Winterpause

Jimbo’s joined by Seb Stafford-Bloor, Pol Ballús & James Horncastle for a deep-dive into all the latest action and headlines from across the continent. There’s only one place to start - and the news that broke late on Monday afternoon that Xabi Alonso has been sacked as Real Madrid head coach - and replaced by the club’s reserve team coach Alvaro Arbeloa. The Athletic’s Guillermo Rai joins us for the immediate reaction to the news which followed the 3-2 defeat by dear friends Barcelona in the Supercopa on Sunday evening. There’s drama of a title race variety in Italy - where the hunt for the Scudetto was reignited once again as Inter, Milan and Napoli all dropped points to open the door for chasers Roma and Juventus. And in Germany - the Bundesliga returned from the Winterpause in style with goals galore across the weekend including Bayern putting EIGHT past Wolfsburg, while Frankfurt and Dortmund played out a 3-3 thriller on Friday night. Vincent Kompany’s side couldn’t win the title by a record-breaking points margin, could they? All that plus the latest from the Coupe de France as Endrick marks his debut for Lyon with a winning goal, reminiscing on the ‘Mohawk Trident’ - and dramatic snowscapes in Hamburg. Produced by Lucy Oliva. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moments of the weekend - pencils, dodgy banners and fairytale ascents (00.45) • PART 2: La Liga review - Alonso out! Arbeloa in! With Guillermo Rai (12.45) • PART 3: Serie A review - Yet another title race turn (27.30) • PART 4: Ligue 1 review - Endrick’s goal on debut and tapestries… (45.05) • PART 5: Bundesliga review - Bayern’s total dominance and intriguing Kovac (48.15) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football. The World Cup enforced pause in the Premier League has begun so the boys look back on their highlights, lowlights and delights of the season so far. Gerard Pique has been speaking about how football needs to evolve to keep the kids interested. We talk about why it’s seemingly so difficult to make changes in football and, to forewarn you, Joe gets ranty. Plus, we discuss the difficult position footballers are sometimes put in by decisions they didn’t make. Yes, it’s a chat about the World Cup… The Tifo football podcast is presented by Joe Devine and produced by Steve Hankey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.