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22:14Julien Laurens:okay maybe maybe maybe have Jorre there instead of Maguire let's be honest but certainly for the midfield and the front players I like this and I think there's something in there yeah I the pieces are there but there's still pieces that don't fit Bruno in front of the back four or in front of the defence is stealth yeah but for now there's nothing I know but for now there's nothing better yeah no no but you have to start working your way out of it There's nothing better because what? Because we decided Ugarte is worthless? Because Magno... I mean, obviously he doesn't... No, no, but yeah. He doesn't trust Ugarte or Magno.

22:52Yeah. But they can't get into this idea that if they string some results together, they have to go knocking at Mr. Wilcox's door and say, we still need help in midfield. This does not change that.

23:06Julien Laurens:But you think it would be addressed in January. It's a difficult time to do something because they need a big player. Let's be honest. There's no point going to sign you or me to play in that midfield. To be honest, this is where I disagree. And this is a United thing. An average player won't be better than Bruno in that position. This is what happened. I'm asking you not to... Paul Kazamiri. This was the... When Ralf Rangnick was there, I think we both know the story, he wanted to take players on loan. And they're like, yeah, we're United. We don't take guys on loan. We don't have a budget, but we don't...

23:35You have to forget. You have to be a little more humble about this. You have to understand that if you can't get the player you want, if you have to take somebody, a mid-career, a veteran guy on loan to do what Casemiro does or Casemiro does to play every game. I'm just saying this exactly. You go and you do that and then you make your long-term. They have to get rid of the stupid idea that big clubs don't do that. Bro, you don't qualify for the Champions League again. You are what you are.

24:03Julien Laurens:You're a club that finished. I hear you. I don't know. They are home to Brighton on the weekend. I don't know if it's Saturday or Sunday, which suddenly becomes huge because you could also see Ursula going there and Brighton play them out of the park because United will have to play differently than they did at Anfield. And then we go back to square one again. And I just think it's going to be fascinating. I don't think Baléba needs another edition, does he?

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26:45Julien Laurens:Nah Bayern were too good too too good I think for Dortmund apart from the last 10 minutes maybe when it was a little bit tense because of that Brian goal to make it 2-1 but even if they don't score that second one even at 1-0 up I don't think Dortmund come back So sorry so you're saying that like I don't think Dortmund were good enough to get a draw there anyway through the whole game. I think it was pretty obvious. It was 1-0. If Bellingham doesn't make that mistake, then you're saying, then what? Then Brandt doesn't score? Yeah, how do you know that Brandt scores after anyway? He does. He did?

27:16Julien Laurens:So did Olysee. You can't tell me if that doesn't happen, if the Olysee goal doesn't happen, you're sure that Brandt scores after. Well, I'm pretty sure that if he doesn't leave Brandt, this is the other thing, he comes out there. I thought Bayern in the first time, I mean, Dortmund had zero shots on there. It was such a domination. But then in the second half, they started playing. Yeah, but as you know, we've seen this before, right? From Bayern, yeah. This is when they risk beating themselves. That's what I would be... That's what I would worry about. It's deeply that they kind of can't keep it up, or they just take a little bit for granted and just try to control the game instead of keeping attacking and attacking.

27:55It's how you're this, or maybe Dormier are better than they thought we were. I'm just surprised that you only send on Brandt at the very end and he scores straight away. The Bellingham move, by the way, I don't understand. You know you've got your back. Clear it high.

28:11Julien Laurens:Don't clear it low and across your goal. I spoke about it with Nader Manua, who was obviously at the game for ESPN. He said there's nothing else he can do, really. Because I thought, oh, no, I'm sticking it. No, this is stupid. This is a really, really bad mistake. I disagree. And I think this is people sticking up for each other. I disagree. From Kane to Herding Island, he scores two as Manchester City beat Everton 2-0. but Gap, Pep Guardiola says it's time for others to score too, if possible. Well, you've asked about this, and I don't think it's a scoring so much, but Holland, okay, Manchester City players have scored 15 goals this season, right?

28:41There's two on the top of that. Holland has scored 11 of them. In the Champions League, they've scored four. Holland has scored three of them. Guardiola says, look, they're still creating chances and stuff. I'm not sure, though, that they are to that degree. I think they are very Holland-focused. There is an alibi there. Obviously, De Bruyne is gone. Some of the creative players, Ryan Scherke's been injured, came back. Bernardo Silva's kind of been in and out. Foden is still up and down. I think once they master that, then they're going to have more creative patterns of play. And then I think other people will get good shots.

