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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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I'm Jim Campbell. And I'm Vidushan Antarajah. Bayern Munich 1, PSG 1, 6-5 to PSG on aggregate. Vish, it wasn't quite as spectacular as the first leg, but that was still a hell of a game, right? No, I actually want my money back. We were so giddy after Wednesday's show. We thought we were getting goals and we didn't.
But no, truth be told, it was quite a really impressive performance from PSG in a very different way. And I suppose it speaks to the results of abandoning that superstar project in terms of you still get all the attacking flair, but sometimes they track back. And to be a good football team, you need to track back. And yeah, it was quite outstanding from them.
And it felt like they did a number on Bayern Munich. Obviously, you know, they go into the game with a goal ahead. They get the early goal. That's perfect, really. That lays out the scenario for them to put on Bayern. I don't know. As I was watching it, I was willing to accept that this is a defensive masterclass. It wasn't necessarily about shit housing.
There was a bit of that when the clock was running down. But ultimately, they just grafted. And I didn't know people from Paris could graft. They don't need to really, do they? No, I think they're all just flaneurs, aren't they? Which is obviously like the final form of any well-lived life, I believe, personally. Yeah, I think you're right.
Yeah, defensive masterclass feels like it doesn't tell the story of the game, does it? But it's absolutely an element of it. I think that first goal, as you say, makes that a possibility. And let's talk about that before we get into the rest of the game, because to me, that looks like it was a pre-planned move.
Now, we know PSG love a bit of that with hoofing the ball out in the opposition's kind of deep into the opposition's half early on so they can win that territory. We know Enrique likes to sort of plan things like this. And the moves were so sort of, I guess, unusual. I feel like they had a plan to do this.
That final ball from Kovaric-Ghelia to Dembele seems like a plot to me, a well-executed heist. Yeah, we actually missed the bit that usually happens at the start of Ocean's Eleven, where they recruit everyone. Yeah. Because that's actually the most fun, really, more than the heist, but...
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Chapter 2: What were the highlights of the PSG vs Bayern Munich match?
Yeah, I see what you're saying, though, because the first time ball from Fabian Ruiz, who stood right on the left hand side, like right on the line there. He's almost like, you know, in Pong, where the things go like that, go up and down just to flex off it. It was like that because he didn't really make the action of the pass. He just had his foot out at the perfect angle.
And, you know, Kovacic earlier, he's your favourite player, isn't he? And understand me. I think he probably is, actually, yeah. Apart from Jamie Vardy. It's the weight? Well, yeah, those two, yeah. God, I wonder if they've ever met. I don't think they would have, would they? What a thing, yeah.
But yeah, I see what you mean about the set play, because it was so much about drawing Bayern forward so that they could get in behind them. And there was no wasted touches in the move, really, was there? No, not at all. Even Dembele's movement on the far post. I think two players go near post.
He feigns to go far post, checks back, and basically ends up taking it about the penalty spot, doesn't he? Yeah. It says a lot about Manuel Neuer that I thought he could have done a bit better. Yeah, he didn't seem ready.
Chapter 3: How did Luis Enrique's tactics impact PSG's performance?
Yeah, it does go through him. I think we're all so dazzled by the move at that stage that it took me a while to go, yeah, I think he really, really should have done better on that. It also set a tone in a very positive way for BSG because Ousmane Dembele, brilliant player though he is, and he did miss a decent amount of chances in, in the first leg, despite scoring as well.
And I think that suggested early on, they've got their shooting boots and I was ready for a sort of end to end kind of, you know, kind of, essentially part two of the first leg there in terms of the tone of the game. But as you say, PSG made life so difficult for Bayern that that never really materialized.
And what struck me about it is that Bayern really felt like the away team for a lot of that game. I think part of that is that you can always hear those PSG fans, um, on, on the TV and it, cause it's such a repetitive kind of droney thing that they do. Um, almost like it wears down the will of the opponent and the opponent's fans.
It really makes it seem like they're setting the agenda the whole time. And I think the game played out like that as well. You're right to sort of talk about how good they were defensively. I think they worked so, so hard. Warren Zaire Emery was playing out of position at right back and you wouldn't know it. It just stepped in perfectly. They defend so well all over the pitch.
