Audio: Alexi Lalas Went on Mike & Mike and Was Asked How Lionel Messi Would Do at Euro 2012
Click this link and fast-forward to the 1:05 mark. Adnan Virk, filling in for Mike Greenberg, asked soccer analyst Alexi Lalas how Lionel Messi would do in Euro 2012.
That’s Argentina‘s Lionel Messi.
Props to Alexi Lalas for keeping it together – you can sort of hear a laugh before he starts to answer – and not cracking up.
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June 5th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
At least they didn’t ask if Team USA had a chance in the Euros.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Maybe Lalas should have been interviewed by Jorge Arangure. That guy seems to know what he’s talking about.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Big Lead Sports: snidely pointing out other people’s mistakes while blindly ignoring our own since 2010.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Germany v. Portugal on Saturday. I’m guessing 3-1 for ze Germans.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Loved the comment “You’ll have a point when a big name FA goes to the Marlins”
June 5th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
ttyl
June 5th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
I’ll give Adnan Virk the benefit of the doubt and say he just misspoke. He has worked on an exclusively Soccer channel in the past (GolTV).
June 5th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Agree completely.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Heard this on the way to work. Did not occur to me that it was a stupid question (until it was answered) although if you had asked me before I heard it where Messi was from I’m pretty sure I knew it was Argentina.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
ESPN trots out their idiot morning show and talks about a sport they don’t follow and it’s a train wreck. Shocking.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Can’t fucking wait for England-France on Monday.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Haven’t you been paying attention? Nobody who is employed by ESPN is allowed to misspeak. If they do, they shall be ridiculed and made to feel inferior.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:28 AM
HERBIE Hancock.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Brandon Inge has more RBI’s than any Tiger not named Prince or Miguel.
/Yardwok?
June 5th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Ichiro, hideki matsui, dice-k, Yu, Kuroda, Aoki, Fukudome
/Yardwok
June 5th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Alexi Lalas would look great on the Celtics bench with a suit on.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
/pours one out for the Fat Toad
June 5th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Ichiro, hideki matsui, dice-k, Yu, Kuroda, Aoki, Fukudome
/Yardwok
Beat me to it. Nicely done!
June 5th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
I have such a boner for the Euros that I’ll be leaving work early to watch the first match even though it’s Poland-Greece.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Some commenters should start up a sports talk station where the pressing topics of the day are discussed, notably factual errors and/or asinine opinions found on sports blogs.
I always play for the apiary team in the national entomology soccer tournament, but have been known to sub for the beetle guys (coleopterists) from time to time.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Kei Igawa, So Taguchi, Shin-Soo Choo, Chan Ho Park
June 5th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
If there was ever a game where both teams end up losing….Losing Cahill is huge for England IMO.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
still laughing over here. +1
June 5th, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Adnan Virk should be embarrassed I say. Not as embarrassed as someone who admits to listening to Mike and Mike, but embarrassed nonetheless.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Greece Euro 2004 = Chelsea UCL 2012. Dreadful to watch.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Allez les Bleus!!!!!!
June 5th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Can’t fucking wait for England-France on Monday.
Spain-Italy should be a lot more funnah!
June 5th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Oh, we talkin’ Yardwok?
/Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Chunichi Dragons
Chiba Lotte Marines
Saitama Seibu Lions
Orix Buffaloes
June 5th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
I’m going to New York to watch Brazil-Argentina on Saturday. I’ll miss Germany-Portugal. Just a bad scene, all around. Might pop in to Nevada Smith’s (popular soccer bar in NYC) to watch Spain-Italy on Sunday.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
/pours one out
June 5th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
I’ll root against England until they finally hire someone who can pick a fucking squad.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Meaning, you are not fit for public use during a Germany game? Or that you have to miss for something not good?
June 5th, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Might pop in to Nevada Smith’s (popular soccer bar in NYC) to watch Spain-Italy on Sunday.
Might want to get in pretty early to get a seat. Tried to go there for the 2010 WC, and the line was like a block and a half long.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:43 AM
I envision TBL and/or Duffy listening/watching to ESPN, and immediately Googling whatever they say to fact check it.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
So TBL:ESPN::commenters:TBL?
June 5th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
I don’t mind going to the Brazil-Argentina game. Just wish Germany game wasn’t at the same time. I’ll be checking the phone constantly to get an update and be anxious that I’m missing Germany play, therefore not fully enjoying the game that’s happening right in front of my eyes.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Funny. Because I can’t ever picture TBL doing any sort of fact checking.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Pretty much. Actually, that’s a really good analogy.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Kei Igawa, So Taguchi, Shin-Soo Choo, Chan Ho Park
uh, choo is korean. smh
June 5th, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
love the back and forth chants between the fans of this team and any other
“…and Nippon Ham Fighters Spit!”
June 5th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Good thing they didn’t refer to Mark Sanchez as “lefty Matt” or this story would have no legs and be swept under the rug.
June 5th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
So pumped. Throwing a weekend long party with beer from the competing countries culminating in Ireland’s glorious 1- Nil injury time win over Crotia Sunday when all hell will break loose.
You can get every game online streaming from TSN for $19.99, I’m buying it so I do not have to worry about finding stable streams.
June 5th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Also, seems like Yardwok has a kung-fu grip on the comment section eh?
June 5th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Whatever man, it’s all sideways on the inside.
June 5th, 2012 at 12:07 PM
Whatever man, it’s all sideways on the inside.
and pink.
what’s chinese for 69?
two can chew
June 5th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
soccer streams at http://www.p2p4u.net – don’t click on any of the download ads….
June 5th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
For anyone who bothers to check this thread later, Zonal Marking is doing previews of all the teams that are very in-depth. You can find them here.
June 5th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Excellent site. I go there a lot. You live in DC, right? I heard it’s a fun city to be in when these major soccer tournaments happen. Lot of foreigners, so you can visit lots of places that have large gatherings of fans.
/damn moderation’d
June 5th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Eh, I’m not in D.C. but I go up there a lot.