- 2 days ago
From The Field 2026 is teleSUR English’s flagship sports program, dedicated to covering the 2026 World Cup in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. teleSUREnglish
🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj...
🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98...
Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/
X🧶 / telesurenglish
Instagram 📸 / telesurenglish
Facebook 📱/ telesurenglish
Youtube ⏯ / @telesurenglish
Tiktok👌🏼 / telesurenglish
🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj...
🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98...
Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/
X🧶 / telesurenglish
Instagram 📸 / telesurenglish
Facebook 📱/ telesurenglish
Youtube ⏯ / @telesurenglish
Tiktok👌🏼 / telesurenglish
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:12Welcome to From the Field. This is Carlos Montero, the World Cup. It has the first finalist.
00:21France, who was going to get the third time playing the final, couldn't do it
00:27because Spain shocked them. Spain beat France 2-0 in a fantastic game. Two of the most powerful
00:35teams in Europe that were facing each other. France with an excellent offense, three of
00:43the best forwards of the whole World Cup. Spain with a great defense and a fantastic goalkeeper.
00:50Only the low one goal during this whole World Cup that was against Belgium a few days ago.
00:58But it was an interesting match to see. At the beginning, France was playing very strong,
01:05was showing dominance. But around the 20 minutes, it was a penalty kick. It was a controversial.
01:13It was on Lamin Jamal and Oshar Sabal. They scored a fantastic goal. From them on, they changed
01:24completely the game. France, who was dominating the match, started to play defensive. And Spain
01:31wake up and they show us that they not only have a good defense, they can only play a fantastic
01:38forward team. Pedro Porro, who was the VIP, scored 58 minutes and you think it was over. But we always
01:51remember what happened four years ago in Qatar when they were down 2-0 against Argentina and came back.
01:58But it didn't happen. Pedro Porro, he scored the first goal, but it was very important for this team because
02:03he took them to the final. Two shots, the first interception, eight. Dürer won four. He played for the
02:11Tottenham Spur in the Premier League.
02:15The one, like I said before, Kylian Mbappé, Dembélé, all he said, they were missing in action.
02:23They didn't do. Mbappé maybe a couple of times. But Mbappé entered this game as the tournament leader.
02:31Let's see how is right now the race to get the golden boot. Messi and Mbappé. Messi is playing
02:40tomorrow. He's playing against England. They have eight goals. Mbappé has three assists just ahead
02:48of Lionel Messi, who has eight goals and two assists. Hasn't changed more, but let's see what's
02:55happening tomorrow when Argentina play England.
03:008-8, Erling Haaland, who went home. Seven, he cannot do more.
03:06Bellingham, of course he can do more goals tomorrow. And Harry Kane, that's very, that's the worry,
03:11the most worry for Argentina tomorrow. How to stop those two fantastic players from England.
03:20But we are going to talk about Argentina, England later tomorrow. Later today.
03:26Tomorrow is going to be the match. But what we know is France is going to, France is going
03:32to play on Saturday for the third place. And Spain is going back to the final. The last time
03:41it was in 2010 in South Africa. Since then, it hasn't been doing so great in the World Cup.
03:48So I mean, it's fantastic to see them back over there. I think we are going to have in any
03:54minute reaction
03:55from Spain. People are extremely happy. They are celebrating. It's a big party for them.
04:03But that's going to be in any minute because the celebration is something fantastic. We want to share with you.
04:11But before going to Spain, what do you think if we go to hear some of the sounds of this
04:18game after this fantastic match,
04:23the first semifinal of the World Cup?
04:28Well, it was a nice game. I think France can do more than this. But yeah, it's what it is.
04:38So nice win to move Spain.
04:41No, I expect France wins. But good match from both sides. Nice match from Spain. And we wish Argentina win
04:53against England.
04:56Okay. Well, I think that the France team maybe can play better. But Spain is a great team in all
05:04the lines.
05:05And the defense is great with Co-Barcia and Laporte.
05:09You guys have a boyfriend, girlfriend. One is happy. One is sad. Do you guys expect this result?
05:14I did. I was expecting a 3-0 Spain. We were one goal short. But it was a great game
05:24for both.
05:26Actually, I'm really sad. I expected more from Mpapé. But in fact, Spain did a really great job. I'm really
05:36happy for them.
05:37Okay. Even though Spain won, you guys are still happy. You guys are still in love. Can you guys give
05:40each other a **** on camera?
05:41Yeah, we're good.
05:47Only Charlie has that question. But those were fans in Mexico. I cannot imagine how was the reaction of people
05:55in Spain.
05:56He's in communication with us. Alvaro Fragua. Alvaro is in Madrid. Alvaro, how's the celebrations over there? How are you?
06:10Well, I agree for Telesur. Definitely was a victory for Spain to kneel against Francia.
