La Liga Season Preview Spectacular Part 1: Bold Predictions

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08/10/21 • 59 min

El Clásico Podcastico: a Barcelona and Real Madrid podcast

Join the boys as they close their eyes and swing for the fences with their bold predictions for the quickly approaching La Liga season (20:46). See which superstar Mark thinks will falter for Madrid, and Payton has some truly shocking insights into which Barcelona players will step up to become top scorers for the blaugrana with Messi's exit. Also, the boys discuss Messi's imminent transfer to PSG, Pedri cancelling his own vacation, and the preseason results (3:32).

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Emergency Exit Edition: Messi Leaving Barcelona

Mark and Payton discuss the strange, stunning, and short statement put out yesterday by FC Barcelona that their greatest ever player is suddenly leaving, due to Spanish Liga regulations. The boys go through all of the angles on the incredible announcement, including who is at fault, whether Messi is actually leaving, and where we would like to see him land if he does indeed depart the club he has been at for over twenty years.

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La Liga Season Preview Spectacular Part 2: Messi Chaos, Betting Lines, and Week 1 Games!

The boys are left agape in horror at the unbelievable exit of Lionel Messi to PSG, and the financial chaos that left Barcelona in this sad state, (4:34), before talking generally about their expectations for their somewhat beleaguered superclubs and the state of play in general in Europe as each of Barcelona and Real Madrid had a club legend plucked away over the summer by PSG. Then they get into the jolliest part of the season as they each place their bets on our very own made up betting lines for the upcoming La Liga season. Grab a pencil and play along as both Mark and Payton put their money where their mouths are and pick their over/unders for the season (20:42). Also Mark gets excited for a lip-smacking Week 1 matchup for Real Madrid as they travel to tiny Alaves (53:32), and Payton sees big things for the new blaugrana forwards as they take on Sociedad (1:02:04).