playnext.fm

Football Social Daily

Midweek European Madness Review: No Wins For English Sides in Champions League and Tudor Embarrasses Kinsky at Spurs

·47 min·4 clips
No English teams won in Europe this week, with Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Spurs all losing their first-leg ties.
The episode begins by highlighting that six Premier League teams reached the Champions League last 16, but this week, none managed a win, with Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Spurs losing, while Arsenal and Newcastle drew. Host Marley, filling in for Niall, is joined by guest Joel Tudor. They start with Tottenham's 3-0 loss to Atletico Madrid, where manager Igor Tudor hooked goalkeeper Antonin Kinski after 17 minutes, sparking debate on selection and man-management. The hosts criticize Tudor's handling of Kinski, noting the goalkeeper's isolation and the support from other goalkeepers like David De Gea. They then shift to Real Madrid's 3-0 win over Manchester City, praising Federico Valverde's hat-trick and questioning Pep Guardiola's team selection as naive. The discussion moves to Chelsea's 5-2 defeat to PSG, mentioning Pedro Neto's incident with a ball boy and PSG's counter-attacking prowess. Newcastle's 1-1 draw with Barcelona is analyzed, with focus on Danny Olmo's late penalty and Eddie Howe's tactics. The hosts also touch on Bodo Glimt's 3-0 lead over Sporting and the scrapping of the away goals rule. Throughout, they explore themes like English clubs' coefficient concerns, the psychological impact of Champions League heritage, and managerial risks. The episode concludes with a preview of upcoming Premier League fixtures and a plug for an extra time segment on movies and AI.

As heard by us

A winless European week becomes a sharp argument about Manchester City's tactics and the end of away goals.

Football Social Daily turns a rough European midweek into a brisk check on English football's sense of itself. With Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Spurs losing first legs, and Arsenal and Newcastle only drawing, Marley and Joel Tudor use the results to test the idea of…

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

You get a winless English European midweek, a bold City line-up debate and chaos from Madrid to Paris in one sitting.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →
Listen to the show on
Apple PodcastsSpotify
Play clips from this episodeMore from Football Social Daily