Julian de Guzman
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331 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
Julian de Guzman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I think it relates to what we see in North America, how we value playoffs.
Playoffs is also a big talking point in all the sports that we see in North America, whether it's the NBA, NHL, MLB.
MLS.
So I see World Cup now going in the direction where the playoff round, the knockout round is where you want to be.
The group stage is definitely something that could be acceptable for maybe 64 teams if that's the case.
But if you don't make it out of the group, then you could definitely lose a lot of credibility.
And I think that's what's going to happen moving forward when you have that many more teams involved in this type of tournament.
Yeah, and I think that's definitely a good thing to see.
When you see those powerhouse teams make it that far, that's going to always be the expectation.
I mean, a team like Germany not making the semifinals is a huge setback and disappointment for a nation of that stature.
Brazil as well.
Brazil certainly had expectations to make the semifinals as well.
We could talk about the Netherlands.
I mean, there's a lot of these teams that historically...
make it that far in the tournament.
It's now having the involvement of many other teams in many other countries and I think what that's done is it's really in some way brought the world together and you know it's always interesting to see and learn how different countries and followings are now participating in these tournaments Cape Verde being one of these teams where nobody had had
ever a conversation about a player from Cape Verde.
Now, the goalkeeper is like a star player.
And, you know, I think those are some of the cool things that helps not just the country and federations themselves to evolve as a nation, but also for
You know, technical directors, sporting directors and club football, they can identify these players at a high level and recruit them and bring them into their environment.
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