And it was a really difficult afternoon for a Bayern Munich team who have set records in the Bundesliga, who are... you know a vibrant attacking force themselves so it was a sort of terrifying display of power in its own way Yeah, your point there about Bayern seeming like the away team is spot on.
I don't really know how to put this beyond saying they felt like the smaller team, and maybe relatively they are, but they seemed a bit more panicked on the ball. They were clearly a bit, obviously, wrestled from the opening goal, but even before that, what little time we actually had in the game. There was an air of desperation to them.
And obviously that's understandable when you go into that second leg behind. But, you know, Michael Alise's touch was a bit all over the place. Harry Kane, I think it took him about 40 minutes, half an hour to get, you know, to make his first pass, complete his first pass.
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Chapter 4: What strategies did PSG employ to neutralize Bayern's attack?
Wow. Yeah, I've just like, I might have made that up, do you know? But he gave it all away a lot. Yeah. He gave the ball away a lot early on. Yes. And I know he's a good player, but just a little bit too much of Conrad Leimer. Yes, who is an unusual player, isn't he, in this Bayern teams?
He came in at half-time in the first leg, and I think he fouled someone before they'd even blown the whistle, before the referee had even blown the whistle, which sort of set the tone of what his game was going to be about. And there was a little bit of that last night as well. And I think one of the really...
kind of, you know, enduring memories I'll have of this game is how much Alise, Musiala and Diaz really fought to get into this game and kind of weren't allowed in there. I mean, those are three of the best players you're going to see anywhere at the moment. Obviously, Musiala is coming back from an injury, but he's come back to a very, very high level.
And he was kind of taking pot shots in that first half. And in the second half, he was really, really trying to turn the screw, but they just couldn't quite do it. And these players are the most exceptional players Now, Bayern were denied a penalty, seemingly controversially, for a handball by João Neves, which was a really unusual situation that you don't see very often.
Was it Vitinha, I think, cleared the ball into... Yeah, yeah. Jean Neves' hand, Vincent Kompany looking exceptional on the sidelines. I guess we'll come to his fit in a bit. He was obviously fuming about this, but there is a rule in place for this. Now, BBC Sports Football Issues correspondent Dale Johnson cleared things up on microblogging site X.
by saying, according to the laws of the game, it's not a handball if the player is hit on the hand or arm by the ball, which has been played by a teammate, unless the ball goes directly into the opponent's goal or the player scores immediately afterwards, in which case a direct free kick is awarded to the other team.
So I didn't know this, but apparently you can just flick the ball up for your teammate and he can slap it away. So that's a little loophole that nobody is taking advantage of. Yeah, I know. I've always wondered, as perfect a game as football is, it did need a bit more volleyball in it, didn't it? Yeah, exactly, exactly.
And beyond being played on sand, you know, letting your teammate tee you up to slap it down, that's the way forward. Brazil would still be amazing at it. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's a funny one. That rule feels like a good one to me. Because, you know, that is just a weird set of circumstances. Have PSG really gained any advantage there from that? I suppose you could argue that they have.
But yeah, what do you think on that? Yeah... I see what you're saying. It feels like one of those laws that came into existence after they'd written, you know, the main ones. Yeah. And someone was like, well, that's handball. Probably shouldn't be, should it? Let's add that in. Yeah, yeah. Let's supplement the rules with that. It'll probably never come up. Yeah, but even then, isn't it?
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Chapter 5: How did the atmosphere influence the game dynamics?
I think that's the thing that... Arsenal have going for them there they're obviously not going to try and take the game to PSG in the way that Bayern did using their own sort of kind of attacking force they're going to have to try and contain them whether that's even possible is up for debate and is something we'll see how do you see this going as a spectacle?
I think it'd be quite a good spectacle. I don't expect Arsenal to contribute all that much to the transitional nature of the game. Um, because I think, you know, there'll be, you know, there'll be bested on that front. And I don't, I just don't think Arteta would be stupid enough to do that.
