France came into this semifinal with Kylian Mbappe and about as much hype as any team left in the tournament. None of it mattered. Spain scored twice in the second half, Pedro Porro's goal in the 57th minute made it 2-0, and from there the game turned into a formality. Barstool had eyes on the broadcast the whole way, and the reaction said everything the scoreboard didn't need to.
SPAIN GOES UP 2-0 https://t.co/OhGdiX6ERZ
Porro is a right back by trade, which made the goal funnier to the crowd on the couches than a striker doing the same thing would have. Barstool Gambling didn't let it slide, either. "Pedro Porro is a defender by the way" was the whole joke, and it landed because a defender doubling up a team built around Mbappe is exactly the kind of detail that makes a blowout sting more.
The cave treated it like a coronation. Big Cat and company were fully locked in on the DraftKings watch, and the energy in the room only grew as the lead held. Mintzy's line about France's collapse being an "unconditional surrender" doesn't need a scoreboard to confirm — it's just the mood the room was in, half a joke and half disbelief that a team this talented was getting run off the field.
Big Cat is LOVING what he’s seeing from Spain today They grab a 2-0 lead over France @DraftKings #DKPartner https://t.co/0u2Ox4HjmO
France did get one real look. Barstool Gambling flagged a moment where Unai Simon strayed off his line and Desire Doue couldn't finish it off — the kind of chance a team down 2-0 needs to convert and didn't. It was as close as France came to making a game of it, and the room made clear that chance might not come around twice.
By the time the final whistle situation was academic, Barstool Sports was already framing the day as a rout, pointing out Spain had beaten every team in front of it except one all tournament — and now that team was on the other end of a blowout too. Dave Portnoy, never shy about his soccer opinions, summed up the entertainment value bluntly, calling it the kind of snoozer that would turn a first-timer off the sport for good. Jon Gruden, who'd been embedded with the Barstool crew throughout, said he'd called Spain to win it the whole time.
France got EMBARRASSED by Spain https://t.co/OrKYPmJp7P
The celebrity watch added its own layer to the day. Timothee Chalamet reportedly sat with his dad and David Beckham for the match, a reminder of how big this stage has gotten — soccer royalty and Hollywood in the same building for a World Cup semifinal. Spain now moves on to the final, waiting to find out whether it's Argentina or England on the other side. For France and Mbappe, a tournament that started with sky-high expectations ends in the building where Spain's defenders were scoring on them.