Euro Leagues: Champions League fallout & Mourinho returning to Real Madrid?
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
John Bennett is joined by Guillem Balague, ESPN's Julien Laurens and Rafa Honigstein to unpack the chaotic first legs in the Champions League semi-finals.
Who's best placed after Paris Saint-German 5-4 Bayern Munich? Should Arsenal feel aggrieved? Is the future of football at stake?
The panel also discuss Jose Mourinho's potential return to Real Madrid, more unrest in Marseille, the feel-good story of Freiburg and Lionel Messi buying a 5th tier club in Spain.
TIMECODES: 00:26 - Guillem's gardening with Del Piero 01:57 - PSG 5-4 Bayern 13:49 - Atletico Madrid 1-1 Arsenal 15:44 - Mikel Arteta speaking to Guillem for CBS 23:01 - Mourinho back to Real Madrid? 27:38 - Habib Beye struggling at Marseille 33:07 - Freiburg flying 35:53 - Messi buys a football club 39:35 - A 70-year-old goalkeeper? 40:25 - From bad to worse at Zaragoza
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