Men in Blazers 04/12/22: European Nights with Rory Smith, Presented by Paramount+

Men In Blazers

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Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football, Soccer, Mib

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Rog and Rory are back to look at the stories behind European ties heading into the quarterfinal stages. First up, the second leg of Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City, their peculiar and polar opposite approaches to football built in the images of managers Guardiola and Simeone (3:30). Then, a walk through how Xavi has turned the tide at Barcelona and the story of the young star at the center of it, Pedri (23:54). Finally, Rory gives a sneak preview of his upcoming piece interviewing fans of Conference League teams who have fallen in love with the tournament (36:10).

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0:08.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondrous American History Tellers. In our latest series, we tell the stories of four presidential assassins and their targets.
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0:32.0	The one on Kevin Oliva, the one on the other, the one on the other, the one on the other, the one on the other.
0:50.0	Well, on the other.
0:51.0	Oh, there's a few better ways to begin a podcast than by screaming that.
0:57.0	This is Roch, and you are listening to European Nights presented by Paramount Plus, the show.
1:05.0	The love's football played under the flood lights almost as much as Karim Benzema does.
1:10.0	And as ever, I'm joined by the Pep Guardiola, the Rachelenae, to my root one, Archie Bargey, to New York Times, Cheeksocker Correspondent, and the man who's Benzema's good luck charm.
1:24.0	He loves to score champions, he cat tricks when you're in the stadium, Ruri. What was it like to be there to witness this madness again?
1:31.0	Yeah, and I'm starting to regard myself as Karim Benzema's muse, to be honest. I think that's the only, that's the way that the evidence points.
1:37.0	There's no other conclusion to be reached. It was extraordinary. This one was was probably a better hat trick than the one that he started against PSG a few weeks ago.
1:44.0	The power in the first header, but the artfulness of the second one, the way he took the pace out of the ball and drilled it beyond Edward Mendy.
1:54.0	Third one, Mendy presented to him on a plate, which was very nice of him. But similar to Donna Ruma, but that's Teren Benzema.
1:59.0	Karim Benzema makes goldkeepers do weird stuff, and that's why he's a useful trait to have.
2:03.0	He's a brilliant footballer to watch in the flesh. He's an absolute pleasure to watch.
2:08.0	Karim, the dream, became just the second player to score hat tricks in back-to-back knockout games.
2:15.0	The other one was that cell phone smasher named Cristiano Ronaldo. Benz has done the impossible and survived the curse of Rodge after last episode's deep dive.
2:26.0	I will say this, watching Chelsea, the reigning champs of Europe and the world,
2:32.0	the fenestrated at home by Real Madrid. It was like watching the loudmouth guy in the bar turning around and running square into the chest of the buff bouncer who's seen it all.
2:42.0	Policic plus 10. Well, have it all to do in Madrid this week. You'll be there at the Bernabéau in person to witness it live.
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