00:00Let's talk about Champions League first, Nick, on this segment.
00:02We'll go back to MLS a little later on the show.
00:04So we have already the first sample of what these teams are bringing to the competition.
00:10And now we have very, very big games.
00:13What is the one game that you think that we really have to hone in in preparation for next Wednesday?
00:19Las Noches de la Champions!
00:23Here's going to be an interesting take.
00:24I think that Barcelona versus Galatasaray is going to be a fascinating match.
00:32Obviously, Barca, really strong, right?
00:35But Galatasaray, last year, man, showed what was up.
00:38They showed their strength, taking out some big names.
00:40So I think that that's going to kind of be like a really big one that I'm looking forward to
00:44right now.
00:45That's like what I'm most, let's say, pumped for Barcelona right now.
00:49I know it's still early.
00:50They're in third, right?
00:53They showed out, but not in the way that PSG or Bayern did in their first match.
00:57So Galatasaray is probably feeling pumped.
00:59They're playing at home.
01:01Obviously, that's like one of the most intimidating stadiums to play in in Europe.
01:05Even though they don't have any beer, they don't sell alcohol there.
01:08So they're pumped.
01:10And yeah, the big question is whether like Hansi Flick's sort of aggressive, high defensive line, you know,
01:18could leave Barcelona vulnerable to counterattacks.
01:20That's what we saw last time around.
01:22And that's what Galatasaray is so good at.
01:23Obviously, the other one, Man City versus PSG.
01:26Hello.
01:27I don't even have to break down why that's going to be an amazing match,
01:29because obviously we've got two really big powerhouses.
01:32Manchester United kind of slipping in their first match, but PSG coming in hot from their first win.
01:37That's going to be a cool one to watch.
01:39Is it Manchester United or Manchester City?
01:41Manchester City.
01:42Sorry.
01:42City.
01:43Manchester City.
01:43Manchester City.
01:44I was like, what?
01:45Don't throw me.
01:45No, not only that, Nick.
01:48Let's talk about the surroundings of that environment, the weather around that game.
01:53That is going to be very important to take a look at.
01:55Manchester City right now facing dire accusations against them or lack of financial fair play.
02:03But how much of this outside of the field telenovela is going to affect the players on the field come
02:10Wednesday?
02:10That can either help them and that can make them come out, you know, swinging and like ready to prove
02:15stuff that,
02:16hey, this is all just drama off the pitch.
02:18Let's focus on the game.
02:19Or it could do the opposite.
02:20And if things start to go awry, if they don't play well, if they don't bring it,
02:25then it's like the walls start collapsing.
02:26It's like you're like lying and cheating and the economic side and then your guys aren't playing well.
02:31And then that's when things start to get heated.
02:33So it's mostly a pressure thing for me.
02:36But nonetheless, it's a huge story one we got to pay attention to.
02:39We got to pay attention to that.
02:40It's going to be a great game nonetheless in the field.
02:42I think these are the two biggest powerhouses and two of the favorites to win the competition.
02:46Now, Ragazzo, talk to me about Como.
02:52Como.
02:52Como this team that has been surprising that I think is going to be the Cinderella story of this season.
02:58A team that has been advancing very, very quickly through the last few years.
03:03It's headed by a coach that has new ideas, that is bringing a refreshing take,
03:10that has been successful in the past in European leagues.
03:13Talk to me about Como.
03:15What are their chances to at least let's talk about moving on to the next phase?
03:20Si.
03:21Maurizio.
03:22Senti.
03:22Senti bene.
03:23Okay.
03:25Yeah.
03:25I think Como, like right now, like where we're sitting, we're one game in.
03:30Again, we still have seven matches left.
03:31So we're just getting started here.
03:32But perhaps I would say right now, out the gates, Como is like the biggest surprise.
03:38Coming from the small Italian city on the shores of Lake Como, right?
03:43Como, 1907.
03:46What's the full name?
03:47Managed, like you just said, by a man who is a former Arsenal, former Barcelona star.
03:52Not just like a player who was, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
03:55Starve.
03:55Cesc Fabregas made a name for himself as a player before being a coach.
03:59It's not always that way, right?
04:01Fifth in the Champions League right now, like, you know, coming out of the beginnings here.
04:07But like, they thrashed.
04:08They thrashed RB Leipzig.
04:104-1.
04:11Like, that's huge.
04:12That is pretty awesome.
04:13That's not an easy team.
04:13That's not an easy team.
04:15Like, we saw some of the other giants go, like, crushing an Azerbaijani inside or something.
04:20No, no, no, no, Como's coming in their first match against Leipzig.
04:23It could have been a much easier squad, right?
04:25That's not who you were, like, praying to get.
04:27But, yeah, extraordinary rise for a club that was playing in Italy's fourth division less than a decade ago.
04:34One, two, three, four, and then boom to the Champions League.
04:38Boom, Champions League.
04:38Yep.
04:39Get out of here.
04:40Like, that's obviously, like, the dark horse that everyone's rooting for.
04:44Not because they're, like, a way, way outsider.
04:45It's just been, like, this huge meteoric rise.
04:47Not just to get to the Champions League, but from the fourth division to even Serie A, a whole thing
04:52in itself.
