Arsenal Women Arsecast Episode 164: Advantage Arsenal against Lyon
4/28/20261 hr 12 min
In this episode of the Arsenal Women Arsecast, Tim and Jamie run the rule over Arsenal’s 2-1 Champions League semi-final first leg over Lyon in North London. There is discussion of the line-ups, the performances of Emily Fox, Caitlin Foord, Katie McCabe and Lotte Wubben-Moy, as well as reflections on Arsenal’s increasing maturity and experience at dealing with situations in this competition. Tim and Jamie look back on a pair of pretty calamitous goals in the second half that Arsenal nevertheless deserved. There is also chat (and some extra context) around reports that Manchester City are closing in on signing Beth Mead and Katie McCabe. In the second half, Tim and Jamie take your questions from BlueSky.
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First 90 secondsTim Stillman· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Arsenal Women Ask Arsenal blog.com, with me, your host, Tim Stillman. Um, hope you enjoyed last week's episode. Hope you listened to last week's episode with very special guest, Lotta Wubben-Moy, uh, talking ahead of the UEFA Champions League semifinal with Leon, and tried to focus the interview a little bit on her kind of preparation for games and, you know, the situation she's been in with club and country over the last couple of years. And, um, we might end up talking about on this pod as well [chuckles] 'cause I thought she had a fantastic game, um, on Sunday. Um, and that's the game we're gonna talk about. And here to chat about that with me, as ever, is our co-host, Jamie Spanger. Jamie, how are you doing?
Jamie Spanger· Host0:54
Hey, Tim. It's been a while. I've missed you.
Tim Stillman· Host0:57
It has.
Jamie Spanger· Host0:57
[laughs] I've missed, I've missed talking Arsenal with you. Um, I think that podcast with Lotta prepped her for a fantastic performance [chuckles] against Leon personally, 'cause God, she was great, and obviously we'll get into the nitty-gritty. But Tim, it's nice to have a win. Obviously, it's only halfway or halftime, whatever we say on our social media posts these days. [chuckles] But yeah, no, I think a lot of positives to bring from that performance. A heavy block, uh, coming up, so I'll be seeing plenty of your face, Tim, which I'm very excited about.
Tim Stillman· Host1:21
[laughs] Yeah. And actually, uh, strangely, I'm, I'm not gonna be at the Leicester game on Wednesday because I'm in Madrid for the