Euro Leagues: Arsenal’s Champions League chances and Italian giants struggling

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Maz Farookhi, Guillem Balague, James Horncastle and Mina Rzouki discuss all the latest in European football.

The panel discuss a record-breaking Champions League gameweek with a massive 71 goals being scored against the 18 matches.

Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid at the Emirates was one of the standout results – Does that now make the Gunners the favourites to win this season’s competition?

Napoli and Juventus, meanwhile, both lost in midweek with the gang discussing the struggles facing the two Italian sides plus the rise of Cesc Fabregas’ Como who are sixth in Serie A.

The decision to cancel the La Liga game in Miami between Barcelona and Villarreal is also a topic on the episode and Guillem previews this weekend’s first El Clasico of the season between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Bernabeu.

1:00 – Goals galore in the Champions League 5:00 – “There has to be an all-English final” 8:00 – Are Arsenal favourites to win the Champions League? 16:30 – Napoli and Antonio Conte 22:40 – Juventus’ struggles 27:10 – Cesc Fabregas’ Como success 33:10 – La Liga Miami fixture cancelled 39:00 – Guillem Balague previews El Clasico

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.2	The Traitors is back, and this time with celebrities.
0:11.4	Hang on, why wasn't I asked?
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0:15.0	Behaviour that's usually reserved for backstage is now on national telly.
0:18.7	I hope someone's told them.
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0:25.1	We'll spill secrets and get to see the celebs react to discovering who the traitors really were.
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0:33.9	The Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked.
0:36.3	Watch on EyePlay, listen for more on BBC Sounds.
0:40.1	This is Five Live Sports.
0:42.5	The Euroleagues on BBC Sounds.
0:45.5	Welcome to Euroleagues, then plenty to get into on this one.
0:49.6	This week we've had statement wins from some of the Champions League favourites.
0:53.2	We've had major teams as well on the receiving end of massive scorelines.
0:57.9	We'll be reflecting on all the latest Champions League action.
1:01.3	We'll look ahead to Sundays El Classico as well.
1:03.5	We're just two points separating Real Madrid and Barcelona at the top of La Liga.
1:08.2	That's after we discussed the proposed match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami being cancelled following player protests with us this week is Guillaume Baleigh, Mina Rizuki and James Horncastle. Hello, everyone. You forgot something, Mass? What did I forget? You forgot the initiation song from you. Oh, no. you do not want me to sing, Guillem. That is the one thing we were established after this hour. You can stand on the table. No, no, no, no. I'm not having this. I'm already being bullied in the opening minutes. We're moving on, we're moving on and we're starting with the Champions League. I'm clearly going to have to have a firm hand with all of you this evening. Let's
1:46.6	start with the Champions League. This match week actually set a new record. 71 goals scored.
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