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Arsenal Shocks Real Madrid in Champions League Clash
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4/11/2025
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It was the most beautiful tournament, the highest level of soccer,
00:04
the Champions League, Nick.
00:06
What a bunch of games we had this week.
00:09
Let's start by the blockbuster.
00:11
Let's not bury the lead, as they say, in the journalism world.
00:17
Arsenal surprising everyone.
00:20
Like I said last week, three goals against Real Madrid.
00:25
They are against the ropes.
00:26
Tell me, what's your take on this entertaining game?
00:31
I couldn't have been further away from the truth.
00:34
I said they got it in them.
00:35
They just don't have this attack up front to really put the goals away
00:38
against a giant like Real Madrid.
00:40
Well, boy, did they prove me wrong.
00:42
I mean, outstanding performance, first of all, by Arsenal.
00:44
Overall, huge step forward for them in the semifinals.
00:49
I will say, all about midfielder Declan Rice, though.
00:52
I mean, those two free kicks were absolutely beautiful.
00:56
I mean, in their own right, each one of them.
00:59
But to score two in like 12 minutes apart?
01:01
First of all, no one's ever done that in the knockout stages before.
01:04
So he's setting records on that stage.
01:06
But he's bringing back this beautiful Roberto Carlos,
01:10
these bend it like Becca moments that I was not expecting.
01:13
And it blew my mind.
01:14
They deserved the win, the win, rather.
01:17
And what else is there to say?
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I mean, what's on your mind coming out of that match?
01:21
Real Madrid is getting exposed, right?
01:23
This is a team that somehow magically is able to put these performances together
01:28
that keeps saving them.
01:29
But the reality is that, you know, week after week,
01:32
the weakness of this group is showing.
01:35
There's rumors that Ancelotti might be, you know, done in this cycle.
01:40
But if they go out at this stage of the tournament,
01:43
it will be definitely a failure.
01:46
Real Madrid should be making the finals for the amount of money that he spent,
01:49
for the, you know, just the team that they are.
01:53
But I am happy that I was correct on my assessment.
01:57
Arsenal is with, I would say, a foot and a half on the next round.
02:02
And then we go to another game, which results were as expected.
02:07
Inter 2-1 over Bayern Munich.
02:10
Nick, what's your analysis on that game?
02:12
And coming out of that game, I was like,
02:14
Muller really needs that one more year in his contract.
02:17
He was great.
02:18
He was a great leader.
02:18
Okay, they didn't come out on top, but as a sub at his age.
02:21
I mean, he's just, you know, he's doing great.
02:23
Look, there is some hope for Bayern coming into the second leg.
02:27
They were the dominant team throughout the game.
02:29
But Inter, looking so good.
02:32
They are slated for me, for me, to be the team in the finals.
02:36
Maybe you want to ask me with who later on.
02:38
I don't want to get too into that.
02:39
But there's a lot of reasons why I think Inter Milano has this in the bag,
02:44
if they can stay consistent and they can just keep doing what they're doing
02:47
because it's working for them.
02:48
Without a doubt, Lautaro Martinez is leading the attack
02:52
of what might be a surprise on the second leg.
02:54
I wouldn't be ruling out Milan.
02:57
So if you want to put an interesting parlay, there you have it.
03:00
Now, another game that has no surprises.
03:03
This is the best team in the competition, the highest level,
03:08
the highest intensity, the most prolific players.
03:11
Barcelona 4-0 over Borussia Dortmund.
03:14
Nick, are we for sure seeing Barcelona lift the trophy
03:18
at the end of the season?
03:20
I really think so.
03:21
And that's the other team that I think Inter might be heading up
03:24
against in the finals, if everything goes how I'm thinking it will.
03:28
Look, the front three that they have, Yamal, Lewandowski,
03:31
I mean, Rafinha as well.
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I mean, they're absolutely unstoppable.
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Their chemistry, the beauty.
03:36
I mean, it is so Barcelona.
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It is the Eto'o Messi Barcelona of yesteryear
03:42
that I remember really well.
03:43
And it's just this beautiful, well-oiled machine.
03:45
And they're just, they're doing so great.
03:47
And Yamal, he freaks me out.
03:49
This guy's a teenager.
03:50
The confidence that he's having,
03:51
the goals that he's scoring in the Champions League semifinals.
03:55
Get out of here.
03:56
4-0.
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It was expected.
03:58
Of course, Dortmund's dealing with a lot of problems of their own.
04:01
They got a lot of injuries, right, that they're dealing with.
04:04
So look, no one expected too much from them.
04:06
But Barcelona just proving why, to answer your question,
04:10
they're going straight for the finals, in my opinion.
04:13
I mean, especially with those three up front, unstoppable.
04:15
Without a doubt, Dortmund is not an easy team.
04:18
And yet, Barcelona was able to steamroll them.
04:21
Now, let's move to what some in the betting world
04:24
are calling the favorites underdogs to win this tournament.
04:29
A tournament that has always been difficult for Paris Saint-Germain.
04:33
PSG demonstrating that this might be the year
04:36
that they finally get the Orejona nick.
04:39
3-1 over Aston Villa.
04:41
And Aston Villa, you know, it's been decades before they reach
04:45
this stage of the competition that they play at this level.
04:48
We were very hopeful for them, but PSG is at another level.
04:54
Jembele, talk to me.
04:56
What's your analysis of this surprising performance by the Parisians?
05:01
Yeah, I mean, we'll get into the great players,
05:03
but I think bigger picture, Luis Enrique,
05:05
I think should be given credit for creating,
05:08
for transforming this PSG team.
05:11
From a group of individuals, especially, okay,
05:14
the post-Mbappe PSG, right?
05:16
These amazing individual stars to a beautiful team
05:19
that just plays so well together.
05:21
And yeah, I mean, the numbers are behind them.
05:25
I mean, this is the team that's won
05:26
the last four Ligue 1 titles in a row.
05:29
So, I mean, yeah, of course, they're coming in hot
05:32
in their own domestic league and in the UCL,
05:34
they're just playing absolutely beautifully.
05:37
And they got a lot of momentum behind them.
05:40
And I can see them going far as well.
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