Got more likes on a post than lebron has followers 💀

Americans live in their own little bubble. They think they are the world. It's a level of delusion that I admire.

@@Zaghzackiolebron has 135million followers

NBA is incredible popular around the world since Michael Jordan.

@@wgjung1 not like soccer tho

it's like watching cavemen discover fire! 🤣

@@andrewa6786 lol. They're evolving

@@nativeyo, At this rate it'll take them another 10+ years. Just last week, Tony said on this show that he was still unaware that Messi could take the penalty kick for a foul on another person. He thought that the player who was fouled must take the penalty! Lol

@@appl2597 so true. It's so infuriating how ignorant they are!

I’ve been watching this show for 20+ years.

Its called futbol some are calling it football .Soccer is coming from english speakers but when you will as latin america player they will say futbol

Welcome brother

Football.

I highly recommend you keep watching. It's actually ridiculously easy to keep up with the sport in the U.S. and the World Cup is coming to the U.S. in 2026. Our national team isn't half bad right now either but they should be way better by 2026. And while I love American sports, nothing gets me on the edge of my seat like big-time soccer matches.

That great bro! Hope you enjoyed it and your taste to the beautiful sport continues!

It’s an awesome thing especially with the next World Cup here

Sadly not at all they only watched it like sheep cause elite told them its a event they should watch 😂 they did the same back in world cup 2018 You tell them whats lazio? Whats benfica? And they begin to lie oh Lazio good soccer player! Oh benfica? Good soccer player 😂

@@mathewvanostin7118 It’s so cool to make fun of Americans right? You realize we don’t have the opportunities to watch good soccer/football like most of the world right? We have to subscribe to a streaming service just to watch Champions League. Even then the games will be starting at 3pm where I’m at. I’d bet if you lived here you wouldn’t be much of a fan either. If the World Cup boosts interest for soccer/football in America then that’s not a bad thing.

@@mathewvanostin7118 to tack on to what @Christopher said. Even with said streaming services for some reason, everyone has to post the score of the game as soon as it's over all over every platform making it pointless for Americans to watch the replay that they either had to work through or was in the middle of the night. So why would Americans get interested?

I dont watch sport i dont like cause elite told me to watch it For example i dont like hockey or nfl. I dont care if the hockey world cup or super bowl i wont watch it 😆😆😆 like be true to yourself 😂

Most of us europeans dont follow NFL , but will follow the superbowl cause its a big showl. Nevertheless , as i was saying on another comment, the equivalent to the superbowl in soccer would be The Champions league final , wich is every year.l World cup has absolutely nothing comparable in the world of sports

@@carlitos2012aceTrue. They don’t know enough to even talk about that 😂 It’s just fun to see American sports reporters get this emotional and effusive over soccer/football

Agree. I am a basketball and football fan. But that soccer game was the best sport event ever. Amazing!

Best team sports final ever I have ever seen. I'm a soccer fan my whole life which might make me biased. Warriors vs Cavs game 7 is 2nd.

It was until City just won the Champs League🙂Admittedly I'm biased and fibbing slightly, and all the excitement came at the end of our win and at our end of the pitch, bur PHEW!

@bodsnvimto Dude come on. You support City and I'm happy for you, enjoy the feeling. Argentina vs France made the whole world tremble.

@@johnmellos9946 Yes, there was a certain amount of both bias and sarcasm in there. Most of our match didn't live close to that magnificent World Cup Final...but keep that quiet between us, eh? 🙂

No rings in soccer, its gold medals

Agree the problem is they compare the rings to World Cup. But the rings are more comparable to the Balon d'or, which is given out every year to the best player and Messi has 7. The World Cup is just the jewel on the crown.

@@mphala The only thing comparable to rings in Futball(Soccer) are Balon d'or and Messi has 7 of them.

@@MessiMerdo balon d'or is more like season mvp

Messi the goat

Finnaly someone who understand the game...

He has 1 hand on the only global trophy along with Messi. You are correct.

Definitely

No doubt

decade.

He already is

2 trophies behind Alves

@@lexkanyima2195 compared to the athletes PTI usually covers. But I have a feeling a UCL and obviously a ligue 1 title are on their way.

@@lexkanyima2195 I think its just 1 now, but he is gonna pass him for sure, PSG wins League 1 every year.

@@DakonBlackblade2 ok

Lol you completely missed their point. They are solely talking about winning the biggest prize in the sport, which os obviously a world cup.

