WEBVTT 00:00:13.744 --> 00:00:16.964 Ladies and gentlemen, the World Cup is always a place where legends are honored, 00:00:17.264 --> 00:00:19.504 but also the stage of unforgettable farewells. 00:00:19.884 --> 00:00:24.144 And this is also the season that may be the last time fans witness Luca Mauric, 00:00:24.424 --> 00:00:27.384 Neymar or Cristiano Ronaldo in the national team shirt. 00:00:27.864 --> 00:00:30.384 Today's Sports Perspective program will look back on those deep 00:00:30.384 --> 00:00:31.644 feelings with commentator Hoang Hai. 00:00:31.644 --> 00:00:35.784 as well as discuss the remaining race on the journey to find the champion of the 2026 World Cup. 00:00:37.309 --> 00:00:41.609 Hello Linh, hello to readers of Lao Dong Newspaper as well as the Sports Perspective program. 00:00:42.402 --> 00:00:45.402 Mr. Hoang Hai, the 2026 World Cup has brought much joy, 00:00:45.682 --> 00:00:49.302 but that tragedy is also sadness when we will have to say goodbye to many legends. 00:00:49.702 --> 00:00:51.702 And amidst so many doubly brokenups, 00:00:51.942 --> 00:00:55.722 There are also endings for Luka Moric, Neymar or Cristiano Ronaldo. 00:00:56.182 --> 00:00:58.942 Can you share your feelings when you witness how these superstars 00:00:58.942 --> 00:01:01.902 Do I have to say goodbye to the World Cup, goodbye to the national team? 00:01:02.708 --> 00:01:07.128 Emotionally, I think it's like the last tickers 00:01:07.128 --> 00:01:10.368 of a watch it belongs to the generation 00:01:10.368 --> 00:01:13.608 has been deeply imprinted in the minds of Vietnamese football fans. 00:01:14.168 --> 00:01:18.768 And that's when we mention Luca Moric, mention Cristiano Ronaldo, mention Neymar. 00:01:19.208 --> 00:01:21.848 And I think maybe we'll start with Cristiano Ronaldo. 00:01:23.028 --> 00:01:26.568 He left the World Cup without being able to get the gold cup 00:01:26.568 --> 00:01:29.288 like Lionel Messi did 4 years ago. 00:01:29.288 --> 00:01:33.228 And however, I felt that it was in his last moments 00:01:33.228 --> 00:01:36.708 In the World Cup playground, I feel some kind of tolerance. 00:01:36.708 --> 00:01:39.328 with Cristiano Ronaldo himself. 00:01:39.848 --> 00:01:42.900 A peace of mind for a player who understands that he will never be able 00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:44.528 to reach the glory of the World Cup. 00:01:44.708 --> 00:01:49.748 I think it's when the match between the Spanish team and the Portuguese team 00:01:49.748 --> 00:01:53.288 at the end of the 2026 World Cup, where we can feel very clearly 00:01:53.288 --> 00:01:55.688 it is Ronaldo's tolerance for himself. 00:01:55.948 --> 00:01:59.268 He tried very hard to be able to... 00:01:59.268 --> 00:02:00.428 to hold back tears. 00:02:00.808 --> 00:02:03.388 Of course, not crying like in Qatar in 2022. 00:02:03.788 --> 00:02:07.748 But there we also see that he also said it was peace. 00:02:07.828 --> 00:02:12.048 I think that's a great thing for someone like Cristiano Ronaldo. 00:02:12.308 --> 00:02:15.168 That is a symbol of a person who always has a will and determination. 00:02:15.748 --> 00:02:18.528 Even many people have likened it to determination to overcome time. 00:02:18.848 --> 00:02:21.268 But everyone understands that no one can beat time. 00:02:21.788 --> 00:02:26.628 So that is my feeling about Ronaldo along with the last World Cup. 00:02:27.288 --> 00:02:29.248 If we compare Ronaldo to... 00:02:29.248 --> 00:02:31.648 is fighting against time, with his will. 00:02:32.068 --> 00:02:35.808 Then Luka Modric leaves us with an image of a person who has been persistent. 00:02:36.468 --> 00:02:39.148 Go through time to assert yourself. 00:02:39.668 --> 00:02:42.328 Leaving behind a very large legacy for world football. 00:02:42.988 --> 00:02:45.528 We all talk about stories related to Modric. 00:02:45.708 --> 00:02:49.008 With the period when he was in his childhood. 00:02:49.448 --> 00:02:51.468 Must overcome the difficulties of war. 00:02:51.908 --> 00:02:53.188 Then try to assert yourself. 00:02:53.548 --> 00:02:56.408 Then he with such a small body. 00:02:56.528 --> 00:02:58.188 In an era of football. 00:02:59.248 --> 00:03:00.248 Players must be tall. 00:03:00.728 --> 00:03:03.188 Must compete a lot in terms of fitness. 00:03:03.448 --> 00:03:04.448 Use a lot in terms of fitness. 00:03:04.788 --> 00:03:08.248 Then a small person like Luka Modric left behind a very large legacy. 