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Daily Arsenal - S1 - E145: PSG preview (2nd leg)… this is all or nothing!!!
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In this episode we will be discussing our make or break game in the second leg of the Champions League against PSG as were losing 1-0 on agg. Now if you want to get involved with any of our topics discussed please do get involved through our social media, which can be found in our show notes in the description.
Host: Jamie Patterson
Guest: Craig Matthews
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Introduction to the Daily Arsenal Podcast
00:00:11
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Hello everyone and welcome to the Daily Arsenal podcast, the only place to catch your daily fix of Arsenal, where we eat, sleep and repeat talking all things Arsenal.
00:00:23
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Brought to you on the GSPN Podcast Network. As always, I'm your host Jamie Patterson and I'm joined by Mr Football Encyclopedia himself. It's the one and only Craig Matthews.
00:00:35
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Craig. How are you feeling? We're currently recording this on a Tuesday night.
Arsenal vs PSG: Champions League Preview
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It is the night before Arsenal play in the Champions League semi-final second leg.
00:00:48
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How are you feeling, Craig?
00:00:51
Craig matthews
Inspired. Watching Barcelona enter is inspiring me for tomorrow.
00:00:56
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Oh, dear me.
00:00:56
Craig matthews
in um In a very good way as well.
00:00:58
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I mean, goodness me. The semi-finals, big games, and boy, have we been treated to one tonight ah between Barca and Inter.
00:01:10
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We'll talk a little bit more about that a little bit later on, but we will be discussing our make or break game in the second leg of the Champions League against PSG as we travel to Paris as we're currently losing one no on aggregate.
00:01:25
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But As always, guys, if you want to get involved with any of the topics discussed, please do get involved through our social media, which can be found in our show notes in the description.
00:01:36
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Right. Let's cast your mind back to last Tuesday. Last Tuesday night. Last Tuesday, wasn't able to watch the game.
00:01:52
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Wow. sorry i Sorry, I'm going to have to stop myself here because it is now Inter 4-BARCELONA 3.
00:02:04
Craig matthews
no way.
00:02:04
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Rattese has gone and scored for Inter.
Real-time Match Updates: Inter vs Barcelona
00:02:09
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Wow. I mean, I haven't watched any of the game, but this is just unbelievable, isn't it?
00:02:15
Craig matthews
traffic the class ah
00:02:17
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Oh, my goodness me. You just cannot beat it, can you? My mate just messaged me saying Inter
00:02:21
Craig matthews
no
00:02:24
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Wow. um Goodness me, what a game. But we'll talk. Oh, my gosh. We're going to get distracted heavily with this, aren't we? but
00:02:33
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:02:35
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But let's cast your mind. Again, let's just go go back to last Tuesday. i wasn't able to watch the game. Craig, you was on the other hand. And as you could tell, it was a frustrating night. I mean, by the time I caught up on the highlights and on the episode, we I was very hot-headed, was fuming.
00:02:54
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There was so much to speak about. And in a way, it finished Arsenal 0, PSG 1, Dembele scoring early.
00:03:07
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PSG had their chances, but Craig, going into this game, you know, you say that you're inspired by what you're seeing with Inter Milan-Barcelona.
Strategies for Arsenal's Success Against PSG
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How do we approach this game tomorrow night?
00:03:21
Craig matthews
We have to hit them early to get that the last first goal, quiet that noise in Paris in that stadium. Once we get the first goal, then the fans are going to go on to Paris to try and score.
00:03:33
Craig matthews
Then we hit them on the counter so I can get a second goal. Try and kill the game early, kill the noise as well, and then try and sit Seattle and leave for a change if we can do that. We've done it again.
00:03:43
Craig matthews
PSV is or a hostile environment.
00:03:45
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Yeah.
00:03:46
Craig matthews
We went there, we beat them. We did it against Real Madrid in a way with the Madrid fans or like, you know, we did it twice. So, can be done. We just have to go there tomorrow confidence.
00:03:56
Craig matthews
Like, everyone has to be on their A game tomorrow. Everyone has to make an 8 out of 10 or 9 out of 10 performance tomorrow because PSG have got very good team. They're not a rubbish team. haven't got superstars like they had in the past, like Neymar's or the Messi's or the Mbappe's or the whole world, but got a hard-working, young, functioning team.
00:04:10
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Niamh Bappé is, yeah.
00:04:14
Craig matthews
ah kind of admire what Luis Enrique felt like last year. PSG, who has gone for more younger talent, who want to, who not no superstars in their team, no egos, just players that if they lose the ball, they'll track back.
00:04:20
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Yeah.
