Champions League semi-finals are here and a refereeing scandal in Italy
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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
1h 4m
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What was the Moment of the Week in European football?
The Athletic FC. Totally Football Show, European edition. Today, refereeing scandal hits Serie A, just when things were going so well for the Italian game. We've got the news on there, rocky horror, plus word from elsewhere. Spain, severe difficulties, and Real Madrid's classical nightmares. Bundesliga, a goal-tastic weekend in Ligue 1, and how about those Mets? And a look ahead to the Champions League semi-finals, Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern, and Atletico Madrid against Arsenal. It's all coming up in this Totally Football Show. Monday 27th of April. It's a big greetings from South Carolina. For a special edition of this Euro totally football show, we have James Horncastle. Hi, James.
What are the key matchups in the Champions League semi-finals?
Hello, Jimbo. Hi. Tom Williams also in front of a really impressive set of books on the shelves. Thanks, James. Hi. Hello. Hi to you. Hey, Paul Bolus in Catalonia. I am, I am. Hello, hello. How are you guys? And in the special remote edition, the one man who actually turned up to the office is Seb Stafford Bloor.
Seb. Hello, Jim, but I found a standing desk and every audio booth at The Athletic now has a tree.
What is the latest on the Serie A refereeing scandal?
Yeah. Which is strange in the background.
Yeah. Is it a real tree or like a fake tree? Is it a real plant?
It's a really well done fake tree, Paul.
Okay, good, good.
We've just been having a lovely chat about Tom Williams running in the London Marathon only this Sunday. Tom, congratulations.
Thanks very much. Yeah, my first marathon, almost certainly my last. It was simultaneously amazing and absolutely horrible. But the most important thing is I don't have to do it again and can just move on with my life. So you haven't got the bug, Tom. I haven't got the bug. I mean, people tell you that you get the bug. I quite enjoyed the training, surprisingly, but it's just such, I mean, famously, such a grueling event. Who knew?
How are Real Madrid and Barcelona performing in La Liga?
And you spend the vast majority of it just wishing for it to be over as quickly as possible. I'm not entirely sure I'm desperate to put myself through it again, but good fun nonetheless. Excellent. Were you given the weekend off for a match of Z-Day then? No. Well, I kind of took the weekend off. I requested the weekend off.
What is Bayern Munich's current status in the Bundesliga?
So, yes, I was away from the studio in Paris for once.
Oh, quite nice.
Everybody else have a nice weekend? Paul? Yeah, yeah, I cannot complain. I had a bit of an off weekend as well.
How is PSG leading the Ligue 1 title race?
So yeah, I could... I mean, I've just followed the football and all this sort of stuff. I didn't have to work in the past. I could see from the sofa of my hometown with my dad how Real Madrid are just giving up on the La Liga titles, which is... In a Barcelona fan-based family, it's a pleasant view to have.
Yeah.
My weekend's been unusual in that I was at World's Strongest Man in Myrtle Beach. That's right. South Carolina. Did you win or can you not tell us until it goes on? Actually, I wasn't competing. No. You've retired, James. Yeah. Yeah. But no, I can't tell you anything about what happened. I knew that it was absolutely great. I mean, really just... gripping your guts in the way that only sport can, just twisting your emotions and highs, lows, hitting you in rapid succession. And then that aftermath, I think we all know the feeling. Anyway. Net result is all this European football chat is going to be new to me because I've been a bit busy with the, you know, the guys. So I'm excited to hear about everybody's news from the continent, especially the moment of the week.
Seb, why don't you start us off? Yeah, go on then. Okay, so we haven't had Alemannia Aachen in a moment of the week before. So they're down in the Dritteliga. And their goalkeeper, young 23-year-old Greek, former Greek youth international Fotis Seftis, made probably the best double save I've ever seen in their game against Duisburg on Saturday. So first one, people who haven't seen it, a little bit sort of Gordon Banks against Brazil, onto the crossbar, but then Seftis up, because Duersberg forward is first to the rebound, gets up, makes the second save. Absolutely brilliant. I am hoping producer Lucy can find some commentary.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was the Moment of the Week in European football?
0:02–0:55
2
What are the key matchups in the Champions League semi-finals?
0:55–1:24
3
What is the latest on the Serie A refereeing scandal?
1:24–2:13
4
How are Real Madrid and Barcelona performing in La Liga?
2:13–2:32
5
What is Bayern Munich's current status in the Bundesliga?
2:32–2:46
6
How is PSG leading the Ligue 1 title race?
2:46–10:29
7
What are the implications of the refereeing scandal for Italian football?
10:29–17:30
8
What are the latest developments in the relegation battle across European leagues?
17:30–1:04:38
Speakers
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