00:03:08.588 --> 00:03:10.528 Maybe he is also like Ronaldo. 00:03:10.768 --> 00:03:12.388 Unable to reach the glory of the World Cup. 00:03:12.528 --> 00:03:14.908 Only get the runner-up position or lose in the semi-finals. 00:03:15.368 --> 00:03:17.008 And recently, he was eliminated like that. 00:03:17.388 --> 00:03:20.468 But I think that is the biggest legacy that Luka Modric left behind. 00:03:20.728 --> 00:03:22.168 An extraordinarily small player. 00:03:22.808 --> 00:03:24.408 And compete with your mind. 00:03:24.408 --> 00:03:29.208 Not relying on any strength in terms of physical condition. 00:03:29.788 --> 00:03:34.508 As for what Luka Modric left with world football, I think it's out there. 00:03:34.968 --> 00:03:37.919 There are many people who will always consider him one of the 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:39.148 greatest midfielders in the world. 00:03:39.888 --> 00:03:43.748 As for Neymar, I think that is half-hearted. 00:03:44.428 --> 00:03:49.088 We all know that Neymar is the next person expected to succeed Ronaldo the Fat. 00:03:49.728 --> 00:03:52.528 To become a symbol of victory for Brazilian football. 00:03:53.548 --> 00:03:56.648 However, it has always been unfinished throughout the World Cups 00:03:56.648 --> 00:03:57.888 he has participated in. 00:03:59.248 --> 00:04:03.460 2014 was a collision with an opposing player in the back, causing him to watch 00:04:03.460 --> 00:04:05.988 the Brazilian team be defeated by the German team. 00:04:06.428 --> 00:04:10.148 Or in 2022, I think he also had very beautiful moments. 00:04:10.788 --> 00:04:15.928 But Neymar also could not leave a glorious mark with the Brazilian team. 00:04:16.108 --> 00:04:17.788 And in 2026, we see it already. 00:04:18.428 --> 00:04:22.968 He is also likened to being summoned. 00:04:23.468 --> 00:04:27.708 To be able to make Brazilian fans feel satisfied. 00:04:27.708 --> 00:04:31.408 It is possible to win the hearts of fans to watch the Brazilian team. 00:04:33.068 --> 00:04:37.388 So I think that with the three people we are talking about, they have different colors. 00:04:37.547 --> 00:04:40.567 He also shared in an article in the Lao Dong newspaper, 00:04:40.847 --> 00:04:44.687 that Ronaldo is the companion, the concept for him to bite with youth, with military rank. 00:04:45.007 --> 00:04:47.987 So then the aspirations, the aspirations of that 41-year-old man 00:04:47.987 --> 00:04:51.567 What motivations have you been inspired by in your life as well as in your career? 00:04:53.557 --> 00:04:55.237 I don't think those are wins or records. 00:04:56.137 --> 00:05:00.537 Which I think is the mindset of a man who never gives up. 00:05:01.217 --> 00:05:03.437 That is the first thing that I always admire about Ronaldo. 00:05:04.697 --> 00:05:08.457 Maybe many people will say that he has an overly high ego. 00:05:09.017 --> 00:05:12.837 But he always made me believe that people can overcome their own limits. 00:05:14.497 --> 00:05:17.877 Thanks to desire and especially enough discipline. 00:05:18.837 --> 00:05:21.737 In my commentator profession, I always believe that 00:05:21.737 --> 00:05:24.777 I can comment on thousands of matches. 00:05:25.777 --> 00:05:28.977 And I have to discipline myself to do something. 00:05:29.617 --> 00:05:32.837 My matches will ensure professionalism. 00:05:33.377 --> 00:05:34.937 Make sure it can be a little better. 00:05:35.117 --> 00:05:38.297 Every day I will try a little harder and do better than yesterday. 00:05:38.957 --> 00:05:41.857 That is the element that I think has inspired me a lot. 00:05:41.857 --> 00:05:43.917 From Cristiano Ronaldo's discipline. 00:05:45.657 --> 00:05:49.657 It's also not for me to be able to prove myself and be able to be better than someone else. 00:05:50.277 --> 00:05:51.597 It's also not for a... 00:05:51.597 --> 00:05:55.217 the proof that I can be confident or arrogant about myself. 00:05:55.697 --> 00:05:58.857 But it's always been my mindset with the commentary profession that is 00:05:58.857 --> 00:06:01.697 I will always have to try my best in every match. 00:06:01.897 --> 00:06:04.857 And now I'm only 38, 39 years old. 00:06:05.377 --> 00:06:08.657 I think I will try somewhere in 15, 20 years 00:06:08.657 --> 00:06:12.297 so that I can close a career, my profession 00:06:12.297 --> 00:06:14.477 in a way that Ronaldo said. 00:06:15.077 --> 00:06:18.277 In the last minute, looking back at my journey, I will feel clear. 