The Best World Cup Semifinal Ever?

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This has been one of the best World Cups ever
and now the semifinals are set France versus Spain in
one bracket, England versus Argentina in the second bracket, and
for the first time in the history of the FIFA
World Cup, all four top ranked teams have made it

(00:25):
to the semifinals, all of them. Argentina's ranked number one,
they made it. France number two they made it, Spain
number three, they made it, England number four. They made
it that has never ever been done before. The Spain
France game, to me, is going to be the class

(00:47):
of the tournament. I genuinely believe those are the two
best teams in the World Cup. They have some of
the best players, their midfields are superb, their town is
through the roof. I believe France is slightly better, but
Spain is loaded and they play a beautiful game. Their

(01:08):
passing is precise, surgical, They're very strong in the back.
They have one of the best goalies in the world.
They should give France everything they can handle. But in
the end, I think France, with Mombape and others, they
just have a little bit too much firepower and in

(01:30):
the end France will prevail over Spain. I'm thinking either
two to one or three to two, but mark my words,
it should be one of the best soccer games ever.
And then there is Argentina and England. Every time Argentina
and England play it is an instant classic. Why because

(01:53):
they're essentially refighting the Falklands. They are refighting the Falklands War,
and so the paytriotism, the passion, the hype in front
of leading up into the game, and then of course
the politically electric charged atmosphere. It creates not a soccer

(02:15):
game but almost war in short pants. On paper, Argentina
should win. They are ranked higher, they have Lionel Messi,
who is arguably the greatest player that ever played the game. However,
I'm telling you I've watched Argentina now in the knockout
stage three consecutive games. They were very close to losing

(02:38):
the Cape Verde. They then were extremely lucky, very lucky
to move on against Argentina. Sorry, against Egypt, Argentina was
a down to zero with thirteen minutes left and they
pulled it out by the skin of their teeth. And
then against Switzerland, had the ref not intervened and given

(03:03):
a ridiculous yellow card which led to what a Swiss
player being ejected from the game. Two yellows. I believe
Argentina would have lost to Switzerland. Switzerland had the better
of it. They were one to one at the time.
The Swiss were breaking down Argentina's defense. Argentina had no
answers at times. They seemed paralyzed, out of sync, incoherent,

(03:28):
almost non effective. They were lucky that Switzerland played with
ten players instead of eleven, and they use that advantage
to finally score late and to put Switzerland away. Argentina
is vulnerable. England is riding high. Harry Kine Bellingham. They

(03:49):
have the firepower and the players to beat England. My prediction,
Messi goes down, Argentina will lose to England and it
will be a France England final, and then I believe
England will meet its waterloo. France should beat England and

(04:11):
they should repeat as World Cup champions. But first they
have to get through Spain, and I'm telling you that's
gonna be no easy feat