Women's Football Weekly: Kim Little on Arsenal & Champions League final

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Jen Beattie and Ben Haines are joined by Arsenal captain Kim Little to talk the Champions League final against Barcelona in Lisbon this Saturday. Jen asks Kim what makes her such a special player, how it feels to make the final and where Arsenal can expose Barcelona.

It was also the domestic treble for Chelsea as they beat Manchester United 3-0 at Wembley in front of new investor Alexis Ohanian. Hear from manager Sonia Bompastor on how she wants Chelsea to be challenged by the rest of the league to compete with the highest competition.

Reporter Alex Ibaceta joins the pod to share her expertise on Barcelona, who are their biggest threats and how they will match up against Arsenal.

00:20 Intro 01:36 Chelsea do the treble! 06:10 Sonia Bompastor 08:28 Sandy Baltimore performance 10:50 Kim Little with Jen! 21:35 Katie McCabe & Leah Williamson on Kim 27:00 How do Arsenal go up against Barcelona? 30:30 Barca with Alex Ibaceta

BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries this week: Wednesday 20th May: Europa League Final - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United, 8pm KO. Saturday 24th May: UEFA Women’s Champions League Final - Arsenal v Barcelona, 5pm KO. Sunday 25th May: Premier League final day from 4pm.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
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0:37.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:41.3	On the Football Daily, the Women's Football Weekly, with Ben Haynes, Ellen White and
0:47.4	Jen Beatty.
0:49.2	Hello, everybody. Welcome along to the Women's Football Weekly.
0:53.5	The domestic season's done and
0:54.6	it is mission complete for Sonia Bonpestores Chelsea side. Domestic dominance achieved the
1:01.5	FA Cup completing their treble and they have indeed been unrivaled just like their flag
1:07.2	said at the weekend. There's just one game left and one matter to sell.
1:11.9	And that is the Women's Champions League final
1:14.5	between Arsenal and Barcelona.
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