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welcome into the latest edition of the ESPN FC.

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It has been a big day of action. We are

0:37

going to look back on all of it. We have Ali Moreno,

0:39

Steve Nickle, and myself, Kay Murray, here in the

0:42

studio. Let's start with the Coppadel Re.

0:44

It was Barcelona taking on Real

0:46

Sociedad in the quarter finals. Usman

0:48

Dembele got the only goal of the game

0:51

after Basel did beat ten man real Socieda

0:53

to go through to the semis. Race

0:55

Mendez got a red card for a high

0:57

tackle and it wasn't always easy

0:59

for Basel even against ten, but

1:02

they got job done. Watching the game for us

1:04

today. We had Luis Garcia and Gemma

1:06

Salaire was also pitch side the

1:08

game that she spoke to. Chavy afterwards.

1:11

Yeah. We're here with Chavy Nanda's

1:13

congratulations for reaching the semifinales.

1:16

It was at half game though.

1:18

Thank you so much. Yes. It was a tough

1:20

game, but I think we control the game. We

1:22

dominate the game. We create many, many

1:24

chances. And

1:27

we complicate ourselves. think we

1:29

need to finish the game before

1:31

the end. We we

1:34

create a lot, a lot of chances to

1:36

score at least the second one to

1:39

be more calm, but we

1:41

complicate ourselves the game.

1:43

But I'm satisfied with the performance, with

1:45

the attitude, with the rhythm, with the density,

1:48

we could score much much more

1:50

roles. But At the

1:51

end, the main goal we

1:53

reach is to be in semifinal and we are

1:55

happy. Our goal is scored by

1:57

Dembele. It's a player that when

1:59

you arrived, he was almost out of the

2:01

club. He was sitting on on the stands.

2:04

Have you done a special award video video

2:06

award with him, like you mentioned with Gavi,

2:09

what do you think is key of his evolution? It's

2:11

not only the goal. He played such a complete

2:13

game, and he will he's been doing so far

2:16

lately. Well, first of all, because

2:18

he's a great player. For me, he's a very

2:20

important player and it's important

2:22

that we give him confidence I

2:24

trust him a lot a lot because I love

2:26

I love this kind of players. Our

2:28

way to play is to open well the field

2:30

and we need this kind of wingers to

2:33

create 1V1, to be one. Every

2:36

day, I think it's better for the team.

2:39

He create many, many opportunities for

2:41

the others. And till they make the difference

2:43

again for us. So very happy for Rosemont. It's

2:46

a it's a really personal.

2:48

As I mentioned, Luis Garcia and Gemicile,

2:51

watching this Gemicile outside the camp now

2:53

now. Jemma, Shelby seemed relieved

2:55

after that.

2:59

Yes. Mean, I guess,

3:01

he is happier than

3:04

the last weekend with the same result.

3:06

He was very unhappy. With

3:08

the performance of his team. They played

3:11

really not a good game

3:13

against Hetafei. As for today,

3:15

as he was mentioning, they generated a

3:17

lot The only thing they were missing

3:19

was end product, but they created many

3:21

chances. They played well. They opened the field

3:24

with with and with the Gavi.

3:26

In in the side, but it's true that

3:28

once again, they commit they make the

3:30

same mistake. They are unable to

3:33

close the games. That's that's why we

3:35

couldn't expect that minute ninety relatively

3:38

that going one down. They will be having

3:40

such clear chances to clear

3:43

occasions that almost put the

3:45

game into the extra time. So

3:47

this is probably the the the worst for for

3:49

Barcelona that as we were mentioning,

3:51

they had an extraordinary version

3:53

of Usman Dembele. We have good

3:55

news regarding battery because he had

3:57

to be substituted. He was having

4:00

some issues in his knee. It's

4:03

just for pre precaution is not an injury.

4:05

It's just a knock and and he will be okay

4:07

to play on the weekend against

4:09

Jira now and and next week against

4:11

Betters. Luis Gas see

4:13

us some nice words from Chavi to

4:15

awards, Usman Dembele there, a player

4:17

a big fan of.

4:21

Yes. I'm a big fan and much more

4:23

when it shows a a big and

4:25

consistent performance. I think we've

4:27

seen very good moments from

4:29

Usman and ballet. I think we've been. We've

4:31

seen chances created

4:34

assisting scoring, but at least for

4:36

today, I think we've seen a proper performance

4:38

for meeting that he was

4:40

on the field. He was meeting players,

4:42

and I think he drew drew

4:44

crazy that that led by already sorted

4:46

out. When he changed to the right side,

4:48

it's still doing the same with the

4:50

other side. I think he's a player that

4:52

I'm I understand Chavi why he's so

4:54

happy with it. And why is he knows

4:57

that he needs planes like he because there are

4:59

not many. I think the wingers

5:01

from the back in the nineties and

5:03

too early two thousand they are not there

5:05

anymore. You don't have players who have that

5:07

kind of pace, that kind of ability,

5:09

that kind of skills with two left

5:11

that can create in in school growth.

5:13

So that's why His mandate is the

5:15

his best version at the moment.

5:17

Hopefully, he can keep that consistency. He's

5:19

been asked for that consistency. At the moment,

5:21

he's not getting injured. That's the first step.

5:23

And now continue bringing the best of

5:25

the best to the team.

5:28

Ali, your thoughts on the valet today? First

5:31

of all, let's just put it out there

5:33

on the table. It's been widely

5:35

reported. We've

5:38

had touched upon that. So let's

5:40

just full disclosure. Right?

5:43

And today, I agree with

5:45

Luis. Today, I'm onboard

5:47

with what Luis is selling on Usmane,

5:49

Dembele, that

5:51

he gives his team really

5:54

they only change of pace that they have

5:57

and and certainly that they had available today

5:59

on the field. A guy that can

6:01

create separation for himself can

6:03

create chances for himself and for

6:05

others. He's always

6:08

a direct player, an impactful

6:10

player, when he makes

6:13

the correct decisions. And that

6:15

is the thing that I would focus

6:17

on if I were around Usmani

6:19

Danbeni. It's not the physical attributes.

6:21

It's not his ability to get around

6:23

people and be people in 1V1 situations.

6:26

It's the decision making that allow him

6:28

to be more consistent. And

6:30

there are moments in which you see it and other

6:32

moments in which it disappears. But today,

6:35

we saw the best version of

6:37

Usmane Dembele. According to the inside,

6:39

looking for shots. Looking to combine.

