World Cup News

Kris, Jez and Phil look back over a really busy week. We've lost Gerard Houillier, seen PSG follow Basaksehir off the field in response to racist language from an official, discuss the ongoing failure of French teams to go deep in Europe, wonder if there will be a title race this year, and whether or not we'll be able to watch any matches after Christmas.

Leipzig host Manchester United in a pivotal final fixture, with the Germans fresh from an exhilarating draw with Bayern Munich. It’s been a bad week for Barcelona. They’re not getting points and they’re not getting paid. So what are the chances of Messi and Neymar ending up back together in Paris? James Horncastle is worried about Juventus under Pirlo. Will there be kicks between Real Madrid and Monchengladbach to knock out Inter? Plus the French A-Team. And Balotelli, Boateng & Berlusconi – together at last. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Group H - Leipzig v Man Utd, PSG v Basaksehir (07m 00s) • PART 1b: Lazio v Bruges preview (17m 00s) • PART 1c: Barcelona v Juventus preview (20m 00s) • PART 2a: Vieira, Berlin and Balotelli (32m 00s) • PART 2b: Salzburg v Atletico preview (40m 00s) • PART 3a: Group B for Biscotto? (44m 00s) • PART 3b: Ajax v Atalanta preview (52m 00s) • PART 3c: Napoli v Real Sociedad preview (55m 30s) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC AND GET ANOTHER SUBSCRIPTION FREE: • 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 • for this week's partnership go to www.virginwines.co.uk/theathletic READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE: • check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Musa and Ryan open up the mailbag and look back at the latest round of Champions League games, starting with Basaksehir’s victory over Manchester United, which displayed some experimental defending (4:43). They move on to RB Leipzig beating PSG and wins for Barcelona and Juventus before touching on even more goals for Erling Haaland (18:14). It was a bad result for Atalanta, but a great one for Liverpool, thanks to a Diogo Jota hat trick (26:21), plus a statement victory for Gladbach and Marco Rose (34:11). There’s chat about Real Madrid vs. Inter (41:33) and the rest of the games (43:54). They give more props to Vivianne Miedema, who scored four mid-week, and look ahead to the ‘Stadio’ Christmas party (50:23). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio Social Club and much more, you can become a Stadio member by signing up at patreon.com/stadio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.