06:19Again, where Spain has dominated to the other part. And keep the victory against, at the first time, Juanil.
06:32And then another goal from Pedro Gorro that's reinforcing and strengthening his victory. And just to show how the power
06:43of the Spain team is.
06:45And to concrete all the Spain victory to pass over to the final. And it has been a very emotional
06:58game with all this passage over the way to play of the Spain team.
07:09Alvaro, thank you very much.
07:11Alvaro, thank you very much. Why do people go crazy when they see a camera and they are doing funny
07:14things behind you?
07:16But okay, they are celebrating. They are having a good time. Thank you very much, Alvaro Fragua.
07:21Into the game, they were the main character or the main player, Mbappé France, Lamine Jamal, who turned only 19
07:29yesterday, were, I think, the two most popular players of the two teams.
07:36Let's see a profile of each one of them.
07:40The showdown between Spain and France in the 2026 World Cup semi-finals positions Lamine Jamal and Kylian Mbappé as
07:47the direct heirs to the throne left by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
07:51This high-stakes showdown pitted two distinct styles against each other, the physical power, discipline, and devastating goal-scoring efficiency
07:59of the French captain against the fantasy, dribbling skills, and creative genius of the 19-year-old Blaugrana winger,
08:04who holds a clear historical advantage of eight wins in ten previous matches, including defeats for the Frenchmen at the
08:102024 European Championships and in the Clásicos between Barcelona and Madrid.
08:15Beyond the FIFA and La Liga statistics, this clash takes on a deeply symbolic and political dimension by establishing them
08:21as the two faces of new European football,
08:23a multicultural, black, and proud reality that challenges colonial mentalities and the xenophobia of the far-right.
08:30Both stars are children of migration and grew up on the outskirts of major metropolises.
08:35Mbappé was born in Bondi with Cameroonian and Algerian roots, forging the attitude of a champion who bows to no
08:41one,
08:41criticizes the commercialization of sports, and leads social causes.
08:45While Yamal grew up in Rocafonda, the son of an equatorial Guinean mother and a Moroccan father,
08:50a young prodigy who trained under Messi at La Masia and who, after winning the European Championship,
08:56continues to proudly uphold his neighborhood's code of conduct and raise flags for the causes he believes in.
09:01Thus, becoming the ultimate symbols of traditionally marginalized communities fighting for respect and identity in Europe,
09:07the two took to the field on opposing sides in pursuit of the ultimate glory,
09:11but knowing that they are moving forward together, writing a more inclusive, diverse, and humane history.
09:20Inclusive, diverse, and humanity.
09:22When we were talking with Talvaro, you were seeing some Spanish fans doing crazy stuff with their hands
09:28because there are no people who accept the situation that the football is changing in the world.
09:34I want to give you an example.
09:35A former prime minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, said that France has a fantastic team,
09:43but the problem is they are not French. Most of them, they are Africa.
09:47A lot of reactions got those comments, but we have a story for you about this.
09:55France's 2026 World Cup run has been overshadowed by a series of racism controversies
10:00that have sparked international condemnation and reignited debate over race, identity, and belonging in football.
10:05The first flashpoint came after France's round of 16 victory over Paraguay,
10:11when Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amareya posted racist remarks targeting Captain Kylian Mbappé.
10:17Mbappé condemned the comments as,
10:19"...despicable," saying they not only attacked him and his teammates,
10:23but also overshadowed Paraguay's remarkable World Cup campaign.
10:27FIFA, the French Football Federation, and officials in Paraguay all denounced the remarks.
10:32Days later, the controversy intensified ahead of the World Cup semi-final between Spain and France,
10:38when former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy questioned the identity of Le Bleu's multicultural squad,
10:44writing that the team had no French players.
10:46His comments drew widespread criticism from leaders in both Spain and France,
10:51with Spain's government distancing itself from the remarks and describing them as,
10:55"...xenophobic and unacceptable."
10:57Spanish star Lamin Yamal also addressed the controversy.
11:01Himself, the son of Moroccan and equatorial Guinean parents,
11:04he argued that football should unite societies rather than divide them,
11:08describing diversity as a strength rather than a weakness.
11:11Both France and Spain now field national teams that reflect decades of migration,
11:16colonial history, and demographic change.
11:18Yet those same teams have become targets for political figures who equate national identity with ethnicity.
11:24The world's biggest sporting event has become a mirror of the societies competing on the pitch,
11:30reflecting a wider struggle taking place across Europe,
11:32where debates over immigration, citizenship, and multiculturalism increasingly find expression through sport.
11:41Absolutely right, absolutely right.
11:44Let's do a break, but let's talk about, before going to the break, to the segment,
11:49a goal, a goal of my life.
