Episodes
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Episode 141: PSG Beats Barca, Harry Kane Ballon d'Or and Como Crushes United
Nick Robertson makes his seasonal debut on the 2520 Sports Talk to analyze Matchday 3 in the UCL League Phase with fellow European football expert Taylor Monroe. Reigning champions PSG deliver Barcelona's first loss in all comps this season, Bayern and Arsenal play out a draw in Munich, and Man...
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Episode 140: Late Start to the 2026/27 UCL Season
Our European football experts have been busier than usual in 2026 with some big life events, so we apologize for the late start! Taylor finally previews the participants for the now-current 2026/27 UCL campaign, reveals his final League Phase table prediction, and breaks down the big moments from...
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Episode 139: Paris Repeats The Champions League
Nick and Taylor analyze the ultimate showdown of the Champions League between reigning holders PSG and recent Premier League winners Arsenal in this season's Final in Budapest. The European experts discuss the lineups, tactics, substitutions, goals, and the dramatic penalty kick shootout that...
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Episode 138: PSG vs Arsenal UCL Final Preview
Nick and Taylor preview the ultimate showcase in European football: the Champions League Final. Our European football experts discuss possible lineups, tactics, strengths, and weaknesses for the finalists, and they make their final predictions of the season of this season's champion. In classic...
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Episode 137: PSG Pushes Past Bayern, Arsenal Remains Unbeaten
Title favorites PSG and Bayern meet again after Bayern's 2-1 win in the League Phase earlier this season, while Atletico Madrid rematches Arsenal after the Gunners' 4-0 win in London from the League Phase as well. One thing's for sure: PSG vs Bayern truly lived up to expectations! Timestamps:...
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Episode 136: Spain Sees Red
Nick and Taylor provide a full analysis of the Champions League Quarterfinals, which featured a heavyweight clash between Bayern München and Real Madrid, a domestic duel between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, a rematch of last season's Round of 16 clash between Liverpool and PSG, and an absolute...
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Episode 135: UCL Quarterfinals Predictions
Nick and Taylor preview the upcoming Champions League Quarterfinal ties and provide their predictions for who will reach the Semifinals. Sporting and Arsenal meet again after last meeting in the 2024/25 League Phase. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid meet for the first time in this competition in 10...
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Episode 134: Rough Round of 16 for English Clubs
This season's Champions League Round of 16 featured a record-breaking 68 goals across Europe--much to the demise of English sides. Reigning UCL holders PSG faced off against reigning Conference League and Club World Cup winners Chelsea in a rematch from last summer's Club World Cup Final in the...
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Episode 133: UCL Round of 16 Preview & Predictions
Nick and Taylor preview the upcoming 2025/26 Champions League Round of 16 bracket and fixtures, and predict who will ultimately advance to the Quarterfinals. Reigning Champions League winners PSG and reigning Conference League winners Chelsea meet again after their showdown in the 2025 FIFA Club...
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Episode 132: Bodo/Glimt & Galatasaray Upset Italian Giants, Dortmund Collapses in Bergamo
Nick and Taylor analyze another dramatic rendition of the Champions League Knockout Playoff round, where Italian clubs once again disappointed. Reigning finalists Inter took on the Norwegian minnows Bodo/Glimt and became the latest victims of an unbelievable, unforeseen upset in the competition....
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Episode 131: Benfica, Bodo/Glimt & Club Brugge Advance Sensationally
Nick and Taylor analyze the pure bedlam from the final matchday of the Champions League League Phase. Benfica's goalkeeper scores a goal that will long be remembered in Champions League history to send the Portuguese outfit into the knockout rounds by the slimmest of margins. Bodo/Glimt travels…
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Episode 130: Inter Loses Again, Bodo/Glimt Upsets Man City, and Villarreal, Frankfurt Crash Out
Taylor breaks down all 18 fixtures from Matchday 7 in the League Phase of the Champions League, which produced some needed wins from a number of struggling clubs, a historic victory for the Norwegian debutants Bodo/Glimt, and the capitulation of four clubs before the final matchday. Additionally,...
