Liam Twomey

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1,671 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 9 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Is Mourinho's Real Madrid return working? · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

I know they've had a slow start, but it w wouldn't be their first slow start in in League R or their first slow start to the Champions League if they have a pretty pedestrian league phase.

They know how to time their run, and they can also protect their key players from too many minutes so that they really hit their stride physically.

In the spring when they when they absolutely need to.

So I think they they deserve to be favourites, but equally they're not so much better than the next best teams that there there isn't interest in watching this competition.

You know, Arsenal made it difficult for them in the final, Bayern had an all-time great tie against them.

And I think Barcelona will be better with Roger as well and with Gordon with

Signings that kind of enhance their identity.

So it's going to be a fun Champions League season.

How do we rate Barcelona's chances then?

I think that high line that Barcelona play under Flick, I think it it catches teams out over the course of a season because almost no one else plays that extremely

And and by the time teams have adjusted to it in game, they're usually uh out of sight.

But in big Champions League knockout games, when you've got the very best players coming up against you, they adapt quicker and they're also better prepared by better coaching staffs and everything.

And I just think Barcelona do get exposed against the very best teams by having such a predictable defensive strategy.

When you know it's

Coming, you c you can just play those passes first time around the corner, and most of these top clubs have really fast forwards that can get in behind.

I remember seeing Chelsea take Barcelona apart at Stanford Bridge last season.

And I know that wasn't maybe Barcelona at their peak, but it you know Chelsea weren't amazing either.

They just knew how to play against it, and I think a lot of Europe's top teams do.

Rodery will will help.

in terms of stopping attacks at source, but I s I still wonder if at some point, as anathema as this seems to be to Hansi Flick, whether they have to drop ten yards in a big game in order to just get over the line.

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