00:00Barcelona is out of the Champions League, my friends.
00:03It is just like a cassette playing over and over.
00:07Barcelona eliminated of the Champions League.
00:10I saw a meme of this guy repeating in a loop.
00:14Oh, are we out of the Champions?
00:16From 2016 to 2026, 10 years.
00:20¿Qué pasó con tu equipo, Crespo?
00:22You want the nice answer or do you want the real answer?
00:26The real answer.
00:27The real answer is the game was rigged, okay?
00:29This is what we're, like, the ref was the one that truly won this game
00:34because we saw terrible calls.
00:36I mean, there was one play where the ball went out,
00:38deflected off the foot of an Atletico player.
00:42Nothing was called.
00:43Then the red card with Eric Garcia.
00:47Zorla tripped on himself, just like I'm tripping on my words.
00:51Like, it was just a bad call.
00:53I don't know.
00:54Okay, okay, hold up.
00:55Hold up, hold up.
00:56Rewind the tape.
00:57Speaking of cassette, because there's more to it than just,
00:59huh, that's not fair.
01:01We won.
01:01We shouldn't have done it.
01:02No, hold on.
01:04There's a bigger picture thing going on here.
01:06You mentioned cassette tapes.
01:07Me and you, we grew up in a time of uninterrupted Spanish dominance.
01:14You grew up in a time where Uruguay was, like, the World Cup winners.
01:18But Alex and I, you know, it's been, like, nonstop Spanish leagues, the richest, the strongest,
01:24the best, blah, blah, blah.
01:25That's changing.
01:25This is a more multipolar Champions League.
01:28No Spanish giants anymore.
01:29They're still there.
01:30I'm not saying that that's the case.
01:32I'm not saying they fell off.
01:33This is it.
01:34Real Madrid's done.
01:35Barca's done.
01:35No.
01:36I'm just saying there's more competition.
01:38There's more money out there.
01:38There's more talent out there going to other leagues.
01:41Obviously, we got to think about the EPL, which has always been a super league.
01:46But now they got the cash and they got a lot of the talent and they're doing great.
01:49Doesn't mean Spain's done.
01:50We'll talk about the World Cup later.
01:51I think Spain's probably going to win this tournament.
01:54But, hey, I'm just saying.
01:56This is a broader field now.
01:59Sporting is doing amazing.
02:01But we see a lot.
02:02We see, you know, new teams, new countries starting to dominate.
02:07What we see right now, something that we didn't expect.
02:10PSG seems to be the most in shape, complete team in the competition.
02:16Bayern Munich right behind them.
02:18And then we see Arsenal, downward momentum.
02:22We see...
02:23Well, but to go based off what you guys were saying,
02:26PSG is really shining and especially against the English teams
02:30because they have a record of like 20-something goals
02:33to like five goals against English teams.
02:37And they're from the Farmers League.
02:39You know what I mean?
02:40So they're really showing that they deserve that Club World Cup.
02:45So let's recap the results.
02:48Atletico de Madrid goes and defends themselves to the death
02:52with the knife between their teeth.
02:54And they are able to eliminate Barcelona after a complicated game, 2-1.
03:01Who is the MVP of this series for you guys?
03:04I think that Julian Alvarez could be the most influential player in the whole series.
03:10But for me, the real work is from Cholo Simeone.
03:15The coach for me is a big star of this team because he has created the level of belief needed
03:22to have quality players like Griezmann happy to be soft at the 60 because they know it's the best thing
03:27for the team.
03:28That's not happening in Barcelona.
03:30That's not happening in Real Madrid.
03:32We see players that are so eager to be the star of the team that they might be not playing
03:38for the team.
03:39What is your take?
03:40I think that there were some interesting tactics with this game because Araujo coming off the bench,
03:47I think that was a no-go.
03:49I think he should have been in there earlier on in the game because as soon as he got in
03:53there,
03:54you saw the whole team shift onto the attack.
03:56Yes, did he miss some headers?
03:59Yes, but I mean, you saw the momentum change a lot.
04:02And I feel like Lewandowski could have been a key player as well.
04:07And Ferran Torres, yes, he scored, but I think coming off the bench,
04:13he is a crucial player rather than when he starts.
04:16Hansi Flick might have lost the bet of the high press.
04:20Cholo Simeone decided to sit back and render that technique.
04:24But that's what they're known for.
04:26They're known for the park the bus method.
04:28Now, Nick, let's move on to another quintessential Champions League game,
04:35Bayern versus Real Madrid.
04:37What a first half of that game.
04:38So many goals.
04:40We didn't know who was going to advance.
04:42Earlier in the week, I was invited on SportsGrid to give my betting report.
04:46I was saying...
04:47Did you call it?
04:48I called it.
04:49I called Bayern.
04:50I called Arsenal to advance.
04:51But I was cautious.
04:53And I said, it's not wise to bet against Real Madrid because they have a mystical connection with this tournament.
05:00And for a little bit of...
05:03Most decorated club of all time.
05:05There was this star that, Nick, you might be a little bit concerned looking into the World Cup.
05:10Out of that, Guler, my friends.
05:12This young Turkish player.
05:14Probably the best player on the field after Luis Diaz.
05:18The best one for Los Blancos.
05:20He will be the engine of Turkey during the World Cup.
05:24What a player.
05:26Bright future for some of them.
05:27But again, you cannot be changing your coach two, three times in a year and pretend to compete on Champions
05:35League.
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