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Episode 129: City Defeats Madrid Away, Atalanta Contains Chelsea, and Inter Slips Again
European football prophet Nick Robertson and European football expert Taylor Monroe analyze an interesting slate of League Phase fixtures from Matchday 6 of the Champions League. Real Madrid and Man City met yet again for another classic, managerial heavyweights Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte...
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Episode 128: Nick in Paris for PSG vs Spurs
For the first time in 2520 Sports Talk history, we had one of our own live in the stadium for a Champions League match. Nick Robertson shares his incredible story from the Parc des Princes on Matchday 5, where he watched the reigning UCL winners PSG face off against the reigning Europa League...
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Episode 127: Bayern & Liverpool Beat Fellow Contenders While Napoli & Juventus Disappoint Again
We have officially reached the halfway mark in the Champions League's League Phase, which featured some surprising results across Europe. Nick and Taylor analyze all 18 matches, which featured a sensational match in Paris between PSG and Bayern, a thrilling contest in Belgium between Club Brugge...
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Episode 126: PSV Upsets Napoli, While PSG, Arsenal, and Bayern Dominate
European football prophet Nick Robertson joins European football expert Taylor Monroe to analyze all the action from Matchday 4 in the Champions League league phase. Five sides remain perfect after three matchdays, as PSG, Arsenal, Bayern, and Inter all dominated their opponents, while Real…
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Episode 125: PSG Edges Barca, Qarabag Wins Again, and Dortmund, Marseille, and Atletico Dominate
European football prophet Nick Robertson returns to the show to break down Matchday 2 of the 2025/26 Champions League group phase with fellow European football expert Taylor Monroe. Matchday 2 included a brilliant marquee matchup between Barcelona and Paris, another historic win for Qarabag, and...
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Episode 124: English vs Spanish Showdowns, Benfica Bottles at Home
Taylor breaks down all 18 matches from Matchday 1 in the 2025/26 Champions League Group Phase, which featured FOUR English vs Spanish duels, a four-goal thriller in Turin, a Benfica bottlejob at home, and several impressive results by debutant clubs. Timestamps: 0:00-1:27 Intro 1:28-5:21 Juventus...
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Episode 123: Champions League 2025/26 Predictions
European football prophet Nick Robertson and European football expert Taylor Monroe drop their highly anticipated Champions League preview and predictions episode for the 2025/26 campaign. The duo introduces the participants for this season's rendition, reveals the schedules for the tournament...
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Episode 122: Intro to the 2025/26 Season
Nick and Taylor return from the summer break to preview the 2025/2026 club campaign, which is now officially underway across Europe. The European football experts clown Manchester United for losing to League 2 side Grimsby Town on penalties in the EFL Cup 1st round, discuss their experiences…
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Episode 121: Paris Finally Wins the Champions League
Well, Nick Robertson's bold, audacious, and unfathomable prediction came true after all: PSG indeed won their first UCL title before Mbappe did with Real Madrid. Nick and Taylor analyze a truly historic Champions League Final in Munich, where PSG punished Simone Inzaghi's Inter by a…
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Episode 120: PSG vs Inter UCL Final Preview
Nick and Taylor provide a comprehensive preview of this season's Champions League conclusion between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan. Our European football experts break down the paths that both clubs endured to reach the Final in Munich, the tactical and personnel matchups between both…
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Episode 119: Inter vs Barcelona: The Greatest UCL Tie in History
Nick and Taylor break down a truly unforgettable Champions League Semifinals, which featured a 13-goal spectacle between Inter and Barcelona, and another captivating PSG performance against Premier League opposition in Arsenal. Our European football experts analyze the tactics, the goals, the VAR...
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Episode 118: Arsenal Destroys Madrid, Inter Edges Bayern
European football experts Nick and Taylor analyze yet another thrilling rendition of the Champions League Quarterfinals, which included a rare matchup between the reigning holders Real Madrid and Arsenal, a classic meeting between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich, a first-time meeting between Aston...
