Ranking El Clasico and the New MLS Season

B/R Football Ranks

Bleacher Report

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It's one of the biggest games on the planet and it takes place this weekend - El Clasico: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, Castilia vs. Catalunya, at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. Not only that, but it's got a title in the balance - before it kicks off, Barcelona sit two points clear of their great rivals at the summit of La Liga, but will they open up the gap under new boss Quique Setien or will Los Blancos swing things back in their favour. The Rank Squad, including Sam Tighe live and direct from Atlanta, Georgia, answer all these questions and more. Dean and Jack then talk a host of more general Clasico questions, from which goalkeeper we'd prefer, to which players from each side would best strengthen the other, to our favourite players ever from Real Madrid and Barcelona. Then, we're joined by MLS Expert Ranker Matt Doyle, of MLSSoccer.com, to talk about the MLS campaign that begins this weekend, including how Galaxy will replace Ibra, how Becks' Inter Miami will get on, and who he thinks will win the whole thing. As ever, we go back to Sam to round things off, and this week's nonsense involves all the things that he just doesn't get about the good old United States of America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sijing Odess and you're listening to Beard Fulberg.
0:20.6	Hello ladies and gentlemen, we are back in business.
0:24.4	This is BR football ranks.
0:26.8	There is a big, wide world of football out there.
0:29.6	But there are few games bigger than El Classico, the Clash of Titans in Spain.
0:35.0	Real Madrid versus Barcelona, Castilia versus Catalonia, Los Blancos versus the Blaugrana, Galacticos versus Tiki-Tacca.
0:43.5	I'm talking Di Stefani, Sermitia, Brutogiano, Kroyf, Puska, Stoichov, Figo, Romario, Raoul,
0:49.9	Ronaldino, Zedan, Guadiola, Cristiano, Leo Messi.
0:53.8	This is a game where legends are forged.
0:57.3	My name is Jack Collins, and I'm back in the hot seat after last week's enforced absence.
1:02.5	And thus, my first put a call must be to thank the man who ably stepped in to deputize.
1:07.2	Mr. Dean Jones returned to the other side of the desk now.
1:10.2	But a job well done as ever, friend.
1:12.0	Oh, thanks, mate. I appreciate that. Yeah, it's a very different view from over there.
1:15.3	It really threw me off for a few minutes at the start of that pod.
1:17.9	It's a difficult, you know, getting set up, getting everyone on the way.
1:21.2	Keep him Sam in check. Not in person today, but it is down the other
1:28.4	end of the phone line all the way from Atlanta, Georgia. Lord Tai, hello, what are you doing across the
1:34.3	pond? Oh, I just fancied a quick 10-hour flight, you know, a couple of day sightseeing, nice
1:38.6	rainy weather, low visibility, perfect here for that sort of thing. Yeah, I know you love a long distance flight and perhaps
1:45.3	we'll talk a little bit more about long distance flights later, but what are you actually in Atlanta
1:49.5	for? I am actually here for the Champions League show on Wednesday. So if you are watching on
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