too.

Some life injected into this game for Olimpo United.

It's Mr. Wolf himself.

final 30 seconds for the win for Rossi just going out wide he stays there in support and they get it to Rossi yes they can and that's a good save I think it's sticking out the glove there the Olimpo United keeper Sergio Alvaro wasn't a clean finish from Rossi was it that allowed Alvaro to get across so you would have thought that Rossi with his goal scoring form would have buried that shot okay

Could be involved again.

Here he is this time.

Second bite of the cherry.

Gonna have to shoot.

Here he is.

De La Cruz and the whistle goes so it won't count.

The goal from Adrian De La Cruz at the break.

The Italians are in the driving Super Olympic.

United coming back into it.

It's 4-2.

It's anyone's for the taking.

Hello.

And they could find themselves level or who knows, maybe even ahead as they look to take GR7 to task here.

That was a Paul Font decision as usual.

We all know how involved he is in decision making for Olimpo United.

Just going to show how things can change so very quickly with the ending to that first half that Olimpo United have had in a game which seemed like it was only heading in one direction.

Nice, a bit of One Direction for our younger fans.

That's not quite ours.

No, but for the younger, we've got to get them involved because there have been a little bit of criticism saying, two 1990s, early 2000s, as that's quite simple in their book, you know, so I am going to try and get a few more stuff from the teenies and the 20s and onwards, so a bit of One Direction there.

I remember one song, I think.

I think it was a remake.

And we danced all night to the best song ever.

That's them, isn't it?

I'm not sure, but I love the Delsit tones.

They did a remake of a very famous song.

I'm pretty sure about that.

But anyway, that's kept in play, is it?

He did his very best, didn't he?

On that far side.

That was Diurribe, one of their three wild cards.

And the wolf is turning to be quite the wild card, the star card, more than wild card.

plenty of space here plenty of space brian hernandez and then just beats away here just in front of us you can see in this corner we see the word casters that's where we are alongside our our german colleagues justin just tucking away on a little snack from the looks of things and a little swig of his coffee let's focus back to the action here

more laid back more laid back day for them today yeah very high octane for the germans yesterday with that historic win but today

He'll be leaning back in that chair.

He's got a very comfy chair, and you know what they say about the Germans getting first to the sunbeds.

It was very much a case of that here, wasn't it?

Here he is at the end, straight at the keeper, absolutely straight in there early, sort of making short.

He's got the prime position, of course, but full marks.

He was the one who got here first and ahead of Scherzo.

And that's why they have the best sunbeds, because they get there up early.

What are you complaining about?

So we've got to take a leaf out of Joe Chim's book.

They've not yet been able to rather...

Still got a minute, to be fair, to capitalise.

Olympia United with goals worth double.

quite working out that move.

GR7 have now got everybody back on the pitch.

It's 7 v 7 again.

Simbin for Domenico Rossi.

It's over.

That yellow card, Bruno.

Of course, should he get another yellow, he will be sent off.

So he's got to be naturally attentive to disciplinary matches.

Naturally, they didn't score without Rossi.

Still waiting to hear from anybody else in that front for GR7.

It would be

pretty striking if they were to be knocked out of this tournament with just two players scoring yeah one of them being the goalkeeper yeah with uh four as you're saying four inches yeah so across the competition uh from the first two games and if he scores i think he said if they're top it'd be pretty remarkable we'd have a keeper uh up there as a top yeah wait a second now the golden boot the golden gloves and the golden boot maybe that'd be an entry but that is of course the beauty of the king's league that

Anyone can be a goleador for the top marksman.

How about that Valencia side as well?

The late 90s, early 2000s.

It was Hector Cooper, wasn't it, if I'm not mistaken?

Cooper and then Benitez.

Benitez won the league.

Yeah, and the UEFA Cup, I think.

UEFA Cup as well against Marseille.

Nice.

We are in France.

Big shout-out to all our French colleagues in the sports of Olympique Marseille, and, of course, the PSG fans as well, who are actually feeling very happy right now and very smug after winning the Champions League and becoming just the second French side to lift the big prize, the Cup of the Big Ears.

Copa de la Grande Oreja.

I think that expression is in Spain as well.

It's La Orejona, so it's the same, the big ears.

Talking about Dumbo, the character.

Talking about the Champions League.

Look at the crowd.

See, you hear Gabriela Folla's Gabriel crowd.

Just again, we like to translate them into English now and again.

Keep in mind, he's Thomas Lawrence.

Quite dull, somebody in the tech.

Tommaso de Lorenzo.

That's brilliant.

Yeah, there you go.

It's just that sound, isn't it?

Tommaso de Lorenzo.

Wouldn't that be nice as well?

in spanish very similar to the italian to be fair i mean german not the same not the same not the same

Again, German very similar to English, isn't it?

They're sort of... Those kind of... That's where you guys always... Nordic, shall we say, countries.

Where you're always clashing and so similar.

It's true, it's true.

It's true, they've got so much in common.

So they've got four World Cups and they've only got one.

United have seen close to the ball.

That's the restart.

They've still got that presidential penalty.

So, GF7 yet to call or use any of their cards.

Close to their chest.

Just losing out there, Brian, quite happening for him, isn't it?

For the hype in the build-up to this competition.

And, again, a reminder, get on Kings League.

Top rope.

Be the king.

Be le roi.

Be le re.

Get all the gear.

Pants, jerseys, T-shirts.

Getting along.

I'm sure maybe...

I don't know, a keychain?

People should buy keychains over there.

We should go on holiday and bring back a little keychain for your keys.

Oh, I always appreciated it.

Yes.

Right, Hernandez.

Look at that.

Lockers, yeah, school lockers, that's true.

We used to have lockers with a little key.

You used to go around with your little... Keychain thing, yeah.

Keychain thing that was like, yeah, some of them have those really long ones.

Yeah, the fashion, wasn't it?

Those lockers, it makes them American high schools, doesn't it?

All those various films and sitcoms and they're leaning there.

Can I watch the geometry?

Yeah, absolutely.

Good sliding challenge there.

from Leandro Cosenza.

But no, good game.

Certainly putting in a real shift.

Good work right from him.

Nice throw as he's headed away.

And away from us as well.

Attacking our end of the ground, which is in the corner there.

Oh, penalty.

It's the second penalty peel.

Waved away for GR7.

Now coming forward again.

Looking menacing.

Oh, wow.

You can see what he was preparing there, Leandro Cosenza.

That would have been some finish.

Wow, the acrobatic brilliance, wasn't it?

Still maybe a chance here for Rossi.

Shielding it nicely.

The winner of this match will face the winner of Guijantes against Correa in the last chance.

Two teams that have each won one split in the Kings League.

That's a tough loser's game.

It is.

Juventus against Fulia.

With Victor Vidal, if you remember, Juventus against SXB.

Oh, no, the loser of that game.

Yeah, the loser.

Yeah, that's right.

I was thinking Aspen at that time.

Yeah, the loser of that game.

But it could be, say, Juventus with Victor Vidal, one of the moments of the tournament.

Yesterday, I would say, also the golden goal in the penalty.

One of the moments of the tournament for Panama.

There has been a few already.

They're looking to come steaming forwards.

Claudia have had a couple of days off, haven't they?

They played on the opening day.

Le Pau, Le Lecce.

Yeah, it feels like a very long time ago that we saw those two playing out here.

Here's Furby.

Still there!

Morales!

Oh, he's been there.

Go-to guy.

Morales will be involved in the build-up with that initial strike.

He's got the sort of warrior face paint on, hasn't he?

He always does, yeah.

He always does it.

I like it.

It's like in the NFL, don't you?

They put that sort of... Yeah, I've never known what the reason behind...

There must be something more... Just aesthetics, or...?

There's got to be something behind it.

It has to be, and...

Some have some kind of verse from the Bible as well.

You know, there's 316.

It's a personal thing, isn't it?

To rally you or maybe a verse from the Quran or whatever.

316 was Steve Austin as well, wasn't it?

It was.

It was, yeah.

That's the bottom line.

I know you're a bit of a wrestling fan from what you said earlier.

Yes, a big fan of the attitude era.

That's where I sort of got hooked.

I was never re-available...

Because initially WCW was a lot bigger, but I was still a little bit young for that, so I came into the attitude here with likes of Stone Cold, Triple H, DX, and then later The Rock would come in.

But yeah, that's the bottom line.

Stone Cold says so.

Yeah, that's right.

3.16, so nice throw back there.

Paul Phelps, good pace.

Nice shot.

Yeah, and he's got the foul.

It's Adri de la Cruz.

I remember when the Arsenal players did all that on their sort of jerseys.

Yeah, the vapor rub.

Vapor rub, that was it, yeah.

Patrick Vieira would do it, yeah.

Just give them a little edge, wasn't it, in terms of making sure that they could...

In terms of their breathing.

Yeah, all these things go in and out of fashion.

It's like the nose straps were really in the 90s.

Robbie Fowler completely disappeared, and now they're coming back again.

Come here, come here, come here.

Daniel, Daniel, Daniel.

Tell them, OK, to calm down, OK?

What was your name from the second situation?

Van Ranking, eh?

Some name that is.

Jose Carlos Van Ranking.

This is the last time I warn you, OK?

Hear me.

Last time I warned you.

If anyone asks for your card, I think they already got it for you.

OK?

Amonestalo, por favor.

Haz tu trabajo.

The referee needs to show a yellow card.

Oh, that was well worked.

There was two of them as well at the back post.

They completely stunned the GR7 defense.

Just catching GR7, just by surprise, weren't they?

Oh, it was so close.

Here they come on the break.

Olympia United, they've got options to that left side.

Unless he goes in alone here, so unselfish.

This would be a wonderful team goal.

But the arm goes up.

It was almost the perfect goal.

It had not been for the offside position and the arm going up.

Yeah, I think Lombo took a little bit too long in making his mind up.

Furby straight offside.

When he played it to him, it was too late.

Real chance goes begging there for Olympia United.

Just a little bit quicker than we know.

Obviously, Italians are very good in their defensive work, playing the offside trap.

Traditionally, that's the cornerstone, isn't it, of Italian football?

That Italian school, that Italian philosophy.

Like Inter in the final.

Yeah, see how well that worked.

In comes the shot, and it's well wide in the end.

So not as much action in the second half compared to the first so far, but we've still got the presidential penalties and the GR7 there, secret card.

