Gab & Juls Show: Do Real Madrid lack direction under Xabi Alonso?

ESPN FC

ESPN

Soccer, Sports

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Gab Marcotti & Julien Laurens discuss Manchester City’s 2-1 win over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in the Champions League and ask whether questions are being asked of Xabi Alonso. The guys also discuss the latest over Mo Salah’s future at Liverpool, why they’re excited by Lennart Karl & debate whether or not FIFA should move Egypt vs Iran at the World Cup away from Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi there. Surprise.
0:02.1	30 for 30 presents Booja.
0:05.2	Can I get a witness from the congregation?
0:08.1	You can't stop authenticity.
0:10.0	Boo ya!
0:11.0	Stewart was exactly like you saw him on camera, off camera.
0:14.5	He dialed it up 10%.
0:15.7	Can you imagine the impact of young black boys and girls looking at that going, I feel seen.
0:21.4	He changed the culture.
0:22.7	He changed sports.
0:24.2	Stream boo-ya, presented by Madelo, right now on the ESPN app.
0:35.4	I'm Gab.
0:36.4	He's Jules.
0:37.1	Grace guys over West London.
0:39.1	Grace guys, certainly over Madrid, actually, especially the white half of Madrid.
0:46.4	Chabielanzo and Real Madrid losing again to Manchester City.
0:49.7	That's going to be our main game in what was, I think, actually a pretty packed week of Champions League football.
0:55.6	Lots of talk about, but obviously we have to start at the Bernabeo.
0:59.3	The knives were out after the defeat against Seltta on Sunday night.
1:03.9	And here comes another defeat.
1:07.0	However, if you're looking in terms of performance, if you're looking, are the players looking to get in the sack?
1:16.0	Can you learn anything from this game?
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 8 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ESPN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ESPN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.