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Source: Football Weekly (The Guardian) — Chelsea and City out of the Champions League and Senegal stripped of Afcon title – Football Weekly
Duration: 58 min
AFCON title stripping
The Senegal national team is declared to have forfeited the final with the result of the match being recorded as 3-0 in favor of Morocco. It's basically opened a can of worms that has never previously been opened.
Taking away someone's trophy after 57 days is kind of stupid and makes everyone look bad. You can't set a precedent where if you're sufficiently grumpy with the ref you can just take the team off for a while.
Chelsea financial breaches
Chelsea have been fined £10.75 million and a suspended transfer ban that may never be imposed. This comes from the Premier League's judgment against Chelsea for breaking football's rules.
How do you feel about the fact that the end of this saga is that Chelsea are fined less than what it cost them to fire Graham Potter? The trophies are still in the cabinet. Why would anyone follow the rules in this sport?
Manchester City Champions League exit
Man City won't be winning the Champions League. They've been knocked out pretty comprehensively in the end. It's like they kind of lack that belief almost, don't they?
Chelsea's transfer strategy
I think broadly speaking more about Chelsea, I think this tie is an example of maybe the sort of fly in the Todd Boehly ointment and this idea of signing players as almost a form of commodities trading.
Arsenal's trophy priorities
I think most fans want the Premier League more than anything. I think there's no question that Arteta wants to win everything. He's set up his squad to try to win all four trophies.
Bodo/Glimt Champions League exit
The Nordic dream is over. The thing that's upsetting more so than the fact that they lost is that they were not very good. They played the occasion rather than the game.
Arsenal vs Leverkusen Champions League
It felt like as soon as that goal went in, it was like the point had been made. It certainly didn't feel like Arsenal were ever in danger of letting it go.
Arsenal's Champions League form
I don't think you ever got much of a sense that Leverkusen were going to get anything out of this. It is quite trendy to root for the baddies, I think. If the baddie isn't killed off eventually, he gets reinvented as the goodie.
Pep Guardiola's touchline attire
He looked like someone who'd accidentally found himself on a hike or something. It didn't look like he was convinced either. It did all feed into this really slightly odd atmosphere.