00:06:18.277 --> 00:06:20.657 because I have tried my best for the job. 00:06:21.469 --> 00:06:26.194 Yes, when we talk about stories related to Cristiano Ronaldo, we cannot fail 00:06:26.194 --> 00:06:27.649 to mention Lionel Messi. 00:06:28.049 --> 00:06:31.689 So how do you see the long-standing debate between these two superstars and 00:06:31.689 --> 00:06:33.649 where will you stand in these debates? 00:06:34.117 --> 00:06:36.317 Over the years, I think there has been a shift. 00:06:37.017 --> 00:06:39.057 I used to be one, not the other, 00:06:39.717 --> 00:06:43.537 Throughout my youth until now, I have always been a fan of Ronaldo. 00:06:44.077 --> 00:06:48.814 Then somewhere around the age of 20, 25, to some extent, I will feel like 00:06:48.814 --> 00:06:50.077 I don't like Messi. 00:06:50.697 --> 00:06:53.377 But as we get more mature in terms of age, 00:06:53.377 --> 00:06:59.734 then I will feel even more that, well, those two people are the values that 00:06:59.734 --> 00:07:02.277 they have really elevated each other. 00:07:02.277 --> 00:07:08.657 We might, their greatness, it's not about the number of titles they get, 00:07:09.317 --> 00:07:13.137 the number of goals they scored, or the records they achieved. 00:07:14.617 --> 00:07:19.077 The greatest thing they have brought to world football is that they stood together, 00:07:19.077 --> 00:07:24.577 coexisting in an era of football where there are many changes. 00:07:25.237 --> 00:07:29.917 They pulled each other up to the limits that I thought football 00:07:29.917 --> 00:07:31.477 was almost impossible before. 00:07:31.477 --> 00:07:32.817 to be able to achieve. 00:07:32.817 --> 00:07:36.017 I would like to use a clause if, if then. 00:07:36.017 --> 00:07:40.599 If it weren't for us, if it were just Messi, football would have had a genius 00:07:40.599 --> 00:07:42.317 that is almost impossible to repeat. 00:07:42.317 --> 00:07:47.843 But if there is only Ronaldo, then football has a symbol of effort that is 00:07:47.843 --> 00:07:49.317 almost impossible to overcome. 00:07:49.317 --> 00:07:53.317 And finally, we are lucky to have both. 00:07:53.317 --> 00:07:58.370 They compete with each other, develop with each other, elevate football, and 00:07:58.370 --> 00:08:01.317 create great things that are almost impossible. 00:08:01.477 --> 00:08:05.477 In the history of football, and I think that is the greatest value. 00:08:05.477 --> 00:08:10.477 After all, at my age, I see that I feel lucky. 00:08:10.477 --> 00:08:17.016 When I grew up in an era where there were both of us, my youth was immersed 00:08:17.016 --> 00:08:20.477 in the football atmosphere that Ronaldo and Messi brought. 00:08:21.197 --> 00:08:25.487 Yes, in your opinion, should the World Cup be the most important measure to 00:08:25.487 --> 00:08:28.857 evaluate the legacy and career of Ronaldo, Messi or other superstars? 00:08:29.157 --> 00:08:32.586 Because Ronaldo himself once shared in an interview that for him, the Euro 00:08:32.586 --> 00:08:34.697 championship is as valuable as the World Cup. 00:08:36.121 --> 00:08:40.835 I agree that the World Cup is the pinnacle of football, but it should not 00:08:40.835 --> 00:08:44.921 be the only criterion for us to define the greatness of a player. 00:08:45.541 --> 00:08:52.849 If we could name great names in world football such as Johan Cruyff, then 00:08:52.849 --> 00:08:55.981 Jobes, then Puskat, then Paolo Mandini, 00:08:56.821 --> 00:09:01.975 they both do not have or have never had a World Cup champion, but we cannot deny 00:09:01.975 --> 00:09:04.401 their position in the flow of football history. 00:09:04.401 --> 00:09:08.182 Especially with people like Johan Cruyff, I think he has a very big 00:09:08.182 --> 00:09:10.801 influence, not just on the same generation as him, 00:09:11.161 --> 00:09:14.337 but also later generations like the great coaches of world football now 00:09:14.337 --> 00:09:15.661 like Pep Wang are all. 00:09:16.221 --> 00:09:24.510 So it's the World Cup, I think it's like the most important, biggest, final exam 00:09:24.510 --> 00:09:26.721 of a player's career. 00:09:27.801 --> 00:09:32.241 But in an exam, no matter how important it is, it cannot 00:09:32.241 --> 00:09:33.721 reflect a whole thing... 00:09:34.401 --> 00:09:37.721 a player's career that has lasted somewhere for nearly two decades. 