Good morning to you all. I'm in the Posh Hotel along from the Bernabelle about a five minutes walk.

It's breakfast time the morning after the night before as they like to say.

And you're right, I'm pretty ticked off.

It's our first broadcast to you on Substack and I thought thought while we were going to have the story of the night

rumoured at the European champions

not only beaten at home by Milan

the second time only

that the Rossellnery have won at the Bernabelle

and these two sides have been jousting

since 1956 and 22 European Cups have won at the Bernabelle and these two sides have been jousting since

1956 22 European Cups between them yet Milan I've only won once previously 15 years

ago at a Bernabelle and I thought well there's some meat for our subscribers our shows sporting lisman then go and beat

Manchester City 4-1 and you're competing you're jostling for room maybe just let me tell

this story a new way up which is the tale of the night.

First of all, it's a long, long time since I've seen Madrid play this badly.

Maybe you didn't watch.

But they are Spain and European champions, and to be beaten at home in this manner,

particularly so close to a 4-0 defeat at home in the classical.

And the way in which they were 2-0 down at half-time the last time they played in the Champions League here against Dortmund

tells you that something's wrong. In fact, something pretty substantial is wrong. Post-match, Carlo

Ancelotti left a phrase hanging out there when he was asked about the players and he was like,

I'm not saying they're lazy or not giving enough, but, and in the mixed zone, one of the players you'll probably know least, and who's

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