England and Spain meet in yet another final + the latest on Ekitike, Isak & Gyökeres

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Soccer, Unknown, Soccer,, Sports, Football

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo's got Michael Cox, Matt Davies-Adams and Tom Williams alongside him to look back on two incredibly dramatic semi-final clashes at Euro 2025.

It's England and Spain who progress to Sunday's final in Basel after a double dose of extra time - with the Lionesses relying on super-subs Michelle Agyemang & Chloe Kelly yet again to turn things around against Italy, while for the world champions it was the best player in the world Aitana Bonmatí who produced a moment of magic in their 1-0 victory over Germany.

We've got the latest transfer news - with Ekitike officially in at Liverpool, Gyökeres all but officially in at Arsenal - and Alexander Isak NOT joining up with Newcastle on their pre-season tour of east Asia due to injury...

Elsewhere, we mark the 25th anniversary of surely the most controversial transfer in history - when Luís Figo swapped Barcelona for Real Madrid, on this day back in the year 2000.

And it’s the second Inter Totally semi-final with Julien Laurens and Tom Williams duking it out for a place in the final...

Produced by Lucy Oliva.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Euro SF chaos - England 2-1 Italy (AET) & Germany 0-1 Spain (AET) (02.45)

• PART 2a: On This Day - Figo does the unthinkable and swaps Barca for Real (23.25)

• PART 2b: Transfer latest - Ekitike, Gyökeres, Isak and questionable video (26.15)

• PART 3: Inter Totally Cup - Tom Williams v Julien Laurens (41.30)

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