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Messi & Mbappe Madness

6/17/202650 min

The FC crew react to Lionel Messi's hat trick vs Algeria and break down all the records the Argentine broke on his way to an opening World Cup victory. Plus, Frank Leboeuf joins the show to react to France's win over Senegal and praise Kylian Mbappe for a brilliant 2nd half performance. The guys also give out their predictions for how they think England and Portugal will kick off later today.

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Clips

Messi Red Card Showdown
Shaka Eats His Words
Inside Messi’s Football Brain
Ronaldo Needs Team to Run
Pundits Flex on Ronaldo

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    So you're saying with Hilton Honors, I can use points for a free night's stay anywhere?

  2. Shaka Hislop· Panelist0:04

    Anywhere.

  3. Speaker 10:05

    What about fancy places like the Canopy in Paris?

  4. Shaka Hislop· Panelist0:08

    Yeah. Hilton Honors, baby.

  5. Speaker 10:10

    Or relaxing sanctuaries, like the Conrad in Tulum?

  6. Shaka Hislop· Panelist0:13

    Hilton Honors, baby.

  7. Speaker 10:15

    Ooh, what about the five-star Waldorf Astoria in the Maldives?

  8. Shaka Hislop· Panelist0:18

    Are you gonna do this for all 9,000 properties?

  9. Speaker 10:22

    When you want points that can take you anywhere, anytime, it matters where you stay. Hilton, for the stay.

  10. Kay Murray· Host0:28

    [upbeat music] Coming up, the star power was out in full force. Kylian Mbappe got the show started. Erling Haaland then lit it up with a brace of his own. And then came Lionel Messi with his first World Cup hat trick. Now it's over to Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane as Portugal and England enter the fray. ESPN FC next. [upbeat music] Good morning to you all and welcome to our World Cup morning edition of ESPN FC. We got to see the stars in action last night and more of them are coming up today. And we've got a star-studded panel today right here in the studio as well. Stuart Robson is back with us. Kieran Gibbs entering the competition for us here on the morning show, and Shaka Hislop along for the ride.

  11. Stuart Robson· Panelist1:17

    Here as usual.

  12. Kay Murray· Host1:18

    Here as usual. [laughs] And we love to have him here. Argentina back in action. The papers going crazy about what we saw from Lionel Messi as they got their World Cup title defense underway in Kansas

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