How The Champions League Became GREAT Again | The Eye Test

[@mikehughes3444]

You both complement each other so well. Letting the other one speak and neither being quiet all the time. I don't listen to duo podcasts generally, but you guys are good!

[@LyesBouzidi]

🫡❤️

[@SHUTUPNOWW9360]

RUDIGER OVER THE TWO LEGS WAS A MONSTER. HIS DEFENSIVE TACKLES AND BLOCKS WERE SOO CLASS. WHAT A COMPLETE DEFENDER

[@LyesBouzidi]

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[@garros2433]

Got to disagree on Tuchel loving mediocre players. He tried to get better midfielders and Bayern chose to believe in Kimmich. His favorite coached players would probably be Dembele, Auba, Neymar, Musiala, Mbappe, Di Maria, Leroy Sané. And they’re some of the players who’ve praised him the most

[@kultureltjordfaldshul257]

Tuchel brought the absolute best out of Neymar as well. Why is that NEVER talked about?

[@jinnys4338]

Genuinely one of my favourite football podcasts. The chemistry and respect between you two is outstanding. And the takes aren’t outrageous, there’s rationale behind them unlike a lot of other podcasts. Plus you’re not speaking over each other so it’s easier to listen to. Keep up this great content boys. 💜

[@LyesBouzidi]

Thank you for your support🤞🏼❤️

[@Ssempa10]

What a great round of CL . We can now watch the Graetest UCL fixture Bayern v Madrid and PSG v Dortmund in peace and not hate-watch . Can’t wait

[@dennisthegreat4250]

Was waiting for this lovely episode fam

[@LyesBouzidi]

hahahah enjoy my boy

[@myguysteven]

I love the take on Ancelotti and I saw his brilliance even as PSG manager. If he does win his 5th, I definitely think he deserves top 3 spot. Talk about a manager who’s done it for decades and through different eras of football for a wide range of clubs with their own problems that he dealt with. A manager who players run through walls for. Definitely needs his praise. PS: flop of the quarter final is Xavi Star is Dembele or Rodygo as well. 🌟

[@Al-ji4gd]

Facts. People are still sleeping on Don Carlo as a manager. He shows what having experience, and what being level-headed, tactically flexible and a good man manager can do for you. He just meshes incredibly well with big talent and even big personalities. He's the ultimate father figure in football, like a modern-day Marcello Lippi.

[@Red-wr4bg]

@@Al-ji4gdpeople will argue about his lack of success domestically but winning a league title in every country you managed in while winning the biggest domestic cup in 3 of them and the ucl 4 times sounds like an elite career to me

[@ineverswag]

he's already top 3 with or without the 5th

[@peterwilder752]

Modern fans conflate managers tactical ability with how consistent their philosophy/style is, they completely ignore the personal side of management. Ancelotti has been taking teams and making the best with their various skill sets for 30 years. Managing is about more than tactics, for him to last in this game for that long with how much things have evolved is insane

[@Al-ji4gd]

Flops were Barca and Arsenal, for sure. Araujo, Xavi, Cancelo, Haaland, Saka, Rice, Gabriel & Saliba (for the first leg, mainly). Stars were Ancelotti, Terzic, Dortmund's entire XI basically, Tuchel, Kimmich, Musiala (I actually think he was the best player in the 2nd leg), Lunin and maybe a few more.

[@younglampost1058]

The way they talk about saka is so jarring man, ‘thanking arteta’ like he wasn’t one of our best player under every manager dragging us up, these man just hate those high efficiency high IQ ballers that don’t dribble past 2 men

[@GOATZELWARDBANDWAGON.]

Saka was more enjoyable to watch his early years on the Left. Arteta helped transform him into a g/a machine to where he basically matches moh salahs output now. Footballs increasingly about sysetms now. Artetas system has helped saka get these world class shouts.

[@Edgar-gr6wl]

Matching Mo Salah???

[@GOATZELWARDBANDWAGON.]

@@Edgar-gr6wl Salah has 17 goals 9 assits. Saka has 14 goals 8 assists. I dont think saka is salah level of ability but this is what systems do

[@Axhdib]

Hilarious how u arsenal fans get emotional about him 😂

[@lebinmohammed2116]

Haaland wasn’t even on the bench yesterday, he’s got knocks and that’s what pep said later

[@De3dSh0t]

In terms of defensive performances it's deffo up there, seeing as they played basically a second string backline and without their DM.

