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UWCL POSTGAME: Barcelona Eliminates Bayern Munich 4-2 (5-3) | Recap Analysis Breakdown · Into the Channel ⚽️ A Podcast Primarily About Women's Football

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OK, welcome to Into the Channel podcast primarily about women's
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football. I'm your host, Dina de
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Suspicious. And as always, I'm joined by my
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coast, Mr. Grant Engel. What is up man?
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I'm feeling fantastic, buddy. Another semi final second leg in
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the book, in the books. I don't know, maybe it's one,
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maybe it's just one book, who knows.
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I don't know. It's late sleepy boy podcast
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hours. But what however many books it's
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in, we now know who is going to be competing in the UEFA Women's
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Champions League final and I'm excited about it.
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Yep, rematch from two years ago. We'll get to that.
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And how about, how about a goal spree?
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I mean, on aggregate we're talking 15 goals over 4
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semifinal matches. Things really got cooking.
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For the most part, things were in the bounds within one goal
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for I think the the grand majority of all four matches.
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So that was super fun. But let's get to it.
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Barcelona for Bayern Munich to Barcelona advances on aggregate
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5 to 3. Mr. Green Angle, where do you
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want to get started? Let's get started with a
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beverage. We've made it to the final.
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It's a great accomplishment no matter who you are.
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Cheers to us. Three straight, four straight.
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Well, that's three straight for us.
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All right, Mariona had us, but here we are right on her heels.
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Congratulations to all of our pals who've been rocking with us
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for all three. Congratulations to our pals
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who've been with us for two. And if you're if you're just
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locking in with us, glad to have you on.
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Board. Yeah.
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Cheers, Yeah. Cheers to all our new pals, all
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our old pals. Cheers to Barcelona.
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Cheers to Leon, our two finalists and two teams that
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went out on their sword. I cannot wait to talk about how
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Byron looked down the stretch, but early in the match, a little
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bit of a vintage Barcelona attack early.
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I loved the chemistry. CGH on one side, some about you
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have on the other. I mean where, where do you, I
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mean where, where, where should we get started?
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Because that was, that was such a great a great kick off, no pun
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intended, to the match. I think that's where we should
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start is that that CGH in swinger to Betty Uelo just
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misses. We're in the second minute at
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that point. I think maybe the clock just
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moved past, you know, 60 seconds, moving us into the
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second minute of the match. And I was like, uh, oh, well,
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that could be that could be real bad news for for Bayern Munich.
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And you know, a minute later, 90 seconds later, if that CGH just
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runs right at and right past Bolas Lager, who was, you know,
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the sub for the left back with KET out from the red card in the
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previous match. It looked like Bolas Lager was
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going to be in big trouble for the whole match.
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Now she wasn't well, we can maybe talk about that a little
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later. But as Barcelona kind of kept
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trying to build and build and build, Vigo Stodier had had a
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had a rough go, especially early.
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She gets her pocket picked. Could have had a goal there, but
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then CGH says, oh, you know, you know what I need to do.
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I'll just be farther away. I'll be closer to the to the
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sideline and just send in a looping, beautiful, picturesque
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in swinging cross to Pattiuelo. And she wasn't going to miss it
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at the back post that time. One nil, Barcelona 21 on
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agurate, 1313 minutes in and I got to tell you, I felt like
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Byron was going to be in huge trouble in that moment.
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That was my initial snap judgement, but then I thought
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back to last week where Barcelona starts super fast and
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we we were all like, Oh my God, it's going to be crazy.
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Here comes the avalanche. So I kind of, you know, held my
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horses a little bit watching this one.
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Balasagar had a very tough time today with CGH that on that one
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of the runs you're talking about, I think is not even able
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to get contact. You know, like it's like CGH was
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within a yard or two, can't even reach out and, you know, even
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slow her down and do anything. I mean, it was it was a tough
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spot pretty much all match. But when I think about that
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first goal, what battery does on it was awesome because I went
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back and I'm like, how does this goal even happen?
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You know, and battery has the ball deep and she's got bull
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ahead of her and pretty harder ahead of her also.
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And she's like, if you're not, if you're going to let me just
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run through, I'm going to run through.
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And she kind of waits and she's like, OK, you're not going to
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close. She steps and and runs right
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through, takes the space and then draws Tanakawa forward,
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draws ball saga forward, you know, a step.
