01x03 - Episode 3

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Guillem Balague.

A total natural.

Colin , goal!

Just when you think
you've seen it all!

It's a new dawn in Paris,

it's a new day.

It's a new season for PSG,
but the target remains the same.

Their obsession is
the Champions League,

and they will be tested,

on Valentine's Day,
in the last 16,

against the toughest
of opponents,

and the context
is not the greatest.

They lost their last
two games,

there's been
very public spats,

and the main two superstars,
Mbappé and Messi,

who gave us the best
World Cup final ever,

had just come back
from injury.

I wonder what their other
main superstar, Neymar,

thinks of it all.

He'll be doing the pregame
press conference later.

Welcome to the knockout round

of the UEFA
Champions League.

There's not much
love in the air

around Paris
on Valentine's Day.

European football's
celebrity marriage

is going through
a rocky spell.

Kimmich!

They're moving in well.

Here's a chance for Kobel!

A breakthrough
for Bayern Munich.

This is the change

that all of Paris
wanted to see.

Kylian Mbappé is back.

- Choupo-Moting!

He's stashed that
up to the bar.

And Kylian Mbappé
has done it!

The goal has been ruled out.

So, so close.

Here goes Nuno Mendes again.

Serge Gnabry.

Messi!

It was a really good block.

Advantage Germany
in this battle

of two European
heavyweights.

The French and German leagues

make up what is
traditionally known as

the European
Top Five Leagues--

with Italy, Spain, and England
joining them--

but the UEFA family
includes 55 countries,

with each fighting for a spot
in UEFA's European competition.

Domestically, the English League
has risen above the rest

in terms of money
and popularity,

partly due to
lucrative overseas TV deals.

However, recently,
a debate has started

concerning the idea of
a European Super League.

That is clearly...

One thing
is sure is never used.

Whoo!

That was made with love.

Good to get in, back,
in the studio?

It's just a mouthpiece,
isn't it,

for Florentino Pérez,
isn't it?

And we all need to help
Real Madrid, you know,

that club who've helped to
have you ,

that Real Madrid.

Hello, mate! How you doing?
You all right?

Hey... look at you!

- You're all in green!
- Hello?

So, this is the day after
PSG Bayern Munich.

And today, I'm part of
the studio coverage.

We're discussing
financing for play

and financing for Premier League
and do we need to stop them?

Turn your head, mate,
can you still move...?

I can, I can.

Kate will begin
the part by explaining

about Chelsea's
January signings.

Normally,
I'm not this tense.

But I'm going to be in the same
studio as Jamie Carragher,

Micah Richards is here,
,

Kate Abdo,
and the three of them

are basically against me
in this argument.

And when I go against them,

it's ready to think,
I need to think.

And I need to make sure that
there are no holes

in my argument.

- Micah, are you okay?
- Cómo estás?

Bien, bien, bien, y tu?

Jamie, you're all right?

All right,
let's go, I'm up for this.

- Go on, then.
- Whoo!

- Come on.
- Big debate.

in ten seconds.

There we go.

The consumer
was willing to pay,

and sales poured in
from satisfied customers.

Welcome inside our studio,

this is something
we want to talk about.

We've brought in
Guillem Balague as well,

as kind of our European/Spanish
football expert.

I guess I'm interested--

how does Spain and how do
Europe, in general,

as a continent, look at the
Premier League and the spending

and feel about that?

In fear, in one way,

because they're taking
the best talent

and zapping
the Premier League.

And generally, the feel is,
how do we stop this?

It's never been, even before,

because Barcelona
and Real Madrid

have always took the best
players in the world

from every other team.

In the Premier League

everybody's proud of having
a league in which

the money
is distributed evenly,

and makes
the competition better.

But then when
it comes to Europe,

we could ask the
Premier League clubs to say,

should we do that, even,
as well, in Europe?

It's the same sport
in England and in Europe.

Why should the Premier League
do that for the rest of Europe?

Just for the same reason that

it will become more competitive,
more interesting.

You're talking about a team

that won the Champions,
like, 14 times.

What would Real Madrid do
for other teams, then,

when they were taking
all the best players.

- You want to go back to when

Real Madrid
had the most money.

You're talking about the Premier
League being competitive.

Real Madrid and Barcelona
don't look after

their own clubs
in their own league.

But you want the help
off the Premier League.

