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Ranks FC - A Football Podcast

Champions League Takeaway: Vini Buries Benfica, Brave Juve Fall Short, Atalanta Turn It Round & PSG Eke Monaco...Just

Ranks FC - A Football Podcast

Big Pond Podcasts

News, Sports, Soccer

4.9683 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

It's your second helping of Champions League Takeaway for the week, looking back at all of Wednesday's action from the Second Legs of the Playoff Round!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray, and you're listening to the Ranks FC podcast.

0:28.1

Hello, Ranks Squad and welcome to Champions League takeaway here on Ranks. FC. My name's Jack Collins and I'll be your host as we walk through what was an incredibly dramatic Wednesday night in the Champions League as the final four teams booked their spots in the round of 16.

0:42.3

It started in drama with an incredible Atalanta turnaround against Barusia,

0:48.2

Dortmund to make sure that a setyasside was represented in that final final 16 and it ended in drama as well with

0:57.0

Juventus against Galatasaray going to extra time an incredible comeback from YuVay but dreams

1:03.3

ripped up by Victor Osiman towards the end of that one incredible performance from YuVay nonetheless

1:09.3

will get to both of those games and also

1:11.9

to an emotional night at the Bernabeo as Real Madrid knocked out Benfica and PSG progress in

1:18.8

an all-french affair but just but just and by God they made that one hard as well I'm joined

1:26.4

as ever by the wonderful Mr. Dean Jones.

1:29.0

Hey, do you know, mate.

1:30.4

Yeah, that was entertaining, wasn't it?

1:32.4

That's a delay, I record a little bit, as you vei forced an attempted comeback.

1:38.7

They did manage a comeback, didn't they?

1:40.2

They just didn't quite get it over the line in the end.

1:43.6

But yeah, I thought that Real Madrid would be the standout game of the night.

1:50.5

And, you know, it's still got its own drama, its own storylines.

1:52.7

But the other three games certainly put up a fight for headline status.

1:57.8

But at the end of the day, I am pleased with the outcome of Real Madrid game

2:04.2

because it's Vinny's night. And I just wish Marino had been in the stadium. I just wish he'd

2:10.6

have been on the sideline so that we could have got a bit more out of Vinny's winning goal

2:17.1

as he runs over to the corner flag and does his dance.

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