29:18But right now, it's all Haaland. And Haaland scored twice, and he also squandered. He should have scored four. He should have scored four. Easily. I don't know what we're seeing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I agree. A late Kylian Mbappé goal, and then even later, Thibaut Courtois saved and nearly saw him injured, by the way. Yeah. Gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win away to Getafe, who end up with nine men. Dios, they're back on top of the table, but this was rough.

29:40Julien Laurens:Yeah, this was tough. And one, it was not a good watch at all, to be fair to us, watching and trying to analyze it. I'm not sure what Xabi saw, but the question, I mean, the first question after the game in his press conference and in his flash interviews was like, you're so dependent on Kylian Mbappé, which is true. That's 11 games in a row now for club and country, where he's decisive. Without him, I mean, the way I saw when Rodrigo started with Maston Torno, nobody could dribble in that team. Vinicius came on, zero dribble out, four tried, attempted, sorry. It's only Mbappé making things happen in this team.

30:13Julien Laurens:And Goula then obviously came on and gave him that really good ball for the goal. But there's still so much for them, I think, to work on because you can't just rely on one guy because there are days where Mbappe won't score. What I would say a little bit is Valverde deputizing it right back, where I think he's good, but he doesn't seem to want to play there. Yeah. We had Camavinga's first start of the season. We had Bellingham's second start of the season. Maybe there's some chemistry there. Yeah, I think that plays a tough team too. By the way, Alan Neom, I mean, this is like straight out of NHL ice hockey in 1970.

30:48He sent on the goon. Like, it felt like he was sent on simply to hurt Vini and straight away he gets sent off. That was pretty surreal. Paris Bonham Bred,

31:00Julien Laurens:Angelo and Boni, of course I was going to mention he didn't put in your cricket. Scores the only goal as Inter Milan win away to Roma 1-0, Gab. Where have all Christian Cuvie critics gone? The CCCs? Yeah. I don't know, they're all silent. No, look, it's not easy. I think the criticism to some degree should still be there. Inter scored early. Roma had their chances I think the worst thing Inter can do is we got there Gasparini made it difficult for them Roma I think a draw would have been a fair result but the big thing for Inter is between Bonny and Pio Esposito, they have a B team at strikers that you can get excited for and who knows, might be your long term solutions too once Turam and Lautaro are gone Arsenal stay top of the Premier League as Leandro Trossard's scoffed shot gives them a 1-0 win away to Fulham Jules, as I see it, Arsenal were extremely lucky with a goal, but they also deserve the three points because sometimes more than one thing can be true.

32:01Julien Laurens:Yeah, absolutely. And it was a tough game against a team that hardly attacks, to be fair, like Fulham, even at home. But I think they managed, I thought they managed the game well. Yeah, they got a bit lucky on that goal, but there's other chances that they should have taken that they didn't. But, you know, I think this team is moving in the right direction for sure. They're so solid. They're the best defence by far, not just in England, but in Europe too. They're so solid. They don't give anything away to the opposition. And I thought that was very impressive in that sense. With the ball, especially with Eze playing now in the Odegaard position, there's more to come.

32:36Julien Laurens:But yeah, I thought it was good. I don't like Eze in that. I like Eze a lot. I don't like Eze in that position. I'd love it if there was a way to try and win Eri there. But Odegaard is missed. Milan by Fiorentina, 2-1 on Sunday. and go top of Serie A. But Gab, I have sensed you're going to have a goal at Paul Santi Jimenez. Yep. Absolutely. Look, I'll get the takeaways out of the way first. Rafael Leal scored an absolute wonder goal, which is good. And then he scored the penalty and Fiorentina, who had a 1-0 lead, fall 2-1 and Milan go top of the table. Now, a lot of mitigating circumstances through Max Allegri for the goal that we see.

33:11In Juiz? Yeah, no Rabiot, no Pulisic. You know, basically had four starters missing. Yeah. Okay, fine. But Santi Jimenez, the Fiorentina defender of Parisi, it looks like his hand maybe brushes his cheek. Santi Jimenez goes down, clutching his face. The referee, who sees it in real time, assesses the situation, says no foul. The guy at the VAR, whose name is Abiso, which literally means abyss, as in like the depths of the ocean, as in like the depths of stupidity, realizes, ooh, there must be a clear and obvious mistake, because poor Santi Jimenez is clutching his face, calls him over. Referee looks at it again a second time, says, whoa, if he called me over, it must have been a mistake.