Olympia have already played.

There's Goldsworth double.

They were unable to get that double goal as they just got sliced out there from behind the goal.

And, oh, we just mentioned it, and now it's GR7 playing their fortnight secret card.

Maybe goals... Well, it can't be a star player, obviously.

Sometimes when it's close to four minutes, you think it could be a four-minute card, like a times-two goal.

Suspension, maybe.

Suspension as well, yeah.

True.

We'll find out very, very soon.

Unless it might be something like a penalty.

They just want to, seeing as they haven't really kicked on in the second half, get another goal.

Anyway, enough speculation.

Let's find out now.

We do love to speculate, don't we?

This is an impossible game to guess.

I mean, you can sort of water it down to a couple of options.

There you go, yeah.

That's what we did speculate about, but, of course, we're the only ones that would have known.

Of course, the coaching staff for Olimpo United and GR7 in terms of knowing exactly what the cards are, so there you have it.

It's really the best, maybe, card

kind of wished for seeing the way things are going in this second period, assuming they couldn't play in the first one, which of course they can't do because of the rule of state, you can only play in the second one, but when they were in that free-flowing mood, that would mean the time to have that card available, but they might kick on here as they go towards the byline challenge there.

He's very much still in this.

He's trailing by two.

GR7 want to keep them at arm's length.

Is there a little injury there?

We see that right foot heavily bandaged up for the GR7 player there.

They're pressed with the sort of pirate skull, although the pirates really are united, aren't they?

They've got the... Joe Le Pirate, Joe the Pirate.

He's got the mascot, hasn't he?

Yeah, Skida, that player who's injured has been the mascot as the shot comes in, and it's saved in the end, but danger not over.

Oh, it takes a big deflection on the volley!

And again!

That volley could have been the double goal for Fola.

Oh, my God.

And just parry it away.

Now that amendment, it looks like GR7 are starting to...

to finally push forward.

I think they've been spurred on by the fact that they have played the card.

Yeah, it has given them a bit of a zip again to their play.

It sparked them back into life as we then head into those sort of final two minutes.

But as things stand, goals will be worth double.

And this would be nice if we can score twice here.

set up a golden goal and yesterday those who weren't with us for that first golden goal of the tournament uh martin said that the french side for panama also has actually packed a late penalty as well by martin's to take the game to golden goal situation and uh

shootout was looming Pan Am All-Stars wanted to get the job done against Floor Sop and we'll see whether they'll be at the final the difference are in on the 14th of June also an exhibition game and a performance from Gims Congolese French artist and we liked we like him what we hear we've been hearing so far from his music so to see it live and hear it live is going to be a real treat

Top of the shoulder.

Towards the byline, across the face of the goal.

They've all been ited for a corner here.

Are they going to play presidential penalties?

Well, that's a good point.

One minute left and neither side haven't played it.

Of course, they don't have to take it, they don't have to play your presidential penalty, but...

But if one does play, then the other one has to play.

Spiralling up in the air.

The referee is going to be called back here as the VR spotted something.

Let's try and listen in.

As I said earlier.

Yes, yes, take your time.

Take your time, yeah.

With Lodin in the booth for Olimpo United.

I'm surprised that they don't want to play a presidential penalty or maybe it's not been there to see it.

Don't come, don't come.

They are checking, they are checking.

They tug at the shirt on that ranking.

That's not enough, is it?

Oh, actually, look, down there, down there.

Let's have a look again.

He gets caught.

Take your time, take your time.

That's the one, isn't it?

And he trips him up.

Yeah, I don't think it's Cicely, is it?

No, it's Gelsie.

Gelsie is the potentially guilty party.

That's the royal borough of Gelsie who looks like he's given away the penalty.

Yes.

I think they're going to give it.

No penalty.

Oh, no?

Oh.

There you go.

Wow.

Disbelief in the Olimpo United corner.

You've got a good view of them just to your left, haven't you, Bruno?

They do not look happy bunnies.

I'm surprised that's not been deemed a penalty.

Now Chance on the break.

This would be a real blow to Olimpo United.

The Titans would say a real beffer.

One back.

That's good work, easing the pressure.

GR7 on their defence, springing forwards.

No longer worth the double for GR7.

Final seconds just to play it safe.

That's the right option really for GR7, who are leading.

So, we're into the final two minutes.

Goals will be worth double in Poco Olimpo.

I beg your pardon, United need to score twice to win it.

They need to score once to take the game to a shootout.

Two or three minutes, man.

That's what we have.

One, two, three, four, five, six, and seven.

Well, the countdown is on.

His final two minutes.

Can Giannis Ete bring home this win and join Boomers in the last-chance saloon or Olympia United come back here?

In comes the shot.

Ooh, that wasn't far wide, you know, and Largon Pato amongst the candidates for MVP.

The wolf and the duck.

Nice.

Is it Pato?

Pato's duck, yeah.

Wow.

It tends to be, it's a nickname for people who are called Patricio.

More so in Latin America, they've used Patricio a lot of the time.

The nickname or the shortened version is Pato, which is duck.

Very nice, yeah.

Like Alexandre Pato or Milan.

Rossi, unsurprisingly, and Chironi, unsurprisingly, for the Italian side.

So keep voting via Twitch, via YouTube.

My vote is for Chironi.

There is Chironi as we speak.

Just coming up to the cameras and also taking his time.

They're just looking to run down the clock.

Just slightly, a few precious seconds sticking by.

One back, nicely.

De La Cruz.

Still De La Cruz.

It's there.

It's got to be.

Oh, that's got to be a penalty.

Oh, he's told him to get up.

Wow.

Wow, wow, wow, wow.

My gut instinct was penalty.

Gut instinct.

But we'll have another look shortly.

And the referee was much better placed than you and I. Oh, how long did it take?

One second too long.

It only takes a minute.

Now, Domenico Rossi.

De La Cruz.

for that little side pass from him.

40 minutes almost up.

We'll have to find out how much added time here.

Rossi, we're in the 21 of...

Famous by Pirlo, I would say.

In the Italian game, then, you were the number 21.

If I'm not mistaken, maybe Zizou were at Juventus.

Yeah, Juventus.

Pablo Aymar, David Silva.

Oh, yeah, it's a very popular number.

Here's the byline, just chipped in there.

We've got that last touch.

This is a big moment.

Looks like Italy have got the goal kick, GR7.

Have they got the goal kick?

They're appealing for it, but it may have come off Chironi last.

I think they've given it to him, though.

Yep.

And Chironi, head and shoulders of the rest.

Oh, he's won this game.

That's good on him.

It's those early minutes.

Sometimes you think, oh, there's still a whole game to go.

There's time to turn it around, but sometimes that's where you win the match.

And some standout saves as well.

He'll be on course to chat shortly to one of our hosts for the MVP Bazaar interview.

Broke down here.

Oh, that control let him down.

Yeah, not quite good enough there from Mario Osuna, not Mario Osasuna.

And I'm not sure if it's, is it Giulia or Leticia or Dalila?

They'll be chatting away.

You'll find out shortly, of course, one of our brilliant hosts.

Been trying to get the latest post-match, little scoops as well, little nuggets of information.

Pick sides, exclusive...

interviews right after the game when emotions are running high.

Here comes the shot.

It's blocked and swept away.

That will surely be it, and it very nearly went all the way in.

It's going to be the lovely Leticia up first, and then the delightful Dalila later.

Final seconds there into Dying Embers.

Gotta score, just get the shot away, get the shot away!

That is that.

That is that for Limpo United.

They are going home.

Oh, the referee's going to let them take noise now.

And GR7 go through to the last chance saloon.

They follow the footsteps of their fellow countrymen, the Pumas, and win their second fixture.

Limpo United are going home, so no more from them.

We have to wait until next year, the next competition, Lobo.

the wolf doing his very best to fight back but it's gr7 and their mvp their banner match their keeper united with a hat trick and all gold scored in the first five minutes impressive very very impressive and of course some standout saves as well as one that was tipped off the post wasn't there veronica showing obviously first and foremost the

He's a keeper.

His primary job is keeping the goals out.

But, of course, always there when it matters most at the other end of the pitch to leave his mark.

And we're going to hear shortly from Gianmarco Chironi.

We'll be chatting away with Leticia Pitchside here.

He is the recipient of the MVP prize, the most valuable player.

And as we were saying, they go through then to the last chance.

GR7 will find out soon who they'll be facing.

They don't know their opponents as yet, although we do have a couple of pairings already for that last chance.

standard penalty then he saved a handful of the shootout penalties and he helped inspired Karasu to win that first game against a GR7 the other team that we've just seen so both of them head into this clash with one win appeased we're not going to have an Italian or a French side in the last 60 which is also as we said very positive for the competition yeah it'd be brilliant because for the neutral both sides think okay we've got a

potentially another host nation, another host team marching on, which is great for the competition.

You want to see the home side, the one with home advantage, going as far as, but also very interesting, in and around Paris as well and the rest of France for the competition.

and the fcz and italian side which we want to see and it's good to see uh such as emerging kings league nations such as italy germany france are going as far as possible starting to change the the spanish sides the the sides of new america's and then of course and from brazil who let's forget are the the world champions at national team level of porcinos

club level, according to those at home and following, who are going to win it.

And it was, as you said, an unexpected hero, Yassine, coming on and quickly having just to throw himself into the fray.

And Bilal, who was given

that yellow car that suspension but it just shows that those sliding doors moments many perhaps thought that this would have given the advantage to FC Zeta I beg your pardon to the Italian side it wasn't it wasn't it didn't give the advantage at all to the Italian side it was Carassu who went on to win and now they win again they're going through and we just saw previously again if I'm not

a mistake in the one booth, and now we're going to the other booth.

That's right, for the presidential booths.

Oh, yeah.

It's Luca Toni, one of the official presidents.

Z.W.

Jackson, Antonio Pellegrino, the other president for FC Zeta.

And for Carrasco, it's Cameto and Alza.

Carrasco, which means crow in Japanese.

That's why they've got that black crow on there.

There's actually a team in the Americas, which is also the Crows, which is called the Cuervos.

They haven't qualified for this season, so a very popular animal in the Kings League.

That's the pirate, which I know is not an animal, but in terms of the crest, we've seen lots of pirates and crows, and they seem to be, as you said, the most popular when it comes to logos.

