On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Roger Bennett join Shae Cornette to share thoughts on Lamine Yamal and Spain defeating Lionel Messi and Argentina to win the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The crew also discusses Kylian Mbappe’s performance for France.
0:00 Messi’s career
4:26 The Last Dance?!
7:05 Mbappe wins Golden boot
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Wonder if he was promised favoritism if he agreed to play in international tournaments. He only got successful after he quit & came back.
They missed Di Maria.
He was the catalyst!
The ice on the cake for Argentina
This guy has a big than earth mouth to talk about everything
Who the heck is going to Stephen A for soccer opinions 😂😂😂 Ronaldo the 🐐
I thought you guys were observant… you couldn’t tell there was something really wrong. ? 🤦🏾♂️ too shallow!
Argentina is weak without Messi and that’s a fact all they had to do was neutralize Messi and that’s what Spain did
If you see someone speaking like this about Messi , you just know he is hating and no actual football knoweldge 😅