6:41

Looking to find different options. The

6:43

ball that he plays to frankie the young that

6:45

frankie the young should have finished. That is

6:48

a good decision, a mature decision,

6:50

and the correct decision from Manus and

6:52

Meli in a tight area. The more he

6:54

does that with consistency, then

6:56

I'm all on board with

6:58

Luis Garcia, and

7:00

we can all hang out together. But

7:02

we need to see it consistently, and that I

7:04

think it's also the key. Could there have

7:05

been a different story for Barcelona today? Had

7:08

it finished eleven versus eleven?

7:12

I'm not so sure. I think that's too easy

7:14

to see. The factors is that

7:17

with eleven and with ten, Sociedad

7:19

had a couple of opportunities. And

7:22

they just didn't take them. So,

7:25

yeah, I mean, it's a surprise that Barcelona

7:27

didn't win more comfortably. We're so

7:29

sure that going down to ten. But

7:31

at the end of the day, I'd I'd I'd I'd I'd

7:33

don't think if I'd been eleven The

7:36

result would have been different. I think Barcelona

7:38

were always for me just a bit of sight.

7:40

And if they had to, maybe could have

7:42

changed gear a little bit till

7:44

No. I don't think so. Do you

7:46

agree with that, Luis? Do you think Barcelona

7:48

were coming out winning whatever happened today

7:50

against this side? I think

7:54

we could have seen more growth in the

7:56

second half with eleven against eleven. I

7:58

think the problem we mentioned in the pre

8:00

show that Barcelona had is that they

8:02

show that when they have teams, when they put

8:04

lines with a lot of players in the middle,

8:06

in the white areas. We saw what happened

8:08

at the weekend with the tap, with two

8:10

lines of four, five players. Very

8:13

difficult to move the ball around, to find

8:15

the spaces, to create chances, and to date,

8:17

where they also need that felt that they had

8:19

one less. They pulled that line

8:21

of five and four in front of their

8:23

balls. And it's very difficult to break

8:25

those line. The ball has to be

8:27

perfect. We've seen a very good rung in from

8:29

second line, from Gavi, from Verde from

8:31

the yard, trying to break that line and

8:33

arrive inside the box. But that will have to be

8:35

very precise, very difficult

8:37

to pass over the defender of the Riyasuda

8:40

players and also in the

8:42

line not to arrive to the to the keeper. So

8:44

if Riyasuda had one

8:46

more player, they will have goal to find

8:48

the the net of their stake in

8:50

more open, more spaces. So

8:53

allow Barcelona. To play quicker,

8:55

to to use those spaces to his common

8:57

goal. So I think that he was a

8:59

power salon up and perform a

9:01

very good performer today. Apart from

9:03

those last twenty minutes, there was, again, the

9:05

laws of control. I like what

9:07

Ali mentioned about unplugging. I think

9:09

they switched up early on the game,

9:11

just before to put this game to bed and they

9:13

suffer. And it's not the first time. It's not the

9:15

second time. It's something that Chavy needs to continue

9:17

working There's

9:18

another big copper del rey name

9:20

coming up tomorrow, between real,

9:22

Madrid, and Afletti. And it's an Afletti

9:24

side who've been looking a lot better

9:26

since the break in action since they returned to

9:28

action from the World Cup. As for Real Madrid,

9:31

well, there's a lot of talk about their midfield

9:33

right now. Here's what Carlo and Chiloti

9:35

had to say about the men in the middle. He said, I

9:37

don't need to explain the fact that

9:39

sometimes cross and moderate don't

9:41

play. It's a moment of transition

9:43

in the word that everyone

9:45

has to understand. It's about the

9:47

understanding of the veterans and

9:49

the patience of the youngsters.

9:51

That was important to our success

9:53

last season two.

9:55

Gemma, what's been the feeling about this

9:57

back in Spain? Is this a period of

9:59

transition for real Madrid?

10:03

Oh, well, maybe it's too soon to say

10:06

that it's true that after the World Cup,

10:08

the the performances, the

10:11

the level of does does this

10:13

performance have dropped so much,

10:15

and there is a like, the red

10:17

lights are starting to be turn it

10:19

on in in the Santiago or

10:21

Bernabeau. But I

10:23

mean, Ancelotti even said

10:25

that he knew it would be a difficult season,

10:27

especially because his meat field.

10:29

They are players that are

10:31

veteran players, and and they need

10:33

to be back to the competitive level.

10:35

But they they are not talking about I

10:38

mean, you can never say that about real

10:40

Madrid because until the very last

10:42

minute, they have their chances and they

10:44

will, of course, fight until the end. But of

10:46

course, the football

10:48

that they are showing lately is not

10:50

what we are used in

10:52

the beginning of of the

10:54

season. But at the end

10:56

when the the the key

10:58

players that the key games arrive

11:00

and were talking about probably when they

11:02

face Liverpool or or at the end

11:04

of the the season of La

11:06

Liga, they always managed to get

11:08

that competitive special real

11:10

madrid DNA and to be

11:12

there at the the height level.

11:14

Luis, tomorrow should

11:16

cross the modrich start the game.

11:18

I

11:20

was saying it's quite difficult to to see

11:23

them at the moment the way that there have

11:25

been performances to put in together.

11:27

I don't know. I think that is amazing

11:29

what Acelodi just mentioned is

11:31

noisy to see Amari just talking

11:33

about the decision moment for those

11:35

of the biggest players. That we've

11:37

seen in the midfield, in the history of football

11:39

cross and modern. So one, winning the

11:41

ballonor, winning off every single trophy. And

11:43

I think that is quiet

11:45

open to say that. And it's true that at the

11:47

moment, if this remedy that has been

11:49

struggling, I will say even further

11:51

from what what Jima

11:53

was mentioned. Even before the the

11:55

World Cup, he was struggling to get resolved. We

11:57

all remember that reaching loss, I can

11:59

say, Daniel Yergano, in November. But

12:01

at the end, because of the talent that of the players

12:03

that they got from, they managed to keep going,

12:05

continue getting threshold. But the way that that this

12:07

young man has been playing, he he hasn't beaten

12:09

off for the crowd. He hasn't beaten off for

12:11

until all that thing. And now it's a moment where

12:13

having those two players into the middle

12:15

he knows that he's gonna have a lot

12:17

of problems because the intensity

12:19

is not there. There are two players that

12:22

cannot cover as much space as as

12:24

they they have before. I mean, he's not

12:26

there because his injured.

12:28

He's not anymore classifieds. He was kind

12:30

of the saver of these two players, the one who

12:32

was making all the time. coverage for them.

12:34

So I think that at the moment, bringing

12:36

another player, call it

12:40

something that a ancelot

12:42

is gonna manage in the

12:44

coming months. So I'm not sure if he's

12:46

gonna use anymore. Maybe at some

12:48

point, we've seen it making the two changes in

12:50

the second half for the last game, and

12:52

then to try to keep the ball buddy from the very

12:53

beginning. I'm not sure if you wanna see me a lot

12:56

of times that don't offer until the season.

