Welcome to the Total Soccer Show.

My name is Ryan Bailey, and today we're looking at the UAF for Champions League

and a little bit of the Conquer Calf Champions League.

Joining me to do so is a man who likes me asking him to predict future game results

as much as Leroy Sarny likes asking to put a successful final ball into the box. Joe Lowry. Hello, Ryan. You're so right. I'm not a big predictions guy, but I am still a big Le Roy Sani guy, even if he struggles with that final ball. How are you, Mr. Bailey? I'm very good indeed. I realize I've come off the back, kind of insulting you and kind of insulting.

No, I'm fine. Neither of whom I want to insult because I too don't. I think his detractors might have got it slightly wrong for this game we're going to talk about. But yeah, I've come off to a negative start there. I'm sorry about that, Joe. How are you doing? I am quite well. no sweat. That was funny. I enjoyed it.

Well, joining Joe and I is a well. No sweat. That was funny. I enjoyed it.

Well, joining Joe and I is a man who is to Pundustry.

What an outrageous overhead kick is to consolation goals, Graham Rutherland.

Hello, Ryan. How are you?

Very good indeed. Thank you. How are you doing this fine day, Graham?

Yep, I am excited to be called up to the big leagues again, like a Scottish Eric Trooper Moting.

Hopefully I'll do myself justice, just as the ex-stoke man did last night.

Doing myself justice, but not quite doing enough.

That is my MO, after all.

All I can say, listener, is that Graham's agent is one of the best in the game. He's got him on the pod for a second time this one, which is very impressive stuff. He's really earning his 15%, I'd say, for this one. I wanted to start off, Gents, by talking about this period of the Champions League, the quarters and the semis. It's always the best, right? This is always the best period, and we've been treated to one of the best games of recent memory, perhaps this week, which we're going to talk about shortly. But one of your thoughts, Graham, is because the final never quite lives up to being a final. It's always this kind of period where we get the true classics, isn't it? Yeah, and watching this PSG-B game, which we're going to talk about later, I was thinking back to last year's final, where I thought, why could we not have got one of these two legs in the final? I mean, both excellent games at the quarterfinal stage, and last year's final, last year's season's final, was a little bit of a damp squib, I think it's fair to say. So yeah, these

games definitely, it's one of the reasons I'm, I want to protect the format of the Champions

League because, yes, I understand the group stages can be a little bit dull at time, a few dead

rubbers in there, but it feels like it sets up these knockout round games. I understand that the majority of their focus when they're talking about

reformatting the competition is on those group stages.

But still, I don't want to mess with it too much just in case there's a knock-on effect

and we end up spoiling the quarterfinals in last 16 and semifinals,

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