Man City on course for treble as Toney gets hit with 8 month ban
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Ian Harkey & Tom Allnutt.
Man City produce a masterclass against Real Madrid to book their place in the Champions League final with some billing it as the best performance by any English side in European history
We compare Pep Guardiola's Barcelona with his Man City side and ask why his current team lacks the romanticism of his previous success.
England and Brentford striker Ivan Toney has been hit with an eight month ban after he was found guilty of betting charges.
Is the ban harsh and does football and gambling have an unhealthy relationship?
And we discuss the latest in the Championship as Luton and Coventry prepare to face each other in the play-off final.
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| 1:00.0 | This is the Game Football Podcast from the Times. Today we'll discuss Manchester City's brilliant |
| 1:05.9 | win over Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals, which means they've booked a place |
| 1:10.8 | in Istanbul where they'll face Inter Milan. The questions are over how City became this good |
| 1:16.9 | and whether Inter will provide strong opposition in that final. We'll also talk about Ivan |
| 1:22.3 | Tony's eight-month fan of the breaches of the FA betting rules. Have they been too harsh on him? |
| 1:28.8 | We'll also look back on the championship play of semi-finals as Coventry and Luton Booker Place |
| 1:33.7 | at Wembley. This is the game. Hello, welcome back to the Game Podcast with myself. Hugh |
| 1:43.2 | Wasn't Croft sitting in Slawer alongside Tom Orner who's just got back from Milan in Hawkeye |
| 1:48.9 | who's out in Barcelona. Greg Robertson, who's in Amsterdam on his way to see Alk Martek on |
| 1:54.5 | West Ham tonight. We're dotted around, obviously I've drawn the short straw, but there you go. |
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