12:58

And Cholocity wanted to highlight the performance

13:00

of Kamafinga in the last game. Obviously,

13:02

Sabayas as well is doing his

13:04

part in proving that he can play

13:06

a part Is it a cause for

13:08

concern in the midfield for real Madrid?

13:10

Absolutely. It's a cause cause for concern.

13:13

When you think about real Madrid and what

13:15

they've done so well, we can focus on

13:17

Benjamin Benjamin Junior. Right? And and they're

13:19

running Champions League. And okay.

13:21

That makes sense, Rodrigo, of

13:23

the band. But really at

13:25

the core of their success is

13:27

the control that they usually have

13:29

through the midfield and how they're able to

13:31

dictate the pace of the game. If they're

13:33

not controlling the midfield, they become

13:35

stretched. And when they become stretched, that

13:37

back four cannot withstand pressure.

13:39

And that's when they start breaking down that's

13:41

when Cortois is having to come up with safe. And if

13:43

he's not coming up with safe, they're giving up

13:46

goals. If they don't control the game through the

13:48

midfield, Breyder Madre becomes very,

13:50

very vulnerable that's the sort of

13:52

situation that we're going through right now. And

13:54

so look, Tony Crohn's is not getting

13:56

any younger. Look, I'm wondering if she's not getting

13:58

any younger. But you have addressed some of those

14:00

concerns. This is why you're bringing to a menu.

14:02

That's why you have a very well aware of it. That's why you have

14:04

Kamarindo. That's what you have done in

14:06

Sarajos. These are players that can play the position

14:08

now they're gonna have to show that,

14:10

indeed, they can take that sort

14:12

of responsibility. One more

14:14

point on locomotives. Following

14:16

the twenty eighteen World Cup, he had

14:19

difficulties getting

14:21

back from the physical

14:23

stress that was the the

14:25

the run that they had with Croatia in

14:27

that World Cup. I cannot

14:29

help but think that if he was a struggling

14:31

twenty eighteen, Four years

14:33

later, I have to imagine it is

14:35

a struggle again to get

14:37

back physically. And what we're

14:39

seeing certainly from the case of locomotive

14:41

is that physically right now, he's

14:44

not quite there. The legs are not

14:46

quite there. Then mine is not quite

14:48

there. This is in my

14:49

estimation, the definition of a

14:52

work of hangover in the case of

14:54

locomotive.

14:54

Is this the best time for this athletic

14:56

side then to take advantage and get a

14:58

result against real Madrid?

15:00

What you'd have to think so that, you

15:02

know, all things are not quite rosy in

15:04

the garden. And

15:06

supposedly, We've got this new

15:08

attack in style -- Ah. -- athletic

15:10

objects. So, you

15:12

know, you put those pieces together. And

15:14

on paper, It looks

15:16

as though this is perfect time and

15:18

for the bloody. However,

15:21

oh, here we go. Rearm

15:23

Madrid. Are the masters?

15:25

The masters of when they're up against

15:27

it, when they're being questioned, we're

15:29

talking about the keeper, or the back four, or the

15:31

midfield, they're too old, they're

15:33

too young. I mean, we're coming out

15:35

with all. But you know what they

15:37

do? They turn up and

15:39

somehow they get the victory.

15:42

They get it done. Add

15:44

to that, I don't have any confidence there,

15:47

bloody. I'm gonna revert back to

15:49

tape, and I'm gonna sit

15:51

tight and try and

15:52

break. So

15:53

No. Hold on.

15:54

This is this is got Rehan Madrid winning

15:56

all over it. The good news is we have a

15:58

former athletic player here with us.

16:00

Surely. Luis Garcia,

16:02

gonna give Athleta a win

16:04

tomorrow. I

16:07

got my doubt as well. I got my

16:09

doubt as well. And I

16:11

agree with this TV is that real

16:13

money is know how to pull results from this kind

16:15

of moment. Even when they look that they and I

16:17

think that the the last super cup is a

16:19

massive example of how this remedy had

16:21

always raised from the from

16:23

nowhere. When they are in trouble, when

16:25

they look like they cannot anymore, they

16:27

can run suddenly they start

16:30

running, they start pressing, they start scoring goals,

16:32

and we cannot forget that that problem,

16:34

they have players who can finalize, and

16:36

that's something very special, very difficult

16:38

to find. With Karim benzema, as the

16:40

main man, we've been issued a union, we've already

16:42

with Rodrigo players who can

16:44

capitalize any single chance. And we've seen it in

16:46

the last game, They were not doing

16:48

anything. They were being dominated by a lot, they closed the

16:50

wheel valve. But in two chances

16:52

that Ramati managed, one of them, they

16:54

went into the net. And that's the way that this

16:56

Ramati is getting thoughts at the moment.

16:58

Analytical margin needs to continue

17:00

building over the artist kind of momento.

17:02

They had a fantastic game against

17:04

Vaili, three goals, Morada, now they

17:06

go may feel they buy back in this, let

17:08

it go madison is gonna give them something

17:10

special with Grisvan being the

17:12

key player and without you

17:14

authentic. So can they manage to get a good result against

17:16

Ramadi? Yes. But they have to do it with a very

17:18

good defense and try to break that ball

17:20

to the main man up from the advertisement and

17:22

from that

17:23

all. I think they became with this remedy,

17:26

but remedy this remedy. That

17:28

sounded like the dreaded vote ofconfidence there

17:30

from Luis Garcia on athletic. Anyway, you'll be

17:32

able to find out tomorrow. We thanks so much Louise

17:34

Garcia and Gemma Salaire for being

17:36

with us that game between Real

17:38

Madrid and athletic will be taking

17:40

place in the Copper Delray

17:42

quarter

17:42

finals. We've also got Valencia against

17:45

athletic club coming as well, make

17:47

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17:49

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17:50

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clash at City grounds against Nottingham

19:00

Forest Girls from the on fire

19:02

Marcus rushwood, though very his

19:04

first Manchester United goal. And

19:06

Bruno Fernandez means that they have pretty much

19:08

more than one foot in the final of

19:10

this

19:10

competition. As far

19:13

about Comcast, definitely good to be getting off

19:15

the market in your club, isn't it?

19:18

Yes. Great night for

19:20

us. Great result. And, yeah,

19:22

of

19:22

course, this first match with three

19:25

zero front. Now it's,

19:26

yeah, it's

19:26

a really, really good chance at the

19:29

final. For you personally to open your

19:31

gold scoring account, how special was

19:33

it to do it on an occasion like

19:34

this? Yeah. It's always

19:37

special and you always want to score

19:39

goals and also you prefer

19:41

to have to first one, of course, as quick as

19:44

possible. No. So really happy. I

19:46

think it was a really important moment

19:47

also. The two know yeah. I

19:50

think short before the half time. So,

19:53

yeah, that gives us a good inner move

19:54

away, better feeling in the in the in the in the break.

