Episode 3564: PSG Triumphant, Don Revie’s Arsenal, Slot Departs, Cultural Repository Players
Arsenal went to Budapest surfing a tidal wave of hope and joy, and finished losing on penalties after one shot on target in more than two hours of play. Less than Inter managed losing 5-0 last year, and less than Arsenal themselves managed against Barcelona in 2006, when they played most of the match with ten men.
Did Mikel Arteta’s best-laid plans nearly come off – or did the plan ultimately get between them and the chance of a first Champions League title?
We also talk about Arne Slot, whose two seasons at Liverpool came to an end a few hours before kick-off in Budapest. What he did right, what he did wrong, the things that happened that were beyond his control, and the things that didn’t happen that maybe weren’t. Can the apparent successor, Andoni Iraola, realistically do any better without major reinforcements to the squad?
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The tennis balls which once graced the Lansdowne Road sod at the end of the John Delaney reign were back on the pitch last night as Irish supporters brought the WC warm up game (for Qatar…) to a halt in protest over the scheduled Israeli encounter.
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