The Pure Champions League XI

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive

The Athletic

Soccer,, Sports

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Jack Pitt-Brooke celebrate the return of the European action by selecting their all-time Pure Champions League XI: a lineup of players who encapsulate everything about the modern era of continental football, from hapless Russian goalkeepers to bland UEFA-approved playmakers.

They also examine the classic but previously unexplained punditry phrase "it's one of those" and enjoy some textbook commentary pleasantries by Glenn Hoddle.

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:04.0	I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like.
0:09.5	Is Gas going to have a crack? He is, you know.
0:12.0	Oh, he's there!
0:14.7	Brilliant!
0:17.8	He's round the goalkeeper! He's done it!
0:21.8	Absolutely incredible!
0:23.8	He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked a supporter who was
0:31.5	without a shadow of and out giving him lip.
0:34.4	Oh, I say, it's amazing.
0:37.5	It does it tame, and tame, and's amazing. It does it tame and tame and tame again.
0:40.4	Crank of the music.
0:42.5	Charger glass.
0:44.4	This nation is going to dance all night.
0:48.5	Hatless Russian goalkeepers,
0:50.4	weedy but somehow still rock hard centrebacks,
0:53.3	bland UEFA-approved playmakers,
0:55.5	skulls of Manchester, European goal machines, and crucially, not a Zlatan insight.
1:01.1	Brought to your ears by The Athletic, this is football clichés and the pure Champions League
1:06.4	11.
1:10.3	Right now you can get 50% off an annual subscription to The Athletic.
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