Euro Leagues: Xabi's Leverkusen Farewell, & Carlo's off to Rio

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🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Steve Crossman, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and James Horncastle are back with the latest episode of Euro Leagues.

The guys reflect on Xabi Alonso's time at Bayer Leverkusen, and what he'll be thinking about before returning to Los Blancos. Xabi's arrival means Carlo Ancelotti's off to the Brazil national team. Could we see a return to the fold for Neymar? South American football expert Tim Vickery joins the pod with all the latest.

Bologna win their first trophy in over 50 years, beating AC Milan in the Coppa Italia final, and Sampdoria are relegated to Serie C for the first time in the club's history.

Timecodes: 00:40 Looking back at Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen, & what will life be like back in Madrid? 16:38 Carlo Ancelotti's off to Brazil 29:20 Bologna win Coppa Italia 36:35 Sampdoria relegated to Serie C for the first time

BBC Sounds / 5 Live / Radio 5 Sports Extra weekend commentaries: Sat 1630 Men's FA Cup Final: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City (5 Live) Sun 1330 Women's FA Cup Final: Chelsea vs Manchester United (Sports Extra 3) Sun 1415 Premier League: West Ham vs Nottingham Forest (5 Live) Sun 1500 Premier League: Brentford vs Fulham (Sports Extra 2) Sun 1630 Premier League: Arsenal vs Newcastle (5 Live)

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0:41.3	On the Football Daily Podcasts, the Euroleaks with Steve Crosman, listen on BBC Sounds.
0:50.0	Welcome to the Euroleaks, where we care about one thing and one thing only.
0:56.3	Europe, Europe, Europe, Europe. Good evening, Raphael Honnickstein, Julianne, and James Horncastle.
1:05.2	Hello, boys. Good evening. Good evening. I just hope everybody listening understands that Unai-Emory reference from this week.
1:14.6	Let's start today's pod in Germany then.
1:17.0	Jabby Lonzo's final game in charge of Leverkusen is this weekend.
1:20.1	He set his farewells.
1:21.5	Raff, a legend, quite simply put, with what he's done there.
1:25.9	Yeah, and all of it in this space of two and a half seasons.
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