Liverpool take on Real Madrid as Napoli spoil Ranieri’s return
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Julien Laurens, Pol Ballús, Seb Stafford Bloor and James Horncastle join Jimbo for a look ahead to matchday five in the Champions League - and a look back on the return to domestic action across Europe.
All eyes on Anfield on Wednesday night as Real Madrid take on old friends Liverpool - having got right back into things in the La Liga title race with their commanding 3-0 win over Leganes which leaves them just four points behind leaders Barcelona with a game in hand. That’s after Hansi Flick’s side saw a two-goal lead slip away in their draw at Celta Vigo ahead of Tuesday night’s meeting with Brest.
It’s still incredibly tight at the top in Serie A, with Napoli beating Roma 1-0 to spoil Claudio Ranieri’s first match back in charge - thanks to a goal from a certain Romelu Lukaku. The less said about Milan 0-0 Juventus the better as Thiago Motta’s side continue to uninspire with a trip to Villa Park looming on Wednesday…
Bayern Munich and Harry Kane continue to lead the charge in the Bundesliga after their 3-0 win over Augsburg - but do they need a statement win against PSG to show their credentials? Plus, a big win for Dortmund on the pitch against Freiburg - but drama at their AGM off it.
And in Ligue 1, PSG warmed up for that trip to the Allianz Arena with a 3-0 win over Toulouse - so can they finally translate their domestic dominance into a much-needed victory in the Champions League?
Produced by Lucy Oliva.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Moment of the weekend & standout Champions League ties (00.45)
• PART 2: La Liga review - Real close the gap ahead of Anfield visit (08.35)
• PART 3: Serie A review - Napoli maintain slender lead as Juventus underwhelm (19.40)
• PART 4: Bundesliga review - Kane breaks yet more records as Dortmund drama continues (36.35)
• PART 5: Ligue 1 review - PSG gear up for Bayern visit and Marseille go off grid (46.45)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC Podcast Network. |
| 0:12.4 | Totally football show today. |
| 0:14.7 | Champions League, the old lady at the villa, |
| 0:17.1 | Rail at Anfield and the Parisians at the last chance saloon. |
| 0:20.7 | Who's got their name on the cup, aside from Jenny Infantino probably? |
| 0:23.9 | We'll be talking about that. |
| 0:25.0 | Plus, Valencia, return to action. |
| 0:27.2 | Renaissance in Florence and a blooming awful time for Rosa in Leipzig. |
| 0:31.1 | All that and more in this totally football show. |
| 0:42.2 | Oof, listener, you're back. |
| 0:50.2 | 26th of November as I sit here in the Totally Football Show studio with legacy contributors James Holncastle. |
| 0:51.4 | Hello, James. |
| 0:52.8 | And Julianne Ross. |
| 0:53.5 | Hello, James. |
| 0:54.9 | James, you're just back from New York. New York. Ooh, James. And Julianne Rles. Hello, James. James, you're just back from New York. |
| 0:55.5 | New York. Ooh. Oh, baby. Yeah. That's probably my moment of the week, actually. Was it? The pizza there. Pizza. Yeah. Which I was all ready to hate on. Yeah. And instead, because I think it's a kind of bastardization of actual real pizza. Where'd you go? |
| 0:51.4 | I went to this place called Lindistry, where producer Lucy has also been. |
| 0:55.5 | Okay. of bastardization of actual real pizza. Where'd you go? I went to this place called Lindistry, where producer Lucy has also been. |
| 1:14.6 | Okay. |
| 1:15.3 | And I must say, like, the vibe in there alone, it gave me everything I wanted out of an |
| 1:21.5 | Italian-American experience. |
| 1:23.0 | There was a guy at the counter with a beanie hat, which had esposito sausage company on the back and uh you know obviously italians would pronounce that esposito but we're in new york so and then they did this fig jam and bacon slice right which again i was prepared to hate on yeah and it was one of the best slices of pizza I've ever had. |
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