Barca win La Liga in El Clasico - Mourinho to the rescue for Real?

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Premier League, Champions League, World Cup

4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo is missing Seb Stafford-Bloor, but the usual gang of James Horncastle, Tom Williams and Pol Ballus still have more than enough to talk about as the football season nears its end on the Continent.

Barcelona become the first ever team to win La Liga in El Clasico. Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres score the goals as the Catalonians beat Real Madrid 2-0 to confirm the title, and compound misery on what’s been a disastrous week for Los Blancos. Might Jose Mourinho be the answer to their problems?

Desiré Doué was the answer for Champions League finalists PSG as they scored late to beat Brest 1-0 and re-establish a six point gap between themselves and second-placed Lens at the top of Ligue 1. Wouldn’t you know it, they play Lens next - a draw would secure the title for the Parisians.

In Germany, it’s a wild fight for survival with three teams at the bottom on the same points. And in Italy, the race for Champions League hots up as Roma leave it VERY late and Milan stumble again. And there’s the Coppa Italia Final between Lazio and Inter coming up.

Produced by Lucy Oliva and Xavi Bird.

Part 1: Moments of the week (3:00)

Part 2: Barca win La Liga + Mourinho back to Real? (8:00)

Part 3: Serie A race for top four hots up (28:00)

Part 4a: THREE English teams in European finals (40:00)

Part 4b: PSG a point away from Ligue 1 title (42:00)

Part 4c: Bundesliga fight for survival (49:00)

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC
0:03.3	Toli Football Show, European edition.
0:11.8	Today, Classico wins, he's Barcelona, crowned Spanish champions.
0:15.9	For beaten Real Madrid, the only top of the table interest is how Valverdi ended up needing stitches.
0:21.3	We look back on the game and a week that put the Real Mad into Real Madrid, plus checkup on Syria, a 3-2-free-for-all in the top four this weekend.
0:30.4	We've got word on the bunfight at the bottom of the Bundesliga, and French Talk 2.
0:34.5	It's all coming up in this Totally Football Show.
0:44.3	It's Tuesday at the 12th of May.
0:48.3	We've got a very international edition for you of this Totally Football show.
0:49.8	I'm in Naples.
0:52.9	James Horncastle is in Oslo.
1:11.8	Hello, James. Hello. He's also on the clock. So let's make this snappy with your. Hello's Tom Williams and Paul Belouse. Tom, you're in London? Hello, yes. I'm in London. Excellent. And Paul, you're in Catalonia. I am. I am in Barcelona. Hello, everyone. Wow. Let lots to talk about with you, Paul, with a Clasco.
1:15.6	And the crazy situation in Madrid.
1:20.1	Looking forward to your roundup, Tom, or what's been going on in France.
1:24.3	James, you're going to be covering Syria and also the German roundup because no Seb. He's in Turkey this week.
1:27.3	But first off, let's have a moment of the week.
1:31.2	Tom.
1:32.4	Can I go for Lons, Nantes on Friday night?
1:36.5	Had some spectacular Friday night games in Ligin in recent weeks.
1:41.7	This was not a spectacular game, but it did contain a spectacular moment.
1:47.3	Nill, nil, 12 minutes to go, Pierre Sages throws on some of his youngsters, including
1:52.9	16-year-old Portuguese Youth International called Mezian Mesloub, whose father Wallyde played for Lans. I think Lanzal got a throw-in, which they take. Within five seconds, Mezlub has scored to put Lans 1-0 up. Imagine that the Salih Lanshoa came to this young player. De Meshloob! Oh! It's incredible! It's the young of season.
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