The city of Madrid just won their first of two European titles this season. Congrats to Atleti and now on to Real.
And I say this probably once a year but Alexi Lalas is insufferable as a color commentator. I hope he doesn't get any WC matches.
Lalas is going to be a studio analyst.
Broadcasting pairings for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ are listed below:
Play-by-Play / Analyst
John Strong & Stu Holden
JP Dellacamera & Tony Meola
Derek Rae & Aly Wagner
Glenn Davis & Cobi Jones
Jorge Perez Navarro & Mariano Trujillo
Mark Followill & Warren Barton
Studio Analysts
Hernan Crespo
Guus Hiddink
Alexi Lalas
Lothar Matthäus
Moises Muñoz
Kelly Smith
Ian Wright
Studio Hosts
Rob Stone
Kate Abdo
Fernando Fiore
Ian Joy
Reporters
Rachel Bonnetta (Digital)
Sergey Gordeev (National Geographic)
Maria Komandnaya
Rodolfo Landeros
Geoff Shreeves
Jenny Taft
Correspondent-at-Large
Grant Wahl
Rules Analyst
Dr. Joe Machnik