Trevor Noah: The Messi vs Yamal Final Is a MOVIE Script, and the Ending You Couldn’t Write

Two days before the biggest World Cup Final of our lifetime, Trevor Noah pulls up to The Late Run. He tells the story behind the photo of Messi bathing baby Lamine Yamal nearly two decades before they meet in a World Cup Final, explains why the whole world is rooting for Spain on Sunday, and calls out England for playing scared. Then it goes deeper: street football under apartheid, why your country's style of play tells you everything about where you grew up, the 2010 vuvuzelas (and the player who blamed them), and why he still stands by "Africa won the World Cup." Plus, Ocho and Trevor debate the USMNT flameout, whether the USA would beat Belgium in a best of 7, and why Alexi Lalas is actually good for American soccer. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold Open 1:03 Welcome Trevor Noah 2:10 Is the Messi Debate Over? 4:11 England Blew It: Tuchel and the Kane Question 5:50 Messi Bathed Baby Yamal 7:15 Who Is the World Rooting For? 8:20 Atletico vs Barca: How the Final Gets Won 9:56 How Trevor Fell in Love With Football 13:12 Street Football in Apartheid South Africa 16:15 Your Football Is Where You Grew Up 19:51 The 2010 World Cup and the Vuvuzelas 21:15 The World's Greatest Exchange Program 22:30 Why American Sports All Feel the Same 25:34 Haaland and the USMNT 29:20 Would the USA Beat Belgium in a Best of 7? 32:25 Trevor the Commentator: In Defense of Alexi Lalas 35:41 Africa Won the World Cup: The Ambassador Letter 38:35 Would You Rather: South Africa or a World Cup Final? 39:41 Wrapping Up