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But that's enough, you know, then, you know, so when you're
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like, oh, how is CGH out there? You know, that's how because you
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know, Patri takes 10 yards that she shouldn't have been able to
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take and then just sticks the perfect pass.
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And then all of a sudden, you know Byron's, you know their
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head spinning. It's a great call out by you and
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it's what it's the conundrum that every defense faces is that
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it's like, well, I don't want I don't want Patrick getting into
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too dangerous of an area here. Let me step up.
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Even even if you're trying to stick to defensive principles
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and you and you're trying to maintain your assignment,
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there's almost just like a human reaction of just like, well,
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well, wait a minute. I don't want that to happen.
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And then you can you can lose those kind of things and good
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for you for, for immediately thinking back to the last match,
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I'll say I did the same. But here it is from my notes.
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I said it last time and I was wrong, but I'm going to say it
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this time and I'll be right. This is going to be an ass
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kicking. That was after the early goal
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because apparently it's really hard for me to learn.
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You know, I mean this, it was tough to see, you know, this,
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this one was really tough to tough to call.
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I mean, the game swung wildly. If you just watch the last 10
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minutes of the match, you might think Brian was the best team in
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the world. So easy to get, you know, kind
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of like fooled along the way here.
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But I just thought, you know, I wasn't sure about Romeo's back 3
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because, you know, Byron was in an incredibly advantageous
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position because the game was in the balance.
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Barcelona didn't need a goal. And I thought, I think
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Barcelona's thinking was like, well, if you're going to try to
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counter and you're not going to be super aggressive offensively,
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we're just going to have three back here.
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And then it's going to be body well upfront, Bruce in the
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midfield. And then take that.
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Let's see if you can, let's see if you can hang.
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And turns out Byron could hang and you know on that, on that
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one opportunity where they they hit back on the counter pretty
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harder again finds Dalmon. Dalmon was unreal in the first
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half, like unreal. And I love that she she takes a
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that chance first time. And I think both of the Byron
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schools today were like that, just like, oh, we've got
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something. Just don't don't even don't even
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take a beat. Just just take a crack at it and
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let's see what happens. Beautiful action.
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And now we're back even and what, what are you thinking?
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You must have just said, you know, finished scribbling that
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that earlier note. And then, you know, now we're
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already back even again. From the notes, I will never
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learn Why do I keep doubting Bayern?
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This team is super tough. End Quote Yeah man, I mean
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Pernila harder. What I loved watching about it
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is what Let me make sure I get the ages right.
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Yeah. Harder's 33 and Dahlman is 31.
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And that was just as you saw it happen.
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And Harder has the perfect amount of patience to just wait
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and wait and wait and then play it in the Dalman and Dalman's
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not going to miss. You see, Kata Koi, like, she has
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to do the thing where she gets stuck in the ground and then she
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just kind of like, falls back and watches it helplessly go in.
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I as I was sitting there, I was just like, that's just two vets
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who didn't, weren't going to get super fazed by Barcelona scoring
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early because they, you know, obviously they had the
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experience to lean on from the, the first leg.
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But also just cause they've seen a bunch and they've played in
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high leverage moments other times in their career and they
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just weren't going to be shaken. Yeah and and the vet nature is
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what puts you in the mindset understanding we can't mess
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around at all We have a chance we got to go and I think all
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match it was like right, we're going to you know we're going to
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be be responsible, you know states keep our position
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defensively, you know keep our shape.
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Oh, we've got something go go go really fast like four or five of
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us Tanakawa harder bull like everybody did Dom on it.
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You know whoever we can you know get committed.
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Let's let's do it. And yeah, both of the goals,
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first time, first time, you know, contact and I I was
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pumped, you know, because, you know, we, we've seen Byron flame
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out and I don't know, I I just loved the commitment and the
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professionalism, the sharpness. They just really, you know,
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didn't there, there really was no slip UPS, you know, if they
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got beat because you know, they're they're just not as
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good. But a great performance from
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Byron. 100% I mean it like as I sat like post match, I'll, I'll
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Fast forward then we'll talk about other things that happened
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during the match. But like I was just kind of
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sitting there kind of like taking in like everything that I
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just watched. I think if you're Byron, you
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know, you go into the locker room and you're obviously
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disappointed. These are great competitors.
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They're they're the top 1% of the top 1% in their profession.
