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Is the Chelsea project finally working? – Football Weekly

Football Weekly

The Guardian

Soccer, Sports

4.69K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Sam Dalling as Chelsea beat Barcelona 3-0 in the Champions League, while Manchester City and Newcastle both lose. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:13.1

Hello and welcome for The Guardian Football Weekly. Is it time to sound the taking Chelsea

0:17.0

seriously horn a comprehensive win over Barcelona at Stamford Bridge. The headlines will be about Esteval out Yomal and Yomal, but the blues dominated all over the pitch, so good in midfield, solid at the back. Even before Barta had a man's sense of, Chelsea was superior. Elsewhere, Newcastle losing Marseilles, and both Manchester clubs are booed off in the space of two days, city last night at home to Labercusen, and on Monday, United Luce, 10-man Everton.

0:37.8

David Moy is all in favour of the slapping your own teammate tactic to lull the opposition.

0:42.1

Also, the shocking news that Ronaldo will be able to play in the opening game of the World Cup,

0:45.9

and there's the Sky Sports Box to review, or whatever it's called.

0:49.1

As always, we'll answer your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

1:11.5

In our own little box today, Lars Sivotson, welcome. Hi, Max. Hello, Sam Dalling. Hello, Max. Are you live from the south of France? That's Sam, not Barry. Barry, welcome. Barry Glendan Denning. Hello, I'm live from the south of London. Excellent. Let's begin at Stapha Bridge.

1:13.4

Chelsea 3, Barcelona, Neil.

1:15.5

Ashwatt says, can Chelsea do the quintuple?

1:18.2

Of course, that now exists, given the Club World Cup.

1:20.8

Three goals for Chelsea, three disallowed goals.

1:23.2

And Barry, they dominated this game.

1:26.5

And I just thought were absolutely brilliant.

1:27.7

They were brilliant.

1:33.0

Barcelona were, is it a surprise anymore that they were poor, but they were poor?

1:41.0

I think, I guess he stands out, another Chelsea player who stands out for good or bad because of his conspicuous hair, but I think Mark Cuccarella has been brilliant for them this year.

1:47.1

He was superb again this last night.

1:51.0

Estevao was superb.

1:53.3

Obviously, I presume we'll get to him later.

1:55.7

He'll have his own little subsection.

1:58.2

I think Pedro Netto was brilliant.

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