Apart from their relative size in the game. A Steph Curry comparison to Messi is not really fair. Messi is the Greatest (countless clutch big moments including numerous finals) and most decorated player (individual awards and team accomplishments) of all time. Steph is amazing but apart from his 3-PT shooting, he isn’t considered to be the greatest individual player even of his generation.

Stef isnt in the same league as Messi. You would need Stef's shooting, Magic's assists, Kyrie's handles and Lebrons longevity to compare them. Messi is other wordly in multiple abilities. Stef is other worldly in 1 single ability - shooting.

Di Maria always turn up for 🇦🇷. Happy for him because he miss the 2014 final against 🇩🇪 and was injured coming into this World Cup.

Even though you are correct, you cant downplay the global sensation that was Michael Jordan. It was because of him that the NBA became so popular around the world. On a day to day basis football players are way more popular globally but MJ was a different breed from any other basketball player.

Exactly. These soccer players are world wide known.

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Mbappe is going to be on the Rushmore of football (soccer)

@@roningaijin7701 lol Cristiano and R9 Ronaldo are not even apart of that Sorry has a top 3 then its not even close. Messi pele and maradona. Mbappe should foucus on being best he can be its practically impossible to do what messi and ronaldo did.

Messi isnt once in universe cause martinez saved penalties and denied goals from a injured version of france Beating old croatia, benched players at club holland and australia isnt gonna make him goat This wont win the repect of the neutral fans Unless you got difficult teams in their prime on world cup. Champions league/liga/serie A/premier league is bigger test of football talent

I’ll defer to true soccer fans. Explain Messi in Basketball or Football terms. Please

Mbappe will be once in a Universe as well

I’d say the champions league is more like a ring

@@RedDevilSkillz Champions League would be more like winning the Super Bowl.

The Football World Cup is more important than NFL rings or even Champion's League. Th NFL is a sport mostly played on high level in the USA while Football is played on high level in many countries in the world. Winning the NFL is nothing more like winning the national title in a European top league, it is not ven worth Champion's league and for sure not a World Cup. Pelé's 3 world cups beat Tom Brady's and Michael Jordan's (my favourite athlete) titles and rings.

It needs way more than more fans. It needs its best athletes to start playing soccer, and it needs to get rid of the horrible pay-to-play youth system that holds it back from ever developing real talent by limiting entry to the US National Team system to middle- or upper-class kids whose parents can afford to pay the fees to put them on travel teams. In no country that is actually any good at it is soccer a game for well-fed suburbanites and children of privilege.

Argentina has a few tbf tho. Di maria, Alvarez, de Paul

@@Stringbean670 right... Ppl need to stop.

Tell me you are from North America without telling me you're from North America

Lie.

@@Stringbean670Mf'er really mentioned de Paul and Alvarez as world class players lol

I wish I agreed with you... but I think FIFA helped Argentina on this one.

@@erikmedina09 how bro?

@@AGE_97 If you watched the final, I'm sure you're aware of the suspicious first penalty call. Dembele supposedly fouling Di Maria, though it's very hard to see any contact if at all. I really believe Di Maria took a dive hoping for the call. The referee was so quick to call the foul that it makes it seem the ref was just waiting for a moment like this. You're probably aware that Argentina has been the beneficiary of other dubious penalty kick calls during the tournament. There were other calls throughout the final that favored Argentina-- missed foul calls when France had chances to score. I wish I had kept a list while watching the game. No yellow or red card for Otamendi in the 79th minute on the penalty call that led to France's first goal? (At least they gave France a penalty though.) Also, did you see the cheap shot from Cristian Romero in the 10th minute that hurt Hugo Lloris (French goalie)? That was a good primer for the rest of the game.

Weird thing is, Messi might play in the 2026 World Cup. He'd be 39, but at the very least he'd still be good enough to come off the bench.

What sucks with him, is there's a good chance he may never play in a major tournament

@@kevindimas253 he might play in the next world cup because it's expanding to 48 teams

@@nativeyo if they do that, it would be so dumb

@@kevindimas253 they are doing it though

@@kevindimas253 the champions league is just as big as the world cup lol

You are correct about Messi, but completely wrong about Steph. You underestimate all the skill and athleticism his game requires. I'm from Argentina and a Lakers fan, so no bias. 😆

I feel from a stylistic standpoint from another sport I’d compare Messi to is Mahomes careers not on the same level yet of course but both had the greatest starts ever to football careers and both are magical alien magicians

True

because of messi

No question about it

good thing they are in the same club then (with Neymar btw)

Best final since 1986 at least!!!