00:04:30
Craig matthews
So, yeah, it's going to be a very interesting game tomorrow. I'm confident the boys can get and get get over the line tomorrow.
00:04:38
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Yeah, do you know what? you You really mentioned it there. The fact that this PSG team have really evolved as a unit now. There's no big egos. There's no sense of...
00:04:53
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one man. like No one looks to one man. like They're not a one-man team.
00:04:57
Craig matthews
don't know.
00:04:58
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you know They've got a mix of really good players.
00:04:58
Craig matthews
mother
00:05:02
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Dembele, we spoke about last week. ah Frustrating, actually, that he's fit to to feature against us tomorrow night. um And then you've got the likes of Vitinha, Neves,
00:05:20
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Kiritschilia, Donnarama in goal. You know, I could go on here. You know, that team is solid and they have such a strong, strong team.
00:05:33
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ah Question is, for this Arsenal team, going away to PSG, it is going to be very atmospheric. Now, again, I will stress this, but to any Arsenal fans listening to this and, you know, you might be listening to this from Paris.
00:05:50
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If you are attending the game, bring every noise with you. Bring everything. We want to be hearing you in the away section, bringing that atmosphere and really bringing that noise to the game because, you know, a lot of people did criticise us for not bringing the atmosphere and passion that we had against Real Madrid at the Emirates to, um you know, and compared to last week at the Emirates, a lot of people were saying that The game was quite flat.
00:06:20
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The atmosphere wasn't the best. I think even Rooney said that, you know, and in a semi-final like this, you would want everyone to back the team. And, you know, you wouldn't want to rely on your own players to just, you know, encourage fans to lift the to lift the mood up, really.
00:06:37
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But where do you think Arsenal can try and break down this PSG team?
00:06:43
Craig matthews
Defence, centre-backs, I think Marquinhos is a good defender but think I would target the left-back and the right-back.
00:06:54
Craig matthews
Hakeem is a good defender but I would target him, target them areas, target Setzlita as well because
00:06:56
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:07:00
Craig matthews
Vonnarumma, even though he's a big six-foot-tall goalkeeper, he's not very good when it comes to balls and set-pieces. Last it was at the head of that, are Marina scored outside.
00:07:11
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yeah
00:07:12
Craig matthews
So he's not very good at set-pieces. So I would target him at set-pieces. Get Beckham, Rice, and Saka on set-pieces and target him in them areas where we get goals from set-pieces and then on a counter-attack, hitting him a counter-attack. We have to play fluid football on a counter-attack to get him on a counter-attack like what we did against Madrid.
00:07:29
Craig matthews
And Saka scored that goal and hit on a counter-attack. So I thought we have to do that.
00:07:32
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Yeah.
00:07:34
Craig matthews
Marcinelli has to do his A game tomorrow as well. The last couple of games have not been great but I thought tomorrow he has to show up tomorrow.
00:07:45
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Yeah, no, you you make such a great point there. I think a lot of, I think we we touched on this actually yesterday um and you made a really good point and I'm going to bring this up again, but this game will also be, you know, i kind of, i titled this as a, as, you know, all or nothing kind of game, but at the same time,
00:08:06
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are players also playing to save their position, like to kind of keep their position in the starting 11, looking ahead to next season? And if so, who would you would you who would you kind of th throw in that mix
00:08:22
Craig matthews
Prasad, Martinelli, centre mid. I think Deca Rice, if they're not going to keep partying, Deca Rice will need a partner in mid-thwart.
00:08:33
Craig matthews
So then I'll put a mid-thwart partner for the next couple of seasons, a year, two years. would build a team around Deca Rice in season, to season, to have someone, a good partner next to him.
00:08:44
Craig matthews
That can last very long. um I would say back up for Saka.
00:08:48
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Yeah, absolutely.
00:08:48
Craig matthews
um Definitely the centre forward. I would say a right-side centre-back as well. I know Keefer is a left-side centre-back. He's going to have a back-up centre-back. So, if Saliba's tired or needs resting in some games, you can rotate Saliba with a centre-back.
Arsenal Lineup and Transfer Discussion
00:09:05
Craig matthews
some games, he can rest in certain games.
00:09:08
Craig matthews
um A back-up goalkeeper as well because...
00:09:11
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Absolutely. Because we'll lose neto we'll lose Neto back to Bournemouth over the summer.
00:09:13
Craig matthews
um
00:09:18
Craig matthews
I think left-back, maybe than another left-back to challenge...
00:09:23
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Miles Lewis-Gelly.
