The Champions League returns while Alonso and Vlahovic show their value

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Soccer, Unknown, Soccer,, Sports, Football

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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It’s Champions League matchday 1, as Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo preview a big week on the continent. Milan and PSG host Newcastle and Dortmund respectively after big defeats at the weekend. PSG at the hands of Nice, Milan thrashed by rivals Inter in the derby. Elsewhere in Italy, Roma win 7-0, Vlahovic stars for Juve while Paul Pogba is provisionally suspended after a drugs test. Leverkusen rescue a point in the top of the table clash against Bayern who host Man United next. Is Xabi Alonso next on Real Madrid’s wish list? Plus Joselu does it again for Real Madrid. And will Louis Van Gaal soon be doing it for Germany? Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.00) • PART 2: Champions League matchday 1 preview (05.45) • PART 3a: Inter and Roma hand out the hidings (25.00) • PART 3b: Paul Pogba suspended (35.00) • PART 4: Leverkusen’s passed test and Germany’s manager hunt (40.00) • PART 5: Ligue 1 gets set for two big derbies (54.00) • PART 6: Real maintain 100% record while Barca win big (62.00) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS • theathletic.com/totally *** • Go to shopify.com/totally to take your business to the next level today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.7	Totally football shows.
0:50.2	Today we go for your role.
0:52.7	The Champions League gets underway, magpies in Milan, man United in Munich and much more
0:57.4	in the last group stage ever probably.
0:59.2	There's league news too, Bayern, Bayern, Pogba positive and Frateria's four finger salute
1:04.0	plus why, despite shifting out deadwood like Neymar and Messi, PSG are still PS4.
1:09.5	All that and much, much more in this totally football show.
1:22.2	Monday, the 18th of September and here in the studio we have, James Hornkassel, Albert Romero,
1:29.2	Rafael Honigstein, Andrew Lennarose, we're here a whole day early listening because we
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