Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have dumped Man City and Arsenal out of the Champions League. Jude Bellingham assesses certain highly-structured, pattern-driven teams as “interesting” but ultimately not cut out to compete with the likes of Madrid. Is this… Black Wednesday for Positionism?

We talk about Bernardo Silva’s weird penalty, Haaland’s struggles, Guardiola’s contradictory assessment of the game, and identify Real Madrid’s secret of Champions League success.

Nick Ames joins us from Munich to talk about where it went wrong for Arsenal. Why did he feel that they didn’t ‘back themselves enough’? Did Arteta pick the wrong team? And how is the squad likely to be reshaped for.

Click the player at the top of the page to play the show. Monday’s shows are free to all. To listen to our programming throughout the rest of the week, join the Second Captains World Service. There’s no contracts, no hidden fees and shows can be listened to on all good podcast apps, on Spotify or through our website. It’s independent, commercial-free and member-led with feature interviews, breaking news, Ken’s Football Show, The Politics Podcast, The “I’ll Tell You Who Wrote It” Book Club and lots of added extras. You’ll also be supporting the development of our longer-form work, such as our international series  ‘Where Is George Gibney?’.

Go to Patreon

CHECK OUT OUR UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS & GET TICKETS WHEREVER YOU ARE.

LIVE SHOW TICKETS

BECOME A SECOND CAPTAINS WORLD SERVICE MEMBER AND GET COMPLETE ACCESS TO ALL OUR SHOWS AND ARCHIVE.

JOIN US