World Football Talk

This was supposed to be a pod solely looking at the relegation-threatened teams. I swear, that's what it was supposed to be.

Manchester United had other plans.

As promised, we do circle back to the big relegation clashes, including the huge M23 Derby 6-pointer. We also touch upon Jorge Mendes FC securing promotion and Zlatan possibly having a role in the World Cup.

Enjoy the plethora of options this midweek! Follow us on Twitter @WFT_Podcast for all the latest thoughts, updates and musings.

What a Champions League midweek it was! Ryan couldn't stomach sitting down to talk about the disastrous results (and some scheduling conflicts got in the way as well) so Thomas solos this one.

Where does Thomas stand on the most controversial issues of the Champions League Quarterfinals? I think you may have an idea.

Thomas also looks ahead to the weekend of action on this "compressed" version of World Football Talk.

The Manchester Derby takes center stage for much of this episode. We dive two-footed into multiple decisions that shaped this game, much like Ashley Young did on Sergio Aguero. We all know where Thomas stands, but what does Ryan have to say about all this?

We also take a look at the Merseyside Derby, Leicester vs Newcastle, Augsburg vs Bayern, and other results around Europe.

Finally, we dive into the action that took place in MLS, including Atlanta's 5-0 demolition job of LAFC. Is the expansion club officially in trouble?

We look ahead to the fixtures through Wednesday, as a lot of Champions League-related fixtures take place, both in league play and in cup play.

We hope to be back Wednesday night to recap all the big stories to come out of the midweek action. Stay tuned to iTunes, SoundCloud and our Twitter (@WFT_Podcast) for all the latest updates and analysis.

We start off the show at the only logical place: Liverpool's 3-0 shellacking of Manchester City at Anfield. We then look at the other 3 Champions League Quarterfinals and discuss where Ronaldo's bike lands among the all-time great bikes.

Ryan then takes us through the notable results in the Premier League, including some important relegation fights.

We then move to Major League Zlatan as the first El Trafico was a major success. If you somehow haven't heard, Zlatan did Zlatan things and this game was just all-around nuts. You have to check this section out and watch the highlights for this game.

We finish off looking ahead to numerous notable matchups this weekend. The derbies continue with the Madrid, Merseyside and Manchester Derbies, along with some intriguing MLS matches and Bayern's chance to clinch the Bundesliga title.

As promised, here is Kucka's half-field goal - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6h6mf0

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We have a segmented show for you and it starts with Thomas soloing a rousing chat about international friendlies and what we learned from this past window.

Thomas takes care of Dear God What Have You Done before Ryan is officially introduced into the show to talk about some VAR controversy, New York Red Bulls's win over Minnesota United and what to watch for this upcoming weekend.

Connect with us on Twitter and let us know what you think of VAR and the England vs Italy decision. Thomas's biased opinions await you.

Lots of draw reaction as both the Champions League and Europa League drew their Quarterfinal matchups. Which are the key matchups of the round and who has the best chance?

Also, we look at the weekend that was in the FA Cup and Premier League.

Finally, Dear God What Have You Done finally gets its official intro....and you really shouldn't be surprised at what it was to be perfectly honest. Not surprising: Jose Mourinho is the topic.

The international break is upon us and let's be honest, it's great as usual.

As always, check us out @WFT_Podcast on Twitter and let us know if we are right, wrong, have bad takes, or what to just say what's up.

Enjoy the greatness that is the international weekend!

We are back! What a time to return, what with United's embarrassing loss, Milan's embarrassing loss and Chelsea's....well...embarrassing loss. Just lots of embarrassment and misery this episode.

It's a midweek special, here on World Football Talk.

Be sure to follow us on Twitter @WFT_Podcast in case hiatuses come up just like they did last week.

It's a cup/La Liga midweek which means there are some results to go over including a very contentious matchup between Tottenham and Rochdale. The game was a blowout, but the use of VAR got people in a tizzy. Where do we stand on VAR?

Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla were all in action this week, as well as some major upsets in the Coupe de France Quarterfinals from two third division sides.

Also: Neymar. Is this karma?

We transition into some MLS injury news and give a very quick preview to the upcoming season and why Ryan hates Sacha Kljestan so much.

We then move on to the first World Football Talk quiz as Ryan puts Thomas's 2014 World Cup Knowledge to the test. How many questions does he land? Is he that full of himself?

Have a great weekend (Milan is going to smash Inter).

Leave us a rating on iTunes and connect with us @WFT_Podcast on Twitter for more from Thomas and Ryan.

Big shout out to The Understatement for letting us use their song "Apothecary" for our intro and outro. Be sure to check them out on Bandcamp (theunderstatementnj.bandcamp.com/track/apothecary), YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEaEwscwbHE) and SoundCloud (@user-217504843).

A fun weekend of football saw a lot of dramatic results that had drastic effects over the bottom half of the Premier League table. We also briefly look at what the top half got up to and how teams like Watford and Everton have to worry about relegation, but can also qualify for Europe.

We jump around nations as we discuss some notable results in Germany and in Spain as some UCL teams saw varying degrees of success.

VAR Watch makes its debut and it's another edition of Dear God What Have You Done.

Finally, we talk about the Europa League Round of 16 Draw and Thomas gets jacked up about Milan drawing Arsenal. Could this be the official return of AC Milan?

Next weekend, MLS officially kicks off and we will be diving deeper into "Our Soccer" more than ever before. Will Toronto retain? Can Seattle survive without Jordan Morris? Will either New York team do something for once?

Leave us a rating on iTunes and connect with us @WFT_Podcast on Twitter for more from Thomas and Ryan.

Big shout out to The Understatement for letting us use their song "Apothecary" for our intro and outro. Be sure to check them out on Bandcamp (theunderstatementnj.bandcamp.com/track/apothecary), YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEaEwscwbHE) and SoundCloud (@user-217504843).

This week's World Football Talk weekend roundup looks back on an FA Cup Weekend that started rather poorly, but ramped up by the time Sunday and Monday's games were played. Was Anthony Taylor right in giving Fabian Delph a yellow, wait I changed my mind, red card that likely cost City a quadruple? Can Tottenham get any more Spursy after their Jekyll and Hyde week?

We also flash back to a midweek full of fun results as Real Madrid and PSG had their first leg, as well as a surprising result coming out of Turin. Also, Liverpool and Man City rolled.

The Europa League does exist and it's important to many as AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Napoli, RB Leipzig and many more powerhouses took to the pitch in the Round of 32 1st legs.

Finally, we look ahead to the 4 other Champions League Round of 16 matchups to come this week, including a huge game between Chelsea and Barcelona.

Tune in to our CL recap show that will be recorded Wednesday night and released as soon as possible.

Leave us a rating on iTunes and connect with us @WFT_Podcast on Twitter for more from Thomas and Ryan.

Big shout out to The Understatement for letting us use their song "Apothecary" for our intro and outro. Be sure to check them out on Bandcamp (theunderstatementnj.bandcamp.com/track/apothecary), YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEaEwscwbHE) and SoundCloud (@user-217504843).