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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Liverpool v Real & PSG v Bayern top midweek Champions League billing

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Soccer, Unknown, Soccer,, Sports, Football

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo, Julien Laurens, Pol Ballús, Seb Stafford-Bloor and James Horncastle are all aboard for your latest Euro Edition - with a pretty mouthwatering MD4 upon us in the Champions League. 


We begin with some of those key midweek battles including yet another showdown between PSG and Bayern, the Trent/ Alonso Derby as Real Madrid head back to Anfield - and the meeting of minds as Marseille v Atalanta pits Roberto De Zerbi against Ivan Jurić.


Domestically, in Serie A Luciano Spalletti began life as Juve manager with a 2-1 win at Cremonese - and he’s not shy about their title ambitions this season, just four points behind Napoli in top spot. 


Real Madrid maintained their commanding position at the top of the La Liga table - but are things all as they seem behind the scenes under Xabi Alonso’s management? 


After a peculiar round of results in midweek PSG got back to winning ways and are two points clear at the top of Ligue 1 - while Monaco tasted defeat for the first time under Sébastien Pocognoli.


And in the Bundesliga - there’s questions around Dortmund’s identity under Niko Kovač - and what the expectations are for Bayer Leverkusen as they were outclassed by a seemingly unstoppable Bayern. 


Plus - the ongoing Nando’s animosity continues - and garlic bread is added to the equation…  


Produced by Lucy Oliva. 


RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moments of the weekend (00.45)

• PART 2: Champions League MD4 standout fixtures (11.20)

• PART 3: Serie A review - Spalletti’s bright start and Napoli’s big week (21.10)

• PART 4: La Liga review - Unrest at Madrid despite near perfect start? (37.35)

• PART 5: Ligue 1 review - Unconvincing Marseille and poor Monaco (53.45)

• PART 6: Bundesliga review - Dortmund in flux and Gladbach finally win! (64.20)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The Athletic F.C.

0:10.2

Totally football show.

0:12.1

Euro edition.

0:13.0

Today's Champions League,

0:14.3

match day for PSG Byrne.

0:16.2

Alonzo at Anfield, drama,

0:17.9

except they'll all go through anyway.

0:19.6

News from around the continent, Spoletti in at Juventus.

0:22.6

If he falls out with McKinney, is that a Spoletti western scene?

0:26.5

There's Liga, the rise of Paris FC, Liga this weekend's back derby,

0:30.8

and Bundesliga as Bayern-thump buyer.

0:33.0

We ask, apart from the word cut, is there anywhere?

0:35.4

The letter N makes such a difference.

0:37.1

It's the Totally Football Show.

0:44.5

Monday the 3rd of November.

0:47.3

And it's a Totally Football Show European edition.

0:49.7

Julian Lorenz is back from holidays.

0:51.4

Yes.

0:52.0

Hello, Jimbo.

0:52.8

Hello, everyone.

0:53.8

A bon vacants. Very bon vacants. Hello Jimbo. Hello everyone. Bon vacants.

0:55.0

Very bon vacants.

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