00:09:23
Craig matthews
and Yeah, I thought that if Tierney's going and Trenko's rumours that he's going as well, he's going to be quite light left-back as well. And maybe, ah don't know about right-back, you know, think we've got enough at right-back for now.
00:09:37
Craig matthews
think we've got...
00:09:37
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My question I actually want to raise to you because it was literally, it was just been rattling in my head for the past couple of minutes.
00:09:37
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:09:45
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But yes, we've got we've got Ben White back from injury. But do you see him playing much? Do you see him playing much during the course of next season?
00:09:59
Craig matthews
I think he will. Once he's fully fit again and he gets taken of the injuries, I think Timber's pushed him a lot this season because Timber's been solid. If you remember last season, than Timber started the first game of the season and got injured.
00:10:11
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Yeah.
00:10:11
Craig matthews
And then he was out for the whole season and came back towards end the end of season. And Benoit was in superb form. It seems like role reverses him. It like Benoit got a bad injury and Timber just came and slotted in that left back started the season then played right back.
00:10:23
Craig matthews
And I think he's done well at right back to Timber, to be fair. I think he's done the other point of foot wrong.
00:10:27
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Yeah, I agree.
00:10:28
Craig matthews
but The only difference between Timba and um um Ben White is that Ben White better at attacking. As you said yesterday, Ben White is better at attacking and has a good link of the sack arm. When it comes to 1v1 duels, I would say Timba is better than Ben White when comes to 1v1 duels. When it comes to, like if a player taking them on, he knows how to put a tackle in their knees.
00:10:47
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yeah
00:10:48
Craig matthews
Very firm with the tackle, I would say. so Yeah, I think them two could push each other next season to give the manager a headache to start starting games.
00:11:00
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No, absolutely. I just want to quickly actually talk about the PSG goal because I mentioned it last week, but the build up to that goal was Timber getting kind of drawn out in a way um and it kind of then created the space for PSG to go and do what they needed to do ah how would you kind of discipline that that back line going into going into tomorrow night's game
00:11:14
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:11:26
Craig matthews
have a solid back fall. the two The two holders, that where Dembrede's going last year, Partey will be there tomorrow, so Partey would have to do a lot of work, a lot of back work, going back and forth, but just try and hold it down and cement it. Deca and Reis will go in the number eight role and he'll do his attacking and defending and try and get further off pitch.
00:11:48
Craig matthews
So I'll just say to that, I'll say to Reis, Partey,
00:11:52
Craig matthews
ah say's ah rise pause a Timba, Saliba, Kivio and Luis Cieli, you guys are the core of that defensive part of the game, you guys just keep it solid and just make sure Saka protects Timba and I know Martin does a good job defensively, he's not worried about Martin defensively, he does a good job helping his full-backs, tracking back and everything.
00:12:09
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Yeah.
00:12:16
Craig matthews
I'll say to them, just go out there and just keep it solid for the first minutes and if you're going to hit them on the counter-attack, go on the counter so I can get an early goal. I think if we get early goal tomorrow, they'll be rattled anyway. They'll have to go out all that attack.
00:12:30
Craig matthews
And if they out all that attack, we can hit them on the counter attack. That's I we're going to get our goals tomorrow as well.
00:12:35
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Do you know what? absolutely agree. I think going into tomorrow night's game, we we have to try and settle the game in the first five minutes. I think if we can try and keep possession and just play the ball around, and then I think if we can score within before the 20-minute mark, if we could get a goal, I think that would really put us in good steed because you look at potentially...
00:12:44
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:12:46
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:12:53
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:13:01
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You know, you look at, like, obviously, if we could get the early goal, it's just that silencer just to kind of get the Arsenal fans behind the team. And I just think early goal would make such a difference, wouldn't it?
00:13:16
Craig matthews
Definitely.
00:13:18
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Now, i go I look back to, like, the Villa game, and I do think to myself, if Villa can go and do what they've done at home against PSG... Surely we could replicate something. Now, I know we didn't, unfortunately, replicate it at home.
00:13:34
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But do you think the boys are going to be really fuelled after losing over the weekend?
00:13:42
Craig matthews
Well, they have to be because there's a lot of them are playing for their futures. As we said before, of them are playing for their futures.
00:13:47
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Yeah.
00:13:48
Craig matthews
I think that Bursa has looked at the squad now in the couple of weeks and I've looked at the squad, looked at the players. I think it at this point, the player wants to sign and the players looking to maybe... The thing is, if we can get the players that we need to get the summer, eventually we'll be much more stronger next season.
00:14:08
Craig matthews
For the players, competition will be good for players.