33:58And they were the penalty last course. Fiorentina absolutely furious, as so they should be. I'm going to take my answer on Jimenez. Dude, you're cheating. Not the first time you've done this. Not the first time. You can't have it both ways. You can't be Mr. Angelic, I talk to God, God talks to me, and at the same time behave like this. This isn't cheating winning a foul. This is just really unseemly. I honestly, I wish Allegri would just shelf the guy and say, this is embarrassing to us. Especially shelf him when Pulisic is back, because you don't need him, maybe. Ronaldo Raojo has to transform himself into an emergency center forward for Barca-Girona, off the bench, no less, to beat Salih Buellin-Girona 2-1.

34:39Jules, this was ugly. This was a dad from Barca. Hansi Flick also got himself suspended for the Classico in a very stupid way.

34:45Julien Laurens:Yeah, very stupid way. Got sent off and won't be there, as you're right, will be in the stands for the Classico next weekend. Maybe his assistant, the guy I don't like, the guy who looks like a Jens Lehmann. Yeah, yeah. Poor performance from Barca. Is it being back from the international break or with the Champions League coming up or the Classico coming up. I don't know. They got lucky. It's a nice goal in the end is the way it's built, the cross by De Jong and that number nine finish by Arrojo coming from nowhere. Really great run from him. Great finish in the 92nd or 91st minute or something.

35:22Julien Laurens:But yeah, you're right. It was not deserved really against the Giroud team that is not a good team. No. Who's not doing well this season. So one win this season for Giroud. Yeah. And I have to say, obviously play the 17-year-old Tony up front. He's not good. I want to pick on the guy. He comes in the fourth division. Why? The issues run deeper than Flick, right? We can go about Flick, Highline, ha ha ha, whatever. Why are you sending him a team where Ferran Torres and Lewandowski is out and he feels like it's the right thing to do to chuck the 17-year-old kid in there who is not like 17-year-old and look, people think he's a man.

35:56He's not. He's just a dude. He's not good enough. Also, at some point, chickens come home to the roof Kubaski and Garcia. Paul Kubaski, not good in this. So you knock it on the Girona goal. Yeah, I think the worst thing you can do if you're Barcelona is not just blame everything on Flick. No. Yeah, I don't think they do either. He's just, yeah, they just go away with it. But at the same time,

36:16Julien Laurens:Pedri, that goal, yeah. Pedri is a special. Chelsea's called three after the break to win away at Nottingham for us. Gabben Zomaresca needed to switch it up at halftime though. Yeah, this is the same crap as before. You got players missing and your B team is not good. And look, he tried Andre Santos behind Joe Pedro. That was a bit of a disaster. That's not his position, though. Well, dude, somebody's got to play there. I looked better when Marky, who of all you have played, he makes the run. And he was good. He was just making the run. I think he's what Pedro needed. There's no Enzo Fernandez.

36:48There's no Cole Palmer. Defensively, all over the shop. And by the way, people can pick on Ashampong and Chalaba. It's not just them. It's these fullbacks around them. Malagusto, Rhys James, not a good game. We did have a Romeo-Lavia siding.

37:02Julien Laurens:When Corsillo came on, you saw the difference. They can't play without Corsillo. Sticking with Nottingham Forest, Ange Postekoglu is out, OUT, out of a job that's just 39 days. Mr. Marinakis has seen enough, Jules. Enough. 20 minutes after that defeat, 39 words, statement from Nottingham Forest for 39 days, in charge of disastrous, to be fair, tenure of Ange Postekoglu no wins in eight, the quickest manager sacking in the history of the Premier League or something like that. I know there are chances and I know they played decently in the first half. For me, it was because Chelsea were abject because of what you just explained in the previous answer.

37:43Julien Laurens:It was just not good enough. The players were not on board with Postecoglu. He wanted to change things too quickly. He was not smart enough. His communication was dreadful again. And it's the same mistakes being poor on set pieces. He's got this dain for set piece. He doesn't want to work on set pieces. This is not good enough. His teams are the teams that concede the most goals on the return after the break for a reason because he can't motivate the players enough after the break. I don't know. There's so many things that were pointing out that this was inevitable for me. Obvious question. Did you need this game to learn this about Ange?

38:19No. If you were going to sack him, sack him at the start of the break.

