Episode 1814: Messi Meltdown As Barca Surrender Title To Real Madrid, Man United Still Have Champions League Fate In Their Own Hands
The La Liga title returns to the Bernabeu,and Leo Messi is not amused – even while he’s scoring goals. Zinedine Zidane now has 3 Champions League titles and 2 La Liga titles, and a World Service member wonders if Ken will ever give him the credit he so richly deserves.
Mark Critchley of The Athletic joins us to talk about the race for the Champions League places, as Man United got back on track with victory away to Crystal Palace last night.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: “There is a concern, obviously, that they will have had 48 hours’ more rest and recovery than us. It’s not fair.” https://t.co/ywDMbDuuuk
— Mark Critchley (@mjcritchley) July 16, 2020
Plus there’s Moyesy and the Archbishop, and Ken has some thoughts on how a highland snow leopard, graceful and perfectly at home on a mountain crag, would react in the fetid swamps of the lowlands.
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Liverpool look steely and focused, intent on sealing the record for most potential records thrown away in the final rounds of a title-winning campaign.
Elsewhere, Jose has put Man City’s FFP win behind him to focus on his ‘Newcastle come get me’ effortshttps://t.co/HKnoCsOJ0a pic.twitter.com/Sycp3B9p6b
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) July 16, 2020
Go to PatreonA bit like Michael Jordan being inducted into the basketball hall of fame or Father Ted winning the Golden Cleric, Pep’s made sure to take this opportunity to rub Man City’s FFP appeal win in the faces of all the haters out therehttps://t.co/2Lyab0Rfqw pic.twitter.com/72x2h9sglZ
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) July 15, 2020