00:14:09
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yeah
00:14:11
Craig matthews
Competition is good for everyone. Everyone needs competition. So, if our competition they even manage a headache every week, from him picking the team. So that would be good and he could rotate matches. So certainly, we've got Champions League and play a certain play the Champions League.
00:14:24
Craig matthews
League game, League Cup, FA Cup, whatever have a competition, the squad will be a strong squad and that will help us further forward throughout the season.
00:14:33
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Yeah, you make it.
00:14:34
Craig matthews
you not i fun um No, no, no, no, no.
00:14:34
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That's that's gone.
00:14:38
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thought you going to say something else.
00:14:40
Craig matthews
um boom
00:14:41
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But yeah, no, you you make a very good point. I think this game is huge for us because it is, like we've said, it's all or nothing. And again...
00:14:53
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We've really got to kind of learn learn the lessons from from last week. And I think especially losing Bournemouth, that should be the firepower or, as I've kind of said, the kick up the backside that Arsenal need to kind of go and give it to PSG.
Importance of Scoring First Against PSG
00:15:11
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I just hope, you know, I understand that obviously, yes, we did concede early at the Emirates.
00:15:11
Craig matthews
hmm
00:15:16
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But if we can learn from that lesson, And also try and hopefully move on and get that first goal. I think the first goal will really kind of determine the tie in a way.
00:15:28
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You know, if we can get that first goal, it just eases us nicely. But if PSG then go and get that first goal, it does look like it's going to be very difficult to try and come back, especially from, especially you know, being 2-0 down. do you know what I mean? Yeah.
00:15:48
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But guys, we're going to take a quick break in the meantime. Craig's crates keeping a very firm eye on Inter Barcelona. I'm just watching Sky Sports News and just keep keeping an eye on the scores.
00:16:02
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um But we're all going to take a quick break in the meantime. um Join us in the next part as we continue to break down this second leg tie. And we'll also take a quick discussion ah about the Inter Barcelona game.
00:17:02
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OK, I don't know why this keeps doing this. This is so odd.
00:17:05
Craig matthews
um
00:17:06
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But welcome back, guys. um I'm here with the amazing Craig Matthews. And we are here to further discuss Arsenal's big, big Champions League Siami Finals second leg tie against PSG.
00:17:23
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Now, going into this game, we're both very optimistic. We're both very optimistic. And I think... the The fan base is quite mixed. I think we're very we are very optimistic that we can still go and do the job.
00:17:39
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But there are that small minority of Arsenal fans that think, well, sack Arteta after the weekend. they're still kind of Their heads are still in the clouds from the weekend. And they reckon that Arteta should get the sack.
00:17:49
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:17:52
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And funny enough, I was watching a video earlier on, right?
00:17:56
Craig matthews
her
00:17:56
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And my question is, if we was to get rid of Arteta,
00:18:02
Craig matthews
yeah
00:18:03
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I hope we don't, of honestly. But what would we do going forward, especially with our summer plans? Because, you know, we've brought in a new sporting director.
00:18:15
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He's been in close discussion with Arteta. And if if, say, for example, Arteta was to get the sack, i I don't think he... Of course, we don't think he will. But that would...
00:18:25
Craig matthews
the It would be a complete rebuild again.
00:18:27
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Like, where would we go going forward?
00:18:35
Craig matthews
It would be a massive rebuild because the new manager will come in with new ideas. One will have his own players and then players that's leaving will leave. don't think he will stay but I to say get sat.
00:18:46
Craig matthews
I don't think he will stay.
00:18:47
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Yeah.
00:18:48
Craig matthews
think I will definitely give a ticket to go to Madrid.
00:18:48
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Yeah.
00:18:51
Craig matthews
I will just say, you know what, will find my best at Arsenal. I want to move on. A lot of players are like, and the contract is supposed to be lot of players, like Sacco's got two years left, Mastemay's got two years left.
00:19:02
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yeah
00:19:03
Craig matthews
I think they extended, I would have seen contract recently, they a one-year extension, automatic extension, but not fully.
00:19:09
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yeah
00:19:10
Craig matthews
So, he's got another extra year on his contract, but Gabriel's got two years left after this season. and So, a lot players in that two-year bracket. where they could run down their contract and leave on a free transfer.
00:19:21
Craig matthews
So you would want you would want to see what the club do, extend their contracts. And I thought that, I don't know, I thought that if, I thought if he gets us to the final, I would go on to win it.
00:19:37
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Yeah.
00:19:39
Craig matthews
Like, he that would save him. same And that would help that would save him because The fan base has raised the vibe at the moment, a lot of fans are frustrated with him saying he hasn't won anything.
