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The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

World Cup Final and 3rd Place BEST BETS

The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

CBS Sports, SportsLine

Sports, Football

4.5779 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

SportsLine soccer experts Buckets, Brad, and Martin break down their BEST BETS for Spain vs. Argentina and England vs. France. Hear where they see the most value on the board and which wagers stand out ahead of this World Cup Final and 3rd Place Game matchup!

(0:00) World Cup Final Betting Strategy

(11:58) France vs. England 3rd Place Game Bets

(19:18) Spain vs. Argentina Final Bets

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0:00.0

We're talking World Cup on the Early Edge with Martin Green, Brad Thomas, and John Imer.

0:10.6

Gentlemen, we've got the final.

0:12.2

It's Spain.

0:13.0

It's Argentina.

0:13.9

Martin Green, my apologies.

0:15.3

I know you were looking for England to make the final.

0:18.2

And so I have to ask you first, how does Argentina keep doing this?

0:21.8

How do they keep winning these matches coming from behind? Well, I mean, they really have an

0:27.5

impressive, never say die attitude. But I really think that Thomas Tuchel helped them out yesterday.

0:34.0

I mean, England had them right where they needed them with about 15 minutes left to go.

0:38.3

They were 1-0 up, they were in control, he had great options on the bench.

0:42.3

And he just inexplicably shifted to a back five so early in the game in a bid to protect his lead.

0:49.3

That just invited pressure, suddenly Argentina were dominant, Messi was dictating play. And Argentina really could

0:56.1

have won it 4-1. They missed a couple of great chances. They hit the post. And everyone could see

1:01.1

what was happening, but Tuchel refused to change it. And lo and behold, England lost. But I don't

1:06.4

think Spain will be that naive in the final. Buck, it's your thoughts on Argentina, just the comeback ball from them?

1:14.2

It's magical.

1:16.3

It's sorcery.

1:17.6

I don't know what you called at this point.

1:19.4

They have 11 goals on the knockout stage and nine of those 11 have come after the 79th

1:24.5

minute of play.

1:25.5

At some point, you got to believe that a team can stop them for those last 10 minutes, but we haven't seen it yet. So I'm just going to keep, just live bet Argentina to get another goal after the 75th minute. You would be doing very well so far in this tournament if you just did that. Brad, any thoughts on Argentina's latest comeback? Yeah, I mean, it's incredible, right? It just shows you the experience,

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