38:22Julien Laurens:Yeah, you're right. Absolutely. And I think Sean Dash is coming, which I think should be fair. Or no. Or no. Cesc Fabregas, como dan Juventus 2-0. Absolutely, the knives are out for Igor Tudor. There's also a mini-war of words with Cesc. Yeah, okay. So Juventus had a bunch of absentees, but guess what? So did como. Como had four wingers and they were all out. Okay, so don't give me this. So yeah, this explains why Rugani was playing, which not something you never want to see. See that, no. If you're a Juve fan, oh, he's a handsome man. And he's a nice guy, too. Igor Tudor, before the game. Hey, look, let me go and wind up Cesc.

38:57He's like, well, the Como manager can go and buy whatever players he wants in the world, and they'll just get him for him. She doesn't mention Cesc by name. I'm like, dude, I know for a fact you know who Cesc is. So I think that kind of annoyed Cesc. Cesc later fired back, saying, well, he's under a lot of pressure. He needs to win all the time. We'll see how it works out. But Como wiped the floor with Juve. Nico Pazian, again, Nicole, he's out of this world. It is too Como have spent a lot of money. But guess what? but they've also, Cesc has also improved a lot of players who have not cost a lot of money.

39:30And again, this Jonathan David, Lopenda. Vlaovic on for 13 minutes. Lopenda rooted to the bench when you're losing. Really? Canaan Yildiz playing so wide. A lot of this is on you, Igor. And now you got Real Madrid next. This was way, way back on Friday, but Paris Saint-Germain had to come from two goals down at home against Strasbourg to draw 3-3. Josie, you're still going to blame injuries in the Club World Cup?

39:57Julien Laurens:Well, I mean, this was a C-team again by Luis Enrique on the pitch, to be fair, against... Warren Thayer, and we thank you when you call him Mr. C-team. The man with the cap for France. Yeah, but he would not start if everybody was fit. That's as simple as that. And neither would be 80 % of the team that played on Friday. But, Strasbourg are a very good team. Liam Rosigno is doing an amazing job. They were 3-1 up with 25 minutes to go or something. Then 3-2 up. PSG came back. Mayudo scored again, which is lovely to see one of the games of the weekend without that wonderful, wonderful kind of level.

40:30Julien Laurens:And this Strasbourg team is going to go far, really far. And for PSG, you limit the damage really by getting a draw because with all the players missing, there was not other match and the Champions League coming up, obviously. I think Lucho was happy with what he saw in the end. Do you think we can naturalise Strasbourg centre forward? Panickeli? Italy, yeah. Yeah, maybe. I'm sure the guy's got an Italian name. Yeah, I'm sure, I'm sure. I'll have a look for you. We've done well with naturalized Argentina. Yeah, that's true. Atletico Madrid leave it late, but Giuliano Simeone sets up Thiago Almada's winner and San Yen Oblak does the race against Osasuna, Gab.

41:05It's ridiculous. Yeah. From Oblak at the very end. I don't think Atletico Madrid were bad. I don't blame Simeone for setting up the way he did. You give Koke the star. You try things out. In the end, this is why you have a deep team. So you can turn to your bench. Simeone, by the way. Lovely move to set up. I'll just tap it. Yeah, let's go. O, O, O, O 'Reilly! Check engine, ABS, or maintenance light on? Take the guesswork out of your warning lights with O 'Reilly Veriscan. The service is free and provides a report with solutions verified by ASE-certified master technicians. And if you need help, we could recommend a shop for you.

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43:31Julien Laurens:I would say neither, Gab. I don't think there was anything genius in Unai Emery. I just scored two goals from a 0.3 XG. You've seen Natty Cash at those passes. You've seen Luka Dean juggle like that. I don't know how he died. Was it intentional? I don't know. The first control, yeah, but his second touch. First control, yeah. First control, difficult and special. The second one, the way he just bounces off his foot. It's like, maybe that. If Messi does that, I buy it. Or Neymar. I agree. But still, I mean, look, I think Paris is born and bred. So obviously very special human being. I thought this was a poor game from start to finish, really.

44:09Julien Laurens:I thought it was poor from Spurs being at home, which is not new. We saw that against Wolves, against Bournemouth. They clearly have problems at home. We go back to what we've said before. when they have the ball, a lot of it, they don't really know what to do. Xavi Simmonds was not good if Kudus doesn't do something and I know he crosses the ball on the first goal but this is difficult for them and despite the changes that Thomas Frank made, there was not really any difference and in the end, to be fair, I think a draw is probably a fair result more than the Villa win. Yeah, Matisse Tell, I don't, I don't understand Matisse Tell ahead of Kolo Mwani.

