Spain vs France: A Strategic Battle in the Semis of the Euros

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00:00Well, we're talking to Morenzi. I always say on Coast to Coast, Spain never loses. And

00:11they have found their way into the semis against a tough French team. You know, it really is

00:17crazy watching France get to the semis without scoring goals. It is unbelievable.

00:26It's the number one, you know what though, defense wins championships. You hear this

00:29in football all the time, and it's specifically true in soccer. If you don't give up any goals,

00:34you're going to be in every game that you play in. This isn't the way that France wanted

00:39it to be or expected it to be, Scott. I mean, Mbappé is, you know, Messi gets all the love

00:45right now, but Messi's like, you know, aging, playing in the MLS. Mbappé is known as the

00:49best player in the world. He can't buy a goal. Like he's had breakaways. He got his nose

00:54shattered and busted open. Then he got hit in the face with a ball the other day. It's

00:59just, it hasn't been easy for them. Yeah, it hasn't been easy for them. Like they're

01:03grinding through. They're incredibly difficult to score on. But even with Spain, Scott, Spain

01:09are, you know, Spain are the only team that have won every game that they played in. They

01:12got it like, boom, they're 5-0. They're rolling along. But look, they gave up a goal the other

01:18day to Georgia. They were down. They're not perfect either. The Spain-France game, Scott,

01:23you talk about betting. It's going under two and a half. It's a reason why it's minus 200.

01:28You could probably play it under minus one and a half as well. And I wouldn't have a

01:31problem with that. It wouldn't shock me if this game was scoreless after 90 minutes.

01:37They're both very tactical in what they do. And France's manager, Deschamps, listen, the

01:44guy has won so much, so it's hard to criticize him. But people think he's playing it too

01:48close to the vest, that he's playing too defensive. And then you look at Spain. Spain are more

01:53aggressive than France. So Spain are a little bit younger. France are more experienced.

01:59As much as we love Spain, Scott, this is a complete toss-up, bro. It could go to penalty

02:03kicks. We're seeing all these games go to penalty kicks. Argentina and Ecuador went to penalty

02:08kicks. Canada and Venezuela was epic, went to penalty kicks. Canada's playing in the semifinals

02:13tomorrow night at MetLife against Argentina now. Penalty kicks are probably going to be in order

02:19for England. Between the two Euro games coming up, if you bet both of them to go to penalty kicks,

02:25at least one of them is, and you'll make a money. And I think they probably both are,

02:29Scott. I know it sounds predictable. No, someone's going to win. They're both going to lock it down,

02:33bro. No one's going to want to make a mistake. No one's going to want to take a chance.

02:38And both these games are going to end up being like nil-nil, one-nothing at the max.

02:43Uruguay went to PKs against Brazil. That was wild.

02:4941 fouls, Scott, in that game. You want to talk about bad blood? 41 fouls.

02:54It was violent. But I thought the guy actually let him play. And I thought, you know,

03:03in the other game, the other quarter that I watched, the Columbia was five-nothing. It was

03:08total domination. But now you've got Argentina and Canada tomorrow night at East Rutherford here in

03:17New York. And that's the one semi. Wednesday is Uruguay and Columbia. Columbia has literally been

03:25destroying everyone. But Uruguay, they win every game they play. How great is that game? And I know

03:33you're on Canada. Listen, Canada's got a wing and a prayer. Argentina or Argentina, they're

03:39the defending World Cup champions. Canada played Argentina in the first game of the Copa and

03:45actually hung around. It was scoreless at the half. Canada had more chances in the first half.

03:49They just didn't bury them. They ended up losing two-nil. Nobody expected Canada to get through

03:54the group. And nobody, you know, nobody thought Canada was going to get past Venezuela. So here

03:58they are right now. They're playing with house money. So no, I'm not, listen, I'm going to be

04:04on Canada, like, plus two and a half goals, Scott. Like, you know what I mean? And I'll do a home or

04:08little play on the money line for the, you know, for the fun of it. But I realize how tough they're

04:13in. You talk about Columbia and Uruguay. I'm a big Uruguay fan, Scott. This team flies out of

04:18the radar all the time. They got like 5 million people or something in their nation. And like,

04:23they're just so good. They're so hard to score on. They're a little bit offensively challenged,

04:28but similar situation. They don't give up goals. So they're in games. But Columbia, bro,

04:33Columbia, Scott, are undefeated in like 28 games now. Like seriously, like they don't lose to

04:39anybody. I think they're going for their 28th straight win. I think they're going to get past

04:45Uruguay.

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