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    First person: Why soccer is so much better in Spanish

    The 2022 World Cup wraps up this weekend in Qatar when Argentina plays France in the final. Nico Cantor is a soccer broadcaster. He’s doing Spanish language commentary for Fútbol de Primera at this World Cup.
    Dec 16, 2022 5 minutes
    Argentina players celebrate winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup football semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

    The 2022 World Cup wraps up this weekend in Qatar when Argentina plays France in the final.

    Nico Cantor is a soccer broadcaster, primarily for CBS Sports. He’s doing Spanish language commentary for Fútbol de Primera at this World Cup.

    NICO CANTOR: Thank you for having me.

    MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Okay. So it’s like a clash of the titans here with Argentina v. France for the World Cup. What do you think?

    CANTOR: Well, it’s been kind of a crazy World Cup with pretty big names dropping out very early on, Belgium, Germany, Uruguay in the group stage, and then Morocco, all of a sudden becoming this dark horse dropping teams like Spain and Portugal.

    Everybody wanted that Argentina, Brazil semifinal. But at the end of the day, it’s Messi, his last opportunity to lift that World Cup trophy with Argentina.

    And France in their second consecutive World

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