CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PREDICTIONS

Rhys & Jordan sit and discuss who they think will come out on top in the champions league, does league form take accountability or will we have a new winner this year?

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SPEAKER_00 0:10

Champions League, right? We've got the quarterfinals with PSG starting at home to Liverpool, Real Madrid at home to Bayern. That's gonna be a fucking wicked fixture actually. Barcelona at home to Atletico Madrid and then sporting Arsenal. Right, I want off you who's going through PSG in Liverpool?

SPEAKER_01 0:30

PSG.

SPEAKER_00 0:31

Yeah, gotta be, ain't it? I think Liverpool at the moment. Mate, Federabacci showed them up as well in their first game. Galatasaro Sorro, yeah, not Fenabacci, because that was Forest, wasn't it? Um, yeah, they showed them up against Liverpool, and I just think PSG, they've got to be one of if not the best club at the moment.

SPEAKER_01 0:50

Yeah, it's we I mean they're not the same team as Ash is there.

SPEAKER_00 0:53

Oh no, 100% not, but they've still got that firepower. They haven't really lost the spawn of the team apart from Donald Rummer. But even so, I mean, when you've got a team that good, you don't really have to have a lot of people.

SPEAKER_01 1:03

I can't believe they can't believe they got rid of him.

SPEAKER_00 1:05

Well, it was something behind the scenes, I think, wasn't he? Of course.

SPEAKER_01 1:08

I was probably owning more money than they told him no.

SPEAKER_00 1:10

Yeah, probably. But yeah, I think Liverpool are out of that one. Right, Real Madrid Bayern, man. I think that's gonna be fucking brilliant. I'm definitely gonna be watching these, both both feature. I think Real Madrid at home, I do think they'll nick it, but I think once did they go to the Allianz, mate, I think by murder them. That's gonna be like a an 8-2 or something. Like, remember before when they did it to Bayern?

SPEAKER_01 1:32

Bayern's attacks at the minute is fucking real.

SPEAKER_00 1:33

They've scored nearly a hundred goals, you know.

SPEAKER_01 1:36

Kane's still just fucking unreal.

SPEAKER_00 1:38

Ballon d'or contender, by the way. Elise's just mate, Diaz.

SPEAKER_01 1:43

What did that snakey little cun after say he played for France? I know You've seen them pictures of him, but just quite a bit. Just quickly, have you seen them? I'd rather have you seen them somewhere that message they got leaked of him having a conversation with him.

SPEAKER_00 1:56

Yeah, when he was at Redding saying I'm gonna be at a bigger club, bigger things, mate. Fair play. Smashed it. Yeah, I think I think Biden's attack is too much for me.

SPEAKER_01 2:04

You've got that they've got that young German lad as well, haven't they? That's Carl. Is that his name? Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:09

Shout out Carl.

SPEAKER_01 2:10

What the fuck going on? It's loud, then eh?

SPEAKER_00 2:13

Yeah, he is loud. Um, yeah, so anyway, we've got you've got Carl as well. He's like one of the youngest fucking Champions League players and stuff. Musiara's coming back as well. Slow slow there. Another snake. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:25

Two really good footballers that have chose Germany and I mean to be fair, he is technically German this year. Like he came over from Germany. He came over from Germany, yeah. Whereas Elise. He played for England, but he played for England all through.

SPEAKER_00 2:34

Yeah, it was he was coming up with Jude. Yeah, he was never two in the in the middle of the park, pretty much. I was well, another one that's gone, but I I don't know. I just I think when it comes to this guy, I think boy, I personally with Elise, right?

SPEAKER_01 2:50

I genuinely think I could be wrong, and a lot of people are telling me that I'm wrong here, but I think that we're better than France, England.

SPEAKER_00 2:57

What, on paper or on paper, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:00

Personally.

SPEAKER_00 3:01

I don't know, you know.

SPEAKER_01 3:02

I mean What's because that's the only reason he's got to have joined France is because he thinks they're the better and he's got a better chance of winning stuff.

SPEAKER_00 3:08

When he joined them though, they were that's when they were in their their their their good stage, you know what I mean? When they knocked us out of the World Cup.

