The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup’s most compelling battle

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/21/thierry-henry-alexi-lalas-fox-world-cup

TL;DR: Thierry Henry is completely clowning Alexei Lalas in their joint post-match commentary. Humiliating Lalas is ridiculously easy. But of course King Henry is doing it with subtlety, class, and withering wit.

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CombatWombat@feddit.online · 7 pts · 78d (1 reply)

Alexi keeps getting play on Fox because he is one of a very small number prominently pro-Trump voices in soccer. There are so many better commentators they could put in there who had great careers with the US and/or in the United States -- Ale Bedoya, Bill Hamid, Diego Valeri, heck I bet even Sam Mewis could learn the boys' names in time -- but they're not white republican men. Watching Telemundo is much more enjoyable.

eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 78d

As an Earthquakes fan, FAL.

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Ilandar@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 78d

Very entertaining read.