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Join hosts Mike & Neil as they cover all things soccer as they happen around the world. They'll mainly stick to focusing on the EPL and UEFA Champions League as well as the newly formed Canadian Premier League but the guys will also touch on other big leagues in Europe and cover any breaking news from the soccer world. No league, player, or country is off limits to talk about! Episodes are released every Thursday.
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The boys are back for another episode of the False 9. Neil and Mike discuss the new season that is already upon us is some league and review the Champions League. Tune in now!
This week we lead off from Copenhagen in Champions League where we saw incredible late drama in a seven goal thriller as FC Copenhagen down ten man Man United! In England there was an insane London derby as former Spurs gaffer Pochettino took his Chelsea charges to North London and was met by a heroic nine man Tottenham, but eventually the dam broke, and VAR made headlines in a scrappy affair between Newcastle and Arsenal in a narrow Magpie win! Barça nipped a late win at Sociedad despite being second best, Lautaro continued his fine form away to Atalanta in a victory as Inter sit top, Bayern crush Dortmund in Der Klassiker and Leverkusen continue to entertain atop the Bundesliga! Neil gives a first hand report from Canada against Brazil from Wanderers Grounds, Fluminense win Copa Libertadores, and we wish a happy trails to Wanderers legend Joao Morelli!
This week we lead of in England and the Arsenal train keeps chugging along as the totally boss Crystal Palace, and Spurs were SO Spursy, dropping points and the death to Southampton, and Conte went scorched earth in his presser! A wildly entertaining El Clásico sees Barça get a late winning to go 12 points clear of Real Madrid, Lazio are victorious in a typically spicy Roman derby, and Dortmund are top of Bundesliga after Guerreiro and Malen style on Köln for 6 goals as Bayern fall to Leverkusen! We do a quick roundup of Champions League where Haaland goes full cyborg for 5 goals, and we wrap up previewing this week’s Women’s Champions League quarters! This week we lead off in England and the Arsenal train keeps chugging along as they totally boss Crystal Palace, and Spurs were SO Spursy, dropping points at the death to Southampton, and Conte went scorched earth in his presser! A wildly entertaining El Clásico sees Barça get a late winner to go 12 points clear of Real Madrid, Lazio are victorious in a typically spicy Roman derby, and Dortmund are top of Bundesliga after Guerreiro and Malen style on Köln for 6 goals as Bayern fall to Leverkusen! We do a quick roundup of Champions League where Haaland goes full cyborg for 5 goals, and we wrap up previewing this week’s Women’s Champions League quarters!
This week there’s a late flurry at Camp Nou in Champions League where Lewandowski saves Barça against Inter, and Juve is in dire straits as they crash out to Maccabi Haifa! Mo Salah schools at Anfield as Liverpool find their form against City, Real Madrid teach Barcelona a lesson in El Clasico at the Bernabeu, Napoli thrill atop Serie A against Bologna, and Union continue to rise and shock Dortmund to stay top! Finally, we congratulate Benzema and Alexia for their Ballon d’Or wins, and bid adieu to Wanderers gaffer Stephen Hart!
This week we lead off with a quick recap of the Champions League and Europa League semis before diving headfirst into the Premier League run in where Arsenal got a scrappy road win at Old Trafford but Man City thrashed Fulham at The Cottage to stay in the driver’s seat for the title! We break down a couple snoozefests in the opening legs of the promotion playoffs, Barça down Sociedad through Lamine brilliance, Atalanta are perhaps the in form team in Europe as they and De Ketelaere styled on Roma in Bergamo, and Leverkusen dominated ten man Bochum to take their undefeated run to fifty matches! We stop by Wanderers corner, congratulate some recent top flight promotions across Europe and bid goodbye to Argentina World Cup winning gaffer El Flaco, Cesar Luis Menotti!
This week we welcome back Roy Chikumbi to the show, on his birthday no less! We lead off with Roy’s Gunners in the North London Derby who got three in the first against the run of play and held on to stay top, City went to Nottingham and won against a game Forest side to stay in the driver’s seat for the title! Barcelona turned around a goal deficit at Stamford Bridge to advance to the Women’s Champions League final through Aitana brilliance, and Diani and Dumornay lead Lyon past PSG to meet Barça in the final! Atletico Madrid got a huge win to fend off Athletic Club for the last Champions League spot, points were shared in a goalless draw between Juventus and AC Milan, and Dortmund took a beating at Leipzig who moved five points clear in fourth! Finally we stop by Wanderers Corner to break down a home opening loss!