So it's going to be Zidane in the red and black striped shirt.

Gerasil with the orange shirt, white shorts, green socks, which is a very original combo.

So both players sprinting to the middle, ball bouncing.

Roti, that MVP from the first game against Fedosa, who scored a couple in the opening fixture for Gerasil.

And it is not Ben Schierke, but Bouchelouch starting the game.

He's had that early chance.

Oh, he's getting in play.

He can go straight to goal here if he wants, Bouchelouch.

He's gone for Feitosa in the end, and he made the right call, because Guilherme Feitosa scores in under 30 seconds, the first goal in this game.

Yeah, I remember it, a very good game for Passu.

Last time out.

He's starting to see what he means to go on, but they have to get back right away here.

Warnock struggling to get past Veit Dossert, a player who, as we said, played, as we mentioned it last time, his last full game of the season for the University of Pittsburgh.

A bouche à l'ouche.

A bouche à l'ouche.

Strikes that one wide.

It was an empty goal.

I was going to say Bilal.

Yeah, let's leave it at Bilal.

Rodi.

Out wide, it's back to Perrotti.

Onto his right foot, and that is why Feitosa was showing him the right foot.

You can see just how left-footed Perrotti is.

Since the presidential boost, we've caught glimpses, and we are seeing now we've got Zed W. Jackson and Maria Cristina Fabrizi for FC Zeta.

So Bilal with the shot.

He's had a couple in this game.

in the carousel with Cameto, who's on the left, and Amin, who's actually president of FQR, on the right of your picture a few moments ago.

We've seen him quite a bit, haven't we?

The presidents of French sides being very close-knit, the presidents of Italian sides being very close-knit, the German teams, they've all been supporting each other, watching their games.

Yeah, we had Dexter Holland, didn't we?

Yes.

Sitting here, pit side, watching the police.

That's Locos, the German keeper, supporting his colleagues, wasn't he?

Linocast is his real name.

In case anybody wants to search him.

Now that shot is saved by Alessio Buono, so it will be a corner kick.

Buono from Buono.

They'll have to take this throw-in again.

Fedosa, the only goalscorer in the game so far.

A bit of running back to do there for Johan Molle.

Of course, the cousin of Gignac will be using that stat quite a few times, I feel, this week.

Oh, you've got to remember those, maybe tuning in for the first ever time.

He may not have heard us the first time he mentioned it, but it's right to go.

Recycle, yeah.

Yeah, it's a go-to stat.

It's a go-to stat.

I'm never tired of hearing it.

Of being Giniak's cousin.

Well, he's also got a pretty good career himself, actually.

Monaco, Senna, Tienzenet, St. Petersburg, and Panathinaikos.

The number four in the orange shirt, that is, Johan Moller.

Kozunov.

Gignac.

There you go.

I don't know where Gignac is playing now.

I know he was in Mexico towards the latter end of his career.

And that is Samir Nasri, who's with F2R.

Yeah, what a career he has.

What a career.

The German casters have just been brought a couple of coffees.

Julian struggling a little bit.

He's sitting down, needs a little bit of a perk up.

Piece of bread as well, with nothing else.

Just straight up bread as a meal.

Bread and coffee.

Never had that as a combo.

Maybe a brioche or a croissant, but anyway.

It's a very kind of post-war or during the war meal, isn't it?

Yeah, it's a hunk of bread.

It's a hunk of bread.

anything one can get one's hand on but hey whatever works and each their own and I wouldn't mind actually a bit of bread and a coffee.

So who's having the last laugh?

This is pure jealousy.

Yeah exactly it's just an envious tone from us here.

So Mehdi Ghasem was looking to bring down the ball.

I don't know if it's Kirigou or Kiroko.

The official team says Kirigou, but I think on the shirt it says Kiroko.

I don't know if any of those sound more natural to you for an Italian.

Just trying to fire off

Quick message to Cosimo Chirico.

To one of the Italian casters and just see what they say about it.

So now Carasso looking for a second.

It's well blocked.

I think he was offside still.

That was a remarkable save by Alessio Buono.

And it was offside.

Yeah, confirmation.

Ain't nothing away from that effort.

Brilliant hit.

Brilliant, brilliant hit.

And FC Zeta have been rescued there as well.

Keeper playing his part, but above all, by the fact that he was offside.

Just to compliment, Kiroko, I've been told.

Cosimo Kiroko.

Kiroko.

Yeah.

Kiriko, sorry, I beg your pardon.

Again, I'm trying to listen to it with the headset, with the noise here.

So yeah, again, hang on.

Kiriko, or do you not do the accents in Italian?

Kiriko, Kiriko.

So it's not the Kiriko, it's Kiriko.

There you go.

Apologize to my very poor hearing, poor sight, poor hearing.

Probably needed a walking stick.

Very good of you to go straight to the source.

Yes, it's good journalism.

That's good journalism.

So what's the angle on this one?

Here comes Molo.

Molo's shot is deflected.

He did indeed.

It will be a corner kick.

Finds the angle.

Opens up the angle there.

Found an FC Zeta chair, as you can see.

Just a screen there.

the presidential booth for FC Zeta.

FC Zeta colours behind the goal.

Well, what?

That could be a penalty.

Look at that.

There was the pleading of innocence from the Italian defender as Buono follows up with a save.

Will be checked.

It's being checked as we speak, as we play on.

Meanwhile, as the counter-attack at the near post.

Oh, and he'd made such an intelligent run, Tommaso Bernardi.

He couldn't finish off the move.

I'm not sure if they're going to stop.

No, the referee, I think, is saying that's okay.

Yeah, the referee, with his gesture, he could have caught a glimpse then of a nice jersey there.

A Madrid jersey in the stands.

Villar.

Kirikou.

Yeah, there's a bit more confidence in that Kirigo for me.

Now that I know it's 100% officially his name.

Cosimo.

That's a good name, Cosimo.

Very nice name.

Very, very nice name.

Kirigo.

No way through.

Drops to Perotti.

Perotti's cross is also blocked this time by Mohamed Berrabat.

So corner kick taken quickly.

Some players have their backs to the ball.

Trent Alexander-Arnold against Barcelona.

Very nice.

That'll be painful for some of the Barca fans listening to this in the...

Oh, but we've got painful memories for all the clubs, haven't we?

For all the fans.

It's not that we pick on one club, far from it.

We've got unhappy memories and good memories for all the clubs.

Just know that some of them that are in that sound booth listening to this stream are Barca fans.

That's true.

A lot of our colleagues hail from Spain and Catalonia, of course.

Oh, onto the crossbar.

drops here it's a good challenge by bernardi so canastro coming close to scoring a second last down the other end paul's off the save

Just going back, Bruno, to Cosimo Chirico.

It was actually a wild card that secured a victory in the semifinals against the Bunas with a double goal in stoppage time at the 40th minute, just right before the final whistle.

So he comes into his competition, you know, having a real confidence booster and grabbing the limelight.

And again, thank you to our Italian colleagues who were able to just give some extra information

at all times to the edge of the box it's not clean contact from alex back here

What about that?

A big fan.

Reminds me a little bit of the Milan kit or Foggia for those real Italian aficionados.

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And I said really nice and fresh yeah clean shirts on there She had one of them the f2r one in my hands yesterday and looked very very nice up close and personal It was very similar for night blue but

No, not too many strange things, strange patterns, as you see nowadays.

I've seen a couple leaking.

You know now you start to see the kits for next season dropping and leaking.

I saw one the other day.

I won't say which club.

Actually, I will.

Manchester City.

Didn't like it.

Didn't like it at all.

Most shirts that come out nowadays, I must say, let's take it back a bit, guys, and let's go back to simpler patterns, because I'm not happy with the designs.

They're trying to combine fashion with the kits, if that makes sense.

They're moving away from the traditional football shirt, and they want it to be something that you can...

There was some good stuff back in the day, which is probably more fashionable and easier to wear on the street than some of these...

weirdy, blotchy, strange patterns, but... Yeah, what do you know?

What do I know?

What do you know?

You're not a fashionista.

You're not a fashion designer.

You're just an old, romantic, 1990s nostalgia coming through, but I have to say, I am with you.

I think we should go back just to the basics.

Put the football shirt first.

Oh, they're trying to put the football first here.

If that sentence makes any sense.

And it will be a throw-in for Zeta.

Talking of Zeta, I'm surprised they haven't scored yet, because the team actually scored the most goals during the Italian split, 66 in 11 games, which is, quick maths, about six per game.

Yeah, six per game on average.

Similar to United, then.

Well, they scored five in the opening fixture, so not far off.

They were close to scoring a second there.

I don't like that number zero.

As in the number, not the person.

The number zero.

I don't know him.

From what I've seen, he seems a very nice guy, but the number, I'm not a fan of the number zero.

Let me just clarify that.

I don't want anyone knocking on my hotel door later and being unhappy with me.

Zetta, is Zetta Zed in Italian?

Same as in Spanish, yeah?

Okay, Zetta.

I suppose there is a Z on the badge.

Didn't need to be, as I said the other day, didn't need to be Sherlock Holmes to it.

I'm Sherlock Holmes.

Well, it's elementary once here, Watson.

So it's the second of four fixtures, Bruno.

All our eyes are... Well, actually... You've got another derby of those that you like coming up.

Los Troncos, CN6.

By that, I'm really excited.

But I'm also really excited by Dendele's Brazilian side against the host, one of the hosts, F2F.

So we're in crescendo, isn't it?

It's getting bigger and better every single day, every single match.

Really looking forward to it.

Here's Montaña.

Mountain is blocked by Alex Fakir.

Mountain of a man.

Good one from Fakir.

Again, some good defending from Canassu.

Is that a corner?

That's right.

Looked more like a goal kick.

That's right in front of the Italian Castazua.

You can tell that, obviously they're supporting.

Savino's standing up now.

He's normally sitting down, isn't he?

He's another one who's got a lovely chair.

You can just see the top of it.

And when Italian teams play, he's very animated.

He's off his seat.

You can see he was appealing for a corner, but it wasn't.

It was a goal kick.

He's let that one run away from him.

Fouad Khadir.

Just ushered out of play by those two Zeta players.

There's Jürgen Toral also sitting down and having a little swig of his coffee.

With a wiggly wig under the Jimmy Hill as Maddalena's shot is blocked.

