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Atalanta’s stunning comeback and Juve’s costly near-miss: Football Weekly Extra

Football Weekly

The Guardian

Sports, Soccer

4.59.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Mark Langdon to dissect a dramatic Champions League night. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod. Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:13.5

Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly and some, not us, wrote off all the Italian

0:17.9

teams yesterday in the Champions League. A stunning comeback in Bergamo from Atalanta. What a nervous penalty in the seventh minute of injury time to win it. Was it high foot or low head? They're through. Yuve almost joined them. Five two down going into last night. They pulled it level, doing almost all the work with 10 men before running out of steam in extra time against Galatasaray. It feels right that Venetius Jr. scored the key goal of the night in Madrid. Benfica had their chances, but Rao go through. And our friend Vautfast almost took PSG to extra time, but didn't get enough Bufant Hare on his header to holders go through. Elsewhere, Kovg, go five points clear in the championship. We'll do a Premier League preview, answer your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

0:58.7

On the panel today, Barry Glenn Denning, welcome.

0:59.6

Hi, Max.

1:00.9

And hello, Lars Sivinson.

1:01.8

Good morning, Max.

1:04.2

And from the racing post, Mark Langdon, hello.

1:05.0

Hi, Max.

1:07.8

So, good night last night, wasn't it? Let's start in Bergamo with Atalanta 4, Barussia Dortmund won, really good game and decided marked by that penalty.

1:16.4

The head is low and the foot is high. I don't know what to feel. Tell me what to feel.

1:20.9

Well, I think you've transferred. You wasn't in my living room with you last night, Max,

1:25.1

when I was, I don't know why my wife was so interested, probably because she didn't want it to go to extra time.

1:30.3

But, yeah, she was, she was adamant that it was an accident and that, you know, that,

1:36.3

therefore, really unlucky and I'm saying, it's not in the laws.

1:40.3

And so she said, well, why are they complaining then?

1:42.3

I said, well yeah you just not watch

1:45.6

maybe not watching our football um like i i think i i was shouting penalty straight away

1:51.6

um i i there is a definitely dips the head but certainly not to the extent where

1:58.3

benzabarnie when you connect like your studs with the forehead of an opponent,

2:04.9

I think it's very difficult to say that's not a foul, and therefore if it's a foul inside the penalty box,

2:10.7

you know, I think penalties is the right decision. Like, you know, he's already been booked, so he has to walk.

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