00:00Rob, can anyone stop France?
00:03No.
00:05I mean, I don't think so.
00:07You know, Spain is going to give it their best effort Tuesday in Dallas
00:12with that first semifinal, and what a matchup that is.
00:15I mean, that's amazing stuff.
00:16And, you know, listen, France is beatable,
00:20but my money is always going to be on France.
00:23That's where my money was before this tournament started.
00:25They've done nothing to show me that I should pull away from them.
00:29They've got depth.
00:30They've got talent.
00:31You know, they've got kind of like an Ocean's Eleven cast.
00:34You know, you see George Clooney, you're like, all right, they're pretty good.
00:36And then you're like, oh, wait, there's Brad Pitt, and there's Matt Damon,
00:39there's Don Cheadle, and, oh, Julie Roberts is swinging by here.
00:42And you're like, well, why would I not watch this team?
00:44Why would I not invest in this team?
00:46So, yeah, France is my Ocean's Eleven, you know, dream team,
00:49and they've got so much talent, and it's more than just Kylian Mbappe.
00:52But what Kylian Mbappe is doing, you know, he is the leading man.
00:56He is that blockbuster guy.
00:57He is bringing people to the box office.
01:00And, you know, I made this parallel to somebody the other day.
01:02If you just took a non-soccer fan and plucked them in a stadium
01:06or dropped them in front of the television and France was playing,
01:09and you would just go, hey, who's the best player out there, right?
01:13Who's the talent that your eye is drawn to?
01:16And they would all go, that guy, yeah, Mbappe right there, that Kylian,
01:19however you want to pronounce it.
01:20And I don't know if you pronounce the M or the not, but whatever, the Mbappe guy.
01:23Yeah, Kylian Mbappe has been at an absolute different level, as have others, by the way.
01:28Like what Lionel Messi is doing at 39 and what Erling Haaland has done as a young man,
01:32you know, carrying this Norway team to these great heights
01:35and really enjoying his stay in America has been amazing.
01:39But for me, France is the team to beat.
01:41I give them a slight edge over Spain.
01:43Spain has the ability.
01:44Spain can possess it.
01:45Spain can knock it around.
01:47They've only allowed one goal this tournament.
01:49They don't get flustered.
01:51They're comfortable with the ball at their feet.
01:53They're comfortable controlling the game.
01:55But I don't think anybody can be comfortable when Kylian Mbappe is coming at you.
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