How Real Madrid descended into violence and chaos
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
After a week of chaos at Real Madrid, involving in-fighting, things got even worse.
Defeat at the Camp Nou meant Barcelona were crowned La Liga champions, again.
So, how has Real Madrid’s season fallen apart?
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Guillermo Rai, Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero, Pol Ballus
Executive Producers: Guy Clarke & Adey Moorhead
Producer: Jay Beale
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Akinu Lerre. |
| 0:09.3 | After a week of chaos at Real Madrid involving infighting, in fighting, things got even worse. |
| 0:15.1 | Defeat at Camp now meant Barcelona were crowned La Liga champions once again. |
| 0:20.2 | So, how has Real Madrid's season fallen apart? |
| 0:24.5 | In with us for this one and so much to get into on today's podcast. |
| 0:27.4 | We've got our Real Madrid correspondent, Gailmoreai. |
| 0:30.3 | You've also got Thomas Hill Lopez Mencherro as well. |
| 0:33.5 | So we have to start with Real Madrid's 2-0 defeat on Sunday. |
| 0:37.3 | Barcelona now retained their La Liga title, their third in the last four years. |
| 0:42.0 | Run is from Olmo, who leaves it for Ferran. |
| 0:45.1 | Oh, it's magic. |
| 0:47.7 | From Football Club, Barcelona, breathtaking football. |
| 0:52.6 | It looks like it could be a long evening for the visitors. |
| 0:56.4 | Yeah, Gailmo, this was quite a monumental win for Barcelona. The first time in Barcelona's history, |
| 1:02.1 | they have won La Liga at El Classico. But how bad a defeat was this for Real Madrid? |
| 1:07.8 | Well, it has been a sad day for Royal Madrid. |
| 1:12.1 | That's the true. |
| 1:13.7 | But at the same time, I think that it was predictable. |
| 1:16.8 | It has been a tough season for Alvar Belas and before for Savi Alonso's squad. |
| 1:22.8 | They were 11 points behind before this classical. |
| 1:26.3 | So it was something likely that it could happen even before El |
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