19:56

It's great. I think the

19:59

buffer is joining us now. He was also watching this game. I'll start with

20:01

you though, Stevie. We've just seen Betel Bakersfield

20:03

there speaking after scarring his first golf for

20:04

United. Always good to get off the mark, isn't it for

20:07

your new

20:08

club. Yeah. Not only that. The

20:10

fact that people were questioned and why they were

20:12

saying the player like Bangkok, who's who's

20:15

I think, online from bundling. I didn't say that who

20:18

just lumped the ball forward. So

20:20

that that really doesn't bode

20:22

well when you go to a team like

20:24

United. Who are expected to play

20:26

total football. But you know what?

20:28

This guy gives them a lot, I think,

20:30

you know, he can clear the ball out.

20:32

He can hold it up. You can stick it in

20:34

the box. You can get on the end of it. I

20:37

think he's maybe gonna turn out to

20:39

be a surprisingly good good

20:41

sign, and no. It

20:43

doesn't have an awful lot of choices, the

20:45

manager. Let's be honest, their hack.

20:47

But if Vekos keeps doing what he's done

20:49

and leading the line, the

20:51

old fashioned way from Manchester

20:53

United. Then there's no reason why he won't stay on

20:56

the team and he won't score more

20:57

goals. Frank,

20:58

do you like this signing from Manchester

21:01

United? I do. I do.

21:03

And not only because he he's called his first

21:05

goal with a in a nice way, with the

21:07

the outside of the foods, and he

21:09

was really as position as a

21:12

striker. But I like this involvement into

21:14

the game where I think

21:16

offensively, it was reused

21:18

as a pivot and they

21:21

could use him, you know, to get the ball

21:23

forward to and and him to hold the

21:25

ball and and then to serve the other

21:27

and to a low all the team to to get to

21:29

to get to get out and to

21:31

go up on into the field. And

21:34

defensively, he did what he had to do in the first

21:36

line of the defense. Working,

21:38

trying to position himself

21:41

back and and and doing what

21:43

he has to do. I love I

21:45

love the way he thinks the football. I

21:47

think he's gonna be very useful. And with

21:49

the players that he has around him, I

21:52

think he's gonna be a very good

21:54

combination. No point,

21:55

I'll attack will once again be of Marcus

21:57

Rashford rightfully so. Right, Alain? Yeah.

21:59

Look, when you're a player and

22:01

you're going through a moment like he's gone and

22:03

just hang on to it for as long as you

22:06

possibly can. I mean, he is as hard as

22:08

hard can be. And there is a

22:10

level of confidence AN UNDERSTANDING

22:12

THAT HE'S GOING THROUGH A GREAT MOMENT

22:14

AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEN FROM HIM IS THAT

22:16

HE'S MAKING DECISIONS. He's

22:19

impacting the play in the final

22:21

third. There is no doubt as to what he

22:23

wants to do. There is no second guessing.

22:25

There is no question is, I'm getting

22:27

the ball and I'm gonna make a difference in

22:29

the final third. I'm getting the ball and I'm gonna

22:31

be dangerous in the attack in

22:33

half. You don't see Marcus Ratcher

22:35

receiving the ball turning

22:37

back and playing the ball backwards ten yards

22:39

and then just kind of trying to get on the end

22:41

of something. No. No. You're seeing him give me

22:43

the ball. I'm going after this guy because

22:45

they can't stop me. When you feel like this,

22:48

right? It's it's like it it's like

22:50

every picture that you see on the field

22:52

makes sense. And it

22:54

is a beautiful place to

22:56

be. Right? Make

22:58

it last as long as you possibly

23:00

can. And I think that would be the concern if

23:02

I were man to say, nine defense. The one thing that

23:04

I would want is for Marcus Ratcher to

23:06

be able to sustain this for

23:08

as long as possible. He's gonna have a

23:10

dip at some point, but that the

23:12

productivity is there and his decision makers

23:15

and the aggression of his game,

23:17

decisiveness of I'm gonna go

23:19

challenge defenders that

23:21

that stays part of his

23:21

game. He's been excellent. He

23:23

really had it it feels like he's taken up

23:25

another level even more since the

23:27

world cops TV.

23:28

Well, it's amazing what confidence does

23:30

for you. You know, people can poo poo

23:33

when we talk about confidence. But,

23:35

you know, Ali's talking about that feeling.

23:37

That feeling when you're on a football field

23:39

and you feel as though everything's going

23:41

to go your way, you can't wait

23:43

to get the because you know you're gonna

23:45

do something good. And if you're

23:48

planning to position the rash for this,

23:50

that's something good is getting shots

23:52

on goal and scoring goals. So you just can't get

23:54

enough of the ball. You want more, you wish

23:56

you could play with two or three so you could just

23:58

keep one for yourself. So

24:00

right

24:00

now, he can do no wrong. It was a

24:03

strong side today, Frank, put out by

24:05

Eric Tenhug. How important is it,

24:07

especially with how close they are now

24:09

to that silverware to actually

24:11

scoop

24:11

it? This season?

24:12

Well, they did what they

24:14

had to do, especially in the first ten,

24:16

fifteen minutes where they've been

24:19

up absolutely tremendous in

24:21

a way that the play does it really as a

24:23

team. And I want to

24:25

really be focused on the on

24:27

Eric's and and the the way that he was

24:29

playing, the the way that he was free to

24:32

or or fan free every

24:34

time and and serving all the all

24:36

his teammates very well. You know, Cazimiro,

24:38

they make a really good

24:40

pair in the middle of the park, and they make

24:42

the difference. And as soon as they

24:45

started to go a little bit down, you know,

24:47

I just went RS came back. But

24:49

overall, very solid at the

24:51

back, they are did what

24:53

they had to do. They had a little bit of as

24:55

well with the upside on the on the

24:57

first goal. But overall, nothing

24:59

to complain about. They were, we

25:01

say, mostly in the control of

25:03

the of the game. And did what

25:05

they had to do. And of course, as TV

25:07

said, they have they have two fits in

25:09

the final. I don't see nothing on

25:11

first winning four Neil at

25:12

Manchester. That's for sure.

25:14

Two feet in the final, two hands on the trophy. Does

25:16

it have to be this season, LA?

25:18

What, this is

25:19

as good an opportunity as you're gonna get if

25:21

you're meant to say united and

25:23

When we had the

25:26

conversation following the Manchester City game

25:28

in regards to the potential of

25:30

Manchester United being title contender, is

25:32

that conversation well was very short

25:34

lived because then after that in Crystal

25:36

Palace and then on the weekend arsenal.