44:45I'm just, I'm going to assume they're all, I'm sure both, are they both Paris-born and bred? Both Paris-born and bred, of course. So you're a special human being?

44:51Julien Laurens:Yeah, absolutely. But at least they scored before the international break, then scored with the under-21s during the break. Colomani's what? The PlayStation? You saw Colomani coming on. Yeah. Exactly. But I think you're loading a lot of pressure on Xavi Simons, which he clearly doesn't seem to be ready for, because there's nobody in midfield right now, with the injured players, of course, who has any kind of personality coupled with technical ability, right? Well, I meant encore. A little bit. He's not, he wants to be the leader, but he's not. So maybe Bergvall has to play, but then I don't like Bergvall.

45:25Julien Laurens:So when you play at home, you need a 10 in that role. You can't have a runner like Bergvall or Papé Matassar. You need somebody with creativity. Especially when your wingers are all runners. Well, yeah, yeah. But like, you know, I mean, Kudos is not a runner, but if Kudos doesn't really do anything, you need that which worked against Leeds away didn't work in this game but it's yeah I think it's a it's a warning sign a little bit for Spurs and for Thomas Frank Great weekend for the Simeone family we mentioned Atletico already have we or not this is the yeah we mentioned Atletico already yeah that's it but Gio Giovanni Simeone his goal gives Torino the win over Napoli on Saturday and Antonio Conte says his team was too pretty what does that mean?

46:05First of all I want to just take a moment on Gio Simeone had a difficult time so homesick that when he left Naples, he made sure that they kept sending him the same coffee that they had at the training ground, FaceTiming the staff and whatever. Dude's not even from Naples. He just played there for a while and wasn't even that good when he was there. True. And Naples, I guess, gets in your heart. Go ask Rafa Benitez about that. As in that, Boliconta says, oh, my team was too pretty. We tried to play a little too much or whatever. I don't know why you're saying this. You tried to play too much. day, meaning what?

46:41You passed and created shots and didn't score. The reason they lost this game, I thought, is simply a quality issue. Billy Gilmour not as good as Stanislav Lovarca. McTominay being out means that you have to go with the two wingers to play with Luka, which is a good choice, but your wingers weren't good on this day. Maybe we should have seen Politano earlier. Luka had a nightmare. You couldn't get in the ball. And I think this generally explains it. All this said, it's telling about Conte that he always goes back to the same thing. Not aggressive enough. Not ugly enough. Work harder. Yeah, I don't know if he's playing us

47:16Julien Laurens:or if he's being played when he says that. Is it nine goals in nine games in Serie A this weekend? That was not talking about pretty. It's not over yet. It's not over yet. You have to come on, man. We have new leaders in Ligue 1, Jules. Yes. And it's not Paris Saint-Germain. No. Mason Greenwood scores four goals and Marseille beat Le Havre 6-2. I believe it's four teams within two points. Yeah, that's right. Very exciting. Top of the table in Ligue 1. Marte did well. Le Havre down to 10 men after 30 minutes when the score was 1-1. So there was only going to be one win. Is that guy related to Hugo Lloris?

47:54Julien Laurens:Yeah, it's his brother. That's why it's a bad weekend because if you saw Hugo Lloris' blunder with LAFC, big mistake. Then his brother got sent off the day before. Not a good weekend for the Lloris'. It's a good weekend, we say, for Simeone's family. Not for the Lloris' family. and Greenwood, I mean, outstanding. We would have scored some of those goals. Let's be clear here. There's one penalty. There's a couple of tap-ins, but there's one really good finish too. Right foot, left foot. He's so quick. He's so electric when he wants to be, again, because he's the attitude. Sometimes he doesn't really, he's a bit nonchalant on the pitch, but incredible talent that they have.

48:29Julien Laurens:And Marseille top of the table. Does that be very happy? We have Strasburg and Lange, two points behind, yeah. Lange who lost away at Nice, but really are in there. They were being lucky to lose. Lens, no European football. Marseille, no European football. Marseille have Champions League. Oh, that's right. They have Sporting, yeah. And Lyon have the Europa League. So, yes. Strasbourg have the Conference League. So, it will be good. Even these got closer now. Monaco, you know, we're waiting to see with a new manager. But, yes, it's going to be a very interesting season. Graham Potter has been confirmed that the new Sweden manager, Gab, is going back to his roots.

