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Ranks FC - A Football Podcast

Champions League Takeaway: Sometimes the Football is Secondary

Ranks FC - A Football Podcast

Big Pond Podcasts

News, Sports, Soccer

4.9683 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A few thoughts on the incredibly grim scenes in the Benfica-Real Madrid game on Tuesday night...

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0:00.0

Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray, and League Takeaway here on Ranks FC.

0:29.5

I'll be honest with you, I really thought about not recording tonight.

0:33.3

Because on some nights the football seems secondary, and this is one of those occasions we should be

0:39.7

sitting here talking about the wonder goal the veniceous junior scored to down benfica at this

0:44.8

stadia deluge we should be talking about an incredible comeback from galatasaride to down

0:50.7

eventus in turkey should be talking about a crazy game between Monaco and PSG in France.

0:57.4

And instead, everything has been overshadowed by the events in Lisbon, which will dominate

1:04.3

the headlines for days to come. So today's championship takeaway is going to be pretty short.

1:10.1

It's going to be sharp we're

1:12.2

not really going to talk about the football because it feels secondary and we'll deal with that

1:17.3

on tomorrow's episodes when i'm back with dean we'll talk about some of the games that that

1:22.0

happened tonight and what went down and when there's kind of space for that to breathe because tonight it all kind

1:28.6

of feels like it doesn't hugely matter and it's a crying shame so for anyone who hasn't seen

1:36.1

the events that transpired at the Estia de lusche in lisbon the home of benfica effectively

1:41.9

what's happened is that after Venetius Junior scores,

1:45.2

an absolute wonder goal to put Real Madrid one-nil up.

1:48.9

He goes to celebrate by the corner flag.

1:51.0

He does a little sambor dance by the corner flag, and his teammates come over to him.

1:55.0

There's a few bottles and things thrown from the crowd, and eventually they will come away.

2:00.2

And in response, he turns and pulls up his shirt to show his name to the crowd and eventually they will come away. And in response, he turns and pulls up

2:02.8

his shirt to show his name to the crowd. And then a couple of different players come and get

2:08.3

involved, including Jan Luca Prestiani, who is a 20-year-old Argentine winger who plays

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