25:38

Everybody has gotten a dose of

25:40

reality reality check then maybe just

25:43

maybe what you wanna see from mind to say, night, it

25:45

is palpable, tangible

25:48

signs of progress. And while we're

25:50

seeing it on the performances, I'll tell

25:52

you what's a tangible sign of

25:54

progress. Getting your two hands on

25:56

a trophy. That's something that you

25:58

can build on. That's something that serves us

26:00

a stepping stone and that you're saying,

26:02

this is how we're taking steps

26:04

forward. These are the objectives, and

26:06

these are our achievements. And when you have a trophy in

26:08

hand, you have an achievement in hand and it's something

26:10

that Demag and the players can lean upon.

26:12

So of course, when you see the teams that are left

26:14

in this competition and you're meant

26:16

to say

26:16

united, you better take on the

26:19

responsibility of being the favorite and

26:21

the way that you're playing, you should be be the favorites and

26:23

you should be winning this competition. Yeah. It's

26:25

been a massive day of action and it could

26:27

be a massive game ahead

26:29

farm Manchester United. Obviously, there is that

26:31

second leg to come now. And there's plenty

26:34

more to look forward to when it does come to the

26:36

Caribou cup. The second leg's coming up and then the

26:38

final at Wemblay. On February

26:40

twenty six. Make

26:42

sure to be with us on

26:44

the SPN plus all we can find

26:47

Finally, we get to see one city against Arsenal

26:49

in the FA Cup. We've got the Berlin Derby in

26:51

the Bundesliega, Gerona against Barcelona, another

26:54

derby in La Liga. By in Frankfurt,

26:56

them against Sheffield United. Can they keep up their great run?

26:58

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27:01

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28:31

Bunders league action rolls on,

28:34

and Darkmont got themselves yet

28:36

another win, a little bit frantic again this time

28:38

against mines. Let's take a look at the top of

28:40

the table because Winters league of buy

28:42

in have had back to back draws

28:45

in twenty twenty three. And usually, the other teams

28:47

don't respond to the call, but this time

28:49

around late, say, and Borisy Adarkman both have

28:51

and have been able to close the

28:53

gap as well in New Berlin back up in

28:56

familiar territory for them this season.

28:58

But let's talk about Dartmouth and G.

29:00

O'Reina Shall we? Because we've got Archie

29:02

Rintuk joining us. And once

29:04

again, let's turn the topic to

29:06

G. O'Reiner coming off the bench. Getting one

29:08

to the sky sheet too. I know actually that he spoke to Ed

29:10

in Turfic the other day about this

29:13

player, and he has the full support of his

29:15

domestic

29:15

sides. Yeah. He said

29:18

that he'd not seen anything

29:20

that Gregor Holter had

29:22

had commented on, I. E.

29:24

There are a lack at professionalism.

29:27

And Dortman, he's only

29:29

ever seen Giorina be

29:31

in great form, whether it's

29:33

in training, or

29:35

when he's tried to bring him onto the pitch

29:37

and we shouldn't forget before all

29:39

of that World Cup business. Giorina

29:41

had a horrible time with

29:43

injuries And it's just nice to see a smile on the boy's face,

29:45

to be honest. Like, not once in

29:47

a week, but twice, no less.

29:49

And particularly with such

29:51

an important goal because he has

29:53

produced, I'd

29:54

say a great piece of paper with

29:57

some very big cracks.

30:00

That were very apparent for Dortman

30:02

again tonight. On the road this

30:04

season, they've been really disappointing,

30:06

particularly performance wise. And coming off

30:08

the bench, once again, he did it in much

30:10

more spectacular style on Sunday.

30:13

But this was as

30:15

important as well Just

30:17

to give Dohmen fans an idea hope a

30:19

glimmer of being in the title

30:21

race, but I think to be honest, they've

30:23

got big issues to worry

30:25

about, namely getting into the top four because if

30:27

they continue to play like they

30:29

do right

30:29

now, I e, not with any

30:31

real financial flared going forward, then they're gonna

30:34

struggle to get in the Champions League

30:35

penalty. When it does come to Gio Rayna

30:38

though, and obviously, the the problems are there

30:40

for all to see with Boris the adoption data, you just need

30:42

to watch any game that they're

30:43

playing. But G. O'Reina, this is quite the response

30:45

from him. Yeah.

30:48

This is the perfect response from the

30:50

arena. He can only controls the things that

30:52

are in front of him. And what's in front of him is

30:54

what he does with Borussia Dortman.

30:57

Whatever is going on with the US

30:59

national team and Gregor Holter,

31:01

somehow you have to be able to

31:03

separate that from your

31:06

daily activities from what you do with Guarucia

31:08

Doorman and how productive and impactful

31:10

of a play you are for your club.

31:13

You separate that

31:16

simply because now you

31:18

have to leave that behind you.

31:21

It's It's gone on for too long. It

31:23

doesn't benefit anybody. Nobody

31:25

that was involved in that story look

31:27

good from any different angle. And so

31:30

therefore, The one thing that you can do is let me show

31:32

up to training. Let me be ready to

31:34

play. If I'm called upon in a game, let me make

31:36

a difference when I go on the field. And then I

31:38

go and score my goals. Because

31:40

I'm able to score my goals and this are game winning

31:42

goals and important moments for me, I can tell

31:44

everybody that I'm not listening to the

31:46

criticism. But the only matter and the only

31:48

way that you can do that is by being productive on the

31:50

field, and he has been there for the last

31:52

couple games. Is that always the

31:53

best way to answer any critics, Stevie, by

31:55

doing your talking on the pitch? Oh, hundred

31:58

percent. But the the beauty of the

32:00

beauty of Reina is that he plays in

32:02

Germany and not in the

32:04

US. Mhmm. You know, how they've been playing in

32:06

the US? This thing

32:08

would have been still gone strong. The factors in

32:10

Germany, they don't care.

32:12

Barusia do not care. He's

32:14

back home. He's

32:16

back in his own bed, in his own house.

32:18

He's around his teammates. Mhmm. He's

32:20

around he's around his supporters.

32:22

He's he's at home where he

32:25

And you saw how comfortable

32:27

it is, coming off the

32:29

bench and scoring two goals

32:31

and two game winning goals. Tells

32:33

you all you need to know that what happened

32:35

in the World Cup is the farthest

32:37

thing from his mind.

