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Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

The Athletic

Sports, Chelsea News, Chelsea Fc, Soccer,, Chelsea

4.9 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

One more month of being Champions of Europe...

Matt Davies-Adams teams up with Dom Fifield and Liam Twomey to reflect on the dramatic and ultimately devastating night in Madrid as Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea fell just short, knocked out of the Champions League 5-4 on aggregate despite a 3-2 win on the night at the Santiago Bernabéu. There's the voice note to end all voice notes as Liam and Simon send their full on-the-whistle diagnosis after an extraordinary evening in the Spanish capital.

The Blues must pick themselves up with another trip to Wembley - and an FA Cup semi-final clash with Crystal Palace - to prepare for on Sunday. Chelsea Women are also in action as they face Arsenal in their semi - Flo Lloyd-Hughes joins the party to look ahead to that one.

There's a quick word on the takeover latest with the deadline for bids upon us - plus a FA Cup semi-themed Thursday quiz to test our esteemed panel to the max...

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1:59.4	On this episode, Heartbreak at the Bernabello,
2:18.3	as Chelsea come close to pulling off one of the all-time great Champions League comebacks. No time to moat though we've got two FA Cup semi-finals to look forward to and a quiz all that and more to come on this episode of straight out of Cobham. So close then, listener.
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