Roma take charge of Champions League chase at the expense of Juventus
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
For the penultimate time this season, Jimbo’s got his European football friends Pol Ballús, James Horncastle and Tom Williams alongside him as the season reaches its conclusion.
In Italy, Juve look to have fumbled a top-four finish after their 2-0 defeat by Fiorentina. It leaves Roma in pole position and Como still in with a chance of Champions League football. Plus - could Jamie Vardy still save Cremonese from the drop?
Over in Spain, the battle down the bottom continues to take twists and turns, with Elche and Girona set to battle it out in what could be the relegation decider on the final day of the season. Elsewhere, Barca complete a perfect 19 home wins from 19 - but there are injury woes which could dent La Roja’s chances at the World Cup this summer.
The Ligue 1 season concluded in its own chaotic fashion, with champions PSG beaten by neighbours Paris FC, Habib Beye having the last laugh with Marseille against former side Rennes - and a nine-goal thriller between Strasbourg and Monaco!
For news of a Bundesliga variety, Seb Stafford-Bloor sends his dispatches on a dramatic final day in Germany in the hunt for a top four finish and survival. Plus - what should Aston Villa expect against Europa League final opponents Freiburg on Wednesday night?
Produced by Lucy Oliva.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Moments of the weekend (00.45)
• PART 2: Serie A review - Mancini double derby delight & Conte’s goodbye? (11.30)
• PART 3: La Liga review - Barca perfect - and will Elche or Girona escape the drop? (22.20)
• PART 4: Benfica unbeaten... but not champions! And Ronald Koeman Jr's heroics (30.25)
• PART 5: Ligue 1 review - Nasty scenes at Nice while Lens shine ahead of final (36.15)
• PART 6: Bundesliga review - Wolfsburg’s second chance & Hoffenheim fall short (46.45)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:10.2 | Totally Football Show, European edition. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, Rome Derby. |
| 0:15.0 | Mancini splitting latches rear like a mankini, |
| 0:18.3 | as Roma roar into Italy's top four. |
| 0:23.2 | In Germany, there's the season finale, listen up Villa fans, as Seb tells us Vosses Freiburg. There's tears in La Liga as Levenoski |
| 0:29.0 | takes his leave and worries for Spain with Lopez and Yamal and a huge weekend in France too, with |
| 0:34.4 | Monaco losing the game of the season, but still potentially sneaking into |
| 0:38.1 | Europe and also the Paris Derby. All that and more in this Totally Football Show. |
| 0:47.6 | Welcome to you, listener. Thank you for joining us. Hey, it's Monday the 18th of May as we sit here |
| 0:53.2 | ready to lay down a brand new |
| 0:54.9 | and indeed the penultimate totally football show European edition of the season. |
| 0:59.3 | Here in the studio, Tom, Tom Williams, fresh back from Paris. |
| 1:03.9 | Hello, James. Hello. |
| 1:05.5 | Nice to see you. |
| 1:07.2 | In an airport in Italy is James Horncastle, or at least we think it's James Horncastle. It is James Horncastle or at least we think it's James Horncastle. |
| 1:13.7 | It is James Horncastle. |
| 1:15.7 | James Richardson. |
| 1:17.2 | I am in an airport. |
| 1:18.4 | Looking like an absolute dom for the benefits of the tape. |
| 1:22.9 | Describe the picture, Tom. |
| 1:26.1 | Yankees, baseball cat, sunglasses, white, unbuttoned shirt, and a navy blue or black suit jacket |
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