Futbol Americas: Brazil Squad Set! + Pepi Reaches 100 Appearances + Messi and the Fans Beefing?!? + Lewandowski Leaving Barca + Liga MX Final Set

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4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Mauricio Pedroza, Herc Gomez, and Ale Moreno kick off this edition of Futbol Americas by reacting to Brazil's roster for the World Cup. Does Neymar deserve his place? Pepi has reached 100 appearances for PSV. Has he outgrown his club? Inter Miami fans are mad at the team, and Messi took offense. Who is at fault here? The panel then discusses the news that Robert Lewandowski is leaving Barcelona before ending the show with a Liga MX final preview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Neymar Junior Santos Neymar Jr. Santos. You know what you're not. The That would be the same cheer we would expect anytime we say welcome to football
0:33.8	Americas tonight show Alejandro Moreno, Herg Gomez.
0:39.2	I am Mauricio Pedrosa.
0:40.6	That was Carlo Encelotti,
0:42.0	announcing to the world that Neymar is back.
0:44.5	We have a packed show,
0:45.7	as you would come to expect,
0:47.4	24 days away from the start of the World Cup.
0:52.8	A lot of things to touch on.
0:54.5	Troubling Paradise for Messia and Friends.
0:57.6	We'll talk about what happened in Miami.
0:59.7	An exclusive chat with Ricardo Pepi
1:02.2	and Ken Robert Lewandowski land in Major League Soccer.
1:06.9	Make sure to download the Football America's podcast,
1:09.9	whatever you download your podcast. And let's a look with carlo ancelotti's squad for the world cup 2026 it was a whole show to announce the squad and this is it the 26 players that will represent Brazil in the world cup the biggest biggest surprise, obviously, is the inclusion of Namar.
1:31.0	He will be back after almost three years the last time he played for the national team.
1:37.1	Giovanni was shockingly left out of the roster.
1:40.7	Carlo Encherotti said the following regarding Namar.
1:44.0	We've been evaluating Neymar all year and we've seen that in recent weeks he's played
1:50.0	consistently and improved his physical condition.
1:53.0	We believe he's an important player and he'll be an important player in this World Cup.
1:58.0	He has the same role and responsibilities as the other 25 players.
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