SPEAKER_01 3:16

Is that how long ago?

SPEAKER_00 3:18

Yeah, well, he weren't in there, but he chose that allegiance then, I think.

SPEAKER_01 3:21

That was 2022. Didn't he play English? He played for England.

SPEAKER_00 3:23

Under 21, I think.

SPEAKER_01 3:25

Yeah, you gotta think, yeah, but mate, you gotta bear in mind that was four years ago, he's not that old.

SPEAKER_00 3:29

Elise. I'm not too sure how old.

SPEAKER_01 3:31

Anyway, let's just get past it because we're not talking about international.

SPEAKER_00 3:34

Yeah, right. So am I doing Bayern, who you reckon? Uh Bayern. Bayern, okay. Barcelona now versus Atletico Madrid. Bear any mind, Atletico Madrid knocked him out the Capadara. Barca. You think Barca?

SPEAKER_01 3:46

Barca, mmm. So that mate, that that was a statement against Newcastle.

SPEAKER_00 3:51

Yeah, seven, what was it, seven-two on the night? What was it in total?

SPEAKER_01 3:54

Um they won one.

SPEAKER_00 3:55

It was one, one, two, eight, three. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:58

I know I know that there's there are levels between them, but to go in a half-time drawing as well.

SPEAKER_00 4:03

Two turns. Yeah, just like that. That's in the Champions League, that's mental, innit?

SPEAKER_01 4:08

Yeah, I've learned Dalsky's last season as well, so maybe Marjorie's not really.

SPEAKER_00 4:12

Do you know? No, he ain't banging on all cylinders at the moment, you know. Yamal. Yamal is. Yamal's a mal. Mate, he's something special, that kid. Are we gonna absolutely love what yeah, he hate his ego, hate who he is as a player. When he have you seen him celebrate as well when he scores a goal, I'm just thinking fucking little twat. I'd be a little bit humble, do you know what I mean? But he he's fucking his talents evident, yeah, yeah. You can be cocky then, but don't ask that, don't really don't. So you've got me Barca for that one now, sporting and Arsenal.

SPEAKER_01 4:43

Unfortunately, you've got to put this scum down, in you.

SPEAKER_00 4:45

Yeah, I think Arsenal go for they've got us, they've had such a fucking easy role.

SPEAKER_01 4:48

We're gonna do round by round now.

SPEAKER_00 4:50

Yeah, I'm doing round by run. So you've gone PSG, I agree. You've gone Bayern, I agree. You've gone Barca, I agree, and you've gone Arsenal, so I also agree. So yeah. So then you've got the semis, which would it be PSG versus Bayern again? Fucking great fixture, man. Very fucking good fixture. I think whoever wins this semi-finals wins the tournament, to be honest. Bayern and PSG.

SPEAKER_01 5:14

What do you think out of that one?

SPEAKER_00 5:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 5:16

Yeah, uh I would probably think Bayern just the goals they score, man. They just look too good, don't they?

SPEAKER_00 5:28

Going forward, they just look like they're gonna score all the fucking time. And obviously you get the whole manaway leg. PSG haven't really been that good when it becomes reverse fixtures. Like Monica teams like Monaco and that seem to be beating them in silly little games. Do you think they're not top of the league lens of knocked up lead lens of taking the game?

SPEAKER_01 5:45

I'd be a lot more confident, I'm not taking anything away from him, but I'd be a lot more confident in saying buy Munich if they had a more experienced manager.

unknown 5:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:57

Yeah, he's still learning the trade, and he really. Not to say he can't, because he's obviously doing it in the middle. But they lost to Arsenal, don't they?

SPEAKER_01 6:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:03

So he's got a lot of learning to do. I mean, look, it's not Arteta, he's lost another final. He ain't a winner, he's not a serial winner. Some teams need that manager. Lord Pep, serial winner. You know, if you've got a Jose Marino, if he's in a final, they've got a really good fucking chance of winning it because they've got that mentality, they know what to say to the player. So you've gone Real Madrid Bayern. I mean Real Madrid PSG.

SPEAKER_01 6:28

Uh Bayon Bayon and then PSG. Barca. Bar, yeah, Bayon and then Barta.