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They play to win. They don't care who the other
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team is or, you know, whether, you know, people say like, oh,
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well, you're, you're not quite as talented as the other team.
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They should still look at each other and say, you know what,
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when we're back in this tournament next year, we could
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win it. Why couldn't we win it if we
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could play Barcelona like that? And I know we're talking about a
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match that was 4 to a match that was 4 to 2.
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And on aggregate the difference was five to three.
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I still think they're live. I, I think they're live to win
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next year. So you know, they obviously
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they'll want to add pieces and keep building their depth
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because it's not like Barcelona's going to slow down.
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Arsenal's not going to rest on their laurels.
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Maybe Chelsea will, but City's going to be in the, in the
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Champions League next year. Lyon's obviously not going
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anywhere. They're coming back.
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I think if you're Bayern Munich, though, I think you should be
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extremely proud and hopeful and say, you know what, we might be
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able to get our mitts on this trophy sometime in the next five
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years. Yeah, I think, I think five
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years probably more realistic if you want to make a final to you
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kind of see see what could make happen.
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But thinking about Barcelona and two players that I want to talk
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about because these two players kind of reminds me a little bit
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of the DNA conversation we were having yesterday.
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A player that you understand where their peak is and where,
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where they've been for most of the season or big chunks of the
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season. And for me, the 2, the two that
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we, we opened with Bariuello and CGH now it's like, oh man, like
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are, are they peaking now? Because we haven't really seen
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Bariuello specifically, you know, that much precision.
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The timing was on point. You know, the runs, the runs are
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always there. But you know, I don't know the
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creativity. She looked a little bit more
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polished, a little bit more confident, a little bit more,
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you know, sure about what she wanted to do and her and you
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know, CGH clearly had a had a plan.
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And then it was great to see CGH back, you know, dealing,
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shooting, running, moving, you know that good matchups for both
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of them on the outside, Vin on one side ball Sagar on the
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other, but a huge spot to to for both of them to play really,
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really well. It's a great shout by you.
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I, I, I'll, I'll start with Patty Huello first, you know, on
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the goal. She scores where she's marked by
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Vin like we've talked a lot about and you know, announcers
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mention it not nearly as much as announcers mention the fact that
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Claudia Dickey played basketball.
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But the announcers often, you know, mention that what Betty
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Uelo she was she did like athletics or like whatever that
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like niche track and field sport is, or maybe maybe she was just
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a track track runner, but she's obviously incredibly fast.
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But on that goal where she gets by given like, yeah, I am very
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confident Benihuela would beat Gavin in the 100 meters, but she
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beat her in the five meters there like the explosiveness,
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like with the balls in the air of like, OK, I'm going to turn
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it on, boom, explosion, I'm Bayou and now I can make the
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touch, get the goal. She looked the best I've seen
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her, you know, for months at this point.
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Obviously she had an injury and she needed to come back.
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And so I think that's spot on by you.
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Is that Betty Weilo looks great. And yeah, I think also we could
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probably say the same. Whereas CGH was in the Bondor
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conversation for a couple years, this season, you know, wasn't
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nearly as like dominant as she had been.
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And I don't know if it's if it's largely the match up with
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Balaslava because, you know, KET had such a dynamic performance
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in the last one. But CGH, she was jumping off the
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screen in this one looking like the world beater or what?
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I mean, she was high as high like on the Guardians list two
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years ago when when she had that really superlative season when
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she was like 3rd, 4th or 5th or whatever on the Guardians list
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of the best players in the world.
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Yeah, I want to say third and probably like top three Bondor,
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if I don't remember that correctly.
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That's right. Nowhere near, I think, you know,
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Casey boys, like nowhere near that this year, you know, way,
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way behind that. But looked great, great, great
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today have a pyor also great today gets a goal in the
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second-half assist from Sama Padiuello.
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You know, the kid came just had up ups and downs, man.
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I think it wasn't it wasn't until this point and we kind of
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skipped over the the Putea's goal and and at 22, a little bit
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of a little bit of chaos, a little bit of a melee.
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And you know, it's just very fun to see Alexia come out of it and
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you know, stick that one. My one note from that one is,
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you know, Barcelona, they'll beat you at archery, they'll
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beat you at fencing. And then they'll also just beat
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you a tug of war, like there's just, you know, a big cloud of
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dust and they'll, they'll beat you that way, too.
