RE:Match with Lyes Bouzidi

Welcome to RE:Match where football’s biggest games get a second life. In this episode, we rewatch and fully break down Manchester City vs QPR, the final day of the 2011–12 Premier League season, a match that delivered the most iconic finish English football has ever seen. City needed a win. The clock was ticking. Hope was fading. Then history exploded. From panic to pandemonium, this was a game th...

Welcome to RE:Match - where football’s biggest games get a second life. Was this the greatest game in football history? On this episode of RE:Match, we rewatch and fully break down the 2022 World Cup Final between Argentina and France - a match that defied logic, swung wildly between legends, and delivered pure chaos on the biggest stage of all. A dream start. A dramatic collapse. A late comeback....

Welcome to RE:Match - where football’s biggest games get a second life. Was this the weirdest Champions League Final of all time? On this episode of RE:Match, we rewatch and fully break down the 2021 Champions League Final between Chelsea and Manchester City — a night that felt off from start to finish. Empty stadiums. Pandemic football. Tactical surprises. A first-time winner. And one Kai Havertz...

A week that could’ve broken Arsenal. A game that defined their season. On the latest episode of RE:Match, Lyes Bouzidi is joined by Turkish and Joel Beya to relive Arsenal 4-2 Liverpool (2004) - the night Thierry Henry delivered one of the greatest hat-tricks the Premier League has ever seen. After crashing out of the FA Cup and Champions League, Arsenal were wobbling. Liverpool struck first. Then...

A Boxing Day classic. Sir Alex Ferguson. Chaos at Old Trafford. On this episode of RE:Match, Lyes Bouzidi revisits Manchester United vs Newcastle United (2012) - a Premier League Christmas fixture that had everything: goals, controversy, dodgy pitches, iconic kits and Robin van Persie at the peak of his powers. United at Old Trafford on Boxing Day used to mean one thing. Pressure. Noise. And Newca...

A title race twist. A teenage debut. One of the most iconic late winners in Premier League history. On Episode 4 of RE:Match, Lyes Bouzidi is joined by Culture Cams and Dan Bardell to rewatch Aston Villa vs Manchester United (2009) - the day Federico Macheda announced himself to the world and reignited United’s title charge. United were wobbling. Villa were flying. Liverpool were watching. Then a...

A Champions League semi-final that didn’t feel real. On Episode 3 of RE:Match, Lyes Bouzidi is joined by Liam Loftus and Kyle Walker to rewatch the game that redefined Real Madrid’s UCL aura: Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City (6-5 agg), 2022.We break down the chaos, the heartbreak and the moments that still haunt City fans:⚽ “You gotta remember… it’s Real Madrid.”⚽ Mahrez’s goal — and why City fan...

Did Alexis Sanchez score the most controversial goal of the VAR era - before VAR existed? On Episode 2 of RE:Match, Lyes Bouzidi is joined by Miles  @FromMyLeft  and James B  @TheGoonerverse  to rewatch and relive the 2017 FA Cup Final: Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea. We break down every major moment, every turning point and every forgotten detail that shaped the match:⚽ Does Alexis’ opener get ruled out in...

Football fans still argue about it today Is Liverpool’s comeback against AC Milan the greatest Champions League comeback of all time? On the debut episode of RE:Match, Laurence McKenna, Ade Oladipo and host Lyes Bouzidi rewatch, relive and fully break down one of the most dramatic nights in football history: the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul. We revisit every major moment, every turning...