And I think it would, it would be a case of, um, uh, stupidity if Arsenal tried to go toe to toe with them. Um, I might throw this back at you, because to me it feels like Arsenal... I'm not saying Arsenal are perfectly equipped to deal with PSG, but they're grooved enough to have the game in their locker that can beat PSG. They just have to be perfect at it.
It's like the... Apologies for making a Marvel reference here, but it's like Avengers Endgame, where it's like... There are four million ways this goes and in only one of them it goes well. Yes, yes. And that might be the case with Arsenal.
And it's like, you know, it's the goal from a set piece or a couple of goals from a set piece and just the bunkering down that they can do, but they would need to be perfect to do it. Yeah, I think they will be able to craft chances in open play. There won't be many of them. I'm fairly confident about that. It's just about being a bit more clinical than they have often been at times this season.
But Arsenal have scored a lot of goals this season themselves. Obviously, they've played a lot of games as well, which kind of spreads that out a little bit.
But they have to be really, really clinical on the day because you are going to get an absolute barrage from PSG and they are going to control the game because they're quicker than you, they're stronger than you and they're technically better than you. That was clearly true of even Bayern Munich. I think a big part of it will be factored around...
whether Arsenal are the champions of England by then or not. If they are, I think there's less pressure on this game as an occasion. If they're not, there's a very, very different type of pressure. Mikael Saka hinted in that interview with CBS, didn't he, that there is an opponent they want to face. A lot of people think it's PSG.
And I'm not sure on that because I do remember after the game at the Emirates against Bayern Munich, Harry Kane was interviewed and he said they were, you know, the Arsenal very good opponent and he was sure they'll meet them again later down the line.
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Chapter 6: What were the standout player performances in the match?
And he had a little sort of grin on his face. And I wonder if that might have been something that the players are referring to and that they remember. Either way, it's really, really, really tough task. But I do think actually based on the way Saka was talking there and obviously the buzz from getting to the final in the first place, I don't think they're scared of this assignment.
You know, it's easy to sit here as a fan and go, oh God, that team is so good. This might be a really tough game. Like worst case scenario is that they're a brilliant team and we're, you know, clearly the underdogs. The players obviously don't see it like that. They'll probably understand that they're underdogs, but they're going to relish that.
So actually that interview gave me a lot of confidence in how Arsenal will approach the game. They might get beaten on the day by a better team. Very, very possible. But they're there for a good reason. It's a very different type of challenge, really, compared to anything PSG have faced up to now. So I think it's going to be a very, very interesting game. Like I say, a clash of styles.
A lot of people will probably see PSG as the football purists kind of version. And a team created the right way as well. Well, exactly, exactly. That's kind of what I was going to say. That would be a very interesting factor for me to cry about if we lose. So look forward to that.
So one Arsenal fan did a really smart thing ahead of this game because he bought his hotel room in Budapest for the final last summer at 10% of the current price. If anyone's been looking at those prices, they are crazy, as you would expect. And he was crowing about it online and... I know I should be on his side here, but he did post his full name and reservation number on microbloggingcesspitx.
So a Tottenham fan called the hotel and cancelled the booking. And you do leave yourself vulnerable to that now, don't you? You've got to be absolutely kicking yourself. It's the perfect side of... you know, that kind of shithousery where doxing yourself is such a dangerous thing to do. And it's such beautiful use of it. It's not particularly malicious. It's just crafty and dickheadish.
Yeah, it's been a dickhead. You're being the most annoying little brother who ever lived in that situation. That's sort of how it feels. And we've been in the kind of the banter era of social media football discourse for a long, long time now. And I do wonder, actually... Has that soured so much that did this guy actually think about this being funny or is it just pure malice?
So many people are just so angry all the time online now that they've forgotten that this is meant to be fun, even the bit where you're trying to annoy other people. Yeah, well, maybe we're in the shit housing era where it's the bell curve. The malice is on the Y-axis and it's got really malicious. And now it's coming back down. It's just funny.
Maybe we've had it for so long that it might start to be funny. And this is the bit where it tips. Yeah. So I've got actually news just in, a little update on this story, because as we know, X is a microblogging site that is really defined by its integrity. This has been community noted. So actually, this might be fake news. Some banter will be false. So what do we reckon?
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