Episode 2936: Champions League Is Good Actually, Kane And Not Able, Josel-who, Cool Carlo, O’Neill Takes Romania, Numbers Nonsense

And then, when all was said and done, Real Madrid found a way.

? HASTA EL FINAL ?#APorLa15 | #UCL pic.twitter.com/CJ7ygtFNVK

— Real Madrid C.F. ???? (@realmadriden) May 9, 2024

We chat about last night’s epic in the Air-Fryer with John Brewin and Miguel Delaney and ask why England’s two roses in Bellingham and Kane appeared to wilt in the Bernabeu heat while Stoke City old-boy Joselu thrived.

2022: Joselu attends the @ChampionsLeague final as a #Madridista.

2024: Joselu takes Real Madrid to the #UCL final.#UCL#APorLa15 pic.twitter.com/M49Iki3coZ

— Real Madrid C.F. ???? (@realmadriden) May 8, 2024

We also look ahead to Arsenal taking on Europe’s weirdest team, nonsense Numbers related listener emails, Martin O’Neill past and present and a Francis Murphy Thursday TV Guide.

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