Are Brazil in real danger of missing the World Cup? | ESPN FC Extra Time

Are Brazil in real danger of missing the World Cup? [Music] hey there everybody welcome into the espnfc studios herk Ali Stevie Seb plus your questions which Stevie you didn't think were that good or what I saw the face you made B your problem how dare you assume okay never assume got got a what happens when you assume there you go fale are Brazil in real danger of missing the World Cup we just talked about they've already lost four matches this cycle they only lost eight times the previous four World Cup Cycles combined well they're they're in a uncomfortable conversation which they usually aren't and and now you start asking the question well if the performances don't improve if they continue to have the same issues that they have had now for months then maybe there is a pathway by which they miss out I don't think that's the case because the teams that they have to beat that are now currently below Brazil not just historically but because of the talent level that is available to Brazil currently even if they're short on Talent they should be better than Paraguay they should be better than Peru they should be better than Chile they should be better than Venezuela they haven't been better than Venezuela and they haven't been of course better than Paraguay because they just lost to Paraguay but I think they'll do enough you imagine a World Cup Stevie without Brazil it's a World Cup without Italy it's a World Cup it happens feel like to Brazil it doesn't a different no no I know I know I'm just saying yeah people just have to be very careful to assume especially if it was in an expanded that's the thing it's an expanded World Cup there are more opportunities I mean there's so many outs for Brazil that's not happening yeah this yeah I'm with you I'm with you it seems that it would be harder for Brazil not to get there get there to fa yeah the numbers you're exactly right I mean how many of them are so Paraguay 10 teams are in six six go how to go straight through right now yeah they're below Venezuela but I thought they were playing a I thought they were play one of the World Cup openers no no no no no no no no that's in that's in uh the 2030 yes 203 hey look wait it's here it's here in the stat let's move on before get our timelines screed up here I'm sitting here looking at the looking at the the the table and I'm going looking into the future I'm sure parag's got a World Cup gamey Ste don't don't hey no time to worry about 2030 for you yeah let's bring it back to 2026 because that's actually the next question do you think PCH will really be able to develop the Can Pochettino develop the USMNT before the World Cup? team and its players in the short time he has leading up to the 2026 World Cup uh to your point didn't take Jesse Marsh long didn't take em a ha is long so he's got enough time yeah got enough time you got 10 windows from now until the World Cup it's not rocket science it's football so I definitely absolutely I think it takes a slight tweak here and there and you've got a different team and it goes to prove how important coaching is around the world that if Jesse Marsh can get a team back on track Emma Hayes can get a team back on track why would m IO poino not be able to I like it expect results expect them Start, Bench, Drop: USMNT edition quickly for herk start bench or drop these 1994 us MNT all of them no I'm you do you do have your things with the uh with the4 boys clao ARA Eric Wala uh and Tab Ramos oh here we go oh that's a difficult one okay is this for is this on play or on personal I'll go I got some thoughts personally I'm going to keep it play I'm going to keep it on play it should be yes absolutely I I start clao right hold on let let her answer the question the question goodness he wants to ask the questions and see the thing for me is I uh I grew up early in Southern Cal and Eric was one of the only guys out there and this man was an absolute just animal for the US Men's National Team so I always had an affinity on the field for Eric so I'll start Eric okay uh and this is where you're splitting hairs because if you ask people who the two most talented players of those Generations were all of them are going to say Tab and cloudo I have a little bit more of a eye for tab because of where he's been okay and what he's done so I will stick with tab but you cannot go wrong W look at that okay so you went Walda tab Cloud Arena yeah okay well answer the question now SE since you were soer you going I'm dropping Walda that's for sure I hope you hear here's it okay all right SE herin Al Jessie Mar bit M who's starting though who starting [Music] um I go clao I clao clo yeah you got to be a why I I like I like your I feel like tab's kind of a sleeper like hipster pick there from you like obviously great player but you know what's crazy to me has just had had a with the national team had a little higher high with the players the players seem to pick tab interesting the guys from that era yeah I guess I also give the good thing is that all those guys from 94 they really get along yeah with themselves and with everybody else they haven't had issues among themselves all right close nit group I think Moreno said it I'm Seb herkin Ali no I said the thing about Eric Seb Which USA player will no longer be called up? herkin Ali which USA player do you think will no longer be called up to the US Men's National I already said it I believe I said it was re so I'll stay you're done with re well just the age I think it's coming back