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Yeah, and there there's no, I don't know how many sports
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references we we can give here. There's no pitch they don't have
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in the arsenal, right? Like they can just do, they can
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just do anything. They they can.
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I mean Pyor is one of the best number nines in the world.
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Alexia is one of the best midfielders in the world.
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Boma T arguably the best player in the world.
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I mean Alexia might Alexia might get her hands on that on her
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third Bolling tour here this season.
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So they got everything. It wasn't even like a super
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crazy dynamic brutes game, but she still walks away with an
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assist and was really good. Matthew Leon had some really
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good moments in here where she had some key interventions.
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And then she, you know, she does her thing hitting passes and,
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you know, she reserves to the dark arts and a lot of times and
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all that stuff is, is really effective.
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And you know, yeah, they get those beautiful goals like the
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CGH to Pediuelo that it's a, it's a beautiful looping cross.
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They get, they get the goals that they pass it around and
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everybody touches the ball and that's a beautiful movement to
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score. And then they get that they can
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get a scrappy 1 like you described with Alexia, where the
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balls got like CGH is fighting for it.
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It rolls out and I, I just, I always think about this.
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It's one of those situations where the ball starts rolling
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and if you're the manager, you're Byron's manager in that
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in that spot and you see it rolling out and there's Alexia
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Puta standing and you're like, great, maybe the last human
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being on Earth. I would once sitting there
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waiting for it. Yeah, no, 100% and Alexia goes
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on to get a. You get that, get that second
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one. You went to the Brooks assist
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and. This is just.
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She's just so Alexi is so creative and and I'm not sure if
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you're even familiar with this, this mixed martial artist, but
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Anderson Silva. Sure.
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Yeah, was the kind of fighter that would just be in there and
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like the way he moved, you're like, oh, that guy's the best,
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right? He's the best.
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And then he would just do something that nobody ever saw
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before, you know? And you're just like, oh, wow,
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nobody ever did that move before.
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And it ended in a in like an an explosive knockout.
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And it's like, that's what Alexi reminds me of.
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She just moves, she just kind of knows what to do, where to go.
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And then like like the, the, the unthinkable just kind of pops in
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her head and she just does it like it's second nature.
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And then it always looks different from the last
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unthinkable thing that she did. It's like it's hard to even
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think of a of a cross sport comp for a for a player that's able
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to summon. That quick, I mean, I don't want
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to sidebar us too much. Anderson Silva, Brazilian, if I
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if I remember correctly. And then really did a solid for
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humanity and beat up Chael Sonnen a a couple times, right.
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Like, yeah, yeah. I think at least once.
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Excellent yeah, I feel like I remember seeing those press
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conferences being like wow this Sonnen guy not awesome, but a
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funny but like yeah, had my issues.
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I digress, but I it from my notes on the Alexia's goal.
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I write Alexia uses a standing bicycle kick question mark.
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Like, is that a thing to guide the ball into the net and get
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her brace? Yeah.
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It's just like, I don't know what that was, but like it
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worked and she and you knew she did it thinking like it's like a
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golf shot, like OK, yeah, I'm going to touch it right there
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and that's the angle and then I'm good.
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Yeah, a little with a little miniature golf.
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I hit it off the windmill like this way through the doughnut
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hole. Exactly.
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Yeah. Just what a freaking genius.
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And at that point, you know, you're thinking OK, 4:00 to
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1:00. What is it what you were it's in
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A5 to 2A night. You're get three goal gap and
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you know, Barcelona, I'm just sorry about Byron still fighting
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Caruso comes in for Stanway at 61.
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Barcelona makes a couple changes.
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Vicky Lopez Aitana Boma T. What do you think of the Boma TI
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thought Boma T came in, you know, not the the the error
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notwithstanding, I'm not sure what you gain from bringing
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Vomati in at 68 for me. You know, like you get the you
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get you get a good moment. You don't need because at that
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point they're sitting at 5:00 to 2:00, you know, like you don't
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really need much, you know, and I know you want to get her some
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minutes, but it was a big spot. And I'm like, I'm not sure Romeo
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was doing a Vomati any favors there.
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I think I might have brought her in like like 85.
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And then you get the benefit of maybe being up another one and
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the the book, the book really, really being closed.