This is week we lead off with the Champions League quarters where PSG turned around a deficit against ten man Barça on the road, Dortmund won a thriller over Atleti, City fell to Real on penalties, and Bayern squeaked past Arsenal at home! Man City are in the driver’s seat after thrashing Luton while Arsenal were bossed by Villa and Liverpool lost at Anfield to Crystal Palace! Atletico Madrid came back to beat Girona in a 3rd against 4th matchup, Sassuolo and Milan shared spoils in a wild 6 goal affair, and we congratulate Bayer Leverkusen as they dominated Werder Bremen to stay undefeated and clinch their first ever Bundesliga title! Finally we stop by Wanderers Corner where our boys in blue fell on the road in the season opener at Pacific!
This week we lead with the Premier League title race where Man City and Arsenal played to scoreless draw in a cagey tactical affair that played into Liverpool’s hands as they won in a thrilling contest at Anfield over Brighton! Real Madrid downed Athletic Bilbao at the Bernabeu through Rodrygo brilliance, Rafa Leao and Chukwueze showed out at Fiorentina, and Dortmund won their first Der Klassiker away to Bayern in ten years with a masterclass centre back display from Hummels which means the late drama in a Leverkusen win over Hoffenheim gives them a thirteen point gap at the top! Finally we hit the last Euros qualiers and have a look at the groups this summer, and Women’s Champions League is down to the semifinal stage!
This week we lead off with a truncated Prem fixture list as Fulham thrash Spurs and spoils are shared in East London between West Ham and Villa! We do a quick check in on FA Cup including late drama at Old Trafford between eternal rivals United and Liverpool! Barcelona went to the Metropolitano and housed Atleti through Lewandowski brilliance, Inter and Napoli played to entertaining draw that was marred by Acerbi racism, and Leverkusen keep rolling in their undefeated season keeping the gap at ten points to Bayern in a thrilling win at Freiburg! Finally we take a look at the Champions League quarterfinal draw and preview the upcoming matchups!
This week we lead off with Champions League where Bayern turned around a goal deficit against Lazio at home to advance, and Mbappé styled on Sociedad in the Basque Country! In the Manchester derby Foden showed out in the second to down United while Liverpool got a last gasp winner and Arsenal thrashed Sheffield United in the three-pronged title race! There’s late controversy at The Mestalla in Valencia in a draw with Real Madrid, Napoli have turned it around under new gaffer Calzona as they beat Juventus, and Leverkusen are ten points clear at the top in Bundesliga as they stay undefeated! Finally we bid goodbye to revolutionary fullback Andi Brehme as he left us far too young.
This week Mike is flying solo covering a spirited road performance from Chelsea at the Etihad where City fought back late for a point, Liverpool and Arsenal were the beneficiaries as they kept rolling in dominant wins! The Champions League knockout stages are underway where Bayern couldn’t muster a shot on target in a loss to Lazio, and a moment of magic from Brahim Diaz saw Real Madrid squeak past Leipzig! In the league Real dropped points in a derby as they drew with a feisty Rayo Vallecano, Inter continued their dominance in Serie A as they pull away from the rest, and it’s a crisis at Bayern as they fell at Bochum to lose more ground to undefeated Leverkusen! Finally we stop by Wanderers Corner for some incoming players, and cover the finals of AFCON and the Asian Cup to congratulate Ivory Coast and Qatar!
This week Klopp drops a bombshell that he’s leaving Liverpool after the season and on the field his Reds crushed Chelsea at Anfield, and Spurs got back into the Champions League spots with a win in a five goal thriller over Brentford! Xavi announced he’s leaving Barça after getting beat at home by Villarreal, Inter kept it rolling atop Serie A with a win away to Fiorentina, and Stuttgart put five past Leipzig in another high octane affair in the Bundesliga! We comb through all the January transfers, check in on AFCON and the Asian Cup, and finally bid goodbye to an Italian legend who left us, the Azzuri’s all time leading scorer Gigi Riva!
This week we lead off with an absolute barnburner from St. James’ Park where KDB came on and styled on Newcastle in a five goal thriller! Athletic Club were victorious in the latest edition of the Basque derby through a Berenguer brace, AC Milan dominated Roma at San Siro leading to Mourinho’s sacking, and Leverkusen eked out a win at Augsburg at the death to keep their unbeaten season going and keep the gap to Bayern at the top! Finally we comb through a so far uneventful transfer window, and bid farewell to one of the greatest to ever lace them up, Der Kaiser Franz Beckenbauer.
