Champions League Matchday 4 Review! Ajax claw back against Dortmund, Leipzig and PSG thrill, Manchester United leave things late, and more
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4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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It’s Champions League time! On this episode, Taylor, Graham, and Joe gather around their respective microphones to chat about this week's UEFA Champions League action. In addition to quick pit stops in every group, we discuss RB Leipzig’s 2-2 draw with PSG, Ajax’s 3-1 win over Dortmund, and Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with Atalanta in detail!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, |
| 0:01.0 | Hello, |
| 0:02.0 | Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Total Soccer show. |
| 0:24.6 | My name is Taylor Rockwell. |
| 0:26.1 | And today we're looking back at this week's Champions League action. |
| 0:30.1 | To do so, I am joined by two wonderful gentlemen. |
| 0:33.4 | Ryan Bailey is not going to be with us, but instead, up first, is a man who, much like Ronald |
| 0:38.6 | Cooman, is holding out to someday be paid 12 million euros. It's Graham Ruthven. Hi, Graham. |
| 0:44.6 | I mean, yes, I am holding out for that day. Ryan Bailey, taking another day, I mean, he's definitely |
| 0:50.3 | got a pasta hangover for anyone who saw his tweet from last night, either that |
| 0:54.4 | or it was the alcoholic iron brews or apparel spritz, as they call them in Italy. |
| 1:01.2 | You're not fooling anyone, Italy. What is a spritz? Ryan was very proud of that order, |
| 1:06.5 | and I still don't know what that is. So I have had April sprits, and I'm not entirely sure what it is. I mean, it tastes like a kind of fruity. I mean, it is not too dissimilar from Iron Brew. Italy are pulling the wool over our eyes. Well, I'm assuming Ronald Kuman has had a cocktail or two since being sacked. That was what my introduction was alluding to, but I think he has 12 million euros as a payout. That's a lot of sprituses. Yeah, exactly. But Graham, if you won't take the 12 million, if you can't get the 12 million, will you accept the two payments totaling 7.5 million euros that Kuman is now being offered? Yeah, let me think. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I'll accept that still. Okay, cool. Thanks, Go. I'm glad. All right, sweet. Well, just go to LaPorte for that one in Barcelona. I'm sure they'll pass that check right along. While Graham does that, I will also introduce Joe Lowry, a fellow who I'm assuming is ready to fight on Helde Maria for having the audacity to be unkind to Tyler Adams. Joe. How are you |
| 2:01.7 | feeling about that? I have my boxing gloves on. Okay, I'm not going to lie, Taylor. I'm finding it slightly hard to be passionate about this issue when Graham just got 7.5 million euros and all I get to do is fight on HL.D. Maria, who would probably beat me in a fight. I guess I'll defend Tyler Adams honor, but I'm not going to lie. I'm a little disappointed. |
| 1:59.9 | But Graham has to go get it from Barcelona. If you fight on Haldi Maria, I feel like then you could sue him, maybe you get a payment there, and I think it all works out. So I think overall, the key thing here is both of you go out and hustle for him. Yeah, Joe, I'm just spending the rest of my life outside the camp now. |
| 2:34.9 | That's what my future holds. |
| 2:37.2 | That's what Taylor has condemned me to. |
| 2:40.2 | It's a really good point. |
| 2:41.2 | I don't feel so bad anymore, guys. |
| 2:42.4 | Thank you. |
| 2:43.0 | I'm now picturing a small tent community outside of the camp new for all of the Barcelona |
| 2:48.4 | managers and players who have not been paid or been asked to take pay cuts. |
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