Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and our preview of the new, an improved Champions League season.

We're going to go over the new format, look at some of the new teams, some of the favorites and big matchups in this new league phase.

My name's Ryan Bailey, joining me today.

The guy who rules the Champions League of our hearts, Taylor Rockwell. Hello, Taylor. I don't know why I said that. Hello, my friend. It's an expanded heart with an even more complicated draw. But yes, I rule it all the same. Your Swiss system heart. Wonderful stuff. Graham Ruffin's here. Hello, Graham. Hello, Ryan. What are you going to get more angry at at this episode? The new format, or the fact that they've changed the Champions League anthem. I don't know if you've clocked that. What? What? What? Yeah. Oh my gosh. They've taken out a lot of the kind of orchestral, grandiose elements, and it's a lot worse. I wish they went full comedy with it and just had it instead of like the high pitch, the champions,

it was the super, I mean the champions and just really, really avoided same to the league.

Or just have someone singing it, like Ralph Wiggum singing it.

The champion!

I thought you were going to say they've changed the lyrics

because the lyrics are essentially about the champions

in different languages, right?

Is it now like, the fifth place team in seria that will be more accurate

yeah indeed joe larry's here hello joe i'm reeling from this news i did not know that the format

had changed uh i i'm i'm guess at this point i'm just really hoping to finish somewhere between

ninth and 24th in the in the ranking of podcast host on today's show at least get me to the playoffs because I don't think I'm in like prime position to compete right now oh boy lots to get to on this championship league show yeah I'm still really I'm going to have to go listen to that anthem now is it less anthemic Graham in general it's totally It is, totally is. It's not an improvement.

Wow.

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Let's get to it, shall we, Graham Rutherford, talking about this new Champions League season.

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