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SI's Planet Football Podcast where each week we discuss the latest in the world of soccer.

I am SI.com soccer editor, obi creditor joined today by SI senior

write at grantwall, S.I.com's Ben Littleton and later on will be joined by

SI.com's Brian Strauss. We are coming to you a day after Juventus, stunned Real Madrid in the Spanish

capital to advance the Champions League final against Barcelona, June 6th, then Berlin, it'll be Barcelona and Juventus. Grant, then quite the showing

by Juventus, Grant, let's start with you. Were you surprised that they were able to get it done in Spain and what do you think about

that run to the final?

Certainly mildly surprised, especially the way Real Madrid went up on the penalty in the first half and yet I do think a lot of people

underestimated Juventus heading into this everyone was basically looking at this team as like the fourth week's sister.

And this is a different Juventus team with some terrific players.

Max Allegory, I think has been very good tactically with them.

They don't play like this stereotypical Italian team that's just worried about defense.

You know, they can score.

And just a tremendous story to see Alvaro Marado score, the decisive goal against his

ex-team, Rayon Madrid, in the Bernabeu, a team that had told him, you're not good

enough for us. We don't want you.

So a lot of good storylines there and yes surprise only in the sense that you know Real Madrid was a team that has a ton of money behind it

obviously and their stars Cristiano Ronaldo Garrett Bale you know they didn't

perform in the second half when it mattered most.

Yeah and Ben touching on the the morata and the money thing you talked about this in

your piece on planet football for us that Real Madrid spends all this money on their

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