Arsenal Shocks Real Madrid in Champions League Clash

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00:00It was the most beautiful tournament, the highest level of soccer,

00:04the Champions League, Nick.

00:06What a bunch of games we had this week.

00:09Let's start by the blockbuster.

00:11Let's not bury the lead, as they say, in the journalism world.

00:17Arsenal surprising everyone.

00:20Like I said last week, three goals against Real Madrid.

00:25They are against the ropes.

00:26Tell me, what's your take on this entertaining game?

00:31I couldn't have been further away from the truth.

00:34I said they got it in them.

00:35They just don't have this attack up front to really put the goals away

00:38against a giant like Real Madrid.

00:40Well, boy, did they prove me wrong.

00:42I mean, outstanding performance, first of all, by Arsenal.

00:44Overall, huge step forward for them in the semifinals.

00:49I will say, all about midfielder Declan Rice, though.

00:52I mean, those two free kicks were absolutely beautiful.

00:56I mean, in their own right, each one of them.

00:59But to score two in like 12 minutes apart?

01:01First of all, no one's ever done that in the knockout stages before.

01:04So he's setting records on that stage.

01:06But he's bringing back this beautiful Roberto Carlos,

01:10these bend it like Becca moments that I was not expecting.

01:13And it blew my mind.

01:14They deserved the win, the win, rather.

01:17And what else is there to say?

01:19I mean, what's on your mind coming out of that match?

01:21Real Madrid is getting exposed, right?

01:23This is a team that somehow magically is able to put these performances together

01:28that keeps saving them.

01:29But the reality is that, you know, week after week,

01:32the weakness of this group is showing.

01:35There's rumors that Ancelotti might be, you know, done in this cycle.

01:40But if they go out at this stage of the tournament,

01:43it will be definitely a failure.

01:46Real Madrid should be making the finals for the amount of money that he spent,

01:49for the, you know, just the team that they are.

01:53But I am happy that I was correct on my assessment.

01:57Arsenal is with, I would say, a foot and a half on the next round.

02:02And then we go to another game, which results were as expected.

02:07Inter 2-1 over Bayern Munich.

02:10Nick, what's your analysis on that game?

02:12And coming out of that game, I was like,

02:14Muller really needs that one more year in his contract.

02:17He was great.

02:18He was a great leader.

02:18Okay, they didn't come out on top, but as a sub at his age.

02:21I mean, he's just, you know, he's doing great.

02:23Look, there is some hope for Bayern coming into the second leg.

02:27They were the dominant team throughout the game.

02:29But Inter, looking so good.

02:32They are slated for me, for me, to be the team in the finals.

02:36Maybe you want to ask me with who later on.

02:38I don't want to get too into that.

02:39But there's a lot of reasons why I think Inter Milano has this in the bag,

02:44if they can stay consistent and they can just keep doing what they're doing

02:47because it's working for them.

02:48Without a doubt, Lautaro Martinez is leading the attack

02:52of what might be a surprise on the second leg.

02:54I wouldn't be ruling out Milan.

02:57So if you want to put an interesting parlay, there you have it.

03:00Now, another game that has no surprises.

03:03This is the best team in the competition, the highest level,

03:08the highest intensity, the most prolific players.

03:11Barcelona 4-0 over Borussia Dortmund.

03:14Nick, are we for sure seeing Barcelona lift the trophy

03:18at the end of the season?

03:20I really think so.

03:21And that's the other team that I think Inter might be heading up

03:24against in the finals, if everything goes how I'm thinking it will.

03:28Look, the front three that they have, Yamal, Lewandowski,

03:31I mean, Rafinha as well.

03:33I mean, they're absolutely unstoppable.

03:35Their chemistry, the beauty.

03:36I mean, it is so Barcelona.

03:39It is the Eto'o Messi Barcelona of yesteryear

03:42that I remember really well.

03:43And it's just this beautiful, well-oiled machine.

03:45And they're just, they're doing so great.

03:47And Yamal, he freaks me out.

03:49This guy's a teenager.

03:50The confidence that he's having,

03:51the goals that he's scoring in the Champions League semifinals.

03:55Get out of here.

03:564-0.

03:57It was expected.

03:58Of course, Dortmund's dealing with a lot of problems of their own.

04:01They got a lot of injuries, right, that they're dealing with.

04:04So look, no one expected too much from them.

04:06But Barcelona just proving why, to answer your question,

04:10they're going straight for the finals, in my opinion.

04:13I mean, especially with those three up front, unstoppable.

04:15Without a doubt, Dortmund is not an easy team.

04:18And yet, Barcelona was able to steamroll them.

04:21Now, let's move to what some in the betting world

04:24are calling the favorites underdogs to win this tournament.

04:29A tournament that has always been difficult for Paris Saint-Germain.

04:33PSG demonstrating that this might be the year

04:36that they finally get the Orejona nick.

04:393-1 over Aston Villa.

04:41And Aston Villa, you know, it's been decades before they reach

04:45this stage of the competition that they play at this level.

04:48We were very hopeful for them, but PSG is at another level.

04:54Jembele, talk to me.

04:56What's your analysis of this surprising performance by the Parisians?

05:01Yeah, I mean, we'll get into the great players,

05:03but I think bigger picture, Luis Enrique,

05:05I think should be given credit for creating,

05:08for transforming this PSG team.

05:11From a group of individuals, especially, okay,

05:14the post-Mbappe PSG, right?

05:16These amazing individual stars to a beautiful team

05:19that just plays so well together.

05:21And yeah, I mean, the numbers are behind them.

05:25I mean, this is the team that's won

05:26the last four Ligue 1 titles in a row.

05:29So, I mean, yeah, of course, they're coming in hot

05:32in their own domestic league and in the UCL,

05:34they're just playing absolutely beautifully.

05:37And they got a lot of momentum behind them.

05:40And I can see them going far as well.

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