Champions League Review: Unstoppable PSG, United’s woes continue, Harry Kane for Ballon d’Or?

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse are back with a LIVE episode of State of the Union! We start today’s show recapping all the action from a wild week in the Champions League. PSG continued to look unstoppable as they topped Barcelona 4-2. The back-to-back UCL champions don’t look to be stopping anytime soon despite a wonder goal from Lamine Yamal. Barcelona will be meeting Real Madrid in El Clasico this weekend and Madrid knocked off RB Leipzig 4-1 in the UCL. Yan Diomande scored an extraordinary goal for Madrid and may be cementing his permanent place in Los Blancos' starting XI. Manchester United’s woes continued in a 4-1 loss to Como as the walls seem to be closing in on manager Michael Carrick. After the game, Bruno Fernandes was very critical of the coaching staff and Alexi and Mosse debate how United are going to try and crawl out of the hole this time. As the Ballon d’Or announcement gets closer and closer, Harry Kane stayed hot, scoring in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal for Bayern Munich. In #AskAlexi, the guys discuss who could replace Mauricio Pochettino if he were to leave the USMNT and in One for the Road, Alexi and Mosse talk about the USL’s promotion/relegation plans.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro1:52 - How does PSG replace Kvaratskhelia & Dembele?15:05 - What’s wrong with Manchester United?22:52 - Is Harry Kane the archetype for a ‘positionless’ striker?34:42 - Americans and the dark arts44:56 - Ask Alexi: If Pochettino leaves, who should the US hire?51:10 - Ask Alexi: Is college soccer hurt by Americans going to MLS Academies?56:32 - One for the Road: Promotion/Relegation is now in the USL!1:01:23 - What are we watching? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices