The Preview - Liverpool vs Newcastle
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The first piece of domestic silverware will be contested between Liverpool and Newcastle when they meet in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.
Eddie Howe's Newcastle are looking to end a 70 year drought, will the occasion get the better of them as it did in 2023?
And after being dumped out of the Champions League by PSG midweek, how will Arne Slot's side respond in his first final at Liverpool?
Adam Leventhal is joined by The Athletic's football writer Tim Spiers, Newcastle writer Chris Waugh and Liverpool writer Andy Jones to preview Sunday's tie.
Host: Adam Leventhal
With: Tim Spiers, Chris Waugh, Andy Jones
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Jay Beale
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| 1:27.1 | This week we are focusing, of course, on the Carabelle Cup final, Liverpool against Newcastle, we will also set you up for the Premier League action this weekend. |
| 1:35.8 | And joining me are two very excited people, in particular, the Athletics Newcastle writer Chris Woff. How are you? |
| 2:19.9 | Very, very energized, I suppose, going in the weekend. It's just sort of like it just feels like the adrenaline's been there constantly because obviously we've made a big deal about the fact that Newcastle have got back to another final second in three years. And yeah, I haven't really been able to envisage what the weekend looks like yet. I think I haven't really been able to picture myself on Wembley Wayne walking into the game and what actually happens in the 90 minutes. But yes, full of excitement, as you say. That makes me think, do you normally visualize ahead of doing a game? I like to think that you do now. Well, I mean, particularly when your castle played EFC Wimbledon at home in September, |
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