The Athletic.

Well, after English football pause for a moment of quiet reflection this weekend, the Champions League returns tonight. You know, Sporting have had to sell their best players in the last year to Fulham and Walls,

because that's how football works nowadays, and Edwards is now the kind of star of the team,

and that's a really exciting position of him to be it.

I think he's done extremely well since he arrived. I think it's very difficult to come to a new country and play in a different league.

You know the first half of that game against the event is last week they were on a different league. You know the first half of that game against

Juventus last week they were on a different planet I mean they were fantastic but again it

does seem to last 20-25 minutes.

This Celiode and they come for another one on listen with a save it's it This is

it?

it's it!

The second goal for Zie Alinsky

and within 90 seconds of the restart,

that will be scored the fourth.

It was about how suddenly the energy that defined that team was missing.

If you play that way, you're so reliant on everybody sort of going at it full throttle, full belt.

If you're not playing that way, the whole thing just falls apart.

Joining me to talk about three stories we'll be keeping a close eye on during the week

are the athletic senior writer Ollie Kay, our tactics writer Michael Cox, and

our Spurs in England correspondent Jack Pitt Brook.

I'm Mark Chapman.

This is the Athletic Football Podcast. athletic football pockets. So Ollie, you've been writing about what Clops Liverpool might be able to learn from

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