Charles Barkley was one of many Americans projecting boisterous, mildly irrational optimism for the U.S. men's national team ahead of a World Cup showdown with the Netherlands, but he might be the only one who captured the attention of the Dutch.
The NBA Hall of Famer and TNT basketball analyst made waves on Tuesday when he declared the U.S. would defeat the Netherlands in the Round of 16 after the Americans topped Iran to make it out of group of play. He was not subtle about it:"We going through the Netherlands. We opening up a can of whoop-ass. I GUARANTEE the Netherlands in trouble.
Hey Tyler, my man 12, we going on. Hey, I want Spain, I want Brazil, I want Germany, I want France — oh they got that boy [Kylian] Mbappe over there, he ain't no joke. But we going to beat the Netherlands."Well, actually, they did appreciate it for what it was: prime sizzle reel material. They made full use of it entering their match on Saturday:
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