00:19:52
Craig matthews
But last season were very close to winning the league. The season before that was in the Wander League.
00:19:58
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yeah Oh yeah, definitely.
00:19:58
Craig matthews
Not last, the season before that was in Wander League.
00:19:59
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Yeah.
00:20:00
Craig matthews
We were the world probably disabled for a long time.
00:20:05
Craig matthews
light it It transformed us a lot from where we started, we were finishing eighth, eighth.
00:20:05
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yeah
00:20:10
Craig matthews
fifth, then then second, second, maybe second again this season again. But, yeah, so ah let's see what happens tomorrow.
00:20:25
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No, absolutely. i think, again, i think... i don't think tomorrow... so i still think... Whatever the result of... what Whatever happens tomorrow, i just...
00:20:38
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I don't know, but it's just whatever happens tomorrow, for those Arsenal fans that think that Arteta will get the sack tomorrow, I'll tell you this now, he won't. He won't get the sack because there are managers, ah her Big Ang, that are in a much worse off position than then he is.
00:20:47
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:20:57
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:20:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're in a much worse off position. And again, Arsenal would have put their trust in Arteta. They would of at least... they would have at least also tried to, you know, think ahead and thought, well, all right, well, we're going focus on the summer now.
00:21:14
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You know, we've got Andrea Berter in. We're going to think ahead to the summer. And just in general, you know, i just i just don't so i don't see us, honestly, don't see i don't see him getting the sack, especially when Arsenal have got...
00:21:33
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Big plans. Well, I'd like to hope we've got big plans to try and go and make some signings. There's been ah there's been one or two discussions over players leaving um and the potential incoming, which speaks actually, which does remind me, Jorginho.
00:21:51
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It has been revealed that Jorginho will go we join Flamengo on a free transfer. Craig, what just quickly, are your thoughts on that?
00:22:00
Craig matthews
I think he's been a good servant to the club, he's helped a lot the young players at the club but I think it's time for him to move on now because he's not getting any younger, he didn't get lot minutes this season.
00:22:07
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:09
Craig matthews
I feel like we need to freshen up the midfield this summer, I would say, tweak it a little bit. He was a good player in the show but all his trophies won and his experience being at Chelsea and Arsenal has got value from Mani to be fair.
00:22:25
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yeah
00:22:26
Craig matthews
they get value for money as a squad player, Donald Graves, or when coming in, he filled him a role when leading the team at times as well, and Odegaard was not on the pitch. So, you get give credit for that. But I don't think it's good for us to give another season, because it's on big wages as well, and it depends how many games we're going to next season. So, I think it's good for him that we we kind of let him move on and get this kind of freshening
00:22:50
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No, I think I do agree with you. I think Jorginho has been a great servant to the club. I think he's been... You know what? Some people have been really mixed, have got really mixed opinions on Jorginho.
00:23:02
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But I think whenever he's entered that field of play for Arsenal, he's always gone and made ah big difference, regardless of what he does, whether he scores, whether he defends really well.
00:23:06
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:23:13
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I think he's made such a good difference. And I think... He's been a great servant to the club. It comes to a point now where I think for me, what I would be doing going into this market now is trying to just focus on just trying to get rid of players that...
00:23:25
Craig matthews
Mm.
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
He doesn't need players that Arteta doesn't want. Just sell them on. Even if it's even if we don't get obviously, let's be honest, we're not going to get money back for certain players that we've bought and and so on.
00:23:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
But even if we just make a bit of profit or a bit of income, either way, it will go a long way towards our future, wouldn't it?
00:23:53
Craig matthews
Yeah, like, Fred Lai, Tomiyasu. ah lot What I like in these injuries, injuries have wrecked his career at Arsenal.
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's very injury prone, yeah. Absolutely.
00:24:05
Craig matthews
Who else? are Tierney's going on the three, Georgina's going on the three.
00:24:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:10
Craig matthews
I would love to see if they give part to a new contract. I don't know if they're going to give them new contract. I heard a discussion, I'm hearing a little discussion.
00:24:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:19
Craig matthews
I'll wait until the end of the season until it happens with that one. Who else will get sold in the summer as well? We've got players like Lokonga on loan.
00:24:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:29
Craig matthews
There's a decent piece of Ries Nelson.
00:24:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Rhys Nelson.
00:24:32
Craig matthews
um
00:24:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tavares, I believe.
00:24:33
Craig matthews
Pavard is still on loan as well. ah And we've got Fabio Vieira.
00:24:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:24:38
Craig matthews
I don't think it's going to be available to sit back into our system. I don't know. That's a very tricky one.
