A Champions League final of cinematic proportions
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Gird your loins because the UEFA Women's Champions League final is set between rivals FC Barcelona and OL Lyonnes and the only word to describe it is cinematic. But how did we get here?
Host Jillian Sakovits is joined by The Athletic’s Tamerra Griffin to break down the semifinal results. Our experts on the ground also chime in. Megan Feringa is talking all things Lyon, and our resident Spanish expert Laia Cervelló Herrero explains the uncertainty that remains despite Barcelona's dominance. Will this year's European final be Alexia Putellas' last with the Spanish giants? Meanwhile, Megan discusses why Michele Kang's vision is going exactly as planned in France.
PLUS: Jill and Tamerra discuss Boston Legacy's first NWSL victory and a pair of legends inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits, Tamerra Griffin
GUEST: Megan Feringa, Laia Cervelló Herrero
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:00.0 | Gird your loins for this final because it might be Alexio Patea's last ever match with Barcelona. |
| 0:07.0 | It might be, it's definitely Lindsay Heaps' last match with Leon. |
| 0:10.6 | Who knows what's happening with Wendy Raynard? |
| 0:13.2 | Leon now being coach by the former head coach of Barcelona and Jonathan Heraldez, who last |
| 0:18.8 | faced Leon when he was coaching Barsa in that Champions League |
| 0:22.8 | final, like, |
| 0:23.6 | just make sure you're set, make sure your snacks |
| 0:26.6 | are prepared, make sure that you have |
| 0:28.7 | like emptied your bladder before kickoff |
| 0:31.2 | and can at least last until halftime |
| 0:33.5 | because it's going to be one of those games. |
| 0:44.9 | Yeah. time because it's going to be one of those games. Hello, everybody. |
| 0:46.1 | Welcome to Full Time. |
| 0:47.4 | It is presented by Amazon Prime. |
| 0:49.2 | Jillian Sackavitt's with you today. |
| 0:50.8 | And we have quite the show, quite the way we are kicking off this Monday. |
| 0:55.2 | We're going to talk to Boston Legacy, getting their first ever win, and they do it against. |
| 0:59.4 | We'll call them their expansion sister, Denver Summit, and then legends Tobin Heath and Heather |
| 1:04.0 | O'Reilly both getting their due and entering the National Soccer Hall of Fame. |
| 1:09.4 | But the big topic today is the UEFA Women's Champions League |
| 1:13.0 | Final is set. It will be Leon versus Barcelona. So we are going to start today's show there. |
| 1:18.0 | Another chapter in this epic rivalry set for later on this month in Oslo, Norway. But how did they get there? |
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