32:38

By Munich, could drop points in both of

32:41

their games since the return to action

32:43

actually. Have we got a title race

32:44

on? Do we or do we have a closest

32:47

challenger at least? I

32:49

think my prudence is your standards. I'm calling this

32:52

a title race. Look at

32:53

that. Look at how tight that Buying

32:57

points between the top six and

32:59

I tracked Franklin going to buy

33:01

Munich on Saturday, which I'll

33:03

be out for Looking forward to that very

33:06

much. Wait, I'll be likely to get playing as

33:08

well. I'm beaten in that last

33:10

fifteen game Sony on Berlin suddenly

33:12

sneaking back into contention as

33:14

well. Look, Brian

33:16

are boggling right now.

33:18

Off the pitch and sneaking onto the pitch

33:20

as well. With the whole hoo

33:22

hoo about manual noir and

33:24

what's happened with with his leg

33:27

break, And then we had one

33:29

of my favorite stories of the season. Search

33:31

now brings excursion to

33:34

Paris Fashion Week. Meaning that

33:36

he came under a lot of scrutiny because, oh,

33:38

well, you shouldn't be doing that the day after the

33:40

game. And I saw great criticism from

33:42

Floyd Director, Hasson Sally Hamich,

33:44

But now we're going to Paris Fashion Week,

33:47

and I did for Man will know you're going skiing and

33:49

breaking his legs. So if you wanna kind of

33:51

explain that one to me and how those two are

33:53

kind of on the same level, I'd I'd like to hear

33:55

it. So all of

33:57

this along with Julian

33:59

Nowisman never really blowing

34:02

away the pressure that he was under in September,

34:05

the string of results that they got did

34:07

that for a while, but these two

34:09

performances have not been

34:11

good. The real pressure game coming up is

34:13

PSG in the Champions League. And if

34:15

they lose that, then he's gonna come

34:18

me under even more

34:20

pressure. But Yeah. Bion are not playing well right now, and the

34:22

door is open. I'm not used

34:24

to seeing Bion with less than forty

34:26

points at halfway stage in the Bulls'

34:28

League of

34:30

season. So, look, why not? They're beatable right

34:32

now? They've got the runner games against

34:34

some informed teams. Frankfurt leads up their game

34:36

a little bit, pretend that they're playing in.

34:39

European competition maybe because when they're in Europe,

34:42

they seem to produce their best

34:44

performances. And

34:46

then, maybe, just maybe

34:48

we might get

34:49

something, you know, that everyone else

34:51

calls a title race, not just

34:53

our own definition.

34:54

Okay, Aji. So points aside, which

34:56

team do you think is most capable

34:58

this season of challenging buy in?

35:01

Has to be RB legacy because

35:03

of the the firepower that they've

35:06

got once they get Christopher and couldn't go

35:07

back. Not sure whether he'll

35:10

be back. Quite in time for the match to city

35:12

Champions League game. But

35:14

Timo Werner

35:14

looking fit again. Danny Olmo, oh

35:17

my days. Did you that

35:20

chip that he scored last night. That was a call.

35:22

Dominique Shoboshlie, only the likes of

35:24

Kevin to ride on Lionel Messi have more than

35:27

more assists than him. So far.

35:29

This isn't at the back, Josto Gradiol. That's such a

35:31

good world cup playing really well.

35:33

Willy Orban not doing

35:35

too badly either. I

35:37

think that they do have the players

35:40

to put something together. The

35:42

question is, can they

35:45

play well enough they are very much of a result getting

35:47

machine, not necessarily, I'd say, tearing

35:50

teams apart from limb,

35:52

but they certainly got the quality

35:54

in their

35:56

squads to be challenging and I forgot an Andre silver as well. That's

35:58

the thing. Every time you think that you've

36:00

named all of their attacking options, there's

36:02

another that comes out I think

36:05

they have to be the standout team to challenge

36:06

Brian. Alright. Thank you so much for

36:07

joining

36:08

us at UNTIL. We are looking forward to

36:10

that game at the weekend in the BundesliGA.

36:14

So loads of action that we've got through today,

36:16

football, America's will be on after

36:18

the US game. They'll be talking no

36:20

doubt about Giorina's recent

36:23

farm as well. Make sure to join the

36:25

boys this evening on ESPN plus.

36:28

And that will do it

36:31

for

36:31

now, but we do have one foot in our final

36:33

of extra time tonight. Frank Labboth

36:36

is joining us

36:36

again. Stevie, we need to tell you something

36:38

that Frank told us in the last or

36:40

time

36:41

we were

36:42

all together home. Right. Sit around. Don't. Coming up now.

36:43

Don't. Welcome

36:46

into the latest edition of extra time.

36:49

We have Irina, Stevie Nickel, and Franklin Buff

36:52

with us. Last time I was on with

36:54

Allie and Frank, we had a lot of talk

36:56

about moons. Oh,

36:59

no.

36:59

Yes. VLL, France. France moons.

37:02

Yeah. That's

37:02

is that because of

37:03

the bonus? No. No. No. No. It's not it's

37:05

not this part out of the body. It's a

37:07

smart, like, back excited. Franco

37:09

revealed a little

37:09

bit more than maybe we would have liked to have been about Emmanuel

37:11

Petit. Oh, yeah. Oh, I hope. Yeah. Yeah.

37:13

Yeah. Yes. Anyway Yeah. And I

37:16

talked and

37:17

I talked to him about it.

37:19

And what I said about it, you know, in the show, wasn't that happy. I don't know

37:21

why, you know. I think

37:23

we didn't understand people,

37:26

you know. They have to take

37:28

full responsibility for the action

37:30

also of --

37:31

Exactly. -- whatever. You know, he doesn't

37:33

wanna wear underwear. That's his phone

37:35

problem. You know?

37:36

They just said it

37:37

again. Yes. Yes. He's so

37:38

unhappy, but I'm gonna say it again. Yep. There

37:41

you go. We love you

37:41

for a long time. By

37:44

the way, I wanna show you something, you know, in my

37:46

play. And I I don't know if you see it. Oh,

37:48

that's my new play.

37:50

I know team. My

37:52

underwear. You

37:52

know? It's

37:53

a French

37:53

flag. No. Yeah. Okay. Raise

37:56

it. Raise it. Raise the picture. You're

37:58

well you're wearing sandals just

38:00

like them. You're wearing

38:02

flogs just like spin.

38:04

Come on. Frats,

38:06

because because it's a comedy

38:09

because I look stupid like that. Yeah.

38:11

Alright. What? Come naturally.

38:13

That's fine. What a

38:15

French flip called.

38:18

I have no idea. Philippe Phillips.

38:21

Philippe Phillips.

38:23

Sorry. No. That's that's a lot

38:25

is for women. That's a lot is for women. Sleep

38:28

or for

38:29

men. Sleep. Sleep. Yeah.

38:31

I don't I don't think I don't think Frank

38:33

got the joke, thinking a Russian translation.

