Controversial Real Madrid Derby Finish and Soccer Previews

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00:00Let's get to the latest on the pitch in soccer.

00:02We bring in Kyle Bohn, of course, from Sporting News,

00:04talking soccer with us as he does weekly here on the show.

00:07It's great to have Kyle back.

00:08Back-to-back weeks, by the way,

00:09some exciting stuff happening in soccer.

00:12We'll get to the Champions League quarterfinals coming up,

00:15some Futures bets potentially as well,

00:16and the game between Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League.

00:19We'll have a preview of that.

00:20Hopefully we can get to all this, Kyle,

00:22but let's get started with the Madrid Derby here.

00:25Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid,

00:27a crazy finish to a game yesterday

00:30that some people watched, some people not.

00:32I think probably we should describe the ending

00:36as to what happened yesterday

00:37and what it could mean for the future of soccer and replays.

00:40Yeah, there's a lot to discuss here

00:42because it was really a memorable finish.

00:44It felt controversial at the time.

00:47Looking back on it, maybe not so much,

00:49but still a lot of debate about this.

00:51So basically, the game went to, it was an awesome game,

00:54two teams throwing haymakers.

00:55It was one of those high on intensity, low on quality.

00:59Only one goal scored in the first minute of the game,

01:0225 seconds in.

01:03Nobody scored after that,

01:04but it was really back and forth, a fun watch.

01:07It went to a penalty shootout

01:09between two teams that hate each other's guts.

01:11And Julian Alvarez slips as he goes to take his penalty,

01:15still scores somehow, even though he slipped.

01:18It was an absolutely awesome penalty.

01:20He roofed it into the top corner.

01:22Suddenly there's a video review

01:24and they've disallowed the penalty

01:26because the video kind of shows that his plant foot,

01:31as it slips, barely contacts the ball

01:34before he then kicks it into the goal.

01:37And the penalty taker is not allowed to touch the ball twice

01:41before another player does.

01:42And the point of the rule is to keep the penalty taker

01:46from deceiving the goalkeeper

01:47with maybe one touch and then scoring,

01:50or to keep it from like if the penalty taker hits the post

01:54and the ball comes back out,

01:55he is not allowed to then touch it again

01:57and put it back into the net.

01:59So that's the spirit of the rule.

02:01In this case, it was completely unintentional,

02:03but the goal is disallowed

02:05and Atletico Madrid lose the shootout by one.

02:08Highly controversial at the time

02:11because it was impossible to see on video

02:14whether Alvarez's foot actually did touch the ball.

02:17It was very inconclusive.

02:18Now, it comes out later that UEFA

02:21and other leagues have technology

02:25to detect touches on the ball,

02:28whether it be a chip in the ball in other competitions

02:31or in this one, they have 26 cameras that triangulate

02:34and use AI technology to track touches on the ball

02:38and body movements that's normally used

02:40for offside situations.

02:42But in this case, it detected two touches on the ball,

02:45the penalty was disallowed.

02:47Now, UEFA has come out this morning with a statement

02:49that said, hey, we're gonna discuss

02:52a potential rule change here,

02:53which is really the debate that has ensued afterwards

02:57because it felt really harsh.

02:59This was not on the spirit of the rule

03:02and to disallow the penalty entirely

03:04and count it as a miss felt harsh for the situation.

03:08UEFA has said we're gonna review

03:10for instances of unintentional double touches.

03:13You might consider they could rule

03:15that the penalty would be retaken

03:18rather than count it as a miss.

03:20So that's sort of been the fallout.

03:22It was very memorable, very controversial

03:24and a really good game and something we'll remember

03:26for a long time, maybe even because it could end up

03:29in a rule change.

03:30Yeah, and from sports veterans,

03:32I cannot even imagine the end of that one

03:35affecting people.

03:36All right, quickly, let's go to the Champions League.

03:38We've got the quarterfinals.

03:39We'll talk some futures here.

03:41We got a lot to cover here, Kyle,

03:43so I don't know that we'll have time for everything,

03:44but let's start off with Arsenal, Real Madrid

03:46and then PSG, Aston Villa, let's start there.