[@aeongenesis4181]

Cama and kroos played double pivot

[@De3dSh0t]

@@aeongenesis4181 ok but neither are actual DMs My point is they had to make up for their defensive deficiencies and lack of personnel so of course they were gonna play defensive, and they did it impeccably.

[@muhannad3486]

​@@De3dSh0tMadrid fan here Cama is a DM bro

[@SHUTUPNOWW9360]

2ND STRING BACKLINE?? IT WAS ONLY NACHO THAT IS A BACKUP THE OTHER 3 RUDIGER,MENDY AND CARVARJAL ARE 3 STARTERS

[@De3dSh0t]

@@SHUTUPNOWW9360 I included GK as well and also Rudiger wasn't a starter before this season, he got promoted because Militao tore his ACL in the first game.

[@marouaneboudoudi9478]

1:03:01 Signal Iduna Park is the stadium of Dortmund. But honeslty very nice to hear you both talk about football, it's a joy to listen!

[@ineverswag]

beating barca in the 2010s more times than not guaranteed you the ucl

[@mikeyirish9658]

Big up my brothers, lovely pod, you guys see football so different which is beautiful.

[@robchicken6820]

all the discourse on Saka this last week but nothing on foden #noticing

[@thetruth4654]

Foden already is a treble winner, these two guys aren`t comparable one is already an all time PL great, and the other is meme for Limping.

[@robchicken6820]

@@thetruth4654 Foden isn’t an all time PL great yet lmao. And Akanji is also a treble winner lmao, can we not compare Saliba to him now ? That’s just because they are in a way better side, plus Foden didn’t even start the final. They are comparable, Foden slightly better for me but definitely comparable

[@GGM28]

Not the same. You just sound insecure

[@nenemuy]

@@thetruth4654Important to note that foden got carried to that treble. He wasn’t even apart of the main starting 11.

[@GOATZELWARDBANDWAGON.]

​@nenemuy Fodens been implemental in other Trophies tho.This is the first argubly wc foden szn imo, but he has won playing a major role before.

[@DiamondWOlf-h8m]

great pod boys! i just have a minor nitpick about the lighting in the studio. It looks pale and puts on a dead vibe.

[@MohdFarhan-ye9kc]

Subscribed. First timer here, and you guys have such good vibes.

[@LyesBouzidi]

Welcome!🫡

[@d-vngwenya4043]

He obviously doesn't watch the bundasliga , Haaland was creating his own goals hundreds playing in on the shoulder also roaming all over the the forwards line

[@cekodare]

I think the haaland wanting to go out thing was more of him putting his trust in Julian Alvarez. Something along the lines of hey maybe if i couldn't do it over 2 games, maybe he can find the way to help the team. Plus 90 mins against rudiger getting pushed, pulled etc is prob not easy physically.

[@Samed-k6e]

I think many Arsenal fans have always known our attacks still has levels to go in terms of upgrades, mainly with the 9 position but then a left wing option that could see Martinelli be a backup LW and potential 9 long term as an option has always been touted (Arteta has compared Martinelli to Suarez before i.e in mould). Saka is a great weapon and is the mainstay in whatever front 3 we construct, but if the other 2 are bonafide stars as well, it helps him out a lot in terms of burden + unlocking new parts to his game, and I think that's what we're hoping for. Osimhen and Leao would be the dream.

[@Samed-k6e]

We also until last summer haven't had the Champions League to attract the superstar attackers and midfielders until now, so agree adding them to the current structure is the final piece

[@anilquitter9304]

I don’t agree with that KDB being a moments player take at all. KDB was the best player on the pitch (bar Lunin) and was unlucky to sky that one chance. He created so much and was causing problems the whole game long. That game was the KDB show and if City had won on penalties I don’t think you would say that. City are weaker than last season but KDB is still that guy, with or without G/A.