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Episode 117: Real Madrid & Paris Prevail on Penalties
Nick and Taylor break down all of the action from the Champions League Round of 16, which featured two exhilarating ties that went the full distance to penalty kicks. French champions PSG faced current Premier League leaders Liverpool, who also finished on top of the 36-team UCL Group Phase.…
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Episode 116: Mbappe Masterclass vs City, Italian Clubs Swept Away
Nick and Taylor provide a comprehensive analysis of the first ever Champions League Playoff round, which absolutely lived up to the hype. The Playoff round featured a blockbuster rematch for the fourth-straight season between Real Madrid and Manchester City, two Italian vs Dutch matchups…
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Episode 115: Matchday 8: The Group Phase Finale
Taylor analyzes the complete slate of Matchday 8 fixtures from the Champions League group phase. This epic conclusion featured sixteen fixtures in which at least one club had something to play for: a top-8 finish, a seeded playoff spot, or an unseeded playoff spot. As eighteen clubs had...
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Episode 114: Benfica and Man City Crumble, Feyenoord Baffles Bayern
Nick and Taylor return just in time to provide comprehensive analyses of Matchday 7 in the Champions League with just days to go before the final League Phase matchday! Our European football experts explain what went wrong for Benfica and Manchester City, how Feyenoord somehow scored three on a...
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Episode 113: Atalanta and Inter Finally Lose & Leipzig Eliminated
Nick and Taylor break down all 18 fixtures from Matchday 6 of the Champions League group phase, which included first-time losses for Italian sides Atalanta and Inter, further misery for Sporting and Man City, and persistent wins from Bayern, Atletico, and Milan. Liverpool and Barcelona became the...
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Episode 112: City Collapses, Madrid Mauled Again, and Stuttgart Smashed
Nick returns to the show to help break down a magnificent Matchday 5 in the Champions League. On Tuesday, Manchester City conceded three late goals to blow a 3-0 lead at home, Sporting found it difficult to adjust following their manager's departure, and Brest finally tasted defeat on a historic...
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Episode 111: Sporting & Milan Upset UCL Favorites, Dinamo Zagreb Ascends
2520 Sports Talk host Taylor Monroe analyzes all 18 fixtures from Matchday 4 in the Champions League: the official midway point in the opening League Phase. Taylor breaks down how Sporting sent off their beloved manager Ruben Amorim in style with a famous home victory over Manchester City, what's...
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Episode 110: Madrid's Miraculous Comeback & Barcelona's Revenge
Nick and Taylor break down a marvelous Matchday 3 in the Champions League, which once again featured no shortage of drama. The duo provides a comprehensive analysis of Real Madrid's comeback against fellow UCL finalist Dortmund, Barcelona's long-awaited revenge against Bayern (with the help of…
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Episode 109: Dortmund Cook Celtic, Juventus Jump Leipzig
Nick and Taylor provide a complete analysis of all 18 matches on Matchday 2 in the Champions League. The duo commence with an irresistible clowning of Celtic, who were absolutely annihilated in Germany against the reigning finalists of Dortmund. Then, our European football experts break down two...
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Episode 108: Bayern Net Nein
Nick and Taylor provide complete coverage of Matchday 1 of the newly redesigned Champions League format, which produced some absolute spectacles—and a few snoozers—across Europe. The duo examines history in the making, as Bayern continues to crush every opponent in sight, demolishing the Croatian...
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Episode 107: Previewing the Newly Redesigned Champions League
Nick and Taylor return from a summer hiatus to break down and preview the completely redesigned Champions League format for the 2024/25 season. Our European football experts explain how the new tournament is organized, how the opening League Phase fixtures will be played, and how teams can…
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Episode 106: Real Madrid Win 15th UCL, Atalanta Demolish Unbeaten Leverkusen
Nick and Taylor wrap up the 2023/24 season by analyzing the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League finals, which all transpired according to their outstanding predictions. The duo also summarizes which clubs won league titles, league cups, and super cups within the Premier League,...
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Episode 105: Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen are Inevitable
Nick and Taylor provide highlights and analysis from the exceptionally dramatic semifinals of the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League. Our European football experts begin with a comprehensive analysis of both semifinal fixtures between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, which...