38:35

I don't think Frank got the joke. Sorry.

38:37

I didn't be at the beginning. It's fine.

38:40

It went like a lead balloon last time, I know can always on me

38:42

a little pity love. Alright. Despite

38:45

Anthony's inconsistent first season, do

38:47

you think he will fulfill his potential at

38:50

Manchester

38:51

United? LA. Oh, I

38:53

thought you're gonna ask. Fill

38:55

in fill up. Well, depending

38:58

on what you think

39:00

his potential

39:01

is, I Antony

39:03

has always been hot and

39:05

cold. And and you

39:06

just look at what his record

39:08

has been and he does

39:12

assist you with the skills and and and

39:14

and what he potentially can

39:18

be. But If you think this

39:20

is a guy that is gonna be

39:22

scoring fifteen goals for you, I don't

39:24

quite think that that's realistic. But

39:26

what you want him to be is

39:28

an impact full player with

39:29

substance, with end product, I think, meant

39:31

to say United fans would

39:32

want more of that than what they have

39:34

seen so far. Stevie,

39:37

who's your Premier League Manager of the season

39:39

so far. Here you

39:42

go. Oh.

39:45

Did anybody anybody

39:48

see Newcastle sitting in the

39:50

tub. I think they've been taken for the split of the Yes.

39:52

So what a minute slot? Last week that

39:54

anybody see new

39:55

castle, being where they are, playing how

39:58

they are. Why are you so why are you

40:00

so on the arthritis?

40:02

Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah.

40:03

Why? Oh, cool. Why

40:05

did you forget

40:07

about arthritis? Yes.

40:10

Okay.

40:10

So here here's the thing.

40:11

Just just

40:12

just devil's advocate. Right?

40:15

The fact the answer's got fifty

40:17

points that have way, Mark. I

40:20

want to change in say

40:22

Aterter. But you could have a good

40:24

argument. Right?

40:26

But where new castle have gone,

40:29

From when Eddie Ho started to

40:31

where they are now, you

40:34

could

40:34

have an argument about who's done

40:37

a better job. that's

40:39

it. No question. Has better tools than than

40:42

anyhow to

40:44

work with?

40:45

But yet, Newcastle find themselves, as I said, they were

40:47

in the second place just for a a little

40:49

short spell. So So Will you go

40:51

with

40:51

that? Are you gonna go as I said,

40:54

you could have a good argument about Eddie Hope.

40:56

You seem like you're having that argument right now

40:58

in your head,

40:59

Stevie. Well, I don't know. It's

41:01

hard to

41:01

see past your turta.

41:04

It's amazing to see inside you.

41:07

Alright. Hey. Yeah. But you

41:10

are turta. Up. Alright. Here

41:12

we go. We got all. He's not at

41:13

those way that you'll be lighted bed tonight and it'll

41:15

still be lighted. Potter him.

41:20

Frank. Oh,

41:21

I understand the

41:24

the the the big mess inside Steve

41:26

has had because anyhow it does

41:28

and makes a beautiful job for a new castle, but you cannot

41:30

argue what Atento is

41:32

nowadays doing with

41:34

Arsenal in such a a

41:36

short time, you know, changing almost

41:38

everybody, putting a very

41:41

nice team selection. And doing great and being in in

41:43

the first in the Premier League. So I think

41:46

no. For me, there is no argument.

41:48

I think the best

41:51

coach so far is Arterra.

41:54

Next

41:54

question, Ali. What do you make of

41:56

Mckenney joining Leeds United if

41:59

it crosses the finish line? Is it a good fit

42:01

for both parties? Also, is Leeds

42:03

United now the unofficial team for

42:05

all USA soccer

42:06

fans? Yeah. It's United States of Leads

42:08

is what's it's what's becoming. And

42:12

this is a discussion that we had on digital

42:14

earlier, and I would just say this.

42:17

If you're a

42:17

Western McKinney, regardless of

42:20

the mess that is currently going on at

42:22

Juentos, it's still one of the most recognizable

42:25

brands in European football.

42:28

Juentuses. And

42:31

you're going, you you're going to a team that

42:33

is gonna be fighting to stay

42:36

up because that's

42:38

the pick sure where leads are

42:40

right now. That's a place where they are.

42:42

They're not quite safe. They're just they're

42:44

gonna be in the conversation up until

42:46

they string a run

42:48

a

42:48

Which we haven't seen so far. So you're

42:49

gonna go from Juent's

42:52

recognizable brand in Europe, to

42:54

leads, to go fight

42:56

against

42:57

delegation, I

42:58

don't know how messy of a mess it

43:00

is in mental, but I'd rather say in that mess than

43:02

going to a mess with a team that could

43:05

potentially go down.

43:06

That's my perspective from a player. That I'll stay

43:08

with Juentos and try to fight it out

43:10

here, try to figure it out here up

43:12

until I have something better

43:15

lined up. Leads it to move downwards from new

43:18

renters. Have any

43:20

of the guys ever had a day at a

43:22

club whilst they experienced

43:24

such a bad day like everton

43:26

did yesterday. If yes, what was

43:28

it like, then Juma rejected them.

43:30

He also didn't want the job Washi,

43:33

we put them up for sale, Anthony Gordon to

43:35

Newcastle, our nanometer after links also emerging.

43:37

Steve, can you ever

43:39

remember having an awful day at a football

43:41

club like

43:43

this. Not

43:44

as bad as hell. No.

43:46

How about so bad days? But

43:49

in terms of

43:51

in terms of football,

43:54

no, that's It's

43:56

pretty

43:56

unprecedented. It really is. It's

43:59

up there,

44:00

isn't it? Yes.

44:03

Frank. Nothing

44:05

well, we lost in the I

44:07

think it was a fake up

44:10

against or or leak up against

44:12

Bolton. And the same

44:14

day, we had the

44:16

the loss and the death of Matthew Harding at the

44:18

club, the vice president. That

44:20

was an awful

44:22

day. And it it

44:24

died on the chopper crash,

44:26

and and that was awful

44:28

because we were we

44:30

wanted to go through. We thought we could

44:32

go through with AAA game against Bolton even if it

44:34

was away from home. And on top of

44:36

it, we lost our Vice

44:40

President, a great guy, and that

44:42

that that was awful. The day after, we

44:44

went all went to Stanford Bridge and

44:46

it was awful. And

44:48

yeah, I will I will always remember

44:50

that day. It was being

44:52

for me being a Chelsea

44:54

and that's one of

44:57

the saddest day as a as a football

44:59

player. Absolutely. Alright. Frank, let

45:01

me stay with you. Would a win against

45:03

city in the faco for Arsenal, give

45:05

them even more confidence that they can go on and win

45:07

the league, and could a loss for Citi,

45:10

give them less

45:12

confidence beating

45:13

Arsenal in later on this

45:15

season. Well,

45:18

winning against Man city

45:21

away from home at the HS yeah.