Mbappe isnt one of greatest ever but he has potential to be best

@@mightytitan1719 Top10 potential for sure. But surpassing Messi or CR7 i don't think so

@@mightytitan1719 if mbappe isn't a great then Messi isn't a goat period mbappe is the goat

I think Pele is the greatest ever because he has won 3 World Cups

@@thenorseprodigy7466 I can't disagree with that

yes but at 19 Mbappe had alrwady won a World Cup...and it wont be the last

@@bred9971 Find me One Nation with a better stats line from the last 24 years. Go ahead. Stats don’t lie .

Absolutely. Imagine if ESPN talks about the Champions League as much as they talk about the NFL playoffs? Heck that would have implications for our national team as more kids might get inspired to play the sport.

It's hard for Americans to have interest in champions league when there so much good sporting events going on at the same time here. Soccer gets lost amoung them

@@Cofitube94 i don't think that's what's stopping Americans but the time of day of the Champions League games. By the time Americans are done with work, the game is over and everyone wouldve posted the score everywhere making the game not worth watching

Champion leagues is nice but don't compare it to the world cup there both worlds apart

@@nativeyo I was gonna add that too. It's definitely the case for me in Canada even though I'm a big soccer fan

Champion league can't compare to this not a tall

@@peteplunkett8525 so you only want people to watch the sport whenever the world cup comes along?

i‘d much rather watch the champions league. at least i can be sure the best players and teams advance.

@@markwillykellermann5519 if that's your preference can't argue with you but you can't deny the world cup is the best

@@nativeyo only die hard football fans watch club football world cup on the other hand brings everyone that's the difference and the impact it have

Of course not

George Weah the only African born balon dor winner Is prime example

You are 100% correct, but there is a reason that this was a big deal. Football is very tribal, and for years fans of another good player have been criticizing Messi for never winning a World Cup. Despite the common sense of the point you make, along with the fact that football is a team game, not an individual one, Messi's critics have absolutely hounded this point for ten years, since it's the only thing they could think of to undermine him. (Not that their own hero has done so, far from it.) Now, Messi has in fact won the World Cup, and has left critics without a leg to stand on. And he's done it at the age of 35, which is ancient in football terms, while being the best player in the tournament.

@@daleviker5884 100% correct. But the critics won't go away despite him winning a wc. Hope his haters and doubters give him his flowers when he's retired

@@gerritlullau2576 Unfortunately, that's right. There's already idiots all over social media just saying Argentina were lucky, and even that the tournament was rigged, or that Messi wasn't the best player so it makes no difference, you name it. Some people would rather die than say something positive about a player from a rival team. Tribalism is one of the best things about soccer, and at the same time it is the worst thing.

Ali vs Frazier at the time made the World stop. No social media no youtube, just 2 men fighting to figure out who was the baddest man on the planet. It was a HUGE deal and 3 incredible fights. On top of that they were true rivals of eachother.

Mbappe

@@Bajannubian095 is 3rd tier on that team

Mbappe is proving he may be the GOAT one day. He does much even with little

He was injured bro. What do you mean?

More like individual leagues

Nobody single-handedly wins games of football.

@@daleviker5884 Maradona 86

@@lexkanyima2195 Rubbish. He was the best player, but you forget that during the time of Maradona's career, Argentina won two world cups and two Copa Americas. Maradona was there for only one of those four trophies. The national team won three major tournaments without him, so to imply that they needed Maradona to single handedly win a trophy for them is just ridiculous.

@@daleviker5884 but it's the truth ?

its crazy right? Mbappe is an animal and hes coming, im telling u

@@KwesiGyamfi-zf8fl yup he's surely going to torch everyone at the euros and the next world cup in vengence

Mbappe does not have the skill set to eclipse Messi (who is clear GOAT). Ronaldo he can eventually pass however if he maintains his current output for another decade.

@@scottwillie6389 I mean I hope not as I am a big messi fan since I was a kid but what makes you say Mbappe doesn't have the skillset? I agree he's more like Ronaldo in approach to his game but I think everything is there for him to be the GO.A.T barring injuries

@@MrCammo123 His dribbling and control are not in the same league as Messi. Messi is the only guy in the history of soccer who, if everybody were wearing the same color uniform and you were watching the game on TV from 20 feet away you would still immediately recognize whenever he has the ball just because of the way he moves with the ball. He is just that far above anyone else in that regard. Messi was the best to ever play the game by far. Better than Pele. Better than Maradona. Better than Ronaldinho. If Mbappe maintains his current quality of play for the next decade he will be remembered as the equal of any of those names, but he would have to improve greatly to match Messi.

Lol you casual if you thought that shoot out was anticlimactic.

No, he was not

Joke of the century