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Episode 104: Unbelievable Champions League Quarterfinals
Nick and Taylor analyze what was truly an unforgettable slate of instant classics in the Champions League quarterfinals, which featured an absolute disaster-class bottlejob from Barcelona against PSG, a remarkable Dortmund comeback against Atletico Madrid, a tie full of world-class goals between...
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Episode 103: March Madness in European Football
Nick and Taylor analyze the quaterfinal brackets from the Champions League, Europa League, and long-awaited Conference League, as we now know the routes to each European cup final. Our European football experts begin by breaking down each matchup from the Champions League quarterfinals, where...
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Episode 102: Italian Sides Crash Out of the UCL, Anthony Taylor Saves Leverkusen
Nick joins Taylor in recapping the rounds of 16 across the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League, where several ties were ultimately decided after penalties. Our European football experts praise Bayern, PSG and Barcelona for comfortable wins in their second legs, analyze Carlo...
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Episode 101: Underwhelming UCL Knockouts & Electric Europa League Playoffs
Nick and Taylor analyze a rather boring slate of Champions League round of 16 first legs, which featured a predictable Man City manslaughter of Copenhagen, an unexpected Bayern blunder in Rome, a controversial penalty in Eindhoven, and a stoppage time Porto winner at the Dragão. Conversely, our...
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Episode 100: Champions League Round of 16 Predictions & Power Rankings
Nick returns to join Taylor in celebrating the century mark of 2520 Sports Talk episodes, exactly two years to the date of the recording of the inaugural episode. Our European football experts preview the upcoming Champions League round of 16 ties, analyze every club's current run of form, and...
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Episode 99: Ravens Choke and Lions Collapse
Brendan, Taylor and Travis break down the AFC and NFC Championship games, where the Chiefs once again proved their worth on the road against the #1 seed Ravens and the Lions endured a colossal collapse against Mr. Irrelevant and the #1 seed 49ers. The trio discusses what went wrong for the losing...
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Episode 98: NFL Wildcard & Divisional Rounds Roundup
Brendan, Taylor and Travis recap the NFL Wildcard playoff games, which included an unexpected Green Bay demolition of the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field South (AT&T Stadium), a characteristically fraudulent performance by the Miami Dolphins at Arrowhead, a phenomenal Texans win against Joe…
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Episode 97: NFL Playoff Picture and Saban, Carroll Reactions
Brendan, Taylor and Travis begin by reacting to the shocking news of Nick Saban's resignation from Alabama and Pete Carroll's mutually decided change at the Seattle Seahawks, along with other major coaching news across the NFL. The trio then recaps Week 18 in the NFL and previews the upcoming...
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Episode 96: College Football Playoff & Bowl Games Recap
Travis and Taylor bring in the new year with in-depth analyses of the two College Football Playoff games and every bowl game involving Power Five conference teams. They summarize how each Power Five conference performed collectively against other conferences and Taylor emphasizes why non-Power…
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Episode 95: Champions League Matchday 6
Nick and Taylor analyze the final slate of matches from the Champions League group stage, which featured some thrilling battles for round of 16 qualification and the Europa League playoff. Astonishingly, two Premier League sides, one Bundesliga side, and the reigning Europa League winners...
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Episode 94: College Football Playoff Chaos & UCL Matchday 5
Nick joins Brendan, Taylor, and Travis to debate the decisions made by the Committee, as Michigan, Washington, Texas, and Alabama made the cut at the expense of an undefeated Florida State and a one-loss Georgia. Additionally, the guys debate which team should have made a New Year's Six bowl from...
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Episode 93: A Regretful Red Raider Reunion in Austin
Brendan made another special visit to Austin to reunite with Taylor and Travis to watch the final Big XII matchup between Texas Tech and Texas at the DKR--a game that will live in infamy. The trio gives their bitter impressions from the DKR disaster, and they discuss the final week of college...
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Episode 92: Atlético Annihilates Celtic, Shakhtar Shocks Barcelona
Nick and Taylor analyze Matchday 4 of the Champions League group stage, which featured more restructuring of the "Group of Death," an absolute Atlético annihilation of Celtic in Madrid, a surprise Shakhtar victory over Broke FC, another Harry Kane masterclass for Bayern, and much more. The duo...