Hi everybody, producer Al here, it's TSP presents ReRelease Time and it's time for another

discussion of another classic team. This one, one of my personal favourites, Phil Seed

and I had discussed Valencia, the five-year spell in which they lost two Champions League

Finals and one two league titles. Remember, for more of these TSP presents episodes, in

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Hello Patrons, welcome to the latest edition of TSP Presents Classic Teams this week. We're

all back in the Podmobile to discuss a side that dominated Spanish football at the start

of the 21st century and almost dominated European football as well. Yes, we're talking

about Valencia, specifically the side or sides, from 1999 to 2004. I said side or sides

because when we were talking about doing this programme, we were talking about how different

the teams were, the one that won the Copa de'Ré in 1999 and then reached those two Champions

League Finals in 2001 and then the one that won two league titles in 2002 and 2004 and

the UEFA Cup. We're also talking about three different managers as well. There's a huge

turnover, isn't there? We could easily have divided this into two or done it as one big

pod. It's not just that the players go, it's not just that the manager goes, it's that

the identity of those teams is totally different. The formation of a really good side, which

is that incredible counter-attacking team that reaches the Cup Final in 1999 and then of

course the Champions League Final in the following season, slightly shifted by the Champions

League Final in the season after that. Yeah, even between those two Finals, there are

six different starters. Well, that's it. And you go to the 9 Cup Final and the only two

who are still there when they will win the league at Canyfadas in Cudabone, who obviously

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