The Set Piece – 3.28 – Racism ruins a good pod about riots
The boys are back as promised! We ease our way into soccer chat this week and allow Pat to grieve the Spartans Final Four loss over the weekend. The insanity started with Travis Kelce's Coors Lite commercial and ended with a cover of "Old Town Road" on an overturned car.
After a trip down the college riot memory lane, Devon and the guys touch on the rash of racist acts towards players. There have been four major events since Montenegro's attack on England two weeks ago. With the biggest transgression taking place against Moise Kean, Italy's answer to Christian Pulisic. After being goaded all game, hatred rained down on him after scoring vs Cagliari. We discuss the response he received and highlight some of the recent lower league attacks in England.
It was a packed week for the Premier League, with Tottenham christens their new arena with a big win, Mo Salah's selfishness paying off for Liverpool and Phil Jones shows us what a gurn is. Watford made headlines as well, sending Fulham back to the Championship and advancing to the FA Cup final.
The title is wrapped up in France, Italy, and Spain with the leaders set to clinch with their next wins. The Bundesliga is all but settled after Bayern's dismantling of Dortmund with their older compatriots, but the race for Champions League play is still on and popping with Red Bull Leipzig doing all they can stay in contention.
Marseille is on the outside looking in after losing to Bordeaux while experiencing the negative aspects of the Balo Experiment.
This week's WTF Bro spends some time in the club, catching up with the late-night escapades of Internation Man of Mystery, Benjamin Mendy and check out the aftermath of a Chelsea FC night out.
Wayne Rooney decides he needs a break and sweeps someone's leg in LA, the perfect Maradona tabloid article, Drake ruining people's lives in a turtleneck, why you don't have a street fight with a professional boxer and more on The Set Piece.