Hi, I'm Grant Wall. And welcome to the Planet Football Podcast, where I go in depth with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer.

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This week, Brian Strauss joins me to dissect the Owaifah Champions League final,

Real Madrid 3, Liverpool 1, and all the talking points from Madrid's 3-peat, to Sergio Ramos's villainy,

to Mohammed Sala's injury, to Gareth Bales Galazzo, to Loris Carius and his 2 howlers.

We'll also touch on the U.S.

Ben's national team and Cincinnati joining MLS.

Oddward! Let's bring in Brian Strauss from Washington DC. Congratulations to your caps on making the Stanley Cup finals my friend.

Yeah I still don't believe it.

You know what here's a question why do they call it is it the official term the finals or the

final with the Stanley Cup?

It's they've they've changed it to final in recent years which of course is wrong because

there are multiple games. So it is a finals in my opinion.

The NBA says finals.

Right.

I think if it's a single game, it should be a final because there's one of them and if there are multiple games

They are finals there are multiple games but this confuses a lot of people

And there we have it. But yeah, no, good to, good to chat with you.

It's been a while since I've done one of these with you in my underpants.

TMI baby.

So here we are.

Here's one thing I will say by the way, which is it really drives me nuts the editor

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