Madrid Derby Headlines UCL Draw

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🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The FC crew react to Friday's UCL draw and predict who will advance between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. Plus, the guys argue how the LALIGA teams' draws will affect their league title race. Julien Laurens also joins the show to break down how tough it will be for Liverpool to get past PSG. Plus, Jan Aage Fjortoft explains why Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen is the standout tie of the Round of 16. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.3	Hello and welcome into the latest edition of the SPNFC, Kay Murray, Craig Burley and Stevie Nicol here in the studio.
0:40.3	And the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League has taken place and it has brought up some belted ties for us as well.
0:48.3	We now know who will be facing who. The quarterfinal and semipaths are also decided to and that road to the final in Munich is set.
0:57.0	Some standout ties that we're seeing here on our screens right now.
1:01.0	PSG against Liverpool, Bayern Munich, against Bia Leibuze and we will be touching on those ties later in the show.
1:08.0	But we do want to start with the Madrid Derby.
1:15.1	Real Madrid will be taking on Athlete in the last 16 at this stage.
1:17.8	There is no country protection this time around,
1:21.4	which is why we are seeing a tie like this at this stage of the season.
1:25.5	Alex Kirkland joining us now from Madrid to talk more about it.
1:28.4	Alex, what's the reaction been to a Derby at this stage?
1:35.2	Well, I saw one of the papers here, Kay, described this as the Derby that nobody wanted.
1:38.7	I think there's an element of truth in that, especially for Athletic, Madrid.
1:42.4	We know that Adelaide's record against Rail Madrid in the Champions League is not good.
1:49.9	Think about the 2014 final, the 2016 final, the 2017 semi-final, Real Madrid won all of those.
1:54.3	Of course, Adelaide's overall record in all competitions against Madrid is better than that.
1:58.5	It also sets up what is an incredibly punishing schedule for Aalectico.
2:06.0	In the space of a month, they're going to be playing Real Madrid twice in the Champions League and Barcelona three times between the league and the Copa del Rey.
2:10.5	So this will really test their really well-assembled squad to the very limits.
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