11:52Charlie was telling me that maybe he's right that people get confused
11:55because in English a goal is something you want to achieve.
11:58But here we mean a goal when you score a goal in a football match.
12:02So that's what you want to know, a goal of my life, of your life.
12:06You have to send us one video, less than one minute, vertical,
12:10and then we are going to give you some rewards.
12:12We have some beautiful jerseys with Maradona, and you have to participate.
12:17Maybe to make it clear, let's listen to an example about a goal of my life.
12:22That's the hashtag. See you after the break.
12:25I have the opportunity to travel around the world, especially Europe and part of Latin America,
12:31and that has been a big experience and enrichment for the soul and for my own personal life.
12:38The second one is the opportunity to be able to present,
12:41to be a news anchor in front of a camera without even having studied journalism.
12:48Journalism, and most important for me, is the blessing of being raised by two powerful and strong women
12:55that are part of my life, and that is my mother and my grandmother.
13:00These two ladies have been a huge goal of my life.
13:07Welcome from the field.
13:10We are pecking for tomorrow a big match against Argentina and England.
13:16The winner of that match is going to play on Sunday in New Jersey for the final.
13:23The first final is France.
13:27And on Saturday, Spain is going to go to the final.
13:35Spain is going to play on Saturday for the third and fourth place with the loser of tomorrow's match against
13:42Argentina.
13:43I mean, a match that has a lot of history.
13:47The two countries have been through a lot of things together.
13:50You remember the Las Guerras, the Malvinas.
13:53In a few minutes, they are going to give a press conference, the delegation from Argentina and from England.
14:00So far, we don't know the formation of the team.
14:03That maybe they tell us something in this press conference.
14:06But those two teams, they don't like each other.
14:09But Argentina, they are flying like crazy.
14:12Even Argentina is going through a lot of tough economic times.
14:15I see, I heard people trying to get money from wherever they can to fly to Atlanta, to see in
14:22Atlanta where they play to see the match against England.
14:27A match that for a lot of us is going to remember something that happened 40 years ago in the
14:34Aztec Stadium.
14:35They were playing England for the quarterfinal against Argentina.
14:40We are seeing now the Argentina practicing for this match and also the English team.
14:47Harry Kane is going to be one of the worries of Debo Martinez, the one-keeper from Argentina.
14:54But I was telling you about those teams.
14:55They know each other, even though Messi never played.
14:58It's one of the few teams that Messi never played against England.
15:02But let me go back to 40 years ago.
15:06Argentina faced England in the quarterfinal.
15:10And Nacho Lemus is going to tell us what's happened there.
15:16He avenged for the country that, 44 years ago, suffered the loss of its young people at the hands of
15:21British imperialism.
15:22When the Malvinas war began, someone foresaw his thirst for justice.
15:28I believe that if all these people, and all of us, were asked to give our lives, we would certainly
15:33do so.
15:34Residents living near the Azteca Stadium recall seeing Diego Maradona deliver divine justice against England on a football pitch.
15:45We've always stood in solidarity with social justice.
15:50First, regarding the attempt to strip Argentina of the Malvinas Islands.
15:55El Peluso was always one of a kind.
15:58And what makes us happiest is that they won the championship.
16:02At the 1986 World Cup, Argentina was emerging from a dictatorship that had led the country into the absurdity of
16:10a preventable war against the illegal occupier of the Malvinas Islands.
16:14Today, it also faces contradictions with a government that supports imperialist plunder of its national territory.
16:25Historically speaking, I identify most with Churchill, Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher.
16:33Margaret Thatcher is responsible for the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, which had more than 300 crew members
16:40on board.
16:41In a Latin America where resources and sovereignty are being plundered or are under threat, the Malvinas issue resonates from
16:49Patagonia to the Rio Bravo.
16:54The Spanish stole a lot from us here, ships full of gold, they took everything they could.
17:03It's the same thing. I compare it from that perspective. It's almost the same as what happened to Argentina with
17:08the British.
17:11Residents recall that in 1986, the post-war tension was palpable in the area around the Azteca Stadium.
17:17I was already working here at the hotel, and I saw the tension that was going to arise between the
17:26English and the Argentines because of the fight that had broken out.
17:31The way those wretched Englishmen had robbed Argentinians of their Malvinas Islands.
17:38The English were really pissed off because the Argentines had beaten them up, and they were already looking to start
17:45a fight, so they had to call the police.
17:48For the first time, Lionel Messi will face England.
17:53Just like in Mexico 86, the World Cup stirs up Argentina's thirst for sovereignty, with the wounds from England's theft
18:00of the Malvinas still fresh.
18:06Even though it happened 40 years, Malvinas is still fresh for Argentina, a lot of security is going to be
18:13tomorrow at the stadium.
