Boring Barcelona, durable Dortmund and Champions League matchday 3

10/24/23 • 70 min

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo welcomes the Euro crew of James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens into The Athletic studio.

Another big week in the Champions League with Group F again the star attraction. Hear why Newcastle’s opponents Dortmund are one of the best teams in Europe. And can Milan finally produce a big away performance at PSG?

The top 3 in Spain are separated by just a point with Girona continuing to surprise all. But even with another Barca youngster emerging, shouldn’t Xavi have them playing better football?

It’s a good weekend for Francesco Farioli’s Nice and a terrible one for Fabio Grosso’s Lyon. While in Germany, Union Berlin slip to an 8th defeat in a row.

Plus Inter are back on top of Serie A and Mourinho is back to his trolling best.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.30)

• PART 2: Previewing Wednesday’s Champions League action (11.30)

• PART 3a: Tuesday’s Champions League action (28.00)

• PART 3b: Real, Barca and Girona separated by a point (36.00)

• PART 4: Inter back on top and Mourinho back trolling (42.00)

• PART 5a: Leverkusen win again but it’s 8 defeats in a row for Union (55.00)

• PART 5b: Contrasting fortunes for Italian managers in France (61.00)

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Jimbo welcomes the Euro crew of James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens into The Athletic studio.

The top 3 in Spain are separated by just a point with Girona continuing to surprise all. But even with another Barca youngster emerging, shouldn’t Xavi have them playing better football?

It’s a good weekend for Francesco Farioli’s Nice and a terrible one for Fabio Grosso’s Lyon. While in Germany, Union Berlin slip to an 8th defeat in a row.

Plus Inter are back on top of Serie A and Mourinho is back to his trolling best.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.30)

• PART 2: Previewing Wednesday’s Champions League action (11.30)

• PART 3a: Tuesday’s Champions League action (28.00)

• PART 3b: Real, Barca and Girona separated by a point (36.00)

• PART 4: Inter back on top and Mourinho back trolling (42.00)

• PART 5a: Leverkusen win again but it’s 8 defeats in a row for Union (55.00)

• PART 5b: Contrasting fortunes for Italian managers in France (61.00)

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Previous Episode

Chelsea surprise Arsenal as Emery's Villa hammer the Hammers

Jimbo is joined by Daniel Storey, Jon Mackenzie and Matt Davies-Adams after a Premier League weekend packed with red cards and 2-0 leads.

Chelsea throw away said advantage against Arsenal but was this a performance that can launch the Blues onto bigger and better things? And is it time for Mikel Arteta to bring Ramsdale back in for Raya?

Another home win for Villa sees them thrash West Ham on Sunday. The Emery effect has seen Villa move from 2 points off the bottom to 2 points off the top in the space of a year.

Elsewhere, we discuss there Merseyside derby, what’s going wrong at Bournemouth and Burnley ahead of the misery derby next Saturday and Leicester’s ridiculous bench in the Championship.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Paying tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton (01.00)

• PART 2: Aston Villa 4-1 West Ham (05.45)

• PART 3a: Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal (14.00)

• PART 3b: Man City 2-1 Brighton (27.00)

• PART 4: Liverpool 2-0 Everton (33.00)

• PART 5a: Big weekend in the Championship (37.00)

• PART 5b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (41.00)

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Next Episode

The Manchester derby, the Raya-Ramsdale debate and Everton’s possible points loss

Jimbo, Michael Cox, Raphael Honigstein and Duncan Alexander are back to review the Champions League and Premier League action.

Newcastle are downed by a determined Dortmund while Warren Zaire-Emery continues to dazzle for PSG. And Celtic and Atletico have another ding-dong in Glasgow.

Man United prepare for the Manchester derby with a dramatic win over Copenhagen. And while Arsenal are also victorious in Seville, hear why David Raya needs his own Onana moment.

Matt Slater joins us to dig into the reports that Everton could be set for a big points deduction in the Premier League.

Plus Gary O’Neil on Monday Night Football, the worst fixture in Premier League history and the madness of the clocks going back.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: The latest drama from Group F (02.30)

• PART 1b: Celtic impress but Bayern have issues (10.30)

• PART 2a: Manchester derby preview (20.00)

• PART 2b: Spurs 2 points clear at the top (31.00)

• PART 2c: Arsenal and the Raya-Ramsdale issue (33.00)

• PART 2d: Everton’s possible points deduction with Matt Slater (41.00)

• PART 3: The rest of the Premier League weekend (49.00)

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