Gab & Juls Show: Is criticism of the UCL format justified?

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens take a look at the final night of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and ask whether the competition has improved or not compared to previous years. The guys also discuss Neymar's impending Santos transfer, Jhon Duran's big-money move to Saudi Arabia & ask why Florentino Perez would want English referees in LALIGA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.4	I'm Gab. He's Jules. Blue Skies over West London. Blue skies over the championship. As far as I'm concerned, he's Jules, blue skies over West London, blue skies over the championship.
0:39.9	As far as I'm concerned, I really enjoyed that last night.
0:43.2	Now, there is, I don't know if we're in the minority or just in the minority at this company.
0:47.5	There is a lot of negativity from some people surrounding it.
0:52.8	But let's recap, because in the end, the shock, sitting in Paris
0:57.6	Saint-German, both make it into the playoffs. I'm going to name-check the teams that qualify.
1:04.1	Some of them will talk about later, but some of them won't. Liverpool lost, but they're still going
1:07.6	through, Barcelona through, Arsenal through, Inter-Atlatico Madrid, Bayouzen, Lilleikuzin, Lille, and Aston, Lille, and Aston. That's the top eight, yeah.
1:14.5	This is the top eight, so they're going to go through, they're going straight through.
1:18.7	They skip the playoffs. Just in general, and we're used to it. We're NFL fans, in the NFL,
1:24.7	you know, you play everybody in your division twice, and then the schedule's different.
1:28.7	You play different teams, right?
1:31.0	How many of these eight are, do you think, are among the eight best teams in Europe right now?
1:38.1	I mean, you can make a case only for Liverpool, Barcelona, also into Milan, and even
1:44.1	at Likod, who've been on this incredible 15 wins in a row, a second in La Liga. Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, into Milan, and even atlictico Madrid,
1:44.8	who've been on this incredible 15 wins in a row,
1:47.3	second in La Liga.
1:48.4	So those teams are either top,
1:50.5	third for Barcelona,
1:51.8	second, second,
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