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Speaker: The following is a clip from this week's Italian football podcast. Listen to the full show and all other episodes by going to Patreon .com slash TIFP and become a member for only $2 .99 per month. So the Champions League quarter -final and semi -final ties have been drawn. What's your reaction, Carlo?
Speaker: I think it's a dream draw for Serie A. It means we have a very, very good chance of an Italian team being in the final. The Italian teams avoid the three toughest teams left in the competition. They can't meet them until the final. That's Real Madrid by Munich.
Speaker: and Manchester City. We, you know, inter -playing Benfica, they're a very, very tough team, but, you know, if you're having to pick one of the teams at this stage of the competition, you probably go for Benfica or Chelsea, away from the Italian side. And then, you know, Napoli play against Milan. I think Napoli would have rather not played Milan, but once again, from both Napoli's point of view and Milan's point of view, who would you rather play at this stage of the competition? Well, you want to avoid those three big teams.
Speaker: It's a wonderful, wonderful draw and for the first time in six years there's a very real chance that we will have an Italian team in the Champions League final. Europa League draw then, NIMA. Roma seem to have had a decent draw but Juventus, that's a tough path to the final, right?
Speaker: It's a very tough path to the final for Juve. They have to play sporting or a good side. We saw in the Champions League earlier this season. And if they pass, they have to play the winner of Man United and Sevilla, who I expect to be Man United. So it's going to be a tough draw for
Speaker: for Juva to get to the final. But for Roma, this looks like very enticing. It looks appetising. Mourinho can take Roma to their second consecutive European final. And would he do so, he will have given them European pedigree for the first time in their history, which is unbelievable. But first things first, we could have a situation, of course, with Fiorentina and the conference league, of three Italian teams minimum in each one of the three European competitions.
Speaker: Hopefully it happens. It would be absolutely amazing if it did.
