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00:00Chiba, I want to get your thoughts.
00:07I mean, first of all, are there any players that you can highlight?
00:10Any surprises?
00:11Any guys that you thought should be here for sure?
00:14Any absences at all?
00:15What do you think?
00:16I mean, we definitely have some absences like Piojo Alvarado, obviously because he's injured,
00:20Chucky Lozano, Santi Jimenez, but I think that the player that has surprised me in the
00:24last game, and I hope that his back, Raul Jimenez, can be a player that can impact positively
00:31La SelecciĂłn Mexicana.
00:33I mean, he's a player that can bring what we need up top.
00:37The fire that we need.
00:38Of course, Cruz Azul contributing with six players, and I think you can tell from the
00:42great moment that La MĂĄquina is putting together in this tournament, I was watching a video,
00:46and then yeah, I watch a lot of social media, what the heck, but I was watching a video
00:50on the Cruz Azul channel, how they, MartĂn Anselmi, actually introduced every player
00:55that was making it to La SelecciĂłn, and he left at the end a very intriguing name.
01:00Obviously, Alexis GutiĂ©rrez making it for the first time, a big one, Carlos RodrĂguez,
01:04Luis Romo, et cetera, but Ăngel SepĂșlveda, Ăngel Bartasar SepĂșlveda coming back, a
01:08guy that you know very well, he's been bouncing from team to team.
01:11As a matter of fact, before he made it to Cruz Azul, I was calling a Pumas Querétaro
01:15game for League's Cup in DC.
01:19He scored a beautiful goal there to give Gallos the pass, and it was quite an upset
01:24against Pumas.
01:25Since then, he was once again brought to Cruz Azul, and he's been thrilling, man.
01:28What do you think about this intriguing number nine option for El Tri?
01:32I mean, we need every option that there is out there, man, honestly.
01:36I think that SepĂșlveda, like you said, has been going through a lot of things, but he's
01:40having such a great tournament, and it's good and bad, because some people say that La Camiseta
01:47del Tri la estĂĄn malbaratando, you know, they're just bringing in a new player.
01:51But then on the other hand, I mean, if you're giving a chance to Quiñones, to Berterame...
01:55Berterame's not here, by the way.
01:57That's another interesting one.
01:58Do you think that's a snob?
01:59Do you think he deserved to be there?
02:01What are you telling us on Berterame?
02:02I think we have better players than Berterame, you know, to bring to the national team.
02:07But again, I mean, if they're an option, they're an option, and Vasco Aguirre is not going
02:12to think about it twice if he feels that they're going to help the team.
02:15But I'm happy for SepĂșlveda.
02:16I'm happy for this Mexican, Nati Young, that is making it to the national team, and hopefully
02:20he can deliver, man.
02:21A controversial take here, when we talk about goalies, Luis Ăngel MalagĂłn, considered
02:26amongst the best goalies in the world.
02:28I think he's been on with America.
02:30We have Tal Arangel, you know him really well from Guadalajara, and that intriguing option
02:35there with Guillermo Ochoa, obviously he's not doing very well in Portugal.
02:39This goal that has gone all over social media as well, that he just allowed, he was under
02:42the sun and I think light blocked him, etc.
02:46Who do you think is the goalie that can match up with the power that the U.S. and other
02:51teams in CONCACAF can bring?
02:52I mean, either MalagĂłn or Tal Arangel can be, you know, easily our number one goalkeeper,
02:58but even though Ochoa is making those mistakes, let's not forget that when Ochoa wears the
03:03El Tri jersey, he turns into a monster in a positive way, and he's a great goalie and
03:09he's still in shape.
03:10So for a game as important and as strong as the U.S., if he's 100% at his level, he should
03:20be the starting goalie.
03:21And I know a lot of people are going to be like, what is he talking about, look at the
03:24mistake he just made.
03:25He already gave like, I don't know, 1,200 free threes in Portugal or something like
03:30that.
03:31I follow social media too, but anyway, I think Ochoa, if he's being called to the national
03:36team, he should deserve to be the starting goalkeeper.
03:39So we talked about the forwards, we talked about the goalies, when you look at the midfield
03:43set by Vasco Aguirre, who's that player who's in your mind, who could be the highlight for
03:48this team?
03:49I think definitely OrbelĂn Pineda is a player that is dynamic, like he goes forward and
03:55to me he's like the best midfielder that we have.