Now Kirikou, another block.

This game needs a presidential penalty, and I know they're unlikely to play it now because it is very tight and it's only 1-0, but it needs a presidential penalty just to shake things up.

But again, no, it's not, but you know, one can always hope.

Manzoni back to Buono.

It's very tight, very cagey, very even.

Wonderful bunch of euphemisms being used there to describe the game.

which has been...

Delicately poised.

...lacking in excitement, really.

That's not beat around the bush, but that's why then the dice comes out to play for all these kinds of fixtures.

Yeah.

I've seen a bit of everything, really, so far in that first game.

Very early goals and then you have games like this where, as you say, it's the roll of the dice to shake things up.

And the secret card, presidential penalties, which, again, that's the reasoning behind it, wasn't it?

We go back to this when Joe Piquet

the creator behind it, obviously, with obviously various collaborators and colleagues, of course, but just saying, well, games sometimes can be 0-0, 1-0, young people understanding, switching off, preferring other things, other sports, other activities, so let's do something that we can have people involved regardless

of their age regardless of whether it may be an issue, maybe a dull game, things to make it more interesting, to keep them hooked right until the very end so they don't switch off, they don't sit there and find themselves maybe potentially for 90, 95 minutes seeing no goals, which you and I love a nice nil-nil draw when it's a hard four and it's your team as when you come away with a point and it gives you a...

closer to your objective in the league table, but I understand youngsters, they want action.

They want to see entertainment, and that's very nearly a bit of entertainment.

So I can understand that, and things move on, things change, and with the Kings, you always have those moments where it is exciting, and this could be exciting as well.

I spoke a little bit too soon.

As we go into the final minute, we have the roll of the dice at the 18th minute.

And we'll see what we have.

We haven't had a JD today, have we?

No, I bet we've used them all up.

Yeah.

So we'll see what's in store.

It's going to be Pexita de los Troncos.

Presidente.

Oh, that one's just overplayed.

That should have been Iseo Buono's ball.

He'll try and come out.

30 seconds.

Time maybe for a shot.

They ran into traffic.

They have to take this throw in quickly.

They do want to finish off with an attempt.

Running into that Parisian traffic, which we've encountered on a couple of occasions, haven't we?

Regardless of the time.

Regardless of the time.

Yeah, it is a big, big city.

We're a capital city.

What does one expect?

Which is why it's also get around from time to time, as we do on the Metro.

Make sure you don't miss your Metro stop.

Let's go.

So quick sometimes, isn't it?

Quick on and off, isn't it?

there he is there he is unacceptable sometimes this feels like it's scripted it's one of those yeah it's one of those match of the day moments and he picked up a yellow card in the 30th minute

It's a one-on-one, Mino.

It's a one-on-one now.

It's a one-on-one.

The goalkeeper doesn't come out.

It's a one-on-one.

So, six, five, four, three, two, one.

We're counting down.

Gladiators, you will go on my first whistle.

The final countdown.

We'll wait for the final to do that.

A chance to attack here for Zeta and score their first goal of the game for a team that had...

Such an impressive goal-scoring rate.

They found it very difficult today.

It's the first time they haven't scored a single goal before the 18th minute, which is unbelievable.

That's a big stat.

Stat!

Stat attack!

See, now this is their opportunity, prime opportunity, isn't it?

Sperotti.

Looking always for that left foot.

We saw earlier how they allowed him to shoot with his right foot,

He wasn't too comfortable with, but he's with, and he's defended there by Guilherme Feidosa.

And it's in these situations where the keeper can't come out, these one-on-one.

Oh, they made the substitution probably in the worst time, fortunately for them.

Alessio Buono is a brilliant goalkeeper.

That was a mistake by Zeta.

It was, and it was, and they survived that scare, and they come up the other end.

Gegok, and he's scored the first of the game for Zeta.

That just brushed the top of the crossbar.

See the reaction as well.

You know how close it was.

She needed it just to be a little bit lower.

Oh, now, slowing it down.

Oh, hang on.

What are they checking here?

Check in progress.

Yeah.

Is it going to be that substitution?

Was he off?

Yeah, he was off.

I think he was off.

Number?

OK, it would be yellow card, right?

Was he off through the channel?

That's the important thing.

OK.

I think just about, wasn't he, at the end?

Here we go.

Maybe not.

It was very, very close.

He's going to have another look at it.

On-field review, everybody.

But we book the guy who enters the pitch, right?

Yeah, which number is this, please?

Yeah, okay.

Which number entered the pitch?

Salva?

Okay.

So it looks like the player that came on is going to get burped.

The problem is the bibs came on before the other player came off, basically.

Substitution is only correct if you go out with the bib.

But he didn't catch it, it's not me.

Yeah, but you entered too early.

So it's a yellow card for you, and it's a penalty shootout.

Wow, it's a shootout as well.

That feels very harsh.

It was an issue with the bib.

You need to have the bib on when you come off.

You need to take it off.

You need to have it on before you come on and then take it off.

And he jumped the gun because they were desperate to get back.

It's just one of those costly mistakes again, which are the minor nuances, minor caveats of the Kings League that you need to understand and make sure you don't get them wrong.

Very harsh though, I feel, and it ends up in a shootout, but Alessio Blanc, of course, is on hand to deny Molo.

Now, for that suspension, it'll be at the start of the second period, not during this dice or so.

Eti Zeta will start the game as he stands at a goal down and a man down, unless they can draw level here.

Can they draw level?

It's another good save, but from the other goalkeeper, from Bilal.

Only got two great goalkeepers, Carasso, Bencherchi, and Bilal Bouchelouch.

Left hand, then right hand.

As you said, it's a confirmation of that yellow because of not having the bib on.

From the referee as well.

Kiriko.

You can see he's desperate to get onto his left foot.

Oh, and he's just about clawed that ball.

Make sure that Moeller couldn't run away.

He'd gone to the left, onto the left, and sliced over the crossbar.

You can see Sabino had his head in his hat.

That's our Italian caster for the Italian common trick, Sabino.

on his feet, naturally feeling the nerves.

He had plenty to celebrate a few moments ago, didn't he, for the first Italian...

It's not as much pressure for him as it was for Joachim alongside us, with the Germans potentially going home.

Yeah, so GR7 winning boomers yesterday is another good chance, it is.

Oh, that's right, from Guilherme Feitosa, a fourth goal for him in the tournament.

That's what the chefs are filming, I think it said.

With a love heart.

Avec coeur.

With a heart.

Oh, it's double trouble then for FC Zeta.

They did win their first game, so should they lose if they will have another opportunity?

Now, this can be a goal!

Well played and well done by Matteo Perotti.

Huge goal for Zeta just before the half-time interval, making sure that Canassu weren't stretching their lead too much.

And that is it, the final kick of the first half.

So that gives a bit of life to FC Zeta as we head over to both benches.

Sabri Bezahav, the Karasu manager, and Christian Brodky for Zeta.

Let's see if we can hear from them.

He was very animated and will leave a lot to the imagination of what he was saying, but the things that we can broadcast and translate for you were basically keep calm,

Oh, he was a little bit too calm there, I think, Alessio Buono.

Keep calm because you're top players and you can go on and win this.

And he did also reprimand his players as well for their complaints towards the referee.

And just again, just...

Be smart, play to the rules, and just focus on your own game, as opposed to directing any frustration towards the referee.

Because the Bronco goes for the Milan man, the Champions League winner, with the Rossoneri, Christian Brocchi.

So, a very experienced head who's now working as a pundit in the...

Italian media did have a brief spell in charge of Milan as well.

She in charge of them in a cup final, I remember, against Juventus in 2016 and also a brief spell with Monza.

They're now working more as a pundit.

Cristian Brocchi.

It's good to have a former player, isn't it, in the dugout, on the bench.

You want to impress him, but also the pearls of wisdom.

Yeah, it does give you that little bit of extra wish.

So, F2R with Sami and Nasri, who was very, very involved in speaking to his players.

So, Carasso.

Regained possession.

Molo.

Fakir, back to Molo.

The attack is short-lived.

Zeta comes down the other end, but it's not the best cross in the world from Tommaso Bernardi.

Can he continue the...

What's the vibe, shall we say, for the French sides?

The United and Pan Am All-Stars.

That could be a foul.

It's very late from Bernabeu.

26.

A body check on Berrabat.

Thank you.

That's Garasso that will get the ball rolling again.

With the gasm.

With that orange and the green socks.

There's a little bit of Ivory Coast.

Yes.

A little bit as well.

A reference to Blackpool and Holland, obviously, springs in my book.

But with the green socks, yeah, Ivory Coast, you're right, there's three colors of their flag.

Yeah, Ivory Coast.

A proud football nation as well.

He's flipped up onto his arm.

The kind of players that emerged from there.

20, 30 years after marking in Europe as top five European leagues.

Molot.

Oh, there's a ball on there.

Just as he was looking to turn, he went down.

50-50, Bruno.

Under the challenge from Montagne.

Patrick's going to be checked.

It always is.

And again, Brocky, again, that message, calma, calma.

Hey, come on, keep cool heads.

You're only trailing 2-1.

Concerns are in that presidential booth.

Nothing.

Referee saying there was nothing in it.

Play continues.

I didn't see anything either.

Referees have been very good, as we've said, over the course of this competition.

It has helped up the VR as well, a little safety net to help them.

And we saw it come into play, didn't we, in those last two minutes with that little controversy with the substitution made by FC Zeta, which resulted in a yellow card.

That suspension has now been served by Manzoni.

So it's now 7 v 7 again.

7 against 7 on the pitch and Canassu who seen more of the ball in this second half for understandable reasons early on.

Kasem.

He's let that one run.

He's got away from him.

Fouad Qadir.

I'm looking forward to seeing the presidential penalties because in the previous game we weren't treated to...

to that.

Now the counter.

Molo.

Has to stop.

He doesn't have too much in the way of support.

And the shot is deflected and spins out of play.

Molo, if you didn't know, the person is genius.

I guess he joined us three minutes ago.

Manda!

Manda!

It's a nice collective move from Carasso.

That stayed in play.

Franching challenge.

He's dived across to make sure that Fouad Khadir couldn't play the ball.

Very wise and intelligent defending there from the Italian.

Look at the way he uses his body.

It was maddalena.