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I got a theory. I don't know how responsible it
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is. So we're going to do a little
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reckless of speculation here. So so I'm glad I'm glad you
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point this out now. One do I think like you want to
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get her some run and like some real run in a competitive match
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and then you build up these next few weeks as you start to make
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it to the final. I think that's probably a part
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of it. Now, let me find exactly where
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this happened. All right, so Alexia is taking
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off the pitch at 86, so all right, Well, all right, just
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you, you making that noise. It may it it.
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I wonder if we noticed the same thing.
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So I'll start with I'll start with my notes, huh?
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I typed it out. I even went I went to the
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trouble of typing out, HUH? Period.
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Huh. Alexia appeared to have the
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glassy eyes a little bit as she walked off the pitch and the
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facial expression of when like you try to like you're, you seem
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like you're holding something back, holding back some emotion.
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Yep. You know, if she leaves
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Barcelona Football Club at the end of the season, this would be
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the last UEFA Women's Champions League match she would play as a
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member of Barcelona at camp, no? Definitely noticed that and I my
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my mind took the the full leap and I wrote Alexia, Oh my God,
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why question mark, question mark, question mark.
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It is. I was just, I'm not ready for
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it, man. I mean, I just do not want to
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see Alexia playing somewhere. And maybe she wants it so that,
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you know, I'll put that aside. You know, let's assume that I'll
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never know the the true answer to that.
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Just an absolute legend. And it's going to be tough.
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If you're Barcelona, how do you let, how do you let that player
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walk out the door like? Like how?
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Yeah, I'm not sure what. Yeah, I'm not sure what it is.
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Maybe she's ready and just says, you know, hey, I want to go live
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somewhere else. You know, we obviously she's
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been linked to London City Lionesses.
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You went and attended a match there like a couple weeks ago.
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I think it was the reason I responded with that anecdote to
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your question about Bowman T Maybe maybe if your two best
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players, your your two two time Balandor winners say we want to
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get some run one more time. Can't No, you know, in like is
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if this is going to be the last time, obviously we're going to
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play in the final together. But if this is the last time in
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the Champions League, we want to get some minutes together.
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So that's my little reckless speculation thinking, you know,
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maybe that that that was just something they wanted to share
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the field together one more time in the Champions League at at
22:08
the No. I don't.
22:10
Know so I got that. Now I don't know what I'm doing.
22:13
We can call that. I suppose it's possible, but
22:18
those two never struck me as BFFS, you know, from football.
22:24
So I suppose anything's possible.
22:26
But you know, Boma T does make a really big error.
22:32
You know, probably hadn't been. Pick 6.
22:34
Fully what we fully watching what what Dama was doing out
22:37
there. But you know yeah through 1 you
22:40
know what what you're not supposed to do back across your
22:42
body into the middle of the field.
22:45
It gets picked off and and Dalman you guys mentioned, you
22:48
know, almost the reverse of the first one gets it up ahead to
22:51
harder, harder one times it you know, and and to hit it that
22:55
hard for it to power through where it is his calf calf muscle
23:00
and still just kind of hit all net no problem.
23:03
That was that was impressive. I mean, you're right.
23:07
I mean, you could make the argument Dolman's the the second
23:11
best player on the pitch today, even with Barcelona putting up a
23:15
four goal performance. I think Alexia was the best
23:19
player on the field, but I think Dolman probably has number two
23:23
sewn up. Yeah.
23:25
And you know, as while we're kind of doling out credit here,
23:29
I thought Chris Whittingham nailed it when he was talking
23:32
about how competitive it was, even with Barcelona up two goals
23:38
on aggregate. He had said something, I don't
23:41
know if it's a direct quote, but it's very, very close.
23:43
He said something to the effect of the game still, still feels
23:47
like it's in the balance. And Barcelona has a two goal
23:50
advantage on aggregate and I thought that was spot on.
23:52
Which is I think all of us were like, this is so weird.
23:56
Two goals is supposed to, this is supposed to be way over.
23:59
You know, first of all, it's supposed to be over just be to
24:01
begin with because of Barcelona. But two goals is not supposed to
24:04
feel this way. And that's what made it feel
24:07
really awesome. And then you just kind of go
24:09
through. Caruso hits the post at 79.
24:12
Vanessa Giel had those two chances back-to-back.
24:16
Amade, you know, on that same action, gets a look, puts it
24:19
over the bar, and then it's funny, but a Bumati gets the
24:22
chance of coming back the other way, which you look way outside.
24:24
So I don't know, Never went to it but.
24:27
If you're on your own side of the field, you you can't be
24:29
offside if you're in your defensive half.
