00:00Okay, vean, pero let's talk about Champions, because the final is upon us, May 30th, the very last club engagement
00:10of this season before we move fully into the World Cup mode.
00:15PSG versus Arsenal, the best team of the group stage versus the former champion or the current champion of Champions
00:21League.
00:22Let's start with the most important thing.
00:24We have two very different coaches, two Spanish coaches.
00:28On one side, Mikel Arteta, on the other side, Luis Enrique, both proven, both with domestic titles, both with great
00:36performances as players with the Spanish team.
00:38Chiva, does any of the two coaches have an edge on this, the most important game of their career?
00:44Of course. I think Luis Enrique is building a legacy with PSG.
00:48For years, many, many years, PSG struggled to even make it to a final, having Neymar, Messi, you name it,
00:55almost Cristiano Ronaldo.
00:56And right now, you know, pulling out Neymar, Messi, and Mbappé, PSG is finally winning the championships that they want.
01:03They're the current champions with the champions for the Champions League.
01:06And I think that he has a huge edge when it comes to the final.
01:09The motivation. We've seen PSG, just the way they play.
01:12Camila, the offensive power of PSG, the way that we see every time they go as visitors, they have been
01:18overperforming.
01:19Now we have the final in Budapest, in the Puska Stadium.
01:23Do you feel that that edge that Arsenal has, that they're really good at home, they were, you know, almost
01:29no goals against them at home.
01:30They have to go to a new stadium where PSG knows to go to four in line and still be
01:36dangerous.
01:36Yeah, I mean, I think this is where the mentality really wins it.
01:39You know, these are two top teams, so at the end of the day, it's about minimizing those mistakes.
01:43And I think that PSG is just such a huge threat.
01:46The offensive power that they have is incredible.
01:49And I think it's going to take a really solid defense for Arsenal, you know, to stay in the game.
01:54And it's those first 15, 20 minutes that PSG just really, you know, depends on that offensive power to overwhelm
02:02their opponent.
02:02So I think that's where Arsenal has to lock it down.
02:04Now, Brujo, I know you know this.
02:07Tell me some names that will make PSG stand out during the game.
02:11Obviously, we have the obvious one, Dembélé, the candidate for the Ballon d'Or for the second time in a
02:17row.
02:17Probably the most dangerous forward in Champions League.
02:20But who are the secret elements of PSG that make this team so dangerous?
02:25I mean, I definitely think it's going to have to be players like Due, you know, who is really young.
02:29But he is definitely showing that Jogo Bonito style, even though he's French.
02:33But we also have players like Jaunevez that have been, you know, staying consistent throughout the season, scoring goals left
02:39and right, assisting beautifully.
02:41And overall, this team has been playing beautiful.
02:43But I think something that needs to be brought up, too, is the players that are injured and that might
02:49make it to the deadline.
02:50We don't know.
02:51Players like Hakimi, Nuno Minch.
02:53And then on the other side, we have Ben White on Arsenal.
02:57Timber.
02:57So we have to see if these players are going to be able to make it back in time and
03:02see if they're going to be crucial enough to, you know, get the win.
03:06A moment in the season that...
03:08Speaking of concerns, my biggest concern is we're 11 days away from the World Cup.
03:14And then you have this game that is going to be, they're going to go with everything.
03:18Imagine an injury before the World Cup for key players that we're expecting to see in the World Cup.
03:24I think that's a, as a player, how do you approach this game?
03:27It's a Champions League, but then on the other hand, you have what is the most important event for a
03:32player, which is a World Cup.
03:33So I think it's something to think about as a player.
03:36I mean, we've definitely already seen it, not even just in, like, big games, but just throughout the season, players
03:41have been getting injured left and right.
03:43Like, one, for example, is EstevĂŁo from Chelsea.
03:46He's going to be missing out on his first World Cup with Brazil.
03:49And he's a very crucial player, in my opinion.
03:51So, I mean, we're seeing that list is going to grow.
03:53And we've talked about it, the overload of games for the players that we love so much to watch.
04:00These guys are playing, and the girls too, but the guys are playing up to 85 games.
04:06If you count preseason, exhibition games, domestic league, playoffs, international competition, continental competition, club and country.
04:16If you are one of the top players in the world, not only you have to play at the highest
04:21level, because you are expected to do so by the fans, by the coaches, by the opponents.
04:26But you have to do it twice, sometimes three times a week.
04:29This is gruesome, and sometimes also the commercial pressure of, like, the sponsorships, popularity, having to have, like, you know,
04:37this whole system.
04:38It's very hard, and I feel for them, because for us, watching at home is great.
04:43We flip the channel.
04:44We see so much fun here all the time.
04:45We're on our couch eating.
04:46We're on our couch.
04:47It's like, oh, man, you're not playing as well as I wanted you to.
04:49You're not covering the spread.
04:52As we have a bowl of chips on our planet watching the game, like, oh, I would have made that.
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