And the Spalma season is not the bad side. But yeah, they are in the top half of the table. They play football really well, they keep the ball, they've got strong characteristics that perhaps Atletico wouldn't be happy to face. But Atletico this season, when they have a good day, they have a really good day, because they also did the score 7 against Radio away this season, I remember. And it was a game in which we learned that Marco Turent is a really good all-rounder, which he played as a number 9. Incredible, no? Good race. Yeah, well, he was the most instrumental player of Atletico when they won La Lira in 2021, all together with Swarett probably. And for a number of reasons, he never discovered that form. I think that his most cool arrangeries were becoming too recurrent. But now he's been available for a while, and he's going to be playing against Inter, because he's one of the competitive players of Atletico, maybe, and one of them will later come play as well. A week ago, it looked like it was impossible that he will feature against Inter definitely in the first leg, because he picked an anco-linury against Sevilla. But it looked like it was going to be a true three-week thing, but he's been working really hard. So yeah, he may play against Inter as well.

As for Inter, James. I mean, they could have won by 5 or 6 on Friday night as well, because Turent hit the post from a corner kick earlier on, Birella hit the crossbar, and then they scored two and two minutes. Game was over after 20 minutes, it was three-and-a-half time. And on the ALMA, they could take off, Lautaro could take off, Turent, Mikitayan. So very confident they've won every game in 2024. Yeah, Atleti away from home in the Champions League group stage is they only won one game, they won defeated. Fai Enor, right? Fai Enor, yeah. They drew it last year, because of the Provedale stoppage time goal-keeping goal, they drew with Celtic, which is perhaps a little bit surprising. But there's been a lot of respect put on Atleti's goes name over the last 48 hours. Also because of what are their manager represents? Say the ad, particularly at Inter. Yeah, one of the big mistakes, I suppose, of Masimomorati's presidency was to let Diego Simione leave Inter to go to Latvia where he won the league in 2000. He also got to play with Simone in Zagie when he was at Latvia. There was for a time, yeah, speculation that Simione was going to be the next Inter coach. It seems to only be the Atleti coach. I mean, he's the longest serving coach in European football, I think, now. Since 2011. Yeah, which is formidable. And I mentioned the respect being put on Atleti's name, it's mainly down to this perception that they've changed this year.

They have changed a lot because 10

years ago, the best possible Atleti could be a defending side. The best possible version of themselves this year is an attacking side. When they defend deep, they are not particularly relagable. I don't think they have the individuals. Even though if some players play like Reynid or, for example, Jimenez and Vich are playing really well Atleti could solve it, but they don't have the Godin and Miranda the fact that they had before.

2x Inter-players.

But I think that the best thing about Atleti could read this season is that the build-up is really good from the back, then Antoine Greitman, as soon as he goes in midfield and helps a little bit, he can make things happen. But the only problem for Atleti could is that Inter this year has played eight games. Atleti could have played 12 already. Because we speak about the British December, the British winter in football, but what about the Spanish generally on February? I mean, it's incredible. If you go through in the cup, you play so many rounds. Atleti could have still one round to play before the second leg and see Inter, because they have to play against Atleti club in long. Then one little down. And then they played Super Cup exactly. That was it. So, at Leti could see that 10 days ago, luckily for them last week, they rested in midweek. And I think that you could see a little bit of that against Aspalmas. Wow.

Okay, Inter have only lost one of their last 13 champions, League matches. And that was the final with Man City in those 13 ties. They've had eight clean sheets. Oh, Nana was in a good response. For one of them. Yeah.

What do you think this game is going to come down to?

Probably, yeah, Kreisman's position and how into picking him up, I think.

Well, it's being we think about Lautaro and Durham, because Lautaro is on 20 goals on Serie A again for the third season straight. So, you know, I think the strikers are going to have something to say.

That's Tuesday. At the same time, PSV Dortmund, Raff, Peter Bosch against the club that binged him after six months. Less?

Less before Christmas. Before Christmas. Yeah. I mean, Dortmund not the idea preparation and have a really underwhelming result in performance. 1-1 at Lorsburg. Dortmund, they blow hot in the wall. Lorsburg? No, Lorsburg, yeah.

They have...

They were accused of playing arrogantly by Sposten Kiel, the sport director saying there were too many flicks and too many people trying to do special stuff rather than just playing the game and they were wanted up. And in the end, they couldn't win and they lost Lautaro. They lost ground on the Champions League places yet again.

Although they are still fourth at the moment, just ahead of RB Leipzig. All right.

That's ground in the race, I should say. OK.