24:33
Mystery solved, Dalma it's supposed to 83 printing out
24:37
harder has a chance 89. So Byron just kept just kept
24:41
coming. They didn't, they didn't seem
24:43
like they they cared too much at all what the deficit was.
24:46
They were just going to take every opportunity that was made
24:49
available to them. Yeah, I think it's a, it's a
24:53
great shout by you, man. Like that's as, that's as good
24:59
as I think you could feel about a four two loss like in that, in
25:05
that situation. And I'm I'm glad to see it
25:08
again. You know, we always talk, you
25:10
know, player ratings, they're subjective, every site is
25:13
different, etcetera, etcetera. Makhmudovic on Fat Mob 6.1 match
25:19
rating. Four goals were let in.
25:23
You know, I think that's fine because it's it's four goals and
25:26
you you don't want to give up four goals.
25:27
That's my that's my high level football analysis.
25:29
You don't want to let in four goals.
25:31
Didn't have a bad game. It's just like those four goals.
25:36
Like we're just kind of like the the PETA UA Loach, the first
25:39
one, like she's hammering that in from point blank range on a
25:42
perfect cross. Like you don't have much chance.
25:44
The Alexia thing that will like, I guess we'll call it a standing
25:47
bicycle kicker, whatever you want to call it, like, oh, good
25:50
luck. You know, expecting that when
25:52
you when you're standing on the on the line.
25:54
So I, I just think Bayern, I just leave this tournament just
26:01
really bullish on Bayern's growth and their
26:04
competitiveness. And you know, we'll, we'll
26:07
never, we'll never miss an opportunity to do it.
26:09
Sorry to all of our Chelsea supporting pals.
26:12
To me, it's just another, it's just another thing that Chelsea
26:15
should be looking at going. Damn.
26:17
OK, another one. Another one's cropped up like we
26:19
got the two in our own league with Arsenal and Manchester
26:21
City, but now here's another powerhouse coming up.
26:24
Yeah. I mean, it's there's no, and,
26:29
and just the fact that these four teams played so
26:32
competitively, you could have seen any, any combination of of
26:37
the four advancing. So, yeah, if you're, if you're,
26:40
if you're not one of these four teams, you're probably like, OK,
26:42
we got, we got a little bit of work to do.
26:43
But yeah, on the Mahmoudovich point, you know, 44 touches in
26:48
the box for Barcelona, that's a lot, 10 shots on target.
26:52
That's a lot, 23 shots total. You know, so that's, that's a
26:55
lot of work to do. And at no point was that where I
26:58
was. I like, oh, Mahmoudovich is, is
27:00
a problem today. You know, it was definitely more
27:02
spots on the on the pitch, but I, like I said, I loved the
27:06
competitiveness down the stretch, a game from a game plan
27:13
standpoint, you know, you look at what Barcelona has done over
27:18
the course of the Champions League, 10 matches, only three
27:21
clean sheets. So they concede.
27:25
And now, you know, you know, Leon in the final, you know,
27:28
we're not going to get into a preview.
27:29
But it, it does give me a little pause thinking about what this
27:37
team's going to, you know what, how this team's going to fare in
27:40
the final just from a defensive standpoint, knowing that they
27:43
couldn't really, you know, when Byron really, you know, cranked
27:47
it up there, there wasn't much Barcelona could do in those
27:50
spots. When Byron committed the bodies
27:53
forward, filled all the lanes and was like, we're going to go
27:57
for it. You Barcelona was like, OK,
27:59
well, we're we're going to run alongside you and hope that, you
28:02
know, hope that things work out. So I think defensively they're
28:05
going to have some work to do to sew things up.
28:08
But did you see anything from that standpoint that could loom
28:12
large in the final? I think if you're Barcelona and
28:18
you and you looked vulnerable in some spots to Bayern, you're not
28:25
exactly thrilled that the dude on on the other in the other
28:30
manager's box is your old guy. Like, you know, if you and I
28:36
picked up on some of that stuff, we're like, oh man, a little
28:39
vulnerable on the counter sometimes.
28:41
You know, what's the Super computer brain of of Jonah
28:46
Heraldez thinking over there? So I think that's going to make
28:49
for an extremely interesting final now.
28:53
But I always say that with this disclaimer, we can, we can talk
28:59
about theory, we can talk speculatively about ways to beat
29:04
Barcelona, but then you got to do it on the field and that's a
29:09
whole nother ball game. Yeah, yeah.
