00:00As in now, champions, winners of the Premier League for the first time in 22 years, my friends.
00:07That's right, the Gunners finally shed the label of butlers, como le dicen los ingleses.
00:15After three consecutive seasons, finishing in second place, Arteta's team finally is able to raise the trophy.
00:24And it might be two, because they will be playing the final for the Champions League in a couple of
00:28weeks.
00:29My friends, Nick, you are the European guru.
00:32How important it was for Arsenal to break the curse and finally become champion again after 22 years?
00:40Thank you for calling me a guru. I love that title.
00:44It's obviously huge in the context, first of all, we'll start here in the context of the Champions League.
00:49You want to come into a Champions League match as your league winner, right?
00:54I mean, that's just going to give you an extra pep in your staff that's going to really help you
00:57out there.
00:57It gives you a little bit more momentum.
00:59On the side of the league, they've played a fantastic league.
01:02And this is just showing that a squad can just be absolutely untouchable in their own style of play.
01:10Arsenal's playing a very specific tactical, more defensive, almost surgical style of play.
01:18That's proven very effective in the EPL and on the European broader stage.
01:23And that is extremely important, strategically speaking.
01:26It proves the point that you can win a championship with 1-0s and draws.
01:30Yes.
01:31That's a very defensive style of play, my friends.
01:34Chiba, now, let's talk about the other side of the equation.
01:37Manchester City had the opportunity to prolong this fight.
01:42But Pep Guardiola came out saying, like, this is my last tournament with the team.
01:45And that might have taken a little bit of wind under their wings.
01:50Chiba, do you think it was a mistake or it was just the completion of a cycle for Pep Guardiola?
01:56I mean, I think it was revenge.
01:58You know, he knew he was leaving and he, to me, I wouldn't say it until the end of the
02:04season
02:04because they were still fighting for the championship.
02:07I think that kind of affected the way the team played.
02:11But, you know, it's Pep Guardiola, he won a lot for Manchester City.
02:14I'm so happy that Arsenal is the champion.
02:16It took them 23 years.
02:17It's not that bad.
02:18Atlas took them, like, 75.
02:20So, I mean, you know, but, yeah, it's good to see Arsenal winning a championship.
02:24That's what I love from EPL, that everybody can, you know, is right there trying to win a championship.
02:31It's not just one team, like in England, sorry, like in Bundesliga or Francia.
02:36Speaking of EPL, I'm happy and nervous about West Ham.
02:40West Ham and Tottenham are fighting for the last spot in la Primera División.
02:47And you cannot miss the games on the weekend.
02:50It's going to be crazy.
02:51Those are the most important games this weekend to watch.
02:54Now, let's talk about the five European spots that will be going to Champions League
02:59because this tournament, English teams pretty much dominated the group stage and much of the competition.
03:05And now we have, obviously, Arsenal, Manchester City, but Manchester United back to European football.
03:13Los miércoles de Champions back on the Reds.
03:19And also, completing those fives, Aston Villa and, surprisingly, Liverpool in fifth place.
03:25Saludos a Luis.
03:26They barely made it to Champions League, which have been a terrible, terrible failure if they didn't access to that
03:33competition.
03:34But do we see the five strongest teams or we just got lucky to see Manchester United just sneak in
03:42there?
03:42No, I think Manchester United has been doing a great job with Casemiro leading the league, even though he's leaving
03:47already.
03:48But it's good to see Manchester United finally waking up after, you know, all these changes with coaches.
03:54I'm a Manchester United fan, believe it or not.
03:57And I'm so happy.
03:58And it's not a coincidence.
03:59They've been working on it for the past several seasons.
04:02Another surprise that you detected throughout the championship, my good friend Nick?
04:08Yeah, I'm surprised to see where Chelsea ended up.
04:10Way down at the bottom.
04:12I mean, these are the world champions, right?
04:14So, things change quickly in football.
04:16If we're talking about Champions League again, these five squads that are going to be going are probably going to
04:20do very well in the Champions Leagues.
04:22English teams have been doing amazing.
04:24They've been dominating, you could say, in UEFA.
04:27So, this is going to be it.
04:29I mean, they are taking the spot of the rich, wealthy, Super League spot that Spain has held for so
04:34long on the European stage.
04:35It's starting to, that tide is starting to change.
04:38And it's leaning towards more England.
04:40Speaking of European stages, La Europa final.
04:43You know, Aston Villa is in La Europa final.
04:45So, it's very interesting to have those five teams on the top making the Champions League this time.
04:51And I'm only excited for the future for Aston Villa and Manchester United.
04:56Let's see if Manchester United is going to be capable of bringing some good players to take them back to
05:01where they belong.
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