45:24

HS stadium. Yes. Of course, it's gonna

45:26

be a big boost for the gunners.

45:30

But losing It depends how

45:32

how they lose, how much they lose, you

45:34

know, the way they lose, if they are

45:36

smudged like four nail,

45:38

they are that could create damages. In

45:40

their head. It's don't forget, it's a very young team. So

45:42

a little think, you know,

45:45

can crack the the

45:48

antigensetan that

45:50

they have. And and change the

45:52

way they're gonna they're gonna play their

45:54

football. They're gonna think their

45:56

football. So Losing

45:58

can create damages. Winning can

46:00

be a very good boost. Allied

46:02

does

46:03

a cup game play into

46:05

these league games between these two.

46:07

I understand

46:10

what Frank saying

46:12

and I agree that if they go and lose and get destroyed,

46:14

then I think that kind

46:16

of creates this uncertainty

46:18

that you didn't have before.

46:21

However, a loss

46:24

or a win in the FA

46:26

Cup doesn't improve or

46:28

lessen the amount of points and

46:31

the distance that you have between you and

46:33

Manchester

46:33

City. So I

46:34

think it's about feelings. It's

46:37

a very subjective impact

46:40

rather than an objective one. So if I'm Mikael Arate and

46:42

we happen to lose a competitive game,

46:47

against Mind the Society away from home said this

46:49

this things can

46:51

happen. Regardless, we still

46:52

have a lead in the league, and this

46:55

the league is still about

46:57

us.

46:57

And we

46:58

don't fear anybody and we can play

47:00

against anybody.

47:01

So I don't know how direct of a

47:04

connection there is and how objective on connection

47:06

there is. There is some subjectivity there,

47:08

but III think it's a connection that is very

47:10

ten years, I'd be honest. Is there an argument

47:13

to make that you could make your mistakes there in a

47:15

cup game and then correct it for your

47:17

league games. Yeah. III

47:20

don't remember ever thinking a cup game and a league game

47:23

were anywhere similar even though it

47:25

was against the team that we might be

47:27

up against and the league. It's

47:29

a completely different outlook. You look at the

47:32

game in a completely different

47:34

way than you do to a league game.

47:36

Hundred percent. I don't

47:38

disagree that getting beat sexy at six

47:40

nil, and you play both boss

47:42

teams doesn't dent the confidence.

47:44

Mhmm. But as far as the way you look at

47:46

the game, never

47:48

looked at them both the same at all

47:49

ever. Frank,

47:51

why do you call the people

47:53

you don't like, mister bad. I

47:58

know what Donna

48:00

Cheney's list is referring

48:02

to. III don't

48:04

dislike mister Potter. That

48:06

is why I call him mister Potter. I

48:08

think it's it's really I don't know him,

48:10

never met him, and I

48:12

wanna pay respect

48:14

to anybody. I don't

48:16

know why I call him mister, but well,

48:18

you know, in Italian player, they

48:20

call their coach. Their coach is ministers.

48:23

And that's that's something to do

48:25

with everybody. And mister Angelotti is

48:27

called mister. Gianluca was my

48:29

friend, so I I called

48:31

him Gianluca, but mister Rainieri, I used to call him either

48:33

mister O'Coch. So it's it's

48:36

I don't, of course, don't dislike

48:39

mister Potter or grandfather because

48:41

I don't know

48:42

him. And it's just a a mark

48:44

of respect. He

48:45

always calls Stevie, mister Nickel. Oh.

48:48

Yeah. Hello?

48:49

So he must really respect

48:51

you, or I didn't

48:53

follow things to move. I know

48:55

I didn't. Yes.

48:57

Last quarter, last question. I might need Darlene's help with this.

49:00

For Kay, know that you're a US citizen,

49:02

will you be supporting any MLS

49:03

team? When I

49:06

first came to the country ten

49:08

years ago. Uh-huh. I

49:08

said I must choose an MLS team and I had

49:10

lots of people helping me out and telling me why it should

49:12

be their team and why it should be this

49:14

team. But I'll be honest, nothing ever stopped still

49:16

for this day with me. Okay.

49:19

Now you have more

49:20

options that you did ten years ago on this

49:24

day. We're we're going

49:26

to

49:26

thirty teams here in MLS fairly soon.

49:30

Columbus

49:30

crew, what else do

49:31

you want? Columbus Pro. Well, it doesn't

49:33

it doesn't really attract it, but you lived in

49:35

Miami. And I started to get

49:37

really involved and want to to part

49:39

into Miami, but then

49:42

we moved

49:42

away, and it's just, you know, you're a little bit away from that. You you

49:44

don't feel it doesn't feel like you're very committed

49:46

to this decision one way or another.

49:49

depend

49:49

you stay though. Right. But I I when

49:52

I was in Boston -- Yeah.

49:54

-- and you

49:55

and you

49:58

the Patriots players and the new older red Sox players.

50:00

Too bad you

50:00

didn't know you're

50:01

off play. This is a com since I've

50:03

come to Connecticut. I mean, it's

50:05

a good sport. Twelve years

50:08

now. I hardly know any

50:10

of the players now. You do.

50:12

You lose that that connection or

50:14

whatever it

50:15

is, no question. It's all

50:17

about Hartford athletic. Alright? Okay. Well

50:19

We're not in an us.

50:21

No. They're not answering the question.

50:24

If you if you don't mind, okay, I

50:26

wanna know if you

50:28

think your mighty team's gonna

50:30

go back to the Premier League last next

50:31

season, middle of April.

50:34

Right. No chance. I hope

50:36

they will. I definitely think they're gonna make

50:38

the playoffs. And so I'm

50:40

gonna stay confident that we'll

50:42

get a big surprise, a

50:44

turnaround this season because

50:46

Michael Carrick came in and

50:48

that we'll end up somewhere we didn't

50:49

expect. And then you wake up. Maybe.

50:50

I wish you the best.

50:51

Gotta dream high. Right. But you see

50:54

you see

50:56

much knowledge and interest and investment.

50:58

There is middle escrow. Right?

51:00

Oh, wow.

51:00

Yeah. It doesn't

51:01

say It it doesn't feel

51:03

like you have anywhere near

51:06

that interest in any ambulance.

51:07

Maybe one day. Maybe one day. Well,

51:09

we'll commit to it. Well,

51:10

if my kids pick one, I'll with them.

51:13

Alright?

51:13

Okay. We'll be back tomorrow. What's noncommittal? To see if I've decided

51:15

on an NLS team, join

51:18

us then.

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