29:11
And I think interestingly enough, because of the way the
29:17
team's constructed, I think if you're Manchester City, Sky
29:21
Blues were in the final versus Barcelona, it might be a little
29:25
scarier because it's like that number 9 typically, you know,
29:28
like just swallow up, you know, it's kind of like a defensive
29:31
tackle that just swallows up your entire interior offensive.
29:34
You know, it's like, you know, and that's that's what buddy
29:36
shot could do, But I'm not sure Leon has that same kind of
29:39
advantage. But that's the chess match, you
29:42
know, and I think like if there's there's a weakness
29:44
there, you look at the midfield and I mean Barcelona's got to
29:48
have the huge advantage. You know, when you think, you
29:50
know, top to bottom, you know, those players in the midfield is
29:52
so strong there and now in the forward room, if this is the
29:57
kind of form that they're going to bring to the final, I mean,
30:00
that's that's it. That's that's a huge thing to
30:02
try to contend with. But I'll just kind of park that
30:06
there. Unless you had any more quick
30:10
initial thoughts, preview thoughts on the final.
30:13
But you know, you know, your boys going to be back with with
30:15
a full on preview and maybe a guest or two.
30:17
We'll see. Keep it locked.
30:18
Yes, we are efforting for for some guests to preview this
30:23
great match. No, I, I don't, I don't want to
30:26
do anymore. I'm glad you didn't try to
30:28
pressure me into any predictions.
30:30
Now we're going to do, we're going to do a proper preview.
30:33
We'll have to figure out when to schedule the preview.
30:35
I don't know if I, I, if anybody remembers or who watches like
30:41
every second of every episode. I'm sure all of you do and, and
30:43
commit everything to memory. Obviously it's very important
30:46
stuff we're talking about. I'm going to be in Oslo.
30:48
I'm going to be there. So I'm looking forward to it.
30:52
So I, I got to figure out like, are we going to record the
30:54
preview before I go or are we going to figure out the time
30:57
zones and then we'll record while I'm out there.
31:00
I'll be off work while I'm out there.
31:01
So like, I can record it any time that's convenient for you
31:05
as a as a father of multiple children.
31:08
I think the real question is how many previews we're going to do.
31:10
I think, you know, over under 2 1/2.
31:12
You know, we'll do 1 here, we'll do one there.
31:14
Like I want to talk about this match a bunch.
31:17
I'm sure super excited for it, super excited that you're going
31:21
to be in the building for it and you know what, what, what
31:25
friends there and I don't know, it's going to be it's going to
31:27
be great. I cannot wait.
31:29
We, you know, we've reached, I feel like as a show, we've
31:31
reached the final again. So victory lap for us.
31:35
And you know, for for the dozens of you who, who do listen to
31:38
every second of the show, we appreciate you, I'm sure.
31:40
And dozens might be overstating it by just a little bit.
31:44
However many of you there are, we do appreciate it.
31:48
And yeah, I I like this idea. We should do like multiple
31:51
previews, get some different perspectives, you know, get
31:55
some, get some different opinions.
31:57
I've now you've got you've like we've, we've talked about behind
32:01
the scenes. We talked about some, some
32:03
people we have in mind, but you just saying that it was like,
32:06
oh, wait, we can ask this person and this person, this person.
32:09
So we got time and there are other, you know, there's other
32:12
business in European football to be settled that could like
32:16
change our mind on how we think about these things.
32:19
Just everybody, everybody stay healthy.
32:21
Everybody stay healthy. Everybody get healthier somehow.
32:25
I'm not sure how that happens with while the football calendar
32:28
continues, but let's find a way and let's just make sure we get
32:31
into this final. By the way, the fourth time in
32:35
seven years that Leon and Barcelona, Barcelona will be
32:39
playing each other for the most coveted prize in club football.
32:44
Pretty exciting. I think right now it's Leon 2
32:49
Barcelona, one in the lifetime series and that now they'll meet
32:53
for this fourth time. So, you know, I mean, I got to
32:57
go back and look at the clips. I think I think both you and I
33:01
may have predicted this final at at the preview episode, but stay
33:04
tuned. When we do our next final
33:07
preview, we'll be make sure we'll make sure we're around to
33:10
do that victory lap as well. Yeah, if Grant's right, we'll
33:13
clip it out. If not, we keep it moving.
