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Welcome to the Sokka Soccer Show and a show that may help you cast aside any feelings you have about the international break good or otherwise.

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Hello, yes to Shaktar, I guess, less so to a few other clubs. I did spend a ton of time trying to figure out what Moldova is. I kept reading Breakaway Republic. I went down a rabbit hole on Moldova, but aside from that, I feel like I'm pretty ready to talk Champions League.

In my research, Taylor, I got worried that I thought Dr. Doom lived in Moldova, but then I realized that was Latvieria.

Yeah, of course. A new Latvieria. New Latvieria might be the one he founds later on. I'm a nerd. Yes, he does not, but Moldova is in fact a Republic of Moldova, but again, Breakaway Republic, you had me at Breakaway, I'm all in on that one.

Ah, and indeed the home of Sheriff Tira Spoll, who are in this one?

The first one was on July 7th when we were engaged in other things, Euro 2020-wise. I thought I was doing the Frantic Research to figure out when Young Boys started, because they started July 21st, and I assumed that was the earliest possible start.

You have outdone me, Mr. Ryan Bailey. That is ridiculous, that they have already played that many games, but maybe that just means they're a battle-hardened weathered team that will go very far in the Champions League. For sure, that's what that means.

Indeed, and we will maybe find out who's going to shoot the sheriff or otherwise later in this podcast, but also here's a man who is desperate for a forum to present his thoughts on Sergio Consesseus to tactics. He now has it, he's Joe Larry.

Oh, Ryan, what a throwback, right? I feel like that in some of these Champions League shows that we got to do last year is when we all kind of started to bond on air. I mean, you hadn't tailored been doing stuff, but at least it's when I got to start talking some Sergio Consesseus.

I have his name in my notes and some thoughts on Porto in my notes. It's like you read my mind.

I like to think I did read your mind, Joe. My funnest fact about Porto this season is that they have double Pepe. They've got another Pepe. Let's bring it from Gromio. Cool Pepe. They have Pepe and Pepe.

It doesn't get better than that, guys. Come on now.

I don't think so. I'm looking forward to talking about them and many, many others. By the way, listen, Graham is not here. He's been on vacation so like a Brazilian Premier League player. We banned him from appearing on this podcast for a little while.

Also, it's his birthday today and I have to share this now. We wished him or Joe specifically wished him happy birthday on our TSS WhatsApp chat.

Joe's exact words were happy birthday. Graham's reply, if you say so.

Just like I don't know what the birthday for what a bar humbug is, but it's that. It is that, of course.

We love you very much and we look forward to having you join us again next week when you're back from your VK.

I really do just picture like the birth of his first child and have just said, yeah, it's all right.

It's just always very, very low key, which I think he just saves his high energy for when Scotland do anything exciting.

He just briefly pauses the hibernian game is watching to go and check out what's happening with the birth of his child before returning to his 14th game of the day.

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