João Pedro at the double as Chelsea seal last 16 place after night of drama in Naples
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Come on, it was never in doubt (!)
Matt Davies-Adams, Liam Twomey and Sam Parkin assemble to revel in the glory of Wednesday night's triumphant 3-2, comeback victory over Napoli to seal safe passage straight through the Champions League last 16.
We of course begin in Naples - and the thoughts of Simon Johnson following the topsy turvy evening which saw Liam Rosenior's tinkering eventually pay off! There's unexpected tactical approaches, Pedro's sensational strikes and sticking the boot in to Romelu Lukaku...
Out of the Champions League haze, attentions turns to Saturday evening and the visit of relegation-threatened West Ham to Stamford Bridge.
Plus - what next for Raheem Sterling after his Chelsea contract was terminated on Wednesday? And can Chelsea Women close the alarmingly wide gap at the top of the WSL table when they head to leaders Manchester City on Wednesday afternoon?
We'll be back on Monday with a look back on all the weekend's action - and a look ahead to the crunch semi-final second leg meeting with Arsenal at The Emirates on Tuesday night.
HOST: Matt Davies-Adams
WITH: Sam Parkin and Liam Twomey
PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | It's Chelsea |
| 0:06.5 | Chelsea |
| 0:06.5 | Chelsea |
| 0:08.2 | We'll watch |
| 0:10.2 | It's straight out of Cobham |
| 0:16.4 | A show about Chelsea FC |
| 0:17.6 | from the Athletic |
| 0:18.5 | Coming up, nailing it in Naples |
| 0:20.1 | Chelsea avoid the playoffs after epic comeback. |
| 0:22.9 | We'll analyse a bad start and a fantastic finish |
| 0:25.4 | as the Blues booked some well-earned midweek rest, |
| 0:28.2 | then turn our attention to the latest London Derby |
| 0:30.5 | as West meets East on Saturday night, |
| 0:33.1 | and Sterling gets cancelled. |
| 0:35.4 | The highest rated show on the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:37.6 | Now twice a week, thanks to his listeners, this is straight out of common. |
| 0:45.8 | And we're here to look back on an epic and successful night for Chelsea in the Champions League. |
| 0:52.6 | It wasn't a goalkeeper scoring in stoppage time, but it was |
| 0:55.7 | pretty good nonetheless. Here to talk it through with me. I've got the athletics, Chelsea |
| 0:59.6 | correspondent Liam, to me. How you doing, Liam? |
| 1:02.2 | Bonjour, Matt. I was going for Brad Pitt in a certain Quintarantorntino movie. |
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