WORLD CUP Bonus Episode: The Finals

**Trevor Noah** (0:00)
This episode is brought to you by Febreze, and we're coming to you from the official Febreze-sponsored boot room, which, if you know anything about soccer, is usually the last place you wanna hang out.
This is What Now with Trevor Noah. 104 matches, 48 teams, 30-something, 32 maybe knockout games.

**Joe** (0:28)
Six weeks, a feast of football.

**Trevor Noah** (0:32)
How do you feel right now? Are you full?
Or do you wish this was your new life?

**Joe** (0:39)
Man, I could always go for seconds when it comes to football. I could always go for seconds.

**Trevor Noah** (0:42)
This was insane, man.

**Joe** (0:43)
But my God, are you not entertained?

**Trevor Noah** (0:45)
Yeah, are you not entertained? For sure. First and foremost, Spain are the World Champions again.

**Joe** (0:50)
Spain are the World Champions, worthy champions, deserved champions.

**Trevor Noah** (0:54)
And I don't want to say it's because of me, but I will say every time I've been at a final, Spain has won it.

**Joe** (1:05)
Also, they did win their first big major championship.

**Trevor Noah** (1:08)
South Africa?

**Joe** (1:09)
No, no, their first major championship 2008, that jersey, the man you're wearing right now.

**Trevor Noah** (1:13)
Oh, this one? Oh, yeah, yeah. Not to mention the World Cup only.

**Joe** (1:16)
He scored the goal that set them on a path.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:19)
Let's talk about it.

**Trevor Noah** (1:20)
I mean, first and foremost, the World Cup, the final, like everybody who was watching the game in the stadium, on TV, said the same thing. Spain was stifling Argentina.
Watching it in real time was even more impressive, because we were lucky enough to be at the game. Seeing how the Spanish team completely pressed every single player on the opposing team, seeing how they attacked together, seeing how Rodri...

**SPEAKER_3** (1:49)
Can I tell you?

**Trevor Noah** (1:50)
Rodri, I don't think he has won a single Man of the Match at this tournament. And I think it's because the Man of the Match was voted for by fans.
And I think the fans, not that they didn't know the game, I think because when you're watching the game on TV, you miss out on so much of what's not happening on screen. When you're watching the game live, it's easy to say Rodri is Man of the Match.

**Joe** (2:12)
He was a colossus. He was a colossus today. He was everywhere.
If you just keep your eye on him, you could see the whole game. You didn't have to watch the whole game to see him. He gave us Sergio Busquets vibes. He was everywhere.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:24)
But almost like a stronger Busquets.

**Joe** (2:26)
Stronger, bigger, taller. He's quite a unit. But I was like just watching him, how casual he was.
We talked about this during the stream.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:34)
You said it's like a grandpa in his slippers.

**Joe** (2:35)
He was like a grandpa playing in his slippers in his backyard. It wasn't a World Cup final for him. He was immense. The interceptions he made, fully deserved. Fully deserved. Play of the tournament. Fully deserved in my opinion.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:45)
Who are you happy for? Baby Goat or the Goat?

**Joe** (2:47)
I'm happy for Baby Goat. Because winning it at 19, winning the World Cup sometimes, not winning the World Cup, can become like some kind of albatross around your neck.

**Trevor Noah** (2:57)
You're not wrong.

**Joe** (2:57)
We saw it with Ronaldo.

**Trevor Noah** (2:59)
Yeah, you're not wrong.

**Joe** (3:00)
If you win it now, you get it out of the way. Now you can play your international career. You're already a hero. So I was really happy for him.

**Trevor Noah** (3:06)
Of course, all Laminas to do is win a Champions League now, which is way easier, I would argue, Yes, for the club. than winning, because you have a chance every year.

**Joe** (3:14)
He already won the European Championship and was instrumental in that.
Part of me wanted, because there were so many Barcelona boys in that team, in that Spanish team, I wanted Pedro to win. I wanted, there are a minimal of defenders, Pau Kubasi, also 19 to win.

**Trevor Noah** (3:28)
But you think Pedro had a good World Cup?

**Joe** (3:31)
He had a good World Cup, he didn't have the World Cup he expected.
Pedro expects to always be a starter, but he was unseated by Fabian Luiz. I thought Fabian Luiz, and I can get why he took over. Fabian Luiz is a lot taller, he's a lot bigger, and I think Luis de la Fuente.

**Trevor Noah** (3:46)
He's also a lot more progressive in this tournament at least.