Europa League > Champions League?
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The Times
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🗓️ 17 February 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke and Ian Hawkey.
Liverpool struck late to gain a healthy 2-0 lead over Inter Milan going into the second leg of their Champions League tie. Surely that’s them through? (00:00)
Manchester City are all but through too - so does this make them the favourites again? (7:11)
Kylian Mbappé settled the first leg of PSG vs Real Madrid - but has he progressed from the title of ‘wonderkid’ yet and if not, what does he need to do to become world class? (15:29)
The Times’ Constantin Eckner joins us from Munich to discuss Bayern’s shortcomings against RB Salzburg last night (19:22)
The Times’ Chief Sports Reporter Martyn Ziegler has been looking into the mothballing of the Owner’s Charter. What’s next and could we see talk of the Super League returning? (26:22)
The new-look Barcelona play in Europe tonight. How will their success in this tournament affect their summer plans? (30:35)
Is the Europa League a better competition than the Champions League? Hugh tells us why he thinks it is! (36:59)
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| 1:00.2 | Hello and welcome back to the Game Football Podcast from the Times. This week we react to the |
| 1:05.0 | Champions League very good results for both Liverpool and Manchester City, but what will |
| 1:09.7 | Paris, Saint-Germain and their starman, Cullen and Bappé have to say about whether they're the |
| 1:14.2 | best teams in Europe right now will also ask if by Munich are the dominant force that they once |
| 1:21.0 | were. We get an update on the owner's charter in the Premier League and look ahead to some great |
| 1:25.6 | ties in the Europa League. This is the Game. |
| 1:34.8 | Hello again, I'm Hugh Wozncroft. Welcome back to the Game. I'm alongside Tom Clark and Ian |
| 1:39.4 | Hawkey joins us, of course, because European football is back with the Champions League. Let's |
| 1:45.2 | start with last-nice action, Liverpool winning the first leg of the last 16-tie at Inter Milan, |
| 1:51.0 | 2-0 thanks to goals from Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah, navigating with some comfort in the end, |
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