49:05Yes. obviously before that. Graham Potter is actually the weird English football type that actually went to university or whatever. I think he coached the university team in Hull or whatever. Yeah, Stoke or something. In football, actually, he went to Ostersen when they were in like the third or fourth division. It's not a fully romantic story because it was a guy putting money into the team. But he revolutionized him, put him on the map and took off from there. Now he's going back to Sweden. I want to say I wish him well, but they could be playing Italy in the playoffs. so I don't want to see that.

49:38But yeah, obviously Sweden need to be punching much higher than that. And it's not just Jokic and Isak. I think top to bottom, this is a team that should be going to the World Cup. And it's a good opportunity, I think, for Potti. Just as a deal through their World Cup qualification, which could be at the World Cup or could be before that. And then he'll be on the market again. What's up between Crystal Palace and Bournemouth, Jules? Boom, boom, boom. Mateta's in the room as he bags a hat-trick. But then he misses the chance of the Lever 4-3 win. I felt bad for him. How about that, Ali Kruppi?

50:08Julien Laurens:Yeah, Ali Kruppi Jr., who's 19 years old and scored a brace. Ali Kruppi Jr. His dad was called the same. His dad was a really good player. This guy's better. I mean, yeah, but he was good when he was 16, 17. He played in Ligue 1 and in Ligue 2 when he was 17. He was amazing in the championship last year. Obviously, Bournemouth own Lorient, so it was easy for them to get him. I think he had to wait for his time to start in the Premier League and he played a little bit, but that was his first start. And then he was outstanding. I thought he's so good technically. Yeah, I can't wait to see how far he can go because it's very early, obviously.

50:48All this creepy chat means that you avoid mentioning the miss from France's Olympic centre forward.

50:56Julien Laurens:So what a week, first of all, for Jean-Philippe Mateta, scoring for France on his first start on Monday night. Then this hat-trick, his second in the Premier League in his career. really good I mean the first goal is what you expect from the first two goals then the penalty but then maybe the easiest is the one that he should have scored at the end and I felt bad for him because I think he tries too hard and eats too strongly and he doesn't need to and yeah they would have won the game I don't think like yeah it's noticeably the chance to win the game but his miss is when I thought the Gakpo miss was far worse than this one oh similar I would put them on the same bat no?

51:31Julien Laurens:yeah I think I don't but yeah it's a shame Jean-Philippe you should be very happy with it. Yeah, yeah. And celebrate, be positive. Yeah. Local law enforcement have banned Maccabee Tel Aviv fans from traveling to Birmingham to face Aston Villa in the Europa League on November the 6th, Gab. But the British government isn't happy. Yeah, so this is a bit of a theme. So essentially, there's two ways that away fans can suffer travel bans. One is if UEFA inflicts it on them, usually because of bad behavior in previous matches. The other one is because the local police force, and it's slightly different from place to place, it'll be the police force in conjunction with football intelligence, local politicians, whatever.

52:18They decide, no, we won't want these away fans here. Obviously, with Maccabi Tel Aviv, there's a history given what happened when they went to Amsterdam last year, there was a backlash. The local police in Birmingham, or the people responsible in Birmingham have decided that they don't want them. The British government is saying they're not happy in both parties, both conservatives and Labour. I haven't heard from the other guy yet, but he's busy with other stuff. And they're saying, no, no, this is giving in to anti-Semitism. We should be able to provide for the security, whatever. Hang on, Jules, I don't know where you stand.

52:56My basic stance is, it's local police and the local people that have to pick up the can have to pay for this. So if you have to increase policing to be sure that everybody's safe, then the government can cut a check for that. Yeah. Send people. But if you're going to expect local people to foot the bill,

53:15Julien Laurens:that's what you get. I don't understand. Like, PSG fans are not allowed to travel by the police to Marseille for the classic. Lyon fans can't go to Saint -Étienne. Marseille fans don't go to Paris because it's too dangerous and you don't want to take that risk because of the financial cost, probably sometimes even the risk of people's life being in danger. So I don't understand why this has become such a big controversy, really. I guess there's, well, there's a certain backdrop. There's a political backdrop. No, no, no, I understand that. But it's just... I also wonder, too, like, you knew this match.

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55:03Jules, you love your youth football. How about Yassir Zabiri and Morocco beating Argentina 2-0 to win the under-20 World Cup?