We are back in that corner, so it still is a throw-in for Carrasso.

Zeta just struggling to push on and clear their lines.

That was a foul throw if ever I've seen one, but the play does move on.

And Zeta will come away.

He's played it just behind Khadija, who does well to keep a control of the ball, and he was looking to curl it into that top corner.

Couldn't quite find it.

Corsimo Kirikou's got two goals in the opening fixture.

Yeah, I remember.

Well, I was actually really, really impressed.

But I just remember Olympia United was soundly beaten a few moments ago.

I mean, not the best to really judge FC Zeta, but this is much more like it, isn't it?

And he's still down.

I thought, if anything, that maybe it was Alessio Buono who was going to be hurt.

But they're playing with six men for the time being.

There are some boos towards Zetap for continuing the attack, but you have to play to the whistle.

You're not obliged to get the ball out of play.

Yeah, that's regardless of the Kings League, football, traditional football, whatever.

Play to the whistle, play to the whistle.

It's a bit early to talk about men of the match, MVPs.

Is there anyone that's stood out for you really, Bruno?

This has been a tough one because it's not been the flashiest of games, but that will be a chance!

It's a goal for FC Zeta.

Manzoni puts it into the back of the net, a brilliant run from Bernardi down the right-hand side.

And it kicks the game into life a little bit because not much was happening.

Zeta were finding it very difficult to create any chances.

What a well-timed run into the box.

Oh, yes.

From Manzoni.

And just as they scored the goal, they locked in the presidential penalty, too.

Oh, I like that.

I like that.

Building on a bit of momentum, aren't they?

Just what the game needed.

Just what the game needed.

Maybe Manzani could be a candidate.

We'll see, we'll see.

We'll see, we'll see.

Now...

I've been calling forever and I've been desperate.

presidential penalty and here we go will it be the president coming down i think he is will they designate someone to take it yeah because he's left her alone in the booth it looks like the w is coming down he's got his boots on it's just taking his time but this is something we talk about i mean prepare yeah wear boots wear boots yeah we'll get them on a little bit earlier when you want to make that call

so you can see or rather you can hear the italian casters just some encouragement which again with words i'm not sure uh that can be can be broadcast maybe the odd one but still you get the message they want to cheer him up they really get involved don't they they feel like they're part of the community the caster from germany are very close to the german signs and celebrating massively the italians yesterday wasn't he and his team won the match at the very very end

So is W. Jackson.

He does bubble contact on line.

And you can tell as he drills his penalty down the middle.

ZW Jackson and Antonio Pellerino scoring for Zeta just like that.

They've gone from 2-1 down to 3-2 up.

He's got a good record, you know, five of his seven presidential penalties scored in the split one.

And that, you can see why he's got a good record there as he runs across here.

He'll definitely get a nice hug on his way back, a nice high five, as you can see.

And the person alongside him,

The presidential booth, and they've hit back, haven't they, with the presidential penalty, have they?

The French side?

They have.

So it will be Camido, right?

He was coming down, I think.

Here he comes.

He's never actually scored a penalty.

Never scored a penalty.

Well, very contrasting stats from both presidents.

Yeah.

He's got a meme spurring him out of the booth.

There's a first time for everything, Bruno.

There is indeed.

You can hear the fans saying, Kameto, Kameto, Kameto.

And there is a first time for everything.

And it's a brilliant penalty because it's gone into the roof of the net.

Yes, it perhaps didn't have the power, but it had the placement.

Camito scoring the first penalty as the president of Karasu.

And now it's 3-3.

You know, behind the scenes, backstage, there's a little area, Bruno, that's been set up for players to warm up and practice.

And actually, he was, upon arrival, doing a little bit of shooting practice

of this moment and you can see what practice makes perfect practice pays off and it's now 3-3 what a game it's now turning out to be after for long stretches just being very tight and cagey that's what the game needed needed some life to be given by these set of players but also by the two presidents life for all life which one are you going for there?

Oh, la, ha, ha, ha.

Okay, yeah, that one.

Oh, la.

That is a goal kick as Perotti was looking to run forward.

That is, you know, a nice tune from Thomas.

It is a nice tune.

It is.

It is a lovely tune.

Who sings that?

Tracy Chapman?

No, I'm making that up, aren't I?

That's Tracy Chapman.

I won't go for any more guesses.

Is it Desiree?

Desiree!

Was it not Desiree?

It sounded very Desiree.

Yes, Desiree.

uh maybe in some of those sort of you know those 90s chick flicks such as bridget jones that that kind of may have been those kind of films why are you watching chick flicks thomas well you know it was the 90s not much on uh terrestrial tv but then you have to picture what's on it and when you have a big family of course you know you can't hog the tv and you enjoyed it come on i didn't mind the first bridge i'm not going to deny that you can't watch the recent one then no

So here are Carasso looking for a fourth goal, looking to take the lead again.

Oh!

What happened there?

That was pinball.

We've got to dissect that one.

We've got to dissect it.

That was pinball, and that's the only way you can knock down a mountain, Andrea Montagne.

Water, just water.

The force with which that ball hit him in the face.

Stop the time, please.

Oh!

Look at that.

What a reflex as well.

The reflex from Alessio Buono.

That would have added insult to injury for Montagne.

That would be a known goal.

The pain of being... Getting smacked in the face by a ball as well.

It's just nasty.

It's one of those painful ones where...

You can't really properly see out of your eyes for a while.

You can just see, like, black, blurry color here.

So it's not a nice feeling.

The loser of this match will face the winner of SXP against Kuni Sports, with SXP reaching the last chance in the last World Cup.

So the corner to the edge of the box.

He didn't go for Nippon Skoll's volley at the first time of asking.

Went for the control instead.

Bradford City or Villa?

Which one are you thinking of?

Bradford City, I believe.

Yeah.

Played into the channel.

There's Axel Gulen.

Now Molo.

Oh, and he was looking to curl it into the top corner.

Boyd Caddy.

Those jerseys, again, from the fans.

I saw a PSG.

I think it was, you know, Arsene Laun.

Laun's jersey as well.

I think we saw an old-school Arsenal one from the early 2000s, which was, I remember, they had 02.

It's a nice kit as well.

That's why I like the sort of different sports bringing their jerseys, sort of retro ones as well.

We like a bit of football.

We do like a bit of that.

Football merchandise, a football jersey, we like... Oh, this is a nice move.

This is a nice move!

Wonderful goal for FC Zeta.

Tommaso Bernardi with the finish.

But it was all about the move.

Intricate passing move, wasn't it?

And Bernardi capping it off.

It's one of the team moves of the tournament, that's for sure.

Now they've pulled their secret card as well.

We'll see what it is.

For them, they'd love it to be saved for something like a penalty or a shootout, give them a direct chance to score and add to their four goals.

And for the second time, they score a goal and immediately press the button.

It was the presidential penalty earlier, now the secret card.

Can we?

I know we continue to speculate, but it's just because we think what could be sort of the ideal situation for the team.

So Molo.

Has just joined us, Molo, the cousin of Gignac.

Now we are going to find out.

No more speculation.

No more doubts.

That's it?

Secret card is a penalty.

Oh, it's a penalty.

Wow.

That's what we were saying, wasn't it?

You want it to be something like that just to give you a direct chance, a clear-cut chance.

To add to the lead, and just to our right here, the security chap from France, he's shaking his head.

He's disappointed because he knows his team, Cardasson, one of his many teams, he's won all the French sides, could find themselves trailing by two here.

But remember last time, though, Schalke saved the penalty against... Oh, they're bringing him on, aren't they?

Yeah.

The penalty specialist is coming on.

Can he do what he did in the last game?

He came off, didn't he?

So, wow, hey, will history repeat itself?

Bencherchi against Perrotti.

No, not this time.

Shame, shame.

Not this time for Bencherchi.

It's a real shame for him, but it's obviously brilliant for FC Zeta.

On this occasion, Bencherchi unable to replicate his penalty heroics.

He stopped a GR7, another Italian side, last time out.

He was hoping to do it again against another Italian team.

It just wasn't to be.

We'll see what the secret card is very soon for the Freitas, and they need it now since they're trading by two.

It's been two double blows from Zeta in two little pockets of the game.

They've scored 2-2, and it's seen them put four goals on the board just like that.

A goal's worth double.

I just got a little glimpse.

Sorry to spoil it for everybody.

The party blooper.

Double goal for Carassel.

5-3.

That would get them to 5-5.

That would force the game into a golden goal, which we saw yesterday.

Yeah, Frank Seid, one of the all-stars.

Martins, the hero.

Flick over the top.

Flick over!

And Bilal, who's back in goal.

Bencherki had his moment.

On the back of his shoes, he doesn't have, of course, Bilal.

Bastion, yes.

Let's lay it down here.

Oh, somebody's injured.

Yes, they're number five.

It's Duati.

Well, that's the exact same part of the pace that yesterday we had that terrible knee injury.

Yeah, for Fluxo.

Again, we really hope it's nothing serious, and if it is, sadly, we wish him a very speedy recovery.

I saw the wheelchair earlier up close and personal.

I got to see it.

But yeah, no Malakini, no news.

No news has come to us from the camp regarding the...

I suppose they're waiting maybe for a scan to see how he is.

Exactly.

Maybe also to wait a few days, but just allow that swelling to maybe go down.

In the meantime, is this going to be another nasty one for Abdelhamid Touati, who has Abdel on the back of his shirt?

Let's see what he touches, if it's knee or ankle, because when he goes down, it's not the best landing.

Could be a really bad sprain of the ankle.

And the stretcher is landed and rolled up.

Oh, the stretcher.

Looks like a wheelchair is gone for good.

So let's hope he's not holding his knee.

Ankle could be a sprain.

It's a painful one, but.

It's one of those interests that you can recover from.

Nice gesture from the crowd.

A round of applause.

Another close-up of Christian Brocchi into Milan Fiorentina amongst his clubs.

He's had lots of silverware.

this time with the Rossoneri as you'd expect playing in that period in the in the 2000s under Cavalli and Chilofte doesn't look good from the players reaction again but first of all we hope it is nothing serious and should it be a nasty one and we hope it's a very speedy recovery and a positive recovery

I don't want to see that.

End in a sour note.

So Abdel Touati, the field of play.

That corner is drilled in by FC Zeta.

Now they've got the throw in.

Che Dossa.

