Champions League last 16 is here & are the title races back on in France and Italy?
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo is joined by Seb Stafford-Bloor, Pol Ballus, James Horncastle and Tom Williams to discuss all matters European football.
The Champions League last 16 is here with Real Madrid v Man City, Newcastle v Barca, PSG v Chelsea and much more to look forward to.
In Italy, Milan kept their title hopes alive with a 1-0 win over Inter as Atalanta get ready to face Bayern. And in France, the title race is back on too as Monaco beat PSG 3-1 on the Riviera and second placed Lens beat Metz 3-0.
The relegation battle in Germany is hotting up, while in Spain, Real Madrid & Barca as the gap between the two remains at 4 points.
Plus Madonna meets Celta Vigo.
Produced by Lucy Oliva and Jesse Howard.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Moment of the week (4.35)
• PART 2: La Liga review - Barca 4 clear (13.10)
• PART 3: Serie A review - Milan win the derby (28.45)
• PART 4: Ligue 1 review - Monaco beat PSG (45.42)
• PART 5: Bundesliga review - Relegation battle hots up (58.00)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:04.0 | Totally Football Show, European edition. Today, Champions League. |
| 0:14.6 | Will the magpies be Barcelona's equal? |
| 0:16.9 | Paris and demand Chelsea, the sequel. |
| 0:19.2 | Will the gunners have buyers regret? |
| 0:22.3 | And how tasty does it look when teams from Bergamo and Munchin meet? |
| 0:24.9 | Plus, should Real Madrid and Man City |
| 0:26.4 | just get a room? |
| 0:28.0 | Plus Milan Derby, |
| 0:29.3 | KDB returns Laminemar and more |
| 0:31.3 | in this totally football show. |
| 0:33.0 | I don't know. Monday the 9th of March and it's a European edition of the Totally Football Show. |
| 0:48.6 | Doing a remote one for you today, listener. |
| 0:52.0 | Use your crew just in different locales. |
| 0:54.8 | James, you're heading off your only way to Italy. |
| 0:57.7 | Bergamo, is it? |
| 0:59.1 | That is where I'm going. |
| 1:00.3 | It's the only place in Italy where there is Champions League football, James. |
| 1:03.6 | Wow. |
| 1:03.9 | So I will be heading there for the first leg of Atlanta, Bayern Munich. |
| 1:09.0 | Crikey. |
| 1:09.8 | Want to hear more about that. Want to hear from Tom Williams about PSG's Big Clash with Chelsea and so much more. Besides, welcome to you, Tom. Thank you, James. Hello, hello. Hello, hello to you as well. Seb, Staff of Bloor is back in Hamburg, ready to dish the dirt on the Bundesliga. Hello, James Richardson. |
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