Youse take all the most--
the money from the team...

- I'm not...

- ...do the same thing!

Everyone's clear,
thank you very much.

That got-- that got bad.

Very well.

You battle with Jamie
sometime you... you know?

Yeah, you don't know.
- You gotta be ready.

You gotta be...

You're the best debater
I know.

You must have heard
the usual take

on this club, RB Leipzig,
that they bought their success

when energy drink
brand Red Bull

managed to get
a fifth division site

converted into RB Leipzig,

and gone from the fifth division
to the first in seven years.

People thought, "Oh,
it's down to their money."

How about if I say
that actually

they don't buy players
for a hundred million dollars,

that they buy them young,
like Upamecano or Timo Werner

or Joshua Kimmich,
and develop them.

That their dream is actually

getting a squad full of
economy players.

They're a new club
with a new way of thinking.

And the stadium announcer
is an example of that.

Tim Thoelke is not your
usual stadium announcer.

That's why we need
to talk to him.

Ted, what you do
is hype people up,

to make them at that point
where they welcome

the players
with enough noise.

That's, that's the role,
isn't it?

Yes, my task and my aim

is just to get the people
in the perfect mood,

just like get them on fire,

so that when the players,
when they step on the pitch,

the audience is super-loud
and is super on and is on fire,

and this is my task,
yeah, I have to do this.

You have a style,

you have the dance moves
kind of thing.

It's not really dancing,
but I have, like,

a little move for every player
and they have, like,

own things that they did
on social media,

like Dominik Szoboslai who made
this, and I make this

when I say his first name
and the people

have to yell his last name.

The fans love it,
the players love it.

And I kind of get
a bit offended

when I hear that this is
the most hated club in Germany.

One of the accusations is that
it's commercial and money,

and you're buying success and--

Football is commercial,
this is crazy, but it's true.

- It's...
- Exactly that, isn't it?

What else do you feel that
people should look at RB Leipzig

and say, "We're okay,
we're good guys"?

Yeah, we are--
of course we are good guys,

but the most important
thing for me

is when I see those
families and those kids.

They have fun,
they like football,

and, I mean, this is
the most important thing,

we love football.

New kids on the block, right?

City with Abu Dhabi money,

and RB Leipzig with
Red Bull money.

Let's see what new football,

new money, new kids
on the block, gives us today.

The rising power
in German soccer, RB Leipzig.

And we welcome one of
the competition's

perennial favorites,English
champions, Manchester City.

Mahrez!

It's in the back of net!

Riyad Mahrez,
punishing Leipzig.

... header across
the mouth of the goal.

RB Leipzig
have not been biting,

they haven't been
putting pressure high,

they haven't been themselves,
so City go and went ahead,

they're comfortable,

it's down to RB Leipzig
to change matters.

Henrichs!

It's much better for Leipzig.

It's from a long way out--
stings the gloves of Ederson.

Good save.

...it's knocked
down, it's equalized!

Gvardiol!

Leipzig had the--
had the

on level footing with
the Premier League winners.

The second leg
in Manchester, however,

was all about one man.

Our number 9...

- Erling Haaland!

Haaland has given
Manchester City the lead.

Erling Haaland has taken
the game away from RB Leipzig!

Five goals in a single
Championship League game!

And nobody has
ever scored more!

Elsewhere, in the round of 16...

For the first time in 11 years,

AC Milan are into
the quarterfinals.

And by
the slenderest of margins,

Inter prevails
into the last eight.

Sterling!

Still Raheem Sterling!

- Gets the goal!

It's a big,
big night for Chelsea.

Goncalo Ramos,
lovely feed-- brilliant!

Absolutely brilliant.

Karim Benzema
puts the tie out of reach.

Politano, Osimhen...

And Napoli are on their way
to the quarterfinals.

Back to Germany,

which European giant will
join them in the next round?

I'm at the old town
of Munich.

It's the day of the massive game
Bayern Munich PSG second leg,

and because it's
one o'clock in the afternoon,

plenty of time to spare,

I decided to meet somebody
inside this beer garden

that's gonna tell me
about Bavarian culture.

Wow!

Everyone is here.

Getting ready for the game.

It's still, like, what,
eight hours left?

Big... pints of lager,

and the food.

- And there's Mike.
- Hey, Guillem, good to see ya.

- Hey, how are you doing?
- Good, good to see ya.