00:24:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel like... I feel like when he was... You know when he came on against Brentford, scored a great goal against Brentford? I feel like the system's kind of changed a little bit now since.
00:24:54
Craig matthews
If
00:24:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I do agree. I don't think he'd be able to fit into that system, unfortunately.
00:24:59
Craig matthews
you get decent money from them, then recruit the money you get from them, then offer the move. what That's like seven players I've been mentioned.
00:25:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:06
Craig matthews
that clearly would get at least maybe 60-70 million all of them maybe less maybe 50-60 hopefully yeah and get five or six replacement pharmacy quality as well maybe less maybe fifty six
00:25:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was thinking maybe 50, 60.
00:25:16
Craig matthews
ah
00:25:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd still quite take that. That adds, you know, the profit kind of adds in quite nicely.
00:25:20
Craig matthews
yeah
00:25:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
I wouldn't say no.
00:25:25
Craig matthews
and this would um yeah
00:25:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Would definitely not say no.
00:25:27
Craig matthews
and mean get five sixs quite replaced and pharma cent quarter worth lab we been linked with um the the certain made The attacking mid from Leicester. I can't say his name. ma The attacking mid.
00:25:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
um From Leicester?
00:25:42
Craig matthews
will His name is...
00:25:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is it Stefan Maffadidi?
00:25:46
Craig matthews
No, no, no. I think he's... Is he Algerian or Moroccan? His name starts with a K. Is it K? Hold on.
00:25:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
El Canoos?
00:25:56
Craig matthews
Yeah, we linked to him.
00:25:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
El Canoose. OK, that's that's news to me. at suppose maybe I try not to pay much attention, but ah it's so, you know, if you're listening to it on Sky Sports or whatever outlet, it's not.
00:26:05
Craig matthews
yeah
00:26:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just you hear it and you think, will we go ahead with it?
00:26:13
Craig matthews
i like i mean yeah yeah well who do we go for got optional gokarez we've got an optional isac got optional um
00:26:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
do you know i mean? There's there's talks of so much, so much going on this summer. But I don't know. i just for me, we've said it so many times on this show, but we need a striker.
00:26:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's evident, isn't it?
00:26:35
Craig matthews
Well, it's not going to happen. don't think they can't be on the cell.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Izak's not going to happen, no.
00:26:39
Craig matthews
So, if we've seen Godkara and Victor Osman and maybe the guy from Lapsic Jessica, it's with them three, thought.
00:26:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Cesco.
00:26:48
Craig matthews
The thing is, if we have to bring someone that can fit in that can slot in straight away and fit into the system straight away...
00:26:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah, and that's why part of me thinks that if we were to go for someone like Jokeres, I think he would slot in quite nicely. The thing is, though, we'd probably have him for, what, maybe...
00:27:02
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:27:05
Craig matthews
Five years, four years?
00:27:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
At a push, maybe four or five years, probably. And I think that would be it.
00:27:10
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:27:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then we'd have to just go and sign someone. um But again, we need someone that's ready-made and ready to go.
00:27:17
Craig matthews
Yeah, definitely.
00:27:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know what I mean? um Just quickly, now, just turning attention back to the PSG game. If you was Arteta now in that changing room and you and you had to give your final speech to the players, what would you be telling them before they head out?
00:27:36
Craig matthews
I have a dream that we're going to win this game. Have a motivational speak. Have someone like a Martin Luther King speech or something. Something that's the inspirational or anything that's in inspirational that will get the person fired up or something that fire them up and say, listen, this the most important game.
00:27:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:51
Craig matthews
This is my my my job is to be impacted by this and your career, your future careers on the line at this football club. This is massive game.
00:27:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:28:00
Craig matthews
There's something that will resonate to the players and stick in their heads throughout the whole game and get them fired up for this game because it's a massive game, the semi-final Champions League. Next season, you'll definite know.
00:28:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, absolutely. You're spot on there. You're absolutely spot on. And I think... Yeah, if I was Arteta, I would be, I'd be quite passionate.
00:28:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I would really kind of show my passion and be like, right, you go out there, you know, he kind of said it on the All or Nothing documentary, which was, you win every duel, you win every battle, you win this, you win that.
00:28:31
Craig matthews
Yeah. No.
00:28:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And really, yeah, I think he's just, he's got to give it everything. um For me, I just really hope, if we can, Look, if we could have an entertaining game, not a game that's similar to Inter Barcelona right now, but if we were just go out there and have a good game of football and really kind of show...
00:28:46
Craig matthews
yeah
00:28:50
Craig matthews
no
00:28:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think if we, you know, we we stunned the footballing world when we went to Madrid, we beat Real Madrid home and away. If we could go to PSG and do the exact same and just shock the footballing world, oh my gosh, I'd be here for it.
