Atleti stun Real as Barca v PSG headlines Champions League week

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo assembles the Euro crew as Julien Laurens, Pol Ballús, Seb Stafford-Bloor and James Horncastle chat through all the weekend’s domestic drama - and look ahead to MD2 in the Champions League.

In Serie A, there was a statement of intent from Milan in their 2-1 win over Napoli on Sunday night to take Max Allegri’s side top of the table. They’re on 12 points alongside the men from Naples and Roma - who made it four wins from five against Hellas Verona.

Real Madrid were handed a shock on Saturday afternoon - beaten 5-2 by city rivals Atleti to end their perfect start to the season in emphatic fashion. Elsewhere, injury-ravaged Barcelona took full advantage - into first place after their come from behind, 2-1 win over Real Sociedad. But what shape are they in to take on PSG on Wednesday night?

Speaking of - the French champions eased to a 2-0 win over Auxerre after their defeat by Marseille last Monday. Lyon moved level on points at the top with Luis Enrique’s side courtesy of a goal from Tyler Morton in their 1-0 victory at Lille.

And in the Bundesliga - Harry Kane smashed yet more records, as his brace in Bayern’s 4-0 win over Werder Bremen meant he became the fastest player this century to reach 100 goals for a club playing in one of Europe's top five leagues.

All that plus the Labubu black market, Panama hats - and a celebration of 0-0’s.

Produced by Lucy Oliva.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Moments of the week - and Le Classique… (00.45)

• PART 2: Champions League MD2 preview (14.55)

• PART 2: La Liga review - Atleti shock their Madrid rivals (26.05)

• PART 3: Serie A review - three teams, 12 points! (39.00)

• PART 4: Bundesliga review - Centurion Kane & chaos at Gladbach (56.55)

• PART 5: Ligue 1 review - a point to prove for De Zerbi as Lyon go joint top (65.15)

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