All square between Arsenal and Atléti, plus a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is The Guardian.
Hi Podfans, Max here, Barry's here too. Barry's not here. So Burnley and Scott Parker are parting ways by mutual consent. This obviously happened after we recorded the pod. It's not enough for an emergency pod, our respect to Burnley fans, but, you know, we apologise. But we'll talk about it on Monday for a bit, I imagine. This pod instead begins with the greatest game of all time, Atleti 1, Arsenal 1. Here it is. Thanks for listening, watching, etc. Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly. All square then in Madrid. Atleti and Arsenal weren't going to give us PSG Bayern, but they gave us a different kind of entertaining. It was tense and it was controversial. And Arteta and Simeone probably covered more ground than anyone else on the pitch.
It's impossible not to talk about VAR or handball here, so apologies in advance. But get ready to tick off all your favourite phrases. Natural position. 80% chance of scoring a goal. Clear and obvious. I'm boring myself and we haven't even introduced the panel. But a good result for Arsenal, who can go back to stressing about the title race at the weekend. Home to Fulham, while Man City have to wait until Monday to go to Everton. Then there's the relegation dogfight, West Ham at Everton on Saturday. All new injury problems, Spurs at Villa on Sunday. If they both win, big if, they could drag some others into it. Then there's the EFL permutations, Mudrick's four-year ban. Your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.
on the panel today. Barry Glendening, welcome. Hi, Max. Hello, Nikki Bandini.
What happened in the Arsenal vs. Atlético Madrid match?
Morning.
Good morning, Lars Iversen. Hello, Max. Let's start at the one to Metropolitano. Spice says, how about some VAR chat for a change? And he says, there were more shots in the Atleti-Arsenal match than PSG-Bayern, but I guess that doesn't suit certain narratives, does it? I think... think Andy is trying to make the case that this was a better game. And it wasn't a better game. But, Nicky, with a dog in the fight, I mean, there was real tension and there was real drama in this game still.
Yeah, I think it's really interesting. I think if you put this game as it was the night after a PSG buy-in, of course, you go, huh, that wasn't as good as that one. If you put it next to Arsenal-Newcastle, you think, wow, what a great game of football. So, It's all about where you draw your contrast, isn't it? PSG Bayern was spectacular, brilliant, loved every second of it. And I think this was a different kind of game completely. And we can't expect every game to hit that bar of best game you've seen all year. But I thought this was a game that was... interesting and worthy of a Champions League semi-final I thought I thought two teams that ebbed and flowed at different points the game had the upper hand two teams that both definitely had ideas about how they were going to try to win this time two teams that were perhaps weakest in in the in the finishing department and perhaps without the penalties we would have ended up with a nail nail and we would have had a different perspective on it but
But they both created chances. I mean, really, right from the start, obviously, Julian Alvarez gets that save out of David Raya early.
How did VAR influence the Arsenal and Atlético Madrid game?
But I thought Arsenal did well in the first half. I thought, again, really early on, you had Madaweke sending up that cross to the back post that you had two players both running out that didn't quite go right. But I thought they were creating chances early on. I thought they had managed to do something that was really important by pushing the two fullbacks really, really high up. In the first half, they really neutered that threat that Atletico can bring with their runners in transition. We barely saw Adam Adelukman in the first half and he had Simeone being forced to drop back and he ends up coming off at half-time. And that was, I think, a really important change by Atletico. And Atletico responded, which was nice.
I like that back and forth when you see that between managers and they go, OK, that didn't work for us in the first half and we'll do something different.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:34
2
What happened in the Arsenal vs. Atlético Madrid match?
1:34–3:05
3
How did VAR influence the Arsenal and Atlético Madrid game?
3:05–4:30
4
What are the implications of the match for Arsenal's title race?
4:30–9:31
5
What are the upcoming Premier League fixtures to watch?
9:31–14:15
6
What tactical adjustments did both teams make during the match?
14:15–46:00
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