Declan Rice stars on a famous night for Arsenal – Football Weekly

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Nick Ames as Declan Rice scores two incredible free kicks to help Arsenal beat Real Madrid 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:13.0	Hello and welcome to The Guardian Football Weekly, Declan Rice with a free kick for the ages,
0:17.2	bending it perfectly round the wall, giving Tebow Corto a absolutely no chance. When will we see another like that? Well, 12 minutes later.
0:24.7	We were all Martin Erdogard, just hands on head in disbelief. Did anyone know? Declan Rice
0:29.5	took free kicks, not even him. What a time to bring them out. Arsenal absolutely
0:33.6	destroyed Rail Madrid in the second half at the Emirates, which is going to make rail's inevitable comeback at the burnabout, even more galling.
0:39.8	On the evidence of last night, there is no way Ancelotti's men will get back into it, but
0:43.5	we all know there's no point using things like evidence when talking about Rail Madrid.
0:47.5	In the other game, a brilliant win for Inter at Munich.
0:49.6	Byr and dominated until possibly the goal of the night, Marcus Taram going full Gooty before
0:53.9	La Taro went full Koresma.
0:55.0	What a joy.
0:56.0	But that game is definitely still alive.
0:58.0	Also today we'll cover another miserable night for Leicester City.
1:01.0	Barry's first run, your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.
1:09.0	On the panel today.
1:12.2	Barry Glenn Denning, welcome.
1:13.6	Hi, Max.
1:14.3	Nick Ames, who's out in Munich for the game of the night.
1:16.8	Hey, Nick?
1:17.4	Hello, Max.
1:18.7	Yeah, I'll be with you in about an hour.
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