The 360-degree turn.

throws it to the keeper the updates of the game with Norway as well World Cup qualifier it's there we've tried to bring it there with the nation's they give me Spain it was what a game that was in your mouth so so good as long as he wins it doesn't matter if he suffers he wants to win

regardless and he has to win five for every game here he'll take that i'm not sure that spain fans spanish fans are like that it's not good for the for the old heart those up and down games but did come out on top which is the key thing get another chance

Shots is... Well, it looked like he was trying to punch it away there.

He should have fell in front of him and thought, I might as well grab it.

He did two goes at it.

It's a strange save from Mournoff.

Fortunately, there's no one there just to tap in the rebound.

Baidosa.

Sayah.

That's his career.

Over the top.

That was a lovely move, but Molo couldn't control the cousin of Gignac.

Is he?

Cross into the far post, punched away by Bournot.

say so that's it won't see too many howlers as such from the keepers uh there was that one uh yeah and the the g2 corner yeah yeah one of those out from the one uh manchester united against southampton that was always props up doesn't it just through the legs

I remember the Tim Flowers one as well, that bowled up over his shoulder.

I just feel so sorry for the keepers in that moment.

There was one for Interkeeper Radu a couple of seasons ago against Bologna.

I don't know if you remember it, but Messi, of course, passed back to him as he tried to sort of

So he sort of got a little bit of contact on his studs, but didn't get it, and then it just left the ball there for the Bologna player to tuck it home.

That was nearly tucked home, so, yeah, we can feel for the keepers in those moments.

So far, there could have been a potential howl, if you want to hear from Warner, but he dealt with it in the end, but far from that, that was a goal.

He's been good, he's been good.

Now the chance... Oh, Kiriko almost teed him up for what would have been a very clear chance for Zeta.

Karasu bats him away down the other end of the pitch.

A chance to shoot.

No way through.

Oh, he's undercooked the pass.

It falls to Molotov.

Molotov.

Oh, agonizing.

Two players lining up.

Feitos out with the cross.

And the header goes wide.

Well, there were seven seconds left to get the double goal, and I think that was it.

Won't get anything.

Oh wow, how close Bruno.

As clear as that for Alex Fokir.

Oh my, my, my.

Oh, a whisker.

wide of the post and as you said that would have taken them level and would have forced the game to a golden goal situation now setter are back in the driving seat they kind of they could afford to to concede they don't want to concede of course going but they could afford to concede and they would still be in the lead all kinds of arguments from the french players we play on though we play on

Multiple appeals, nothing given by the referee.

And the cross is now shouldered away by Mandil Manzoni.

So we get to 38.

There have only been too many complaints in the dugout.

Yellow card for Zabri Bizarre.

There is going to be a review as the Zeta players have already made their way to the dugout.

Castle players are slowly getting across because they continue to complain.

Let's see what we hear.

Good old tweaks there in terms of the positional play.

directing his players.

We'll be starting up top.

We'll be staying a bit further back.

So, Molo asking for some encouragement from the fans.

We make some noise to try and give them some much-needed energy in these final two minutes.

We'll find out who is going to be at least the candidates for MVP very shortly as well, Bruin.

We spoke earlier.

It's going to have to be Perrotis, surely.

Yeah, the way the game has...

He's heading towards his climax.

It must be him.

We'll find out shortly.

We said it was going to be difficult.

We felt it would have been difficult.

There's another player who's on four for the competition now, Matteo Perotti.

The 26-year-old applying his trade in Serie D. Petosa.

Oh, that shot was not far off again.

Buono was rooted, just hoping that it was going wide.

That's all he could do because it was just strapped so well with such power.

Oh.

Yeah, strike.

Pissed in for that corner, but it just... this moment just curled away slightly.

Back with FC Zeta.

Bernardi, put in the ball by the corner flag.

Got to kick forward, Carasso.

Time to get the ball down the other end.

Molo.

Ceja.

It's with Feitosa.

Oh, slid it through.

Chirico brings it out.

Well done by Chirico.

Got Bernardi in support.

That is brilliant from Chirico.

That hit Bernardi.

They may not have scored a goal, but it's the end of the clock.

He's got closer and closer to 40 minutes without there being any threat from Carasso.

Montagne needs to try and force the corner at least.

Oh, goal kick.

I'm not that happy about it, is he?

I think it came off the French player.

It was either a foul or a corner.

I'm not sure that he'll... Three minutes.

There's a goal kick.

Three minutes.

So there is still a chance here for Carasso.

Gassim lines up the shots.

It was a very long way, far from goal, Gassim.

One of the candidates for MVP, but as you said, it must be, but obviously he's now leading the way, more than 60% of the votes, and especially should it finish this way, it would be a deserved prize for him.

I know he's going to be speaking to one of our hosts on the side.

Look at him go.

And he got the one-two.

Oh!

Oh!

Saved by Bilal.

Put together some real nice moves, that Zeta.

Yeah, probably one of the goals of the...

Team goals of the tournament, let's be sure.

Molo.

Oh, that's made them lose some momentum there.

Touch from Kadir.

Gassim.

Is there a foul?

He wants the collective, of course, individual accolades are lovely, but, of course, he'll want to put the team first.

They netted five against Olympia, they netted five against Karasu.

Looking to keep the ball in the corner is Bernari.

And they're going to finish it off.

Or are they?

Perotti.

Wow, desperate defending.

Oh, there's still a minute and a half left.

He should have buried that.

He's trying to be a little bit too cute.

He'll get another chance now, Perotti, with the performance he's put in.

Surprised he didn't make the most of that chance.

I think he was maybe a little bit arrogant and tried to do too much.

Feidosa Molo!

He was very nearly made to pay the price.

Imagine having to look your teammates in the eyes after potentially conceding a goal there.

Sorry, I'm just going to say the only other person to play to win two MVPs is Wellington Rodriguez.

Well, well, well, well.

From GDC.

Gassim.

Grigor.

Ooh, taking it back quickly.

Gassim.

Is that a foul?

No, the referee says there was no contact.

That may have been the final chance for Carrasco.

Long throw.

Gasam going for the Igi da Skorpion kick.

Wembley.

Three minutes on the clock and it is game over.

Canassol lose to FC Zeta, who win their two first fixtures in the competition.

They sail through to the last 16.

Canassol, though, will have to play in that purgatory.

That is the last chance after they let the lead slip away in this game.

A good team performance from Zeta.

Deserving winners in the end, in the second half.

Played their cards very intelligently.

Two consecutive double blows which saw them score those four goals that turned the game around.

So they beat Olimpo in the first game 5-2, now they've beaten Zeta by five goals to three, consistent in their results, Matteo Perotti consistent in his MVP winning, as Tom would say, he's only the second player to have won two MVPs so far in this competition alongside Wellington of Galacticos del Caribe, and he will shortly be joining our pitchside reporter for that post-game interview.

celebrating with his teammates.

And we're back, and we're back with a bang because it is Los Trancos against Expire Team.

We have a Spanish derby.

It's a battle between two sides from España, Los Trancos and Expire Team.

And we've picked out two players here, Alex Gutierrez and Juan El Amrani, the former winning the

trophy last year with Porcinos, whereas the latter scored the first of the 10 team goals against Los Chamos in their first fixture.

Now, Bruno, these sides know each other very well.

I think that's an understatement.

They know each other extremely well.

Yeah, the players know each other inside out because, as we said, there's a lot of movement and rotations in terms of team squads.

A lot of them have been teammates, have been on different teams together, and they've faced against each other for the last three years, week in, week out.

And they're two teams who played, of course, in the Kings World Cup, the inaugural edition in Mexico, where X-Fire team defeated Los Troncos in the quarterfinals.

X-Fire's team going on to lose in the semifinals against Porto Finos.

Los Troncos beat TRM here in the opening fixture against the Italians.

3-2, that was a very good match.

The Italian champions, so not an easy game whatsoever for the Spanish side.

We don't generally see the Spanish side being pushed that much by teams from France, Germany or Italy.

TRM showing that they're a very, very difficult team to beat, an expired team.

Today will be a more realistic test, a more idea of where they actually are, because Los Chamos unfortunately sort of really gave in quite quickly in that game.

They threw in the towel and ended up losing 10-1, what was the heaviest defeat in Kings World Cup history.

Yeah, the difficulty level has been cranked up a few notches indeed.

for xpire team against lost the drawing of the fortnite secret card that reminder and a refresh and for those who are relatively new to the kings league can only be played in the second half so in the first half they do have of course those presidential penalties and we have seen on a few rare occasions they played in the first time but they tend to be played in

the second, and we're all set then.

It's also a bit of a grudge match.

You mentioned how much these sides know each other inside out.

The expired team, of course, eliminated by Los Troncos with a 9-4 victory in the quarterfinals of the King's World Cup clubs in 2024.

We'll see whether that has any bearing out of it.

It was a long, long time ago they've said there's been a lot of change in personnel.

And we see the expired brothers there, no doubt.

They'll be looking forward to the presidential penalty later on as the ball is about to drop from that iconic change.

We're underway after another Spanish derby in the 2025 edition of the King's World Cup clubs.

As we so often see, the keeper is heavily involved in these very early stages with the Xpire team trying to get their number 10 on the ball, Pablo Beguer.

He has an eye for goal.

Here he is.

Is it brilliant from Beguer?

It's a brilliant save in the end.

Lo llamo Edo, with the same very experienced players on the pitch.

Carlos Planas, who's been in the Kings League ever since the very first split.

Pablo Eder, of course, the player with the most appearances in the history of the competition, so players that know how to play this format to perfection.

Manu Martins couldn't get back in between the sticks.

Edo, this line now, looking to bring one of his teammates into play, which he does.

He stays there in support.

May not need the keeper, he doesn't need the keeper!

1-0 Los Troncos have the advantage in this all Spanish showdown.

It's their captain there, Captain Fantastic, who gives them the opening goal.

Yeah, Carlos Planas, the former professional, former Celta Vigo player there, who's just slowly but surely moving forward and saying, all right, if he continues to block the pass, I will take the shot.

And he scores his first goal in the tournament.

He'd scored three in the opening day, Eloy Amoilo, the keeper, the Jorge Jimenez and Gerard Neuer, the other goalscorers, so Carlos Planas joining the party.

The only team in the Kings League universe to have won split in both the Kings League and the Queen's League, which is the Women's League.