[@LyesBouzidi]

agreed. i liked KDB’s performance personally

[@Prime1Wunna]

Kdb gets judged on n fairly due to city… he possibly could be himself bigger than city Had he played for Real Madrid, they would call him the greatest midfielder to ever play the game Every time he’s against Madrid he outclasses Kroos n modric by far regardless of the score

[@TempoRary-d3w]

@@Prime1Wunna He is nowhere near isco let alone kroos and modric. The most overrated midfielder of all time and prime example of how system is king in modern football. If he was playing for madrid and kroos was playing for pep's city, kroos would be rodri on steroids completing 200 passes a game with 10 key passes. You are waffling and the fact that you comapred KDB to kroos and modric tells me you know nothing about the sport. Prime isco runs rings around KDB let alone kroos and Luka

[@Prime1Wunna]

@@TempoRary-d3w loool Isco sure👍🏾

[@Hadahadhow25]

Cam and Lyes perfect combo

[@JohnnyKroJr1]

YOU MUST deliver champions league content for the semi finals too

[@sarthakgupta3031]

More context on the Haaland situation. It was a muscle injury - hence wasnt even on the bench for the game against Chelsea

[@LyesBouzidi]

Yup I jumped to conclusions w that one and I shouldn’t have. Speedy recovery for Erling🙏🏼🤞🏼

[@sarthakgupta3031]

​@@LyesBouzidiRespect for recognising the misconception! Just another point as I am a Man City fan and cant at all criticise these player's commitment. Bellingham could run himself to the ground because RM had 9 days of rest before the first leg (City played 2 games in that period) and rested everyone midweek as well with the league sown up. This bit of context would have been useful whole discussing the tiredness situation. Anywho, top work as always 🫡

[@buramajatta]

As an Arsenal fan, I agree on the segment. We need more quality in attacking areas. We need a Rafa Leão type of player and another player to progress the ball

[@TheGoat17710]

Video idea 💡 top 10 players right now make it like a hour long

[@alinofo4554]

great episode big upsss

[@Prime1Wunna]

Why does no one ever speak on the fact that kdb won city a treble on a bad hamstring which sidelined him for 5 months, and he already an injury prone tag. He may have potentially ruined the tail end of his career but nothing is spoken off.

[@_DioBrando_]

A number of reasons; A) People genuinely don't want to talk about City. It's a fake plastic club that people want gone. You really think neutrals want to glorify a financially doped club? B) The narrative surrounding City is that "Genius" Pep is the main character. The players are just chess pieces and will never get full credit. It's unfair to KDB but it's the reality of playing for Pep. Messi is the only player to win the Balon D'Or under Pep and that will never change because Pep is the one that will take all the credit (not the players) C) People won't openly debate this yet but I guarantee you the overall feeling is that City are engaging in ridiculous performance enhancing drug abuse. Pep's history suggests that it's very plausible and some of the physical endurance feats of players like Rodri, Walker and De Bryune himself are extremely fishy. Playing through a nasty hamstring injury but not having any visible drop in physical performance is suspect. Time will reveal the extent of City's cheating.

[@Jeffstrongman12]

great podcast !!

[@jjm10]

I see the eye test pod , i click . My type of podcast

[@LyesBouzidi]

🐐

[@HANASANAChannel]

Rudi, valverede, rodrygo, Lunin in this champions league have been solid

[@benico341]

Good footy talk💪🔥 I more or less agree with everything but I dont understand why Pep mentioned they wanted to come out . If Klopp did that people would say he is deflecting . Liverpool fan here 😢

[@Axhdib]

35:50 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@iwon83]

Sabitzer is the star for Dortmund 2 assist and a goal in a quarter final to send Dortmund through

[@cholachilufya7072]

Rudiger has been the best center back in the world this season

[@duanemulanda3795]

love the pod but we gotta talk about the down fall of italian giants in the champions league this season 👀

[@jasnwadyy6694]

I think with Haaland after the season finishes he needs to go develop and improve his all round 9 skills and learn how to deal with low blocks because most teams will be doing like what Real Madrid and arsenal did against him

[@MussTuTugh]

My respect for Cams after that Haaland perspective has reached all time highs.