55:11Julien Laurens:An incredible achievement for this quite great generation of Moroccan talent. Wonderful, the best team by far in the whole tournament. They beat France on penalties in the semifinal, but deserve really, I think, even for me to say, to go through. And then they beat Argentina, who had beaten Colombia in the other semifinal. Comfortably, two goals from Zabiri, one free kick, one volley. He's been incredible. And some of the players you don't know play for Canberra in the RL Divis. They play for Watford. I mean, Mama, who is the player of the tournament, the right winger from Morocco, who was born in Montpellier, played for Montpellier, then moved to Watford, has not played yet in the championship, even before going to this World Cup, because they don't think he was ready.

55:54Julien Laurens:And yet they shine at that level and in the age group. Wonderful talent. Yassine, for the people who love that kind of winger, who plays for Dunkerque in the French second division. Incredible talent. Really well done to them. And it's not just them, because we saw the men's, obviously, A-team doing really well at the World Cup in Qatar. All the money and the support they put in their youth football all around with the centre of excellence that they built in Morocco, academies there it's just co-hosting the 2030 World Cup of course yeah they will as well which they will be a force it's great so I think that what I wanted to say is that they deserve all that success that they're getting at youth level but also the men's first team because they put a great plan together Gab you get all the harsh questions about band trafficking fans and difficult questions sorry but an track official had harsh words after the supporters were banned from traveling to face Napoli in the Champions League.

56:55Julien Laurens:They said it's affecting the integrity of the competition. Basically, what this guy's coming out and saying is that, well, wait a minute, then anybody can do that and then there'll be no away fans and it gives an advantage to home fans. Yeah. So, first of all, look at your own fans and look at their history. Look at Napoli fans and look at their history. I'm very much like Napoli Ultras, who have a bad, some of them have a really, really bad record. Yeah. Eintracht fans, also really, really bad record. And then maybe have some respect for the people who happen to live in Naples and are not football fans and could really give a hoot.

57:34Not only are they not violent, they don't care about Napoli, they don't care about Frankfurt. Bro, you're not the center of the universe. I'm going to go back to what the wise Carlo Ancelotti said. Football is the most important of the least important things. Yeah. If the police want to make a statement because of your history, I don't see Napoli fans. I don't see Napoli sort of banning Real Madrid fans when they come to visit. You should be more scared of them, right? Than your freaking Eintracht Frankfurt, with all due respect. Achieve something first and then come talk to us, right? So I don't understand this.

58:08Certainly football can't be in. We go back to the same thing. Of entitlement where people think we get to travel wherever we want, blah, blah, blah. No. There are other people who live outside. We make money off of it. And this is how we support our families. We're part of the ecosystem. But we recognize that there's people outside it, normal, ordinary citizens who don't care. And they should not be affected by it. And they should not have to pay for stuff like this. That's very true. Jules, it's that messy guy again. He gets a hat-trick as Inter Miami beat Nashville 5-2.

58:39Julien Laurens:It's just too easy for him, Gab. That's what it is. I mean, if you look at him play, one of the goals, the first one maybe, this is the kind of move that he did 10 years ago or 15 years ago when he was younger and fitter and I know this is MLS it's not in the Champions League no offence to MLS or Nashville but it's not a game against Real Madrid at their peak or Champions League I get that but still the guy is an absolute freak and it's amazing to see we said that before it tells you also a lot about the level overall of MLS fine but the guy is still obviously the goal and very special 29 goals in 28 league games.

59:19Julien Laurens:Let's see the playoffs are coming now. Let's see how they do. Because so far, obviously, since he's been at Inter-Miami, playoffs haven't been their things really or his things. So we'll see this time. But they are the best. They should win. They should win the MLS club. They are the best team. The MLS regular season record, I think, is 34 goals. I think it was Carlos Vela a few years ago. Oh, yeah, that's right. if you had played, if you just focused on breaking that record this year, I'm assuming, yeah. But even if you add the goals plus the assist, he's got like a ridiculous amount of assist as well.

59:52Julien Laurens:I think it's 16 or 17. It just smashes everything. Like, you know, goals involvement per 19 minutes must be so high. Back to Maccabi Gab. Sorry, it's another tough question for you, but their big derby against recently promoted Apoel Tel Aviv had to be abandoned before kickoff. Yeah, now I should stress, I suppose, Maccabi, Tel Aviv, and Hapa al-Talaviv, both from Tel Aviv, hence why it's a derby. I don't believe there's much of a political basis. This is not, this is a purely Israeli affair, although, of course, there are Israeli-Arab fans of both teams, and Israeli-Arab players, I believe, of both teams.