03:49Yeah, there's a lot of good games here

03:51as they usually are when you get to this stage

03:54of the competition.

03:55Arsenal, Real Madrid will be really, really fun.

03:57You've got two flawed teams here.

03:59Real Madrid do not look like they're at their best.

04:01They were really troubled by Atletico Madrid

04:04a number of times.

04:05They really were locked down.

04:06Kylian Mbappe was not very good in both legs,

04:11but Arsenal have a ton of injuries in the attack.

04:14They are currently playing a midfielder at striker

04:17and have for a couple of weeks now

04:19because they have no natural striker

04:21and very few options up front.

04:23So this will be a really intriguing matchup

04:25between two teams that are very good,

04:27but also flawed at this stage of the season.

04:30PSG, Aston Villa, PSG are maybe the second best team

04:34in this competition, which is not something we expected

04:37to say, you know, maybe around Christmas time.

04:40They didn't look at their best,

04:42but they have really turned a corner

04:44and have come through.

04:45Ousmane Dembele is a low-key Ballon d'Or candidate now.

04:50So that's gonna be, I think PSG take that pretty easily.

04:55It's really Arsenal, Real Madrid,

04:57the one that I'm looking at.

04:58And then also, you know, you can look at Bayern Munich

05:02enter as one, two on the other side of the bracket

05:06is one that I think would be really intriguing.

05:08Bayern Munich have been great this season.

05:10They're usually great in the attack.

05:11They pummel teams, enter very well-disciplined at the back.

05:16So you've really got a clash of strengths

05:19there in that matchup.

05:20All right, let's get to the Premier League

05:22and start off Sunday morning, 9.30 a.m. Eastern.

05:24Let's take a look at the odds here.

05:26We've got Arsenal taking on Chelsea

05:28with Arsenal as the home favorite, minus 125.

05:31Fairly big advantage here in terms of favorites there.

05:34If you take Chelsea, you get plus 360.

05:37My guess is Arsenal should win, but will they, Kyle?

05:42Yeah, this is a tough one because, you know,

05:44I mentioned Arsenal very, very thin in the attack.

05:47Chelsea are the same way.

05:49They lost Nico Jackson to injury,

05:51and nobody's really been able to replace him.

05:52Christopher Nkunku has been very poor in the attack,

05:55and Enzo Mareschia has tried so many things

05:59to get this team going.

06:00He's played a ton of players out of position.

06:02He's just tinkering all over the place.

06:03I'm liking the under here.

06:05The market kind of dumped the value

06:08that I thought might show up on the under

06:10because these are two teams

06:11known for scoring goals normally,

06:13but the market has sort of adjusted.

06:15I still like the under in this one.

06:16You can get it at about minus 120.

06:20I do like the value on Chelsea here.

06:23That's a very big disparity,

06:25and Arsenal have not been great over the past few months.

06:28They've just been very inconsistent,

06:30and I could see them dropping points here.

06:32Chelsea need this game more than Arsenal do.

06:35All right, fair enough.

06:37Final one, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona.

06:39Sunday afternoon, 4 p.m. Eastern.

06:42Barcelona, a favorite here, Kyle.

06:44We got about a minute to go.

06:45Who do you like?

06:45Yeah, Barcelona's the best team in the world right now,

06:48but you can never count Atletico Madrid out,

06:50especially at home, just like we saw against Real Madrid.

06:53They probably deserve to come out with that one with a win,

06:57and so you could really see them trouble at Barcelona,

07:00but it's hard to pick against Barcelona right now.

07:03You could get the over three goals here.

07:06I like the over three goals selection

07:09just to hedge your bet a little bit.

07:10You can get that one at about minus 120.

07:12Atletico Madrid play to their other team,

07:15and Barcelona score a ton of goals,

07:17so I think that one beats over.

07:19All right, Kyle, have a great weekend.

07:20Thanks again for coming on.

07:21Thanks, Craig.

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