Now here he is again, Llanas, looking to pile home an assist, which he does.

He has scored the first, he has set up the second.

Jan Neuer once again on the score sheet after leaving his mark against Thierry Mbappe in the first game.

Capas Plata's doing very well there, running to the byline.

I thought maybe he was going to run off the field of play, but he hooked his right foot around into the arnoia with the late surging run into the box.

The finish for Los Troncos.

We've got off to the perfect start here against Expire Team.

Reminder, the winner of this will go straight through to the round of 16.

They get a bye.

Don't have to go through the last chance saloon.

Far from it.

As they now...

The expired team try and find an opening here.

Again, number 14.

Number 14 there, looking to have a shot, but it was a blot.

Los Troncos leading, and they reach two finals, the King's Cup in 2023, and at the Inalpi Arena final is the...

Los Troncos defence deal with that, but they lost both occasions, both in 2023 and in 2025 to Uto Mostoles.

They want to rid themselves of that sort of runners-up tag as the shot comes in.

Oh, that was a lovely strike, wasn't it?

He's been so involved in his early exchanges.

Lannister was a defender.

He's not known for his goal scoring or his chance creation, but that's pretty much what he's done in this game.

Scored one and provided the other.

Really laying down a marker then to be an early candidate for MVP.

But of course, a long way to go.

A long way to go.

But no, you're right, no.

A long way to go.

And also, you can't read too much.

I mean, the early, early stages, one side perhaps races ahead, but you see another side come roaring back into it.

You can't read too much at times.

And actually, you want to give yourself a strong foothold in the contest.

You want to set up an early lead and a bit of a cushion, which can actually help you.

What about that for a wall?

Oh, good desperate defending, they've got a corner.

I think the control ran away a little bit from Carvajal, but it was a wonderful run, perfect pass from Amoedo.

Hev just joined his pannas, and then Neuer was a reinforcement, actually brought in by Los Trancos for this, well, come to replace the injured, Jordi Gomez.

The hat-trick scorer from the Premier League, that little bit of...

A trivia that we had the other day.

That's right, that's right.

For Wigan or against Wigan?

For Wigan, yeah.

For Wigan, yeah, yeah.

Nobody thought of that part of the UK.

I'm sure very different, certainly in terms of the weather and the cuisine, let's put it that way.

Still some lovely parts in that northwestern part of the UK.

Do I hear someone backtracking?

I don't know.

Oh, no, far from it, I was going to say.

Actually, they're coming from España to that part of the UK.

Very different, but it's pros and cons.

Pros and cons, of course, even living in Spain.

Of course, yeah, multiple.

Goes over here.

Taking short.

The expired team we were trying to find a way back into this match as you said they were

So convincing against Los Chamos, but this time, though, the level goes up, and they're trying to look to one of their star men.

It's Fuad.

Fuad just poked into that side netting the Moroccan ace, who really impressed at the King's World Cup nations back in January, he and Nadir.

So we've got joining us, or rather joining our German casters to the left, a couple of members, what looks like from the Futbolistas Locos, maybe replacing one of them, or probably Jürgen taking a little break, or...

was it tyler but either way he's had to get on his feet that's for sure yeah maybe we can make that chair now yeah finally a bit of movement from him

And so we've got the futbolistas Locos joining us just alongside us, which is always a real treat.

And they're obviously riding high, Bruno, after picking up their victory in the shootout yesterday against UC.

And making a bit of history in the competition, the first ever win for a side to hail from Germany.

So congratulations to them.

and you see and all their supporters were silenced in the end and there were so many Moroccan fans packing out the the cupra arena goes right over the stands there's no side netting there so those fans have to be be careful unlike here but behind the guards were a bit more fortunate like that number 20 uh chopper we're explaining that wasn't it the different names related to trees trees trees yeah some kind of horticulture references was a kind of tree yeah

which is nice, and obviously a lot stronger to the tree trunks.

And hence the sort of green as well, Celtic.

Very on brand with the current times.

Yes, which is good.

Environment is very, very important.

We've been doing our best, haven't we, in terms of using as much public transport as possible.

Lots of walking.

Recycling, obviously, is very good.

We're staying in our hotel.

So we're doing our part as well.

Of course, it is one of the major challenges of the 21st century, absolutely.

And we're doing our part.

And Paris is a very, very green city.

And Ostongos in their green are looking good.

Mean and Green expiring out.

Coming forward, Fouad.

He's toe-pokes in.

Oh, that was nice.

Was that Rabona?

Or Rabona, yeah.

Remember Rivaldo's?

The great Rivaldo.

He may have scored.

Either way, he was one that was really good at those kind of tricks.

Great Rivaldo.

He's played right into his 40s, you know.

We were talking earlier about Deportivo La Coruña before that golden team.

Rivaldo was actually at Deportivo before signing for FC Barcelona.

Again, people like myself who haven't gotten in, of La Liga and Spanish football, think of Rivaldo, Barcelona and Brazil.

Happens to move Serie A, of course.

but played for a wealth of clubs, maybe in Europe, maybe in Greece.

He played in Uzbekistan as well.

I remember when I was there, there were photos of him everywhere.

I'm sure when he was...

It was out there.

It was a very, very popular figure.

And talking of popular, in this case, popular things, what about Fortnite, Bruno?

Every time I see that logo, which has popped up now on a jersey, I picture half the locker room and the players and even the presence getting a quick match in before the game.

You were wondering where I was going, weren't you?

I was just saying, yeah, that locker room and...

Having a quick match before, especially this week with all the new stuff that's been dropping in.

Rumour has it they're playing everything right now from Battle Royale to Ballistic.

And hey, you in the chat, jump in too.

Haven't tried any of the modes yet.

Now is the time.

Links in the chat.

So, very, very popular.

I don't know if it's got the same popularity as Rivaldo.

Well, maybe outside of Brazil.

It's far more popular than Rivaldo.

I hope so.

I hope so.

I think that was a finger to the eye, wasn't it, for Fouad?

Yeah.

He's OK.

He's OK, yeah.

It's very painful.

He's wincing and maybe tearing up a little bit.

That was a very explosive start, wasn't it?

Quick-fire double from Lostron.

Of course, this game has settled, so it's now settled a little bit, and they're both sizing each other up here, aren't they?

Oh, still Carlos Planas, who is the difference, and the man that is deciding this game.

And an assist, as you said, for a defender by trade, but I suppose there are positions where you have to be able to do a bit of everything, unless you're someone like Kevin Oliveira, where you can just basically say, here's the ball, go on, give us a goal, mate.

No, he won't say amigo, that's Spanish.

No, the Brazilian, the Portuguese, I beg your pardon, for amigo, by the way, I know he's...

a big, big figure.

We all know he's such a big figure in the Kings League.

Unfortunately, he's not involved at this time right now.

There's Ovid Martínez, but he is a present, isn't he, for Pérez Sass with those crutches.

He's always giving up the card.

Helping Gabriele Battocletti with all his experience.

A little bit of extra info.

about expiring we're trying to find a way back into this game that 10-1 win all the goals were scored by different players different scores which you did remind us of of earlier but i just wanted to say that a couple of them were goals that were worth double because they came at the very end

yeah it was one two three four five six different goal scorers so there were six goals and as you say those goals at the very end 10 goals on the scoreboard that's it and we still haven't actually had a clean sheet as yet uh bruno across the the competition and it's still very early i know to talk about it but

We'll see.

It's difficult because of the presidential penalties and because of the cards.

It's very difficult for somebody to keep a clean sheet.

And as we always say, those two minutes when there's so much space after the roll of the dice, you tend to get at least one goal.

It's very rare to see a no-goal scored in those final two minutes.

Listen, you don't come to Kings League for shutouts, far from it, but of course, if you do keep one, it's a real boost, isn't it, for the defence?

It looks good as well.

What would be interesting is if there would ever be a nil-nil draw.

Almost impossible.

Yeah, wow.

I can't ever afford that happening.

Just caught my eye at a lovely...

retro anelka shirt i think it's psg i was also wondering where you're going with that one lovely there's the shot straight out there what uh what jersey was it it was a club shirt did you say or i think it's silver yeah it's a silver psg shirt very very nice

Because he went to Pistri after Real Madrid, did he?

Big fan of Anelka.

Is that when he went to Pistri?

I know, obviously, he moved to Real, didn't he, after Arsenal?

Didn't work out for him, really.

No, no, but he still won a Champions League, though, even though I know he wasn't a protagonist.

He scored a header, I think, in the semis against Bayern Munich, but, yeah, he was a fringe player, yeah.

But still, hey...

more european cups and uh number 12. that's a good question that's a good question actually i don't know it's a good question obviously we know 98 more cup he did where i knew he was very people on the early stages but towards the very end the like services through uh 50

really coming to the fore for that Francois.

That's a good team, wasn't it?

M'Jacques.

France side, and it was also, you remember at the time, a big win for sort of also multiculturalism in France as well.

It was including so many players to hail from, have origins from outside France, from Joël Cailleb, Zidane, just to name a couple, obviously Thuram.

It really was a big, big moment in that sense as well, that new second and third generation.

french players and um yeah so it meant it wasn't just a bit obviously for france in terms of the history books but also for their country as well what it meant culturally as well milestone moment and uh what a competition and beating a ronaldo's uh brazil although it wasn't fully fit ronaldo is still to this day there's still so many question marks what exactly

happened in the build-up.

It's a bit of a mystery, isn't it?

Who knows what would have happened had he been 100% fit.

He clearly wasn't fit for that final.

You get the feeling that if you had a World Cup final now, in the modern day and age, there wouldn't be two such

Brilliant players as Zidane playing against Ronaldo, for example.

Oh, and talking of brilliant players, that was a number 9 getting on the score sheet, just like the great R9 himself.

And it is for the X-Fire team, while they're hoping it's going to stand.

The arm has been raised.

Did Alcarazzo strain to an offside position, Bruno, or not?

It actually will be Che, but he's hoping he could fall, and also very similar to that Brazil kid in terms of the blue and the yellow.

As he fired it home, Iker Alcarazzo.

We wait, we wait.

J'attends, j'attends.

That and that and that.

To the naked eye, it looked offside.

In progress.

It's being checked as we speak.

We're going to have an on-field review here.

Okay, thank you.