1:00:31This is just good old-fashioned hooliganism and rivalry. And before, there were flares, there were stones being thrown. There were 25 people were detained between those who were arrested and then later released. 15 injuries, including three police officers. And this is, if you want, nothing to do with politics, purely as full rivalry, right? Honestly, if you're Maccabi Tel Aviv. And by the way, this is Maccabi Tel Aviv. This isn't Beitar, Jerusalem. This is not one of the extreme teams. You wanted to make an argument about how maybe it's best not to put these guys in Birmingham. where they elected an independent MP because of his pro-Palestinian views, Ayub Khan, because he didn't identify with the Labour Party.

1:01:18Yeah. Maybe this is the best argument. Now you can do yourself any favors. Yeah. I just want people to be safe. I want people to play football whenever, wherever, within the limits of what they can do. And clearly this did not advance the cause. Just the one goal for Cristiano Ronaldo, but it's a big one. That's right. Joao Felix gets a hat trick, but I don't like him. So I don't want to go on that. Al Nasser beat Al Fateh 5-1. But Jules, moments designed to go viral. What did you make of Cristiano and Aisho Speed at the end?

1:01:49Julien Laurens:Cristiano scored a great goal, as you mentioned, but missed a penalty, by the way, just before that. But his friend, Aisho Speed, who was his biggest fan, right, I gather? His biggest fan, not his biggest friend. Yeah, fan. I think Cristiano has other friends. Yes, I'm sure. Closer to his age. Was behind the goal with the Al Nasser Ultras. And as the players after the game come and celebrate and do the usual kind of clapping stuff. Cristiano is pointing at Aisho Spid for him to do it, but Aisho Spid has no idea what to do, really. He has not watched Iceland or the Minnesota Vikings or whatever.

1:02:19Julien Laurens:Or Al Nasser even before, which is surprising because he's supposed to be Cristiano's best, biggest fan when this is what Al Nasser players do every time. I mean, I was there, so I've seen it last season. Could it see that maybe all he watches are the clips of Cristiano highlights and nothing of the fans? Of course, maybe. He's a crazy man. But the best bit is he's asking him to beat the drum. Is that what you're saying in English? And again, I should speak, we're not really sure either what a drum is or how to beat the drum to do the thing. So I'm sure next time it will be much smoother operation, if you see what I mean.

1:02:52Julien Laurens:The eyes of the world were on Sharm el-Sheikh last Friday, Gabi, as negotiations took place between Israel and Hamas. Were you surprised or did you find it weird that Gianni Infantino was also there with all the heads of states and presidents from all around the world? It is a bit unusual. Yeah. But I have to say this. I mean, when, and Gianni Infantino, of course, gets killed about, oh, look, he wants to be the center of attention, blah, blah, blah. From what we understand, Donald Trump, the president of the United States, who was also there, asked Gianni Infantino to come. Yeah. So, if the president of the United States wants you there, when you are the leader of FIFA, who's organizing, it's the same thing.

1:03:31Like, when he went to the Gulf, remember, he missed out of the FIFA Congress. Now, you can say, oh, you should stand up to him. And maybe if the World Cup weren't in the U.S., and Canada and Mexico, then maybe Johnny Fadino would be here differently. Obviously, he doesn't mind the spotlight. Obviously, it is odd. There's 20 heads of state and heads of government, and there's this bald guy there from a sporting organization, right? And sure, a sport can be a vehicle for peace or whatever, but I don't see Kirstie Coventry there from the IOC or other people like that. And does he milk it a little bit?

1:04:03Yeah. Yeah, but from his perspective, again, I wouldn't fault him. I would have gone. Yeah, me too. Would you have gone? We were president. We were co-presidents of Fiesta. We would both be there.

1:04:15Julien Laurens:Yeah, exactly. There you go, Johnny. When you step aside, or if you want us to replace you, you know. Just like you have a special league. You have his mate for that. I think Joseph. Great FA president. Thank you. Premier League. Chairman, Premier League. Chairman of Premier League. Chief executive. Sorry. Richard Masters, I'm coming for you. Yeah, you'd be amazing. You're okay with it. All right, Jules, this brings us to an end. We've got to come back on Thursday. You know why? The champions! I'm so excited. Hyped and amped. Until then, love the game. Love your neighbor. Love yourself.

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