18:14FIFA said that this game can generate a lot of tension.
18:18But what do the veterans of Malvinas are saying about this important match?
18:25They published a statement. The statement says the following.
18:30Sport is not a war. The World Cup semi-final is a global sporting event, not an arm or a
18:38form of historical retribution.
18:41Sovereignty is defended in international settings through diplomacy, historical truths, and the peaceful and inalienable claims established by our national
18:52constitution.
18:54Very smart statement from the veteran of Malvinas.
18:58But, you know, you heard before, from Millet, the president of Argentina, he admired Margaret Thatcher.
19:08That's something unbelievable, but that's the way it is. That's the guy who's leading Argentina.
19:14Okay, let's go now back to what Charlie Montero thinks about all this.
19:19Charlie is in Mexico City, talking to different fans, but he gives us also about his predictions about tomorrow match.
19:27Charlie, go ahead. What do you think?
19:30Hey, Carlos, how are you? Tomorrow's the day that I've been waiting for, that you've been waiting for,
19:36and millions of people around the world have been waiting for as well, because Argentina will play against England.
19:44Let's not forget that although Argentina has made it this far, it has not been easy, even though they haven't
19:50had the toughest opponents.
19:51They have suffered each and every match and had to fight until the last minute.
19:56On the other hand, England has been doing pretty well.
20:00They were the first team to score against Mexico, and they also beat Holland's Norway.
20:06With two goals from Bellingham, they took the victory 2-1.
20:11England is playing their third semifinal since 1990.
20:17In 1990, they lost to West Germany in penalties, and Russia, they lost to Croatia 2-1.
20:25And this year, they're going to want to make it to the final.
20:30But I don't know what's going to happen, but I had the chance to talk with fans here in Mexico
20:35City who they think will win.
20:37This is what they had to say.
20:40I think England by 2-0.
20:422-0? You don't think Mexico can stop them?
20:45Yeah, I support England because they went to Mexico, so I prefer that the champion will be England, so we
20:54could say that the champion beat us.
20:56Argentina 3-2.
20:58You think so?
20:59Yeah.
20:59And will they become world champions again?
21:01Yeah, of course.
21:03Argentina 1-0.
21:051-0?
21:05Yes.
21:06And will they become world champions?
21:08Yes.
21:10I want that to England win.
21:12For how much?
21:13For how much to win a close match?
21:16I think that it will be extra time.
21:20England.
21:20England and 3-1.
21:23I think we win Argentina.
21:26Different spree and 1-0.
21:29Hopefully England wins because we, I don't know, Argentina is just like a lot of controversy.
21:37Bad plays, no, I don't like them.
21:40Hopefully England wins.
21:42England by 2-0.
21:45It'll be an easy game.
21:46Yes, easy game.
21:48Both goals between?
21:49June?
21:50Yes.
21:51June Bowling and Hurricane score.
21:52Okay.
21:53Argentina 1-0.
21:55Easy game?
21:56No.
21:57Very, very difficult.
21:59Very difficult.
21:59Yes.
22:00In the 90 minutes?
22:01Yeah.
22:02Yeah, 90 minutes.
22:03Messi.
22:04Messi's gonna score.
22:06Well, there you have it, Carlos.
22:08I'm very nervous about this game.
22:10I know that you're very nervous about this game.
22:13I don't know what will happen.
22:14I hope, I really hope, that Argentina finally has an easy game.
22:19That they can show the world what they're worth.
22:21They're world champions.
22:22And maybe they can even be two-time world champions.
22:26But, step by step, we will see.
22:29Back to you, Carlos.
22:33Let's cross our fingers, Charlie.
22:36Let's see and let's wait tomorrow what's going to be.
22:39That great game, Argentina against England.
22:41That's all for today.
22:43We'll see you tomorrow.
22:45But, you know, before we finish the show, we want to leave you with some thoughts of Diego Armando Maradona.
22:52That's what he was saying about the situation that Cuba is living right now under the blockade of the USA.
23:01I'm wrong and I didn't know what to say.
23:04But the game is not a match.
23:17I live four years and I have Cuba in my heart, I have the commander in my heart and the
23:26Cuban people who have fought so much.
23:27I'm staying with the 188-2, the United States and Israel just voted against them.
23:40No can't pass any drugs for the kids, Victor Hugo, that's what I've lived personally.
23:48The kids who were blind, the blocking didn't let them pass the drugs for the kid to recover the
23:56view. And that's what I lived with Fidel.
23:59Cuba, which allowed hundreds of thousands of people in the rest of the United States.
24:05Exactly.
24:06For those who say, well, that Cuba is this, that Cuba is the other.
24:11Cuba sends doctors where there is to cure their lives.
24:21.
24:22.
24:22.
24:22.
24:22.
24:23.
Comments