Ranking the Champions League Final

Ranks FC - A Football Podcast

Big Pond Podcasts

Soccer, News, Sports

4.9 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Europa League last week, Champions League this week! As the last (and biggest) annual game of the European football calendar comes hurtling at us, it's time to turn our eyes to Porto (previously Istanbul) and look in great depth at this seasons Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea. Pep Guardiola vs. Thomas Tuchel. Kevin de Bruyne vs. N'Golo Kanté. Cityzens vs. Pensioners. We look at the key places the final will be won and lost, and dissect three reasons to be optimistic for both sides of a well-trodden clash. Before all that though, there's time to discuss Things We Love - Sam starts us off with some thoughts on Mike Maignan heading to Milan and why we should be keeping a close eye on both Milan and Lille's business across the course of this summer; Dean talks about Luis Suarez's impact on this Atléti team and why his redemption arc was so scintillating this season; and Jack discusses Joaquín's new contract at Betis (he's 40 in a month!) before turning his head to an explanation of the new Europa Conference League and why you should be excited about it as a competition. There's also a Melon of the Season, which goes out to a previous multiple time MOTW winner who you might have thought Dean had forgotten about, and the Gibberish Rankings where we discuss Sam's own Melonish behaviour in the week just gone, and trust me, some of it is pretty special. It's Ranks! See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

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1:00.1	Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray,
1:03.2	and you're listening to the Ranks FC podcast.
1:05.7	Thank you. The Champions League Final moved here to France where two Titans of Europe clash in her last dance.
1:28.7	Realm Madrid, Los Blancos, kings of this scene, and Liverpool, the Reds, the Believers in the dream.
1:34.7	32 teams became two. It's been theatre, war and art. But before we get to the ending,
1:39.5	let's rewind to the start. Roll it back to September to the group stage. Go faster. Remember when
1:44.8	By and started off by Wacking Basso or when United was shocked by young boys in Bern, when
1:49.7	Adi Ami and Seville won three penalties in turn. City started their campaign by hitting six
1:54.3	at home, but in Kunku got a hat trick, he was setting the tone. Liverpool avenged last year's
1:58.7	athletic demies while sporting's qualification brought tears to the eyes and there was
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