[@CultureCams]

Long episode🤩

[@Tex8010]

I need someone to tell me how Haaland was playing at BVB cos I was only hearing about this guy’s goals scoring

[@Mikehoncho2647]

Sick of the Dortmund disrespect man

[@eazi1392]

Lyes is so right. I've been waiting for someone to notice this. I think arteta slightly restricts players. i think he isn't a fan of freedom on the pitch, this is probably why he doesn't play people like nelson because nelson is known for his flair skills and tricks. i think arteta much prefers efficiency which isn't necessarily bad but just what he likes i think.

[@duanemulanda3795]

Don Carlo might be at the top of the all time managers for me him Fergie then pep

[@Theboywonder76]

I hope this doesn't make Pep mad because that guy could be motivated to go win the Quadruple next year😂😂😂

[@malcolmpotter9528]

Ancellotti is clear of both SAF and JM 😮

[@gennatreet1537]

You guys talk about rudiger but it was nacho who lock up halaand at the etihad

[@Lucky-to7ly]

Man utd will always be my number 1 club but madrid is my adopted club. I watch them just as much as man utd and i fell in love with football coz of R9 so they wil always be special to me. Its mad to think they rebuilt after cr7 era and stil won a ucl and oncourse to possibly win again. Arsenal fans were makin combined 11s with them. Who u kiddin man.. rodrygo vini etc elite elite mentality players they have talent but so much grit aswell to get thru tough games Fergie Ancelotti Pep Jose The four horseman. Klopp aint that guy sorry

[@TheGoat17710]

Mbappe to good every video I am here

[@yussefduzdar2006]

It also must be said that madrid didn’t have tchoumeni from yellow card accumulations

[@Albert7_]

It's not big 3, it's the Fantastic 4😎

[@perezukaonu6771]

I don’t think Halaand was that bad against Madrid. He had moments where his link play was good wasn’t necessarily bullied on the balll as well. Hit the post as well

[@SuperJJAlexander]

One more historic precedent in favor of Real Madrid: whenever they face the UCL title holder, they defeat them.

[@jonathanlaidlaw8084]

Mbappe can’t play make like these guys which is right but he leads CL in Big Chances created and has had seasons where he was at the top or close to the top in assists not bad lmao

[@jimbojimbo6873]

You man live together what

[@asapcharles_3555]

Martinelli is a final form Garnacho💀💀🥲🥲🥲

[@geores94]

it's just out of of love lol Ancelotti is already CLEAR from Mourinho

[@thetruth4654]

Bayern beating Arsenal wasn`t a surprise, Arsenal have no heritage and a european banter club, Spurs have more history in europe then what Arsenal does have, it`s ancient history sure, but it`s history none the less. Cams is 100% Spot on about Haaland, Haaland did all those things at Dortmund, but Pep doesn`t want Haaland to play this way. people pile on Haaland for having his first and only down season in his career at this point. People also act like his playmaking etc cannot improve, by saying things like he can never be Harry Kane or whatever, but people seem to have forgotten that Kane wasn`t like modern day Kane at the age of 30, when he was 23-24. lyes is just being a drama queen.

[@Sammy-fc6fd]

Cams had to be the one to calm down Lyes 😅

[@anthonyocho7054]

has jose fallen off or has Ancelotti gotten another chance and Jose hasn't

[@tk78junior64]

For this champion league quarter final the star is Rodrygo and the flop is Haaland

[@TheExclusivemindset]

My god guys Barcelona didn’t play at the camp nou

[@LyesBouzidi]

looooool mid convo thats not the number one thing on our minds bro. i even went to the ground this season for el clasico but these things happen in casual convo🤣

[@tysleepz2698]

Why can’t it be big 4

[@reecec8789]

Talking about Arsenal players stepping up, the last second of extra time Arsenal get a free kick in a great position. Maybe they play the higher percentages and play it short quickly, or do they play it short quickly to shirk the responsibility...

[@LyesBouzidi]

hahhaha i think more so a lack of experience there

[@reecec8789]

@@LyesBouzidi shirking responsibility fits my agenda more

[@wilsonfernandes8201]

Mbappe 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@saidkhalfan2654]

Is this on Spotify

[@LyesBouzidi]

soon!