Everybody's here,
it's midday, what's going on?

PSG Bayern, only the biggest
championship match

of the week today, right?

And this has
always been such a big part

of the pregame spot
for Bayern fans.

One thing
you have to do is really

pace yourself when you
start this early.

Because I've been
to enough matches

where people
don't really remember

the outcome when
it's over, right?

Good trick, good trick.

What did you order?

Oh, wow, that's...

That's a lot of beer.

It's pregame, right?

We gotta get ready
for the match tonight, so...

Oh, oh, okay, okay.

- Brost.
- Brost.

You are German
or you are American,

you're a bit of both?

So I am both, I was
born and raised in Germany,

but very specifically, I grew up
south of Munich and, uh,

I moved to Washington, DC,
25 years ago,

and the first thing
I noticed was

there was nothing
in Bayern in 25 years.

There wasn't really football,

and so I actually
started a fan club--

whenever I met a Bayern fan
I was like, hey,

come watch here,
let's get together,

and over the last 15 years

it's really grown
into something special.

All Germans
have their own culture,

but Bavarians have such
a distinctive culture, right?

They were an independent country
for hundreds of years.

I oftentimes consider myself

Bavarian first
and German second.

What is so special
about Bayern

that other clubs don't have?

Like some of
the other clubs--

especially clubs
that are owned by a--

by a management or by an owner--
we own our club.

Every election I devote
for a president of the club

is a member of that club.

It makes you feel like
there's still

that small town,
provincial feel

while still being
a global powerhouse.

It also makes it special

that actually
Bayern Munich just spent

what they have
and no more than that.

I think Bayern
is a great example

for everyone's financial and
fiscal responsibility, right?

Why would Bayern spend
a hundred million

on a player and it's like,

we don't want to,
it's not feasibly sustainable,

it's not financially
responsible.

I like the 50-plus-one rule
in Germany, right?

- I like feeling...
- Which is what?

What basically says that
51 percent of the club

has to be owned by the members
of the club, right?

So it can't be owned
by a corporation.

You can't buy them out.

This is-- may not be
a Bavarian thing,

but I know in England,
that if your beer

is going down
like yours is,

we need to get another one.

Another one?
Yeah.

Mucho mas.

Right,
and then this goes-- ahh!

There you are-- oh, my God.

A total natural,
I'm a natural.

Who wants these beers?

Where are these
beers going?

Right, mate.

I got you sorted.

- I got you sorted.
- What can I say?

This is how you buy
a round in Germany, right?

Right, this is it.

What would happen
if you get knocked out tonight?

- Really?
- I've spent most of my life

saying, "next year."

We're gonna do it next year,
I'm very used to it.

I don't want to say
I'm immune to it

because I've had
some really rough times.

But I think, um, taking
a one to zero lead into Munich,

if we get eliminated,
we probably deserve it.

And that is
the logical answer.

That is the logical answer,
I know.

That's Mike!

And our Washington, DC fans.

Good luck tonight!

They never heard a word.

One of us in the midfield,
you then got...

Two undisputed titans,

two perennial
title hopefuls head to head

faced with the intolerable
threat of elimination.

Messi!

And, you know,
he finds his feet,

making a second chance,
smothered by Yann Sommer.

Sommer is being pressured.

Real trouble now...

Cleared off the line by
Delitzsch to the rescue!

...into the sixth, and
redirected in by Thomas Muller!

It's a fabulous ball,
but is it being called off?

And the goal is off.

Betrayed.

Benati running into a bit of
trouble, taken back,

He's got
on his right...

Pull for Choupo-Moting...

And this time, no mistake!

And Bayern double their
aggregate lead.

Messi's in swinger,
edge at the sixth, Ramos!

What a save by Sommer.

Red Bull...
...picking up Gnabry!

Perfect counter-attack
from Bayern

to punctuate the victory.

Right.

Guys, you'll be happy to know
that it's a wrap.

And it's another...

time in which PSG got knocked
out in the last 16.

That's the fifth time in...

so many years.

No good--
that means manager's out,

Messi will have to think
what to do,

and then, of course, Mbappé,

I don't think he's going
to be long in Paris.

It also means that I have
to go back to Munich again.

Terrible,
another beer garden!

Another bunch of friends
from Washington

to say hello to next time.

Anyway, that's all,
for now.

See you later, bye.