Episode 826 - The Real Deal
Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast
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4.8 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
In this episode I'm joined by Ryan Hunn of the Stadio Podcast to discuss Arsenal's 2-1 win over Real Madrid, and qualification for the semi-finals of the Champions League. We chat about the key moments of the game, the penalty miss and the penalty incident at the other end, Madrid's attacking approach to the game and how it was informed by our defensive quality and organisation, the goals we scored, what these two games say about this team, our Champions League chances, some individuals like Declan Rice, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Jakub Kiwior and lots more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a brand new ArsBlog, arscast right here on arseblog.com. |
| 0:30.0 | How are you? |
| 0:31.2 | I hope you're well, but that's a silly question today because I know how you are. |
| 0:35.7 | I know in football terms at least you are feeling good because |
| 0:39.4 | Arsenal are through to the Champions League semi-finals after beating Real Madrid. Not once, not once, |
| 0:46.2 | but twice. Two times in a row, one after the other. There was one win, then there was another win. |
| 0:52.3 | And the great thing about it is it works both ways. |
| 0:54.6 | It's like a footballing palindrome. |
| 0:56.7 | We won the second and then we won the first. |
| 0:59.5 | But if you switch it round, as I said, we won the first, then the second. |
| 1:02.9 | Both of them. |
| 1:04.2 | Real Madrid did not win either game. |
| 1:06.8 | Apparently though, we were only interested in defending. |
| 1:11.3 | I can see how you might have come to that conclusion, you know, if you're a Real Madrid player, Arsenal, |
| 1:16.7 | the team that scored five goals against the team who were gifted a goal. |
| 1:21.0 | Basically, William Saliba felt a little bit sorry for Real Madrid. |
| 1:25.4 | That's what it was. |
| 1:26.3 | It was like, these poor guys, they've got |
| 1:28.1 | nothing, nothing. I'll give them a little, give them a little taste. And that's all they had to show |
| 1:34.0 | for 180 minutes plus, of course, with lots of injury time, with this fated forward line of |
| 1:41.1 | Killian Mbapé, Venetius Jr., Rodrigo, and with Jude Bellingham behind them, |
| 1:46.0 | they were saying on TV last night, they have like 80 goals this season between them. |
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