Will Former Players Make Better Referees?
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The Times
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🗓️ 30 September 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Ian Hawkey.
Chelsea left Turin disappointed after a 1-0 loss at the hands of Juventus. Did they miss Mason Mount and why couldn’t Romelu Lukaku get into the game? (00:00)
Should Villarreal have had the game wrapped-up way before Cristiano Ronaldo scored Manchester United’s winner? Hugh thinks so and Gregor isn’t far behind him (5:30)
PSG beat Manchester City 2-0, but with over twice as many shots and other stats in their favour - were City just unlucky on the night? What positives can Pep Guardiola take from the game? (15:00)
Liverpool did by far the best of any British sides in Europe this week with a 5-1 win away at Porto. Bobby Firmino scored twice, but is he set for an upcoming battle for his starting position? (22:27)
Real Madrid lost to Moldovan minnows Sheriff Tiraspol on Tuesday evening - was this a one-off or are there bigger issues at the Bernabéu? (29:34)
Barcelona have bigger problems on their hands after a 3-0 loss at Benfica. Will the club ever be a European great again? (34:24)
It’s been suggested this week that there’ll be an upcoming initiative encouraging former players to become referees. We grill our own ex-player on whether he thinks he’s be a better referee having played the game professionally (43:30)
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| 1:00.1 | This is the game football podcast from The Times. Today is Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 1:05.4 | papering over cracks at Manchester United. Why a Chelsea so disjointed, Manchester City |
| 1:12.0 | are happy despite defeat and how the mighty have fallen in Spain. This is the game. |
| 1:22.0 | Well, what a week it's been in the Champions League. Shock results and shock performances. |
| 1:31.0 | We're going to look at all the English sides games. We'll start with Wednesday night before we take |
| 1:35.6 | a look back to Tuesday and a little peek ahead as well to the weekend's Premier League action. |
| 1:41.2 | I'm Hugh Wasncroft joined by Ian Hawke and Gregor Robinson of The Times today. Gentlemen, how are you? |
| 1:46.4 | Very well. Thank you. Good, good, good. Let's start with the game. |
| 1:49.6 | Inter in then. A win for Juventus over the defending European Champions Chelsea who had 74% |
| 1:57.4 | possession on the night. Sixteen shots, but only one on target. I wonder whether they were |
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