[@kagisela9664]

Leao not even better than Saka

[@elvistekena2616]

Star: Dembele Flop: Haaland

[@maxwellsplash970]

There’s a reason why Madrid got rid of him for 30M’s odeegard is Overrated..kids been a wonder kid since 2015

[@younglampost1058]

‘Attackers didn’t have freedom under ole’ hahaha the literal one thing he did was give players chance to express themselves, what’s cams on about

[@Ssempa10]

That was a bizarre comment from him . Ole was the ultimate “express yourself” manager

[@CultureCams]

Lemme expand, maybe i didnt articulate it well. I meant he didnt give them the platform for their expression to be maximised. Thats what i meant. Their freedom was counter attack based n often not in areas we needed to be dangerous.

[@younglampost1058]

@@Ssempa10this whole episode had weird takes, artetas system definitely doesn’t help nelli this year even if u think he’s not top level, look at the most common structures of play in possession and he’s extremely isolated

[@Ssempa10]

⁠​⁠@@CultureCamsYh just like ancelotti did against city . And also i believe their expression was maximised because players like greenwood and rashford do not thrive playing against low blocks but space in behind which is what oles counter attacks did

[@CultureCams]

@@Ssempa10good point with Rash. I feel greenwood can though

[@MonMonn6]

star: dembele flop: haaland

[@cjsiner]

System football is killing the game. The game has become about who has more possession, most XGs, most shots, most passes, output output output. Look at Madrid, they lost almost every stat except one, the score😂😂

[@LyesBouzidi]

Who was the Flop and the Star of this round of Champions League action?

[@apt9238]

I don’t like to call any pro player a flop but I can say I was disappointed with Saka in this round such is the high expectations we have of him. Star of the round I would say is Lunin for his heroics to send Real Madrid through

[@Tiz-u1y]

Star: Rodrygo (definition of a Big Game Player, the new Mr Champions League) and Rudiger absolute monster Flop: Lewa, Haaland. Striker union did not deliver

[@therealhb1763]

​@@apt9238how can it be saka when he scored

[@apt9238]

@@therealhb1763 good point. I was looking at the 2nd leg matches only separate from the first leg. Hard to pick a ‘flop’ over both games as their were big swings from the first game to the 2nd game

[@DoFi12]

@@apt9238Saka had a strong first leg. Don’t think he’s close to being a flop.

[@Contextualiser16-tn8nd]

12:14- Fabio Capello recently said that Carlo Ancelotti is the greatest Italian manager ever

[@Karl-lb5yn]

Lyes doing too much

[@anthonyocho7054]

Ancelotti only works cause he has had some of the best talents to ever play the game. that the reason he doesn't work in smaller teams

[@mkellar5860]

I ain't even clicking on this one. For all the talk of pure football your framing of this video is baffling

[@user-hm3xn9zu9x]

how so?

[@mkellar5860]

@@user-hm3xn9zu9x what is great about this champions league? Psg? Bayern? Dortmund? Were Madrid great against City? Absolute shambles of a last 4

[@SASMADBRUV7]

​@mkellar5860 really? All the games were intriguing/entertaining

[@ssein5109]

@@mkellar5860you tripping i don’t like psg but they have some ballers like barcola that are entertaining to watch. BVB topped the group and seem to never back down, Madrid are Madrid, bayern is my only weak link tbh they’re underperforming but still some good games and story lines

[@mkellar5860]

@@SASMADBRUV7 yes they were. There are also intriguing games in the conference league

[@cjsiner]

I think that Haaland made the wrong decision going to City. I know they won a treble and all but he is not being utilized to the best of his ability. If you watch him at Dortmund it looked like he was going to become an absolute monster. Now, Lyes is right, he is a poacher. Haaland now is what 36 year old Cristiano is, and that's a hinderence to his view as Best Player.

[@rajkaranvirk7525]

He still made the correct decision for his career path. He won a treble in the best league in the world. Just cause he’s not being used tactically the “right” way doesn’t mean it’s a bad decision to go to City. It was OBJECTIVELY the correct decision to go to City. Because at Dortmund he looked like a monster cause they were a counter attacking team, if you’re Haaland you can’t just go to counter attacking teams. If you want to be compared to Messi and Ronaldo, you can’t be limited to a playstyle.

[@TheGoat17710]

Is lyes muslim

[@Allwin-lz6yj]

been a good week to be a hater

[@afnan13122010]

So you both live together as gay couple??