This week it’s the annual False 9 Premier League Festive Period Special! We lead off with an incredible comeback win for Neil’s Red Devils over Villa where Garnacho ran rampant and Højlund opened his account! Liverpool are top of the table after a hard fought draw with Arsenal and thrashing pf Burnley away, and West Ham had a great holiday as they downed both Man United and Arsenal! Newcastle are having a horrible run as they lost to relegation battlers Luton and Forest, and Brighton won a thrilling six goal track meet over Spurs on the south coast! Finally, we do a quick snapshot of where the other big leagues in Europe stand, and have a look at the round of sixteen matchups in Champions League! Happy Holidays!
This week it’s the final matchday of the Champions League group stage where the group of death gave us a thrilling finale as Dortmund and PSG share spoils to advance while Milan get a late winner to get into Europa League! In England Aston Villa scrape past Arsenal with an early goal allowing Liverpool to go top with a last minute Elliott winner over Palace! Girona are the story across Europe as they gonto Barcelona and hang four one them to go top, Atalanta get a late winner over Milan with some magic from Muriel, and Frankfurt smash Bayern at home in an impressive display! Finally, we congratulate Columbus on their MLS Cup win and wish a happy trails to Giorgio Chiellini!
This week we welcome special guest Tino aka DJ Fadzwa to the pod! Leading off former co-host and producer Marc hopped to get in his hot take on the last minute PSG penalty against his Magpies in Champions League, and Tino and Neil’s Red Devils squandered a lead at Galatasaray! In the Premier League City and Liverpool shared spoils in an entertaining affair, and Arsenal ekes out a win at Brentford to go top! Real Madrid swatted aside Cádiz behind Rodrygo brilliance to move past Girona into first in La Liga, Juventus and Inter draw in the Derby d’Italia despite the Nerazzuri’s dominance, and Dortmund win a 3 goal thriller against Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga! Finally we say farewell to the legendary manager Terry Venables who left us aged 80.
This week we leaf off with round 3 of the Champions League group stage as PSG styled on AC Milan, and Dortmund squeaked past Newcastle at St. James’ Park! Arsenal left it late to storm from behind at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea bossed it as they shared points, and Tottenham are still top after easing past Fulham! Points are shared in the Sergio Ramos derby between Sevilla and Real Madrid, Juve go to San Siro and down Milan, and Leverkusen are still undefeated atop the Bundesliga! We lament the end of the Wanderer’s season after a playoff loss at home to Pacific, and finally we wish goodbye to Manchester United legend Bobby Charlton, and farewell to Christine Sinclair in her international retirement!
This week we welcome back special guest Roy Chikumbi to the pod! We lead off with the Premier League this week where Roy’s Gunners got a dramatic late winner over Man City, and McTominay rescued Neil’s Red Devils late against Brentford. What scenes at St. James’ Park as Newcastle styled on PSG in Champions League! Bellingham looks among the best players on earth in a dominant win over Osasuna in La Liga, Pulisic scored a late winner at Genoa and we got to see Giroud don the keeping gloves late, and Bayer Leverkusen continue their champagne football as they top the Bundesliga! The CPL playoffs kick off this week, our Wanderers play host at the weekend, and finally we wish a happy retirement to Eden Hazard!
This week we lead off casting our minds back to the start of this season’s Champions League where Bayern triumph over a game Man United in a 7 goal thriller, and Bellingham rescued Real Madrid at the death! It was a thrilling, even North London Derby where spoils were shared, Atletico Madrid take El Derbi Madrileño on the counter, and Inter stay perfect to top Serie A. Leverkusen continue to entertain in Bundesliga and are level with Bayern, and PSG dominate Marseille in Le Classique! Finally, we stop by Wanderers Corner for a last minute gut punch loss on the west coast!
This week we lead off with late drama from the Emirates as an injury time Rice winner sees Arsenal down Man United, Son styles on Burnley for a hat trick at Turf Moor, and young Evan Ferguson does the same for Brighton over Newcastle! The Bellingham revolution continues at Real Madrid, Leao scores a worldy in a Milan win at Roma, and Bayern get a hard fought victory at Mönchengladbach! We run through the transfers from deadline day, stop by Wanderers corner, and review the Champions League group stage draw!
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