Arsenal picked off by PSG while Inter beat Barca in Champions League classic

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It’s an Inter v PSG final in the Champions League and Jimbo has Duncan Alexander, Charlie Eccleshare and Tom Williams in the studio to review the semi-final action.

Arteta’s depleted Arsenal come up short in their semi-final in Paris. Is it finally time for PSG to ascend to the top of European football?

Inter somehow overcome Barcelona in possibly the greatest Champions League semi-final of all time. James Horncastle was there and here to discuss Inzaghi, Acerbi and the Nerazzurri’s chances in the final.

The Premier League weekend sees Newcastle host Chelsea in a big game for assembling next year’s Champions League line-up. While Arsenal have to travel to Anfield.

The EFL play-offs kick off this weekend with Wycombe and Sunderland looking to banish the ghosts of Wycombe and Jimmy Hill respectively.

Plus the best games you’ve ever missed and Man United’s 2019 inspired recruitment.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Best games you’ve missed (03.00)

• PART 1b: PSG 2-1 Arsenal (07.00)

• PART 2: Inter 4-3 Barcelona with James Horncastle (20.00)

• PART 3a: A look at the EFL play-offs (39.00)

• PART 3b: The Premier League weekend (42.00)

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:11.1	Totally football show.
0:12.8	Today, Champions League Dirk at the Park de France, party throw-ins, PSG throwing a party, and the Parisians going through.
0:20.1	In Milan, the match of the miracles.
0:22.3	Godfather, too, aliens, I still know what you did, Jan Sommer,
0:25.9	was this the greatest sequel ever?
0:28.2	We look back on the Sancerio Delirio and ahead to the final in Munich.
0:32.1	Plus, Premier League round 36, as the season continues to see out its contract.
0:36.2	And more semi-final drama
0:37.7	Ahoy in the football league playoffs. It's the totally football show.
0:45.1	Thursday the 8th of May and a big hello to you listener. Thank you so much for joining us for
0:48.3	today's show. Obviously it's a big one and a special one and it's got a Duncan Alexander
0:53.4	in it. Hello, James.
0:54.5	Hi, Duncan.
0:55.2	Also some Tom Williams.
0:56.6	Hello, James.
0:57.5	Hello, two, Tom, and more than a dash of Charlie Eccleshare.
1:02.1	Charlie.
1:02.6	Hello.
1:03.7	You're looking serious, Charlie.
1:05.2	Serious business.
1:06.3	Yeah.
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