Racism Controversy

After nearly 2 months apart, the Euro crew of Jimbo, Raphael Honigstein, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo are back and in full effect. Ligue 1 returns with Lens closing the gap on PSG to 4 points by inflicting a first league defeat of the season on the Parisians. Will Lionel Messi help or hinder PSG when he returns? La Liga is back with unfortunately another racism controversy and with referee Mateu Lahoz adding to his celebrity status. Serie A restarts on Wednesday with Napoli on fire on the pitch and Juventus in trouble off it with their entire board resigning. And Kristof Terreur tells us just how did Scott Parker end up being appointed as the new manager of Club Brugge. Plus Bayern’s goalkeeper hunt, Will Still, and life for Lyon after Aulas. Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03.30) • PART 2a: Lens 3-1 PSG (06.30) • PART 2b: Scott Parker to Brugge, with Kristof Terreur (19.00) • PART 2c: Transfer chit-chat (25.00) • PART 3: Serie A returns (31.00) • PART 4: La Liga - Lewandowski and Lahoz (40.00) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS • theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Rafa Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo to look ahead to some mouth-watering Champions League quarter-finals. Liverpool travel to Madrid to face a Ramos-less Real. Will the Reds go with 4 up front? Man City host Dortmund, who lose a massive game against Eintracht Frankfurt in the race for the top 4. The Haaland camp have been meeting Barcelona and Real Madrid. Can anyone afford him this summer? And will missing out on Champions League football see Sancho leave Dortmund in this next transfer window? Pochettino is feeling the pressure as PSG lose to leaders Lille in France. Next up, it’s Bayern Munich in a rematch of last year’s final. Will Verratti be a bigger absentee than Lewandowski? Also on Wednesday, Juventus play Napoli in Serie A, a game with plenty of previous, with major implications for the top 4. And Real Sociedad win the first ever Basque Copa Del Rey final, with their manager in particular enjoying it. But there’s another regrettable racism row involving Valencia and Cadiz in La Liga. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Moment of the weekend (02m 30s) • PART 1b: Real Madrid v Liverpool preview (06m 40s) • PART 1c: Man City v Dortmund preview (13m 40s) • PART 2: Real Sociedad win the Basque cup final (23m 00s) • PART 3: Bayern v PSG preview (29m 00s) • PART 4: Serie A, Europa League & your questions (41m 43s) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £4 A MONTH: • theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram • find us on Facebook • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES: • we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE: • check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In an exclusive interview the former Liverpool & Tottenham Sporting Director Damien Comolli speaks to The Athletic's David Ornstein and they cover: Why he signed Jordan Henderson and how the signing played a part in him eventually being sacked His regret at how he and Liverpool handled the Suarez racism case Why Spurs should erect a statue of Daniel Levy What Mourinho needs to do to avoid it all ending in tears at Spurs What it was like inside Liverpool on the day they sold Torres and signed Carroll & Suarez Why Man Utd need a sporting director and an improved football structure Why Arsenal got it wrong hiring Emery and the challenges that Arteta faces going forward Why he thinks Man City are in trouble and could be facing a player exodus if the Champions League ban is upheld Plus he lifts the lid on his recent time at Fenerbahce in Turkey and why he had to leave the club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.