Seven shots on target
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Details of Lionel Messi’s contract are leaked to the press, with Messi pocketing an estimated half a billion Euros. With Barcelona in dire financial straits, what’s the future for Messi and for the club?
In France, Marseille ultras riot and storm the training ground in a violent protest against the president. Plus PSG lose, as Mbappe continues to do a bad Neymar impression.
Real Madrid lose to Levante while leaders Atletico look unstoppable. And Wolfsburg are Champions League contenders in Germany.
And we look ahead to the Coppa Italia semi-finals, with Gennaro Gattuso getting it in the neck at Napoli for the team’s performances. And the quality of his fish.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 00s)
• PART 2: Marseille under siege from their ultras (05m 30s)
• PART 3: Real Madrid lose again, Atletico march on (18m 00s)
• PART 4: The Messi contract leak at Barcelona (29m 30s)
• PART 5a: The Hornkamp section (42m 30s)
• PART 5b: Coppa Italia semi-finals preview (44m 00s)
• PART 6: Bundesliga update – respect for Wolfsburg (54m 00s)
• PART 7: Ligue 1 latest – PSG lose at Lorient (59m 30s)
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| 0:37.8 | Today, all the big continental news from the meltdown in Marseilles, |
| 0:41.9 | to problems for Potch in Paris, to La Liga, with things at Real looking bleaker and Messi's contract leaker, |
| 0:48.3 | to Italy with the Christian resurrection, and Reno, who's had it up to the guild with people questioning his fish. |
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