The Overlap

The Overlap

By Rheon Trim & Elyas TecleSportsSoccer
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The Overlap episodes

  • Episode 128: Winning Things

    As Rheon calls it, winning things. In the first Messi-less weekend of Spanish football in 15 years, all of the Top 4 teams in Spain won, but the ways they got there was...unexpected. We go over Barcelona's impressive win over La Real, Real Madrid and Atletico's strong performance against Alaves and Celta Vigo, respectively. Oh, and Bordalas's team (Valencia) continue to do Bordalas things!

    43 min
  • Episode 127: The Pressure Is On

    The Premier League season is under way and there were surprisingly no draws in the first matchday of the season. Meanwhile, City couldn't finish their chances if Maradona himself had come down from the heavens and "Hand of God-ed" their chances into the net, Spurs look shockingly adequate, Arsenal continue to be woeful (Arteta...out in the near future?), and United make a STATEMENT against Leeds.

    57 min
  • Episode 126: And Here. We. Go.

    The 2020-2021 season(s) are about to begin this weekend across Europe (sans Ligue 1, which started last weekend), so we wanted to give you a preview of 3 top-of-mind questions we had going into the Premier League and La Liga seasons. Will Chelsea's imminent purchase of Lukaku prove to be worthwhile in their challenge for the title? Are Atletico favorites to win the title again and why? All that and more on this week's pod...and a few exciting things coming on the podcast in the next 1-2 months!

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 125: It's Really Happening

    Yup. It's real. Lionel Messi will not be a Barcelona player this coming season or thereafter. It feels almost ominous to write this, but we break down what led to this point, why Barcelona are in the position they are in, and what's next for the greatest of all time.

    46 min
  • Episode 124: Calm Before the Storm
    With the 2021/2022 season soon to start across Europe, we take a look at the rest of the summer's major events, including the USMNT's win over Mexico in the Gold Cup Final (7:00), what this means for the team headed into WC qualifiers, and some of our favorite stories emerging across the European transfer scene (30:00). Most notably, the Harry Kane saga, Jack Grealish to City, and Mbappe to Real Madrid!
    59 min
  • Episode 123: Summer Silly Season - The Finale
    Well, the international tournaments are over and we have a LOT to discuss about both finals. Italy snatching the Euro's from England at Wembley to deny the Brits from winning their first international tournament since 1966 (6:00). Messi and Argentina winning their first Copa America since 1993, and Messi's first international tournament win (1:03:00). So. Much. Content.
    1 hr 32 min
  • Episode 122: Summer Silly Season Part 4
    As the semifinals of the international tournaments this summer come to a close and we look towards the finals, we review all four semifinals from the Euros (3:30) and Copa America (54:00), along with our predictions for the final and why England will not be Euro 2020 winners (signed, Elyas)!
    1 hr 13 min
  • Episode 121: Summer Silly Season Part 3

    Well, another international tournament, another Spain vs Italy knockout match-up. Oh, and also England are really about to bring it home aren't they? We cover all the quarter finals from Euro 2020, preview the semifinals for each team, and give our predictions for the rest of the tournament!

    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 120: Summer Silly Season Part 2
    Was Monday, June 28th, 2021 the most entertaining day in international tournament history? We'll stay away from "the greatest", but it has to be up there in terms of pure entertainment. This week, we go into detail on the knock out rounds of the Euros, including everything from England getting one back on Germany for WWII (7:45), the Spain-Croatia and France-Swiss debaucheries (23:45), previewing Belgium-Italy and why Denmark should absolutely not be slept on (51:45). Oh, and don't forget that little Copa America thing that's been going on to...we get to that towards the end!
    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 119: Summer Silly Season Begins
    We're baaaaaaack! We return to the pod to recap some of the highlights around the footballing world over the last month or so including Christian Eriksen's collapse on the field (8:00), the Euro 2020 (2021?) group stage results and our thoughts, the Copa America (44:00), the CONCACAF Nations League Final, and the rest of the transfer and managerial news from around Europe (1:00:00)!
    1 hr 13 min

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