Mark Langdon

Um, I mean, that's the only reason I'm not, was not going to put Turkey up as, as the dark horse, uh, because, uh,

you know it would you know just become a running gag when when they lose their first two matches but I really yeah they've got a good coach in Montella they've got players in Yildiz and Goulet that are just you know players playing at the very highest level now and I thought they were unlucky in the Euros the last time around they lost a very tight quarterfinal to Netherlands that

that might have gone either way.

So soft enough group.

Lars, are you Turkey as well?

I thought it was a, I'm an old man, I'm going to call it TikTok.

I didn't realize it was a faux pas.

Yeah.

Yeah, absolutely.

And I think there are times when he still looks like he maybe doesn't belong at the very highest level in some of his work.

But he's a very effective forward.

And even the kind of redemption arc with Crystal Palace fans having been booed onto the pitch when his January transfer didn't go through and then to score again.

the winning goal in a European final is a nice touch.

I felt from the game really that Ed feels tense and it would have felt tense for a Palace fan as a neutral that really didn't care who won.

I felt after about 10 minutes, I just can't see how Real were going to score in this game.

And Mitchell had a chance right at the end of the first half and then the dominance in the second half.

And even when Real were pushing late on,

I just, it felt like a sort of Palace team that was physically so much more imposing.

And they, as you'd expect, Barry's already sort of referenced the difference in budgets.

And Palace fully deserved the win.