He's not the one drawing the lines, though, so it is offside.

So we don't have that go back.

So from 1998 back to 2025 then with the Kingsley.

Who would have thought of the Kingsley back in the 90s?

Where we'd be here today in the modern game and the different brands of football.

Let's put it that way because, you know, it's not competition for traditional football, it's a complementary product.

Let's put it that way.

The Expo team determined to get that goal back and they have to do a little bit more than they are to get that goal back.

So we're entering these final stages of the first period.

Los Troncos, a good value for this 2-0 lead.

I have to say, starting really well and keeping it tight since then.

That's by hand, the ball in the back of net just a few moments ago, but ruled out for offside.

And there, Choi then wiped out Los Troncos.

And here we get a third here.

Shielding of the ball.

real sense that f2r are up next because the stand starts to fill out with those french fans there are some teams some local teams that

got that pull a bit more than than other french teams and f2r is one of them i mean of course it's a huge streamer here in france and they just start to trickle in now and we can sense it because from our position normally we can see the pitch and uh yeah when the fans start coming in we can't see this there's part of the pitch that we can't see i have to sort of either jump up a little bit or stand on the the stool we've been given to just to see

to see over.

And you mentioned, I mean, he's actually going to roll the dice shortly, the F2L president.

So we'll...

We'll see him ahead, just ahead of, obviously, his side's game against Denzelé at 10 p.m.

I was just asking our guys behind the scenes, guys and girls behind the scenes, it's probably the last match in which X-Pyre failed to score a single goal.

We have to go back to Matchday 3 of Split 4 in Kingsley, Spain, when they lost 2-0 to Autopostale, so that was back in September 2024, so still a while to go here.

It's still, of course, a while to go, but, you know, one starts to...

Depending on who wins rock, paper, scissor, then... Yeah, for the expired brothers, exactly.

It could be more or less likely.

Can I be honest?

Why do that when you know the younger of the two is the better?

But I suppose maybe they've had a little pact and said, listen, this is who we're going to decide it.

And that is that.

That's the bottom line.

Remember that presidents also need to put on a bit of a show.

It's part and parcel of the game, really.

Not that you're saying it's staged.

They already know what they're going to...

Oh, I hadn't actually thought of that.

We'll find out.

We will ask, because that's relatively simple.

More Los Troncos to deal with as we go into the final seconds or so of the first 18 minutes.

The clock continues to tick down.

Can they get this corner away in the nick of time?

Verdoux with the throw.

That is that.

So we are going to have the Royal Dice, the JD Royal Dice.

I'm in the present of F2R, F2Z.

And we'll see what the outcome is.

So it's JD, which is the 1v1 with keepers.

Do you know what I do miss?

The old-school 1v1 without keepers.

I love that, yeah.

I thought that was brilliant.

Yeah.

I know when we were doing our rehearsal, we kept saying it, and they kept saying, well, guys, it's not there anymore.

We were like, no, we wanted it back.

We wanted it back.

We wanted it back.

We're good.

Because it was just so good, that sort of shootout, wasn't it?

Gets halfway on.

They steady themselves.

And how they had to clear with their heads.

Yeah, because they obviously couldn't handle it.

Oh, it was brilliant.

It was brilliant.

And you saw some really nice goals there.

There was some powerful strikes from the middle.

Some players as well, more than others, could really handle the shot.

So we're back underway, 1v1 with keepers.

In this scenario, keepers can't come out of their penalty area.

Had it been, say, a 3v3, of course, then they are.

It's just in this situation, they must stay in their penalty area, which adds to a bit of excitement.

Lovely turn of pace here.

Neuer!

Ooh!

What a touch on its way through, didn't it?

He is rapid, isn't he, Gerard Neuer?

When I say that, I'm aware maybe because Neuer is in the keeper.

It sounds like it, doesn't it?

I do apologize.

Oh, no, it's the same.

No, no, no.

Neuer, yeah, yeah.

Okay, good stuff, but yeah, it's not Neuer.

Maybe we should sit with the accent.

Maybe that will help.

Neuer has another go.

Still.

Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, time to run, Neuer.

Time to run.

He has got the pace, though.

He's quick.

He has got the pace.

He's a speed demon, that's for sure.

Let's see what he's like in defence.

His ex-fighting try and get the goal.

Which they do.

We said there could be goals, and it is that man there.

There, number 10, Pablo Beguer.

Another goal for him.

Another one in his long list of goals in the Kings.

Absolutely.

Why was I even talking about an expired team potentially firing a blank?

Look at that.

Look at that.

2-1.

They're right back in this game now.

Puts the pressure back on Los Troncos.

Here we go, here we go.

Good goalkeeping.

Great goalkeeping.

Here we go.

Is this going to be three?

Around the keeper.

Could have been a penalty, well done.

Oh, so, so cool.

Diego Jimenez.

And may almost instantaneously restore that two-goal cushion.

There were many things there which I thought could have gone wrong for Diego Jimenez.

I thought as well, fair play to him.

Tip of the hat because he could have gone down.

He could have said, I'd rather take the penalty here.

But he decided to finish on his left foot.

Weaker left foot, not a great angle.

Defender was racing onto the score, onto the line.

Are they going to have another goal?

And the other one off the bar.

Oh, wow, and the first half comes to a close with a bang, literally, and that Colt is still shaking.

And Los Troncos, they are no longer shaking because they are leading 3-1.

They've maintained that two-goal cushion.

This was a brilliant strike from Dwyer, just needed to be a little bit lower.

And now let's try and listen in to what's been said at the break.

Moggy Paul or what?

Paul?

And remember, we were talking about cousins earlier.

Eric Bartra, Mark Bartra's brother, the coach of Los Doncos.

Oh, wow.

There you go.

It's all sort of family kind of feel, isn't it?

Family fortunes.

Our survey says.

If it's up there, I'll give you the money myself.

The great Les Dennis.

Big shout out to Les Dennis.

Yeah, absolutely.

An icon of the 80s and 90s and early 2000s.

And in recent years, he's been appearing on some good shows as well.

With the extras.

Not wearing his towel.

That was not such a positive moment.

There was also really, is it shorter than life?

Life's too short.

He was really good in that.

Again, Ricky Gervais involved.

I wouldn't say David Brent, but because I associate RG with DB.

Anyway, anyway, I digress.

shot from distance didn't take a touch on his way through it's good that's a good start for expire immediately pinning uh back in their own half guys anything can happen maybe leading 3-1 but they've got those two presidential pennies to play there's two secret cards that's whipped in there just headed uh wide

of course, a shared objective, winning your first two games, and just avoids that extra pressure, doesn't it, with that last chance saloon?

You know, you've done your job early.

You know, not say put your feet up, but at least have a little bit of a down time.

Why not?

Play a bit of Fortnite.

and then start thinking and also watch your potential opponent in the last chance.

That's quite nice as well, isn't it?

You can scout your opponent and say, well, if we're one of these two teams, we know who we're going to be playing.

It's got to be wonderful watching others suffer in purgatory whilst you're up in the heavens.

Oh, yeah, well, in a bit of sort of, yeah, in a sort of Schadefreude kind of style, isn't it?

There is that human element, isn't there?

You know, your rivals wanting to... Not wanting, but, you know, if they do sort of suffer or struggle, they're not too disappointed.

I'm sure if you say Juventus and Milan fans weren't too upset about Inter losing, for example.

Like, say, had PSG lost to Olympique Marseille fans, maybe it wouldn't have been that upset.

I'm sure the same for Real Madrid and Barcelona.

For example, if Real in the final, Barcelona don't want Real and vice versa to win because of the rivals that exist domestically.

in their respective championships.

And you've lived in both cities, haven't you, Bruno?

So you know the intense rivalry that exists between you in that classic one.

I can tell you that if Madrid play in the Champions League, Barca fans are massive fans of the team that's playing them and vice versa.

We said earlier about the English and the German being so similar, and that's why the Madrid fans and Barca fans are very similar.

very expectant demanding fans as well obviously with demand success there's no sort of idea that okay we're going to rebuild and maybe win again it's like to win got to be competitive at least you've got maybe one winner in in caltron football but uh

You've got to be competitive, you've got to be there or thereabouts, and that's the pressure that comes with the big clubs, and talking of sort of big clubs and potential winners, these two early on in this competition have been tipped by our experts to go far in the competition, but just manning the works for one of these sides that ends up on the losing side, having to go the long way around, go through the last chance saloon.

In a few days' time, we've still got to wrap up everything here.

I've just had a little grimace and lost my train of thought because I've just been told Norway are battering and hammering Italy 3-0, which, again, as you can hear, I am an Englishman, but living in Italy for a long, long time, Italian wife and... Italian daughter.

Yeah, exactly.

So Italy has become my adopted nation and...

I feel very much Italian as well as English.

It's very upsetting to see Italy, a fallen giant.

It's domestic.

Italy haven't qualified for the past two World Cups.

And after this, it's going to be uphill if they want to qualify again.

It would be unthinkable.

Papered over a little bit by that Euro win.

It was, yeah.

It was kind of...

a bit of the cracks you're right softens the blow of uh of not having been on the on the major scene but yeah no it's been a strange difficult times for italy there is the noise that's where it's coming from yeah it's another really good block we have another i thought there was another really good drummer i prefer these drums to the ones yesterday they were very loud yeah this is more pleasant yeah something you can listen to while you're having a nice cup of tea or a coffee

Ah, he's missed that one.

Yeah.

Just a little bit this one.

No, the ones yesterday.

Oh, that's a retro shirt.

So we've got a Brazil 02 and a United, I believe, 06.

This is a 2006.

The stick me neck out.

Nice shirt.

04 or 05, maybe.

Very nice jerseys in the stands.

Of course, unless you support Man City or Argentina, then you don't like those two shirts.

I am aware of that, but if you're a neutral, you're a neutral.

There are teams that I like more than others, and the ones that I don't like as much, I can admit that... Nice kit.

I remember the Man United, half yellow, half green.

I thought that was a very nice kit back in the day.

Yes.

It was 92-93.

And by no means was Man Utd supported.

Those were their original colours when they were Newton-Heath.

Before changing and being a Manchester United, they were Newton-Heath.

It was a railway.

And they had that kit.

It was lovely.

I suppose they haven't done it more in recent years, going back to those colours, that kit.

Anyway, we're talking about winners and losers.