33:15
That's right. Yeah, no stress, right man,
33:19
football calendar, you already know what time it is Champions
33:22
League final about 3 weeks away. I think we should come back end
33:26
up yourself. We're things are happening,
33:29
things are happening and I think the the calendar is breaking
33:31
nicely for us. Could be an NWSL week this week
33:35
as well. You know, we'll, we'll circle
33:36
back to it was some exciting, exciting happenings with my BFC
33:40
side. But definitely, I think next
33:42
weekend we could probably count on circling back to our, our,
33:46
our home league and sharing some thoughts and feels with, with
33:51
what we might have missed. And I know people have been
33:54
talking about it. And I appreciate you mentioning
33:57
the comments section because if there's anybody that you want to
33:59
hear from between now and the final, Champions League final,
34:03
let us know. We'll do a, we'll do what we
34:04
can, you know, kind of put some feelers out and, you know,
34:08
bring, bring some of those key voices into the channel.
34:12
Oh, nicely done by you. That's right.
34:14
Yeah. We're important, you know, we're
34:15
fairly important people in this space.
34:17
We can ask. The worst anybody can say is no.
34:20
So yeah. Yeah.
34:20
Give us the ideas. Who should who should we talk
34:23
to? I'm glad you mentioned NWSL.
34:27
Our pal Ghoshan mentioned on our last video very kindly said you
34:33
all are my favorite Warsaw podcast.
34:35
But lately you haven't been covering NWSL as much.
34:38
Sad face, sad crying face emoji. Signed a Washington Spirit fan.
34:43
Golshan Totally understand. It's a reasonable thing to
34:47
share. We've, we've fought this battle
34:50
the last three years where like, you know, the, we, we started as
34:54
a Champions League podcast. We kind of stick to that.
34:56
But like, we, you know, obviously we love the NWSL as
34:59
well. This time of year, every single
35:01
time when the when the budgeting of time happens, we always learn
35:06
more toward Champions League. But we will get back to the
35:08
NWSL. We will get back to the
35:10
Washington Spirit starting to turn it on, starting to kick ass
35:14
and take names. Sofia Cantore, Notch and embrace
35:19
and that last match, you know, your boys interested in that and
35:23
with her as my MVP pick. So, you know, let's keep that
35:26
going. But yeah, just, you know, we
35:29
appreciate all you guys for for hanging out with us.
35:32
So yeah, we'll get back to the NWSL.
35:35
Just got this little matter of the Champions League final to to
35:39
sort out first. Yeah, yeah, I can't, I can't
35:41
wait to to to switch gears. But also I'm aware of the
35:44
Champions League and yeah, watching Spirit definitely out
35:47
here making you and Mike Watts look good with those pre season
35:51
prognostications. I think Mike Watts guaranteed
35:54
the Spirit would win the shield. Do you remember that?
35:56
He may, He didn't. He said.
35:58
He didn't make a prediction. It was just a guarantee.
36:00
Yeah, I think so. I think he he opened up his, you
36:03
know, his his favorite gambling app too.
36:05
Put a put a couple things in, you know, live on the on the
36:07
show. I'm just kidding.
36:09
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36:54
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36:58
our way to Oslo to lift the trophy as a show.
37:01
You already know what time it is.
37:02
I appreciate you bro. Likewise buddy and while while
37:06
the second leg of the Champions League semi final was the most
37:11
important football match today, I do think it is worth
37:13
mentioning. Braun 6.
37:15
Hoen Foss Seto 6 nil Victory for SK Braun I.
37:21
Don't know where Hoen Foss is, but.
37:24
They were in trouble. They were in huge trouble.
37:26
Bronze still sitting at the top of the table.
37:28
How does 20 goals, 42 against on the season sound?
37:32
That's pretty good. Plus eighteen goal differential,
37:35
obviously sitting on 16 points, five wins, one draw, 0 losses
37:39
and 3rd in the table with a cool differential of plus 13.
37:45
Lynn Football Club. Why do I mention that you might
37:48
ask? And that is because those teams,
37:50
those two teams are going to lock horns on May 26th and your
37:55
boy will be in Bergen Post Champions League final.
37:59
I get to watch Braun at home play.
38:02
Lynn. I'll be reporting live from the
38:04
scene. Very much looking forward to it.
38:07
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38:10
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38:16
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38:23
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