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Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Well they made hard work of that...
Sam Parkin and Dom Fifield join Matt Davies-Adams to wrap up the extra time FA Cup victory over Plymouth Argyle - which sets up a trip to Luton Town in the fifth round.
Flo Lloyd-Hughes drops in to discuss the MASSIVE win for Chelsea women as Emma Hayes' side move just two points behind WSL leaders Arsenal - with a game in hand - after a crucial 1-0 victory over Manchester City.
There's time to salute Edouard Mendy, look ahead to the Club World Cup - and preview some of what the chaps are working on for The Athletic this week.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:10.6 | It's time for another episode of Straight Out of Cobham, the Chelsea FC podcast from The Athletic. |
| 0:16.0 | Today, Chelsea just about get past Plymouth, but head to the Club World Cup without Thomas Tuchel, |
| 0:21.2 | there's a big win in the WSL, and Edouard Mendi celebrates AFCON success available for free. |
| 0:27.1 | Wherever you get your podcasts and add free on the athletic, this is straight out at Cobham. |
| 0:34.5 | Welcome in then, listener. It's Monday, which means we are together for the first of our bi-weekly Chelsea chats. I'm Matt Davis-Adams. Joining me today, the athletics Dominic Firefield. How are you, Matt? I am absolutely fantastic. Talk about it. Go on. Just get it out the way now. Yes, my beloved other two-time European champions made it through to the FA Cup fifth round where they will lose at home to Huddersfield, but still will always have Lester. |
| 1:00.8 | Sam Park is also with us morning, Sam. |
| 1:02.8 | Yeah, congratulations, Matt, and good morning. |
| 1:05.6 | Yeah, right. |
| 1:06.4 | Speaking of congratulations, I thought we kick off today by passing on hours to Edward Mendi because he |
| 1:11.8 | only went and helped Senegal win the AFCOM final against Egypt on Sunday night, arguably the worst |
| 1:18.2 | game of football that's taken place in 2022. But the right ending as far as Mendi is concerned. |
| 1:25.3 | And Senegal too, of course, he even saved a penalty, Dom, in the final. |
| 1:28.4 | And it continues this ridiculous rise from him. |
| 1:31.0 | What was it? |
| 1:31.6 | 2015, he was on the unemployment line. |
| 1:34.0 | And now he's won the Champions League and the African Cup of Nations. |
| 1:37.4 | Just amazing. |
| 1:38.8 | What a last 18 months he's had or the last few years have been incredible. |
| 1:45.3 | I think he's the first player to keep a clean sheet in the Champions League final and then |
| 1:48.3 | the final of Afcon and to do that within the, you know, within a year. |
| 1:53.0 | It's just, it's a fairy tale, really. |
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