Episode 1835: Barca’s Mess, Raheem’s Miss
Barcelona have been in slow decline since 2017, but the annual Champions League knockout reminders get more traumatic every year. What needs to happen now? Where can they go from here? And can anyone stop the march to the final of Bayern’s eminence grise, Thomas Goal-ler? Eh? Thomas Goal-ler?
Thomas Muller has gone full David Brent here ???????? pic.twitter.com/5ESP8meC4U
— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) August 15, 2020
Meanwhile Man City have Pepped it up again. Why does Guardiola do this to himself? Can Sterling ever live the miss down? And what are the prospects of Pep turning this around?
We talk to Raphael Honigstein and Miguel Delaney about those incredible Champions League quarter-finals. Why are German coaches leading the way in Europe? Has Guardiola betrayed his own principles? And how would they each solve a problem like Messi?
Convenient for Guardiols to say tactics aren’t the most important thing, when his tactics reduced a massive gap between City and Lyon and – again – set up their elimination
It’s now going to be a decade since he was in a CL final. That’s not just luckhttps://t.co/xVIYNcKVA6
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) August 17, 2020
Ken Early: Sad truth is Messi has become a problem for Barcelona https://t.co/iaDmyY8Tif
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) August 17, 2020
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