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The Athletic FC Podcast

Champions League final four: Who are favourites?

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Champions League semi-finals get underway tonight as Arsenal welcome PSG to the Emirates Stadium. The winner of that tie faces either Barcelona or Inter in the final. So how are the four teams shaping up, and who are the favourites to win it? Host: Ayo Akinwolere With: Max Callegari, Tomas Hill-Lopez Menchero, Tom Williams, Jordan Campbell Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead Producer: Mike Stavrou and Nick Thomson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.4

Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me podcast with me Ayop Akim Walere.

0:45.2

The Champions League semi-finals get underway tonight as Arsenal.

0:47.6

Welcome PSG to the Emirates Stadium.

0:53.2

The winner of that tie faces either Barcelona or Inter in the final.

0:59.1

So how are the 14 shaping up and who are the favourites to win it?

1:07.4

With us today, we have the Athletics Jordan Campbell and Tom Williams to chair, Arsenal, PSG,

1:12.7

and later on we'll be joined by Thomas Hill Lopez Menchero and Max Caligari to look at Barcelona versus Inter Milan. Right, before we get into this game itself, Gents, I don't know about

1:18.0

you, but this feels quite refreshing, you know, the look of these knockout ties. Neither Arsenal

1:22.3

or PSG have ever won it. They've both come close, while Barcelona and Inter haven't lifted

1:27.0

it for a very

1:27.9

long time, I think around a decade or so.

1:30.2

Oh, completely.

1:31.1

It's a great semi-final lineup.

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