SPEAKER_00 6:34

Bayern Barcelona. I think I don't know. Depends how he sets it up, Artetum and with Barca. I think it'd be close. I'll I'll I'll probably go Arsenal. I'll probably go Arsenal to be fair. Yeah. But I don't think they win the final against Bayern. I agree with you with Bayern. I think Bayern win it. Yeah. Bayern Arsenal final. And Harry Kane to score the winner.

unknown 6:56

Could you imagine?

SPEAKER_00 6:58

That's that that's a little bit of a, you know.

SPEAKER_01 7:00

Yeah, that meant relegation.

SPEAKER_00 7:03

Yeah, well I wasn't gonna say, but to have Harry Kane score and Arsenal not win the Champions League, you'd take that all day, obviously. But yeah, I think I don't think Arsenal have personally I know that they had the quadruple on the go, but they can still obviously do the treble. I think I can't see him.

SPEAKER_01 7:22

Do you think do you think because I'm I know he's won stuff anyway, but people all say that oh he's gone over to Barn Munich to an easy league to win stuff. Company or Harry Kane Kane. Do you think that all this he can't be considered one of the greatest because he doesn't want stuff? If he wins the Champions League, that shuts all that up.

SPEAKER_00 7:39

100%. I think if it was to win well, if he wins the championship and we win the World Cup, he gets the Ballon d'Or. There's no question about it. I fucking love him on the World Cup. He'd he he'd have to win the Ballon d'Or. If you if you won the Bundesliga, got top goal scorer. Wins the Champions League, I'm not too sure if he's top goal scorer in that. I think it's uh I think Anthony Gordon's up there and Jumala, maybe, I'm not too sure. But if he was to get that and win the World Cup and top goal scorer, he's got to be Ballon d'Or contention.

SPEAKER_01 8:11

Yeah, you see. Your man will get it. Your man will get it, mate. It's rigged, mate, it's rigged to fork.

SPEAKER_00 8:16

It's being rigged for donkeys. Saying that though, when we were talking about it, when you sent me that thing the other day with Nedved and Henry, and how everyone's saying that, how Henry didn't that was it. What did I say? Henry. Yeah, and then Pavel.

SPEAKER_01 8:27

Yeah, his name's Henri. What did I say? You call him Henry, do you?

SPEAKER_00 8:31

No, because you fucking grilled me before saying Henri.

SPEAKER_01 8:35

His name's Henri.

SPEAKER_00 8:36

Yeah, I said Henry.

SPEAKER_01 8:37

Yeah, you're saying Henry now.

SPEAKER_00 8:38

Yeah, but it's Henri, but when I did it last time, you was like, What are you saying all that for?

SPEAKER_01 8:43

Yeah, but I'm confused because you're saying Henry now. You're not saying Henri.

SPEAKER_00 8:47

Alright. Henri. Okay. Yeah, and Nedved. Thierry. Yeah, Thierry. You showed me the proof as to why Nedved deserved it over him. Yeah, yeah. And it's fair, like he carried them to the Champions League, rah rah rah. But the Lewandowski one when he didn't win it.

SPEAKER_01 9:05

Riberey.

SPEAKER_00 9:06

Ribbery's one as well. He should have won it. I think the whole Messi and Ronaldo thing as well that completely became this this debate who's the best, and it was between them two. No one ever really had another crack at it. But now they're kind of about the picture. I thought Yamao's gonna be the man now, or I mean Mbappé still then got one. You know what I mean? I thought he would have had one by now. He's like 26, 27.

SPEAKER_01 9:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 9:32

He's not being talked about. I think once you're so good as well, you have to have that consistency, isn't it?

SPEAKER_01 9:39

Yeah, when you yeah. I don't know where I'm trying to forward then. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was thinking about the ninja turns.

SPEAKER_00 9:48

Well, because of Mbappe, yeah, he reminds me of Raphael.

SPEAKER_01 9:53

I was gonna say, do you need a Ballon door when you're a ninja toe? Then I thought that's just it's not funny, it's ridiculous. It's a bit waste of time to don't say it. And because I was thinking that I completely lost my training of thought. But I said it anyway.