to Ms coming back to Major League Soccer yes uh what do you guys think anybody to be to be dropped but okay I think Turner is a good shout here because he's not going to be playing right yeah and I I understand the point about Tim R but I would also say that he would be one of the very few names that Maro portino would be familiar and comfortable with yeah yeah I just go back that cut both ways like if he if he didn't rate Tim ream in the Premier League well absolutely that's but that's a you that's that's a different conversation you know Ali I go back to what Stevie said though when he brought up like Alex Morgan making an example you know big player perfect I yeah but Alex Morgan and Tim R are two different categories for those but you're not you're not removing Christian pist okay but if you want to make a statement you say hey until West mckin is not in the best shape that he needs to be he's not coming back to the national team can say that so is that your pick no I'm done I'm just saying you could say that you want to make statements then then it has to be a player that's actually meaningful to the team Should Man United fans be optimistic of Ugarte? Ali what do you think make of ug's performance against Venezuela should United fans be optimistic after the casmo game the other day everybody all they could talk about was he's coming he's going to save us I I don't know that he was outstanding against Venezuela he did have to do a whole lot of work because obviously we mentioned the absences of fed Al and banur and all the absences for Uruguay I tell you there was a tackle in this game by ugar which easily could have been more than a yellow car maybe I'm a little biased when it comes to this and it comes to Venezuela and I'm sensitive about Venezuela but it was a it was a tackle that it was classic Uruguay Central midfielder defensive midfielder who goes through the ball through the player and if Manchester United are looking for a guy who can be physical through the Midfield Manuel lard is your guy guys do you think the Will USMNT be patient with Pochettino? US fans will be patient with PCH surely fans will give him some time to get his roster and style of play worked out right how long do you guys give him to show show signs of improvement I'll ask you about the fans do you think they'll be patient what fans are we talking about us fans us like the hard but the thing is I think sometimes I think so I think people are so excited about this but he again he's answering for me around for 30 minutes people got flights to catch it's fo America's mode now America it was the Eric all you got to do is ask him and then leave it yeah yeah you're right quicker wouldn't it I I sometimes feel you're talking about social media which is not real world I think that I think the rest of the world will give him time I think social media is going to do what social media does right the extremes what do you think I think I snuck it in there quick cuz we're trying to move it along Kyle asks how concerning was musa's International break Unis Musa and is he possibly on the outside looking in with the new starting 11 under poch did he have a particularly bad break all the guys he was I've always had my reservations about Musa just cuz I I don't think he's a productive enough player defensively or offensively he's a very much so a luxury piece and right now he's not playing with Milan and with the national team if you give him any defensive responsibility he struggles he's a compliment piece there so you really need to surround him you know well enough last question please discuss MLS hasn't announced nominations for Club World Cup why MLS hasn't announced how they will nominate their final team for the club World Cup and how you think they should do it nothing to say did you is it even MLS I think it's should be us soccer's uh spot to give out not MLS necessarily which if you know anything about how US soccer and MLS work together US soccer going to give it to a USL team is that what you're advocating for um you could have given it to the open Cup winner which would have at least opened the path for a team not an MLs to get it who do you think should get it um why are you thinking about this who do I think should get it just like the invite spot yeah well you got to have inter Miami in the no you don't who deserves to be there into Miami no what the champion the Columbus Crew deserve to be there but they'll be there will they yeah as Champions won't they be in there I don't think that's how is that how it works I'm not even sure anymore hold hold on if it's a club World Cup and you don't have the champion of the of the league attending the club World Cup isn't that no cuz it goes by who wins the who wins the cona Champions League you're not invited as the champion of Major League Soccer that's what I'm telling now but that's why I'm telling you they're not in it should be Columbus okay herk wants Columbus in I want Messi in who do you want see who wins W if you giving me the choice of Columbus in the worldus Stevie New England Revolution well we could get another Caleb Porter rants did you see the the rant did you ever have a rant like that no oh man you always cool comp collected in front of a microphone you never named Don Garber twice you didn't want the 20 grand they find them 20 grand yeah but when you're on six or seven on the ground right okay you mean that wasn't that wasn't your deal the economics of MLS Chang next you let's say let's say all right that'll do it for us here on extra time for herk Ali and Stevie [Music]