An incredible Serie A title race, while Real close the gap on Barca
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo’s got Julien Laurens, Seb Stafford-Bloor, Pol Ballús and James Horncastle alongside him for a deep dive into a fascinating weekend of action across the continent.
It’s fair to say the Serie A title race is hotting up, with just two points separating Napoli in first and Juventus in sixth! That’s after Inter and Napoli shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at the San Siro, while Atalanta, Fiorentina, Lazio and Juve all picked up big wins.
Real Madrid clawed back some ground in the La Liga title race after their 4-0 win over Osasuna which included a hat-trick for Vinicius, a first goal of the season for Jude Bellingham - and a devastating injury for Eder Militao. They’re now six points behind Barcelona with a game in hand after Hansi Flick’s side fell to only their second league defeat of the season at Real Sociedad in controversial circumstances...
Bayern Munich find themselves five points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table after their 1-0 win over St Pauli courtesy of Jamal Musiala's sensational strike. Meanwhile, Dortmund’s horror start to the season rumbled on with a 3-1 defeat at Mainz - and Leverkusen’s week to forget continued as they were held by Bochum.
And in Ligue 1, it’s business as usual for PSG who continued their unbeaten start to the season in a 4-2 win over Angers. Not such smooth sailing for Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille, beaten 3-1 by newly promoted Auxerre at the Velodrome which prompted the former Brighton boss to say he’ll ‘leave the money and hand back my contract’.
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Produced by Lucy Oliva.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Moments of the weekend (0.45)
• PART 2: Serie A review - Thrilling title race emerging as Inter and Napoli draw (09.15)
• PART 3: La Liga review - Real close the gap after VAR costs Barca (25.20)
• PART 4: Ligue 1 review - De Zerbi's Marseille meltdown (40.30)
• PART 5: Bundesliga review - Bayern move five points clear as rivals falter (55.15)
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