00:09:37.881 --> 00:09:44.853 I think that the World Cup is something for us to evaluate with the peak of 00:09:44.853 --> 00:09:46.161 a football player. 00:09:46.461 --> 00:09:52.281 But it cannot hide the greatness that Ronaldo has left about world football. 00:09:53.183 --> 00:09:57.603 Yes, returning to the 2026 World Cup, this tournament is also entering the 00:09:57.603 --> 00:09:59.643 most important stages with important matches. 00:10:00.063 --> 00:10:03.726 So according to you, which 4 teams will be able to participate in the 00:10:03.726 --> 00:10:06.603 semi-finals and which team according to you will win the championship? 00:10:07.801 --> 00:10:11.241 We will probably start from the bracket, from the quarter-finals. 00:10:11.681 --> 00:10:14.618 Starting from the France vs. Morocco match, of course I will have 00:10:14.618 --> 00:10:15.841 feelings for the French team. 00:10:16.941 --> 00:10:20.521 I also like the Moroccan team very much, but I think when we reach the quarter-finals, 00:10:20.521 --> 00:10:24.161 then the quality of the stars in the squad may be decisive factors. 00:10:24.361 --> 00:10:29.241 We see in the most recent match that Mbappé was also the one who scored. 00:10:29.241 --> 00:10:32.561 thanks to the appearance of Desiree Doué to create a difference. 00:10:32.761 --> 00:10:36.581 I think that difference may be due to the top stars of the French national team. 00:10:36.581 --> 00:10:39.761 can be created in a match that promises to be extremely tight 00:10:39.761 --> 00:10:42.081 just like what they did in 2022 00:10:42.081 --> 00:10:44.621 also in the match between the French team and the Moroccan team. 00:10:45.001 --> 00:10:48.521 But I still think about the French team as the team that will reach the final round. 00:10:48.941 --> 00:10:51.881 Next is still that bracket, which is the match between Spain and Belgium 00:10:51.881 --> 00:10:56.921 then I think maybe this will be the end for a generation 00:10:56.921 --> 00:10:59.121 whom people still compare to the golden generation of the Belgian national team. 00:10:59.501 --> 00:11:02.001 Because now the Spanish national team is in good form, 00:11:02.001 --> 00:11:04.241 They are getting a very good psychological momentum. 00:11:04.821 --> 00:11:08.121 And I thought until this four-way round 00:11:08.121 --> 00:11:12.721 then Lamin Yaman will start to shine like what he did at Euro 2024. 00:11:13.741 --> 00:11:18.061 That is the match, I think the decisive match will be between France and Spain. 00:11:18.841 --> 00:11:22.321 And in the other bracket, the match between Norway and England 00:11:22.321 --> 00:11:24.361 I will think about the England team. 00:11:24.681 --> 00:11:26.361 It's just like the color we've seen 00:11:26.361 --> 00:11:28.381 in the match between France and Morocco. 00:11:28.381 --> 00:11:31.261 The England team now has people like Harry Kane. 00:11:32.001 --> 00:11:33.201 Then Jude Bellingham. 00:11:33.201 --> 00:11:36.001 In fact, these two people took turns shining in the journey of the England team. 00:11:36.001 --> 00:11:39.001 And I think they will continue to shine in the quarter-final match. 00:11:40.001 --> 00:11:43.001 And finally, the match between Argentina and Switzerland then 00:11:43.001 --> 00:11:47.001 I think with what Argentina has shown during this World Cup 00:11:47.001 --> 00:11:49.501 Argentina will once again enter the final goal. 00:11:49.501 --> 00:11:54.001 And then we will have two decisive matches between France and Spain. 00:11:54.001 --> 00:11:57.001 On this side are England and Argentina. 00:11:57.001 --> 00:12:01.001 And when the final match is between the French team and the England team 00:12:01.001 --> 00:12:03.001 then I think the French team will be the champion. 00:12:03.319 --> 00:12:05.879 Yes, thank you for the sharing just now by commentator Hoang Hai. 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:10.539 Ladies and gentlemen, we have just listened to the sharing of commentator Hoang Hai 00:12:10.539 --> 00:12:12.499 about the highlights of the 2026 World Cup. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:15.459 Let's follow and support the teams in the upcoming journey. 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:17.619 By this time, the time allocated to the program has also run out. 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:20.559 Hello and see you in the next sports views.