00:29:03
Craig matthews
I
00:29:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd be here for it.
00:29:14
Craig matthews
think a lot of Arsenal fans will be here for it tomorrow. I think if we beat TSV tomorrow and get to the final, and then whoever will get into a Barca, that's why they'll be Inter, but we have to put on the show. I'll win it.
00:29:28
Craig matthews
If we get to the final, we have to go and win it. You can't go to the final.
00:29:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
00:29:30
Craig matthews
It's not great.
00:29:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
and that's And that's another thing as well.
00:29:31
Craig matthews
ah
00:29:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
with With the final, it's ah it's a straight shootout. there's no
00:29:36
Craig matthews
oh
00:29:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
there's no There's no cushion of, oh, OK, well, if we lose 1-0, we've got the second leg. It's a straight battle.
00:29:43
Craig matthews
No.
00:29:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we've got to go and give it absolutely everything possible, haven't we?
00:29:45
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:29:51
Craig matthews
Definitely. Inter's not a bad team. They're very good team. The manager's done but a good... I know they're not for age in players in the team, but his system works hard. They want to play.
00:30:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. Absolutely. You're spot on there. I think Inzaghi's got everything kind of timed down to the T. He's got a team that plays such good football as well.
00:30:10
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:30:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's, do you know what? Not a lot of people have spoken enough about Inter and Barcelona, respectfully. You know, lot of people have been speaking about, you know, the big teams like City and Real Madrid and so on. But no one's actually spoken about Inter or Barca. I mean, both of us have actually discussed about...
00:30:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, Barcelona and how well they've been doing. And, you know, we we both said actually at the start of this Champions League format that we reckon that we see Barcelona winning it. And at the minute, it's in the balance right now.
00:30:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, you know, there's not long left to go.
00:30:48
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:30:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we'll see. but We're going to take a quick break. And in the meantime, when we come back, we will be talking about the other semi-final second leg between in Inter Milan and Barcelona.
00:31:44
Craig matthews
Second.
00:31:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, welcome back to this third and final part. I'm speechless right now because it has finished Inter Milan 4, Barcelona 3.
00:31:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
three Wow, Inter Milan making it into the final, the Champions League final. It is, wow, what a game.
00:32:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
What a game of football.
00:32:12
Craig matthews
second
00:32:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Over two legs as well. Let's take this into consideration. Over two legs of football.
00:32:18
Craig matthews
and
00:32:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
3-3, finishing seven six on aggregate. Wow, what a game. Just quickly, I'll tell you the goal scorers for Inter.
00:32:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
So Martinez kicked things off in the 21st minute. Then Chalanoglu scored a penalty to make it then 2-0. ah Then Barcelona went and scored three quick three goals to respond in the 87th minute.
00:32:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
rough It was Garcia just before the hour mark. On the hour mark, it was Dani Olmo. And then Rafinha went and scored with minutes left.
00:33:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Inter Milan were like, you know what? We're not done just yet. Went and bagged the equaliser. In the final, was it was it the final kick of the game?
00:33:12
Craig matthews
woman left
00:33:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Through a survey? Yep. And then as we were recording, as we were as we were just recording, we then told you that Fratezi went and scored.
00:33:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And as a result, it is now meant that Inter Milan will be in the final.
Inter Milan's Victory Over Barcelona
00:33:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
against the winners of Arsenal PSG. But what a game of football, Craig. I mean,
00:33:42
Craig matthews
Yep. And that's in the second final.
00:33:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
i'm genuinely stunned. I didn't see any of the game. ah Craig has stressed it on me to watch the highlights. So I will be watching the highlights. Oh, will. I most definitely will. But Craig, what a game of football.
00:34:01
Craig matthews
it.
00:34:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
you You kind of describe this as, what, the best semi-final you've probably watched?
00:34:06
Craig matthews
Yep. Got something that's up there. It's up there. One of the best. I think one of the best goals. drama everything
00:34:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
What more could you ask for?
00:34:18
Craig matthews
yeah
00:34:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
What more could you ask for?
00:34:20
Craig matthews
yeah and
00:34:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, we said it. We we both said this. We said this leap we set this just before we went into the ad break. We both thought Barcelona were going to win.
00:34:32
Craig matthews
and
00:34:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's it's heartbreaking. It's actually... you know what, though? Heartbreaking see them go out. But, again, this Inter Milan side are something else, aren't they? They have... Inzaghi's got this team really cooking, haven't they?
