Episode 177 - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Real Madrid?

The Total Football Podcast

Congratulations to Chelsea, commiserations to Manchester City. It's the Champions League final 2021 review edition of the Total Football Podcast!

Part 1

Chelsea, champions of Europe for a second time, were crowned winners of the Champions League following their 1-0 win over Manchester City on Saturday.

Hello and welcome to the Total Football podcast. I am your host Declan Harte and joining me is Andrew Conway

Andrew, where does this final rank among the recent entries?

Part 2

Tommy Tuchel’s redemption day as he outwits Pep Guardiola for a third time in six weeks. How did he pull it off?

For Pep, what next?

Manchester United lost the Europa League final 11-10 in an absurd penalty shootout on Wednesday night. Unai Emery’s Villareal won their first ever European trophy, and the Spaniard’s fourth Europa League.

Brentford were finally promoted to the Premier League, beating Swansea 2-0 in the playoff final at Wembley. Good addition to the league?

Part 3

The managerial merry-go round kicked into gear last week with Antonio Conte and Zinedine Zidane both leaving their respective roles. Since then, Andrea Pirlo left Juventus and speculation surrounding Mauricio Pochettino and Ronald Koeman became rife. Is all this chaos indicative of the summer ahead?

Closing

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