Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union

podcast. When we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of

red white and blue colored glasses, this week we'll be talking about the

Champions League craziness of the quarterfinals and we'll look ahead to the semis

We'll be talking about MLS's newest title holders. We'll be talking about let's's see, some Inter Miami news, Weston McKinney, fishing, and so much more. But first joining me, as always, my friend, my colleague, my Goding Light, David Mossy, a soccer savant and a Fox soccer researcher and writer

extraordinary.

Mossy, how are you on this?

We are recording this on Sunday, August 16th of the year 2020. I am doing well. It is very hot in LA so I've been

sweating up a storm the last couple of days but I have an exciting day ahead of me afterward than taping. I am covering a League MX match,

Santo Flagona against Atlas. It will be Max Bratos and Warren Barton on the call.

I have not worked with Warren Barton in several months so I'm looking forward to that.

Nice nice. Yeah, you're right. It is a blazing hot not just here in Los Angeles, but all across California and across the country for that matter so I hope everybody is

staying cool and safe you know with the fires and the potential fires out there.

Watch anything interesting this week, Mossy.

I did actually. I finally watched the Nicholas Anelka documentary on Netflix. Have you heard about this?

Yes, I have heard about it. I have not seen it. I recommend it. It is very interesting. listen, it is not Diego Madona compelling,

but he's a guy who's had an interesting career,

very talented French striker,

but a bit of a wasted talent he had a turbulent career switch clubs a lot played in various countries and

also had a very turbulent international career culminating with that episode in South Africa,

the 2010 World Cup, and they devote a lot of time to that in the documentary.

And yeah, it's a story for me of a young player who just rushed things along too much. He broke in at PSG at 16 and by 17 was already

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