00:34:48
Craig matthews
Yeah, and it's his second final in three years because he got to the final against City two seasons ago.
00:34:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Yep.
00:34:56
Craig matthews
Two seasons ago, he lost it. So his record two finals in a couple of years, not bad.
00:35:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, absolutely. And I mean, this, and also this Inter Milan team, little bit different to what they were two years ago.
00:35:12
Craig matthews
Yeah, they had the car-couled the last time in the final and they had an honouring goal, I remember correctly. It's different Inter team now, but I don't know, man.
00:35:23
Craig matthews
They've got aging squad, but Italian teams always seem to do well in European competitions when it comes to Champions League.
00:35:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
so true.
00:35:29
Craig matthews
Milan used to dominate it, now Inter back in doing their thing again. And they won it in 2000. What was the last time they won it? They won against Bayern.
00:35:40
Craig matthews
then
00:35:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
two thousand and 2009?
00:35:42
Craig matthews
Nine, nine, nine. Yeah, it was nine, I think it was. Or was it 11th?
00:35:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Milito.
00:35:46
Craig matthews
Melito final, yeah.
00:35:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was the Milito final, I remember. I remember watching that game live and I just thought... And I looked at Milito and I thought, wow, what a player. You know, going back to what you were saying, you know, this Inter team have an ageing squad, but...
00:36:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
They play such great football, don't they?
00:36:06
Craig matthews
They do.
00:36:08
Craig matthews
If we get them in the final, that would be an interesting final if we get them the final. If we beat the PSG tournament in the final, that would be...
00:36:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
What a final that will be.
00:36:18
Craig matthews
Yeah. I can't even call it.
00:36:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
What a final.
00:36:20
Craig matthews
I wouldn't know if I could call that final. I'd have to sit on defence on that one. I was like, you know, the other difficult to find for Paul?
00:36:32
Craig matthews
Hmm.
00:36:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that would be so difficult. I think for for that game as well, it would be, it kind of take my mind back to the Europa League final in a way.
00:36:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, played some great football. We played some great football in this competition. And, you know, we we really came up top trumps against Chelsea in that final. But I think this is a much better team, a much stronger team.
00:36:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
But again, for us, it's that focus for us will be PSG. If we could get a result against PSG, and especially as we've got experience playing Inter in this in the league phase, I think that could help us massively going into going into the next, literally going into the final season.
00:37:11
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:37:20
Craig matthews
I agree.
00:37:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Craig, I have to ask you though, before before we finish up, I have to ask for a score prediction. It's 1-0 to PSG at the minute, but I have to ask for a score prediction. What is your score prediction for tomorrow?
Predictions for Arsenal's Match Against PSG
00:37:36
Craig matthews
2-0 Arsenal. I'll go in three. Yeah.
00:37:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, he's bold. He's bold.
00:37:42
Craig matthews
I've got 2-0.
00:37:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Craig's bold. So he reckons it will be a 2-1 aggregate win to Arsenal.
00:37:46
Craig matthews
Yeah.
00:37:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I see this game...
00:37:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh
00:37:54
Craig matthews
It's hard, isn't it? It's hard, isn't it?
00:37:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you know what?
00:37:56
Craig matthews
It's hard.
00:37:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Actually, I will go. I'm going three one I'm going 3-1 Arsenal.
00:38:03
Craig matthews
ah thought I thought i about saying that, uppu I don't know, I'm not sure, but I think 2-0 would be comfortable for me.
00:38:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
i my My gut tells me 3-1 Arsenal.
00:38:10
Craig matthews
would a good result because we should be so ahead of it anyway, so we'll be fine. But we have to score we have to school first tomorrow, we can't let them score first.
00:38:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:38:18
Craig matthews
They'll score first.
00:38:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
We have to score first and we have to score early, don't we?
00:38:22
Craig matthews
Yeah, first and early, it's quite that noise in the stadium and then get the second and third. If it goes to 3-1 or 2-0, go for the win. close for the world
00:38:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:38:30
Craig matthews
get to the final and then until the final we get to the field when we get to that stage when we get to that final yeah hmm
00:38:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
absolutely absolutely but We'll find out this time tomorrow night. We will find out what will happen. And boy, it's fair to say we are absolutely pumped for this game.
00:38:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Best believe as soon as football training finishes tomorrow night, I will be rushing back home like no tomorrow. Best believe.
00:38:59
Craig matthews
her
00:38:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
But guys, that is it for today's show. Have you liked what we've had to say? We'd love to hear your thoughts on social media. As always, do get in contact. We'd love to hear your thoughts. We'll definitely get them involved um on ah on the next episode.
00:39:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:39:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
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