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Part 1, Sid, is here to tell us how Jabby Alonzo is settling in at Real Madrid.

Top of La Liga after the weekend's games, despite getting wallet by Athlete the week before.

Is he getting anyone to track back? Will Jude Bellingham get back in the team? Basel were hammered by Severe last time out, that high line again. There's also La Liga and Seria games overseas to discuss. In Italy, Napoli and Roma lead the way. another for Rasmus Highland in 2023 Pod Agenda News.

Christian Pulisich balloons a penalty as Milan and Yuvay draw nil-nil. Napoli and Roma lead the way. Another for Rasmus Heiard. In 2023 Pod agenda news,

Christian Pulisich balloons a penalty as Milan and Yuvay draw nil-nil. In Germany, some more Harry Kane is good as buy and win the title, four points clear of the only other unbeaten side

in the division, Borisia Dortmund. There's an incoming Nordic minute. A panelist's sun spotted

somewhere unexpected. Your questions, as always, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

On the panel today, Nikki Bandini, hello. Morning.

Hello, Lars Hibetson. Hello, Max. And welcome Sid Lowe. Hello, just for part one,

of course, unless you want to stay. Good morning, Max. I was going to say, I didn't, you know, you've now just assumed that it's always part one. No one even asked me if I can stay till part two. If you would like me to, I would very, in fact, I was saying just before we came on air, how much I'm across what's happening in World Football at the moment. I absolutely didn't say to Nikki and Lars that I have no idea what's happening in any other country other than Spain. So I'm very valuable to you. Yeah, and you're

here to learn as well. Let's start with you just in case you do bugger off in 20 minutes. So La Liga

looks like this. Real Madrid, 21 points from eight games. Barcelona 19, Villa Raal 16, Bettis 15, Athlete Issevere and Elche have 13.

Real Madrid, they beat Villarreal 3-1 at the weekend, two for Venetius Jr. and Bapo with

another. They're not totally convincing, I guess, but how is Jabby Alonzo settling in, would

you say? Well, I'm going to point out how little I know by saying that

before the Athletico Madrid game last week, I was watching Real Madrid and I was kind of thinking

there's a structure forming, they know what they're doing, there's an idea, there's clarity,

they're well organised, and I decided that Real Madrid were probably going to become

boringly good.

And then they went and got battered 5-2 by Athletica. I thought, hmm, boringly good. I mean, it's excitingly bad, which is much more fun. This weekend was kind of back a little bit to the boringly good. But I think there was a bit more creativity than they've been in previous games. It was the best performance from Venetius. It's been a huge debate around Venetius,

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