Is the Champions League more fun than the Premier League?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The Champions League league phase is over - after a pulsating final night.
Five of the top eight sides are Premier League teams.
But what else did we learn from the league phase?
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Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Jack Lang and Seb Stafford-Bloor
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producers: Guy Clarke and Paul Iliffe
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me. |
| 0:07.4 | I am Akim Woler. |
| 0:08.8 | The Champions League League phase is over after a pulsating final night. |
| 0:14.0 | Five of the top eight sides are Premier League teams. |
| 0:16.4 | But what else did we learn from the league phase? |
| 0:21.5 | All right. In with us today. |
| 0:22.9 | We've got Seb, Stafford, Bloor. |
| 0:24.8 | We've also got Jack Lang as well. |
| 0:26.5 | All right, gentlemen, it was a night full of twists and turns in the Champions League |
| 0:30.8 | with 61 goals scored. |
| 0:33.2 | The most dramatic of them coming right at the end. |
| 0:36.6 | Ornus hangs it up. |
| 0:38.4 | Let the goal keep it out. |
| 0:40.9 | Oh my goodness gracious me! |
| 0:43.0 | This is unbelievable! |
| 0:45.6 | A diving header from two men! |
| 0:49.6 | Well, Jack, let's start with the game you were working across the athletic four. |
| 0:58.2 | Benfica coming up with a historic win over Real Madrid. Jose Marino getting one over his old side. |
| 1:01.0 | The old master still has some tricks up his sleeve, doesn't he? |
| 1:05.9 | Seems to, yeah. I mean, I'm not quite sure how much of it was within his control. |
| 1:12.1 | It was one of those games that followed its own path, really. It was a weird one because the dynamic of it moved in such a slow way for most of it. Benfica were fantastic, actually. They could have scored |
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