Madrid beaten, PSG back top and Inter + Bayern cruising
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo is joined by Pol Ballus, James Horncastle, Tom Williams and Seb Stafford-Bloor for a Totally European extravaganza.
The Champions League play-off second legs await with the Italian teams in trouble and Benfica's Prestianni provisionally suspended by UEFA.
In Spain, advantage Barca as Real Madrid lost to Osasuna for the first time in 15 years and Hansi Flick's side made it 18 wins in a row at home, seeing off Levante 3-0. All change in France with Monaco coming from behind to beat leaders Lens 3-2 and PSG defeated Metz to go back on top.
Inter are running away with it in Serie A as Milan lost to Parma and the Nerazzurri went 10 points clear with a 2-0 win at Lecce. And in Germany, Harry Kane is getting ever closer to beating Lewandowski's goal scoring record in the Bundesliga as Bayern go 8 clear.
Plus James' Florentine food adventures.
Produced by Lucy Oliva and Jesse Howard.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Moment of the week (0.40)
• PART 2a: Serie A review - Inter 10 points clear (10.18)
• PART 3a: La Liga review - Real shocked by Osasuna (25.02)
• PART 4a: Bundesliga review - Bayern go 10 points clear (36.34)
• PART 5a: Ligue 1 review - PSG back on top (46.45)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.4 | Totally Football Show |
| 0:10.4 | European edition |
| 0:11.6 | Today, Spain |
| 0:12.9 | Rehael's return leg with Benfica |
| 0:14.7 | Fairmin on fire |
| 0:15.9 | and how Raoul Ebsentio saw the lead |
| 0:17.9 | change hand once again in La Liga. |
| 0:20.4 | League unha, Habibet-Bé's Unhappy Day at Marseilles, Paris-Sanjaman against Monaco, |
| 0:25.2 | and someone's hiring my lord Cumbare. |
| 0:28.2 | Bundesliga, by and end the title race again, and how high is Heidenheim, |
| 0:32.4 | and Citiare why the old ladies making a meal of it with Spalletti, |
| 0:35.8 | and why despite everything we could actually |
| 0:37.7 | have an Italian side in the last 16, all that and more in this Totally Football Show. |
| 0:43.6 | It's Monday the 23rd of February and it's a brand new Totally Football Show European edition. |
| 0:49.5 | Tom Williams is here in London. |
| 0:51.1 | Hello James. |
| 0:51.8 | Ready to talk about French football. |
| 0:54.0 | Seb, Sap of Blois in Hamburg. Hey, Jim, Barry. No prizes for guessing what he's about to dump on you. Paul Balus is in Catalonia. I am. Hello. All right, Paul. And joining us from lovely Florence, ahead of Fjantina Pisa on Monday evening. and fresh from seeing YuVe Como on Saturday is James Horncastle. |
| 1:14.6 | All right, James. ahead of Fiorentina Pisa on Monday evening, and fresh from seeing Yuvacomo on Saturday, |
| 1:12.9 | is James Horncastle. |
| 1:14.6 | All right, James. |
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