PSV who continued their excellent domestic season Friday with a tuna whenever Heracles. OK. Hey, Wednesday, we're touched on Napoli Barcelona and which teams in more trouble. The weather, Matt Saudi, makes it to that game or not. There's a lot of questions about how much longer Javi is going to be in the managerial position for the Catlands, this quote from Joella Porter saying that Javi is only still in

his job because he's Javi. But is that serious? I don't know. There is no seriousness about that. I mean, if you keep savvy, just because he's a legend, if you're saying that, it's because you don't believe in him. And if you don't believe in him, why don't you keep him? I mean, it's mandatory for a lot of time. No, I agree. It doesn't seem like a voter, very confident. No, no, not at all. I think that John Laporta, that's why I was asking, I think that John Laporta with this word, he was even sentenced in savvy even more. I didn't like to hear that because the football club and I know that savvy has been a legend, but Ronald Cuman was a legend as well, partelona because he won the first European Cup for them even though Jules is making remarks here, body language. And John Laporta didn't have the same patience with Ronald Cuman at all. Or he kept him a whole summer waiting, waiting and waiting because the rumor said that Laporta was looking for a manager, but then he couldn't find a manager and Ronald Cuman stayed until October when he was sacked. That summer, Ronald Cuman had a really rough time. And John Laporta didn't treat King Well, and he wasn't contacting him, Ronald Cuman enough. However, with Savic, he's having a lot of cordiality and he's behaving very well with King, which is fine. But if you don't believe in your manager and you're keeping him just because he's a legend, that's not a good message. And the players know that this manager is going to leave anyway. Okay, they

had a win at the weekend against Rafa Baris as a self-tavigo. Both these teams have good performances still in them. We've seen flashes, I think, from both of them. Napoli with a draw in the genre at the weekend against Genoa, right? But the prospect of Oziman and Cavadashkelia together again for the first time this year, does that breathe any hope into Napoli fans? Well, I mean, at the end of the game on Saturday, Matali was casting doubt on where the Oziman would play. Ooh. Yeah, I think he wasn't venting, but he was very much like, I've never had this player available. He was injured when I got the job. He didn't get himself sent off. He got the Afghan, he comes back, he's injured. So I don't know whether he's going to be fit or not. Cavadashkelia is having to deal with second season. Two or three players doubling up on him all the time. Playing a star football that is nominally identifiable with what Speleti was doing, but clearly very different. And I think what has done for Matali is that there have been seven games in which this team that scored more than 100 goals last year has failed to score onto his management, which is incredible. Because even when you remove Oziman last year, the guy who scored the goal that was, for many people, symbolic of them winning the league was Raspadotti, scored against Juventus away in April. Simione, for example, in the Champions League last year would score and score. They had lots of alternatives that took the load off a striker. They're just not scoring. And it's very surprising. And to see them have to fight tooth and nail to get an equalizer in stoppage time against a team that got promoted last year at home,

it's not great. No.

And I really cannot tell you who is in a worse moment right now, because Napoli, of course, they are eighth or ninth in Serie A, Bertrandes is still in Champions League positions, but the regression and the involution of Bertrandes has been really big as well. And Sabi thinks, and this is something that makes me think that maybe he's a little bit either delusional or he really wants to send the message that he's doing a good job, despite all the circumstances. But the other day, he said that according to big data, Bertrandes is depicting the best team in La Lira. But in terms of chances created? In terms of everything in general, the numbers he's got. So there's the alternative table, which

is based on XG, four and against, so had they taken all the chances and defended on all the chances against them, they would be top-of-the-leg. Indeed.

Indeed. Yeah, but at the same time, you can see that the team loses a structure very quickly, they don't have a lot of spirit. You know, so really the Champions League winners, normally they are not like that. And I have the feeling that on Wednesday simultaneously, there will be a probably Champions League contender playing football at Braggale, Arsenal, and talking about, and we will see the difference. I mean, if Sophie brought up these numbers in Naples, I'd probably be told, yeah, if my grandmother had wheels,

she would have been a bike. Yeah, if my grandfather had three balls, he'd be a pinball machine. Yeah. And many variations. Quick word on Porto, Arsenal then, at the Braggale. Last time the Gunners reached the quarterfinals, was way back in the 2009-10 season, it's age ago. Who did they beat on the way? Why Porto?

Since that trip to Dubai, one of the last five games in the league, the score 21 goals for five wins, they never scored so many in a stretch of five Premier League games in their history. So it's the 3DT, everything, even a bit of depth as well in the squad, because Kiviora stepped in. Havas is doing well, Trozawa, especially two, Gabrijis is still out injured, there's a few injuries, but it's looking really good, you have to say, in terms of momentum as well and confidence for them. So, okay. But here in the United Kingdom, for example, if, especially in London, if someone

Londoner says, okay, Arsenal is a champion, he candidate, and it happens to be an Arsenal fan. They will have a dig at that person, because you know how it goes, you know, it's football banter and all that. But this is coming from a foreigner like me, I'm from Bilbao, I couldn't care less. Oh, you don't? I think you're Londoner now. If your name is Halvaro. But I tell you, I think that... So objectively, Alvaro. I honestly, I honestly tell you, from the perspective of a person who lives in London, and watches a lot of Premier League, there is no reason to write off Arsenal, as a champion as a candidate. No reason to write off Arsenal. No, really. Ball words from Alvaro. They are tremendously powerful and energetic, and I think that they've got many things to be, you know, as a romantic... I think they can win, Alvaro. As a romanticist, they are the favourite. They are the favourites.

Okay, so favourites. Yeah. A favourite.

A really interesting... I mean, I agree with you, I think they've got a balance, as well as a momentum, which will see them do well in this competition. You know what I'm going to say. Yeah, it's a very interesting point. Inter.