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The final four European spots in the 2026 World Cup will be decided tonight, the final day of the March international break, with all five home nations also in friendly action this evening. talkSPO…

On the latest State of the Union podcast, Alexi Lalas, David Mosse, and guest Stu Holden methodically react to Thursday's Copa América tournament group draw. Group A, featuring Messi's Argentina, Peru, Chile, and the winner of Canada vs. Trinidad and Tobago, underwent analysis regarding Argentina's potential to defend their title and Canada's dark horse status. (1:34) Group B, housing Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Jamaica, sparked discussions about Mexico's expected performance and the unpredictable battle for second place among the mix-bag of teams. (6:25) Shifting to Group C, with the United States, Uruguay, Panama, and Bolivia, the trio discussed if USMNT can place first ahead of a recently dominant Uruguay team and the pressure on USMNT and Gregg Berhalter to meet expectations this summer. (11:40) Lastly, Alexi, Mosse, and Stu broke down Group D headlined by Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and the victor between Honduras vs. Costa Rica. They discussed Brazil's lackluster performances as of late, and what their potential path to the finals might be and they highlighted Colombia's capacity to be a dark horse candidate. (21:43) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

La Liga will be extremely well represented when the final round of 2024 European Championship qualifiers are played in November. Spain’s squad for their recent matches against Scotland and Norway included 16 La Liga players, many of whom featured in the starting XI. They included Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon, Barcelona midfielder Gavi and Real […]

Croatia The Story So Far It hasn’t been particularly pretty, but Croatia are into another World Cup quarter-final. Zlatko Dalić’s...

It’s Jimbo, Raphael Honigstein, James Horncastle, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens in effect ahead of matchday 3 of the Champions League. Simone Inzaghi’s Inter can’t stop losing. They host a Barcelona side who have just gone top of La Liga. It was another disappointing weekend for Sevilla and Dortmund who also go head to head this week. And then it’s Der Klassiker for Dortmund. We take our hats off to Lorient, Udinese and Athletic Bilbao, flying high in their respective leagues. Plus Higuain’s retirement, Smalling for England and the quality of bread in France. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03.00) • PART 2a: Trouble for Inter as Barca visit (08.00) • PART 2b: Ajax v Napoli and Chelsea v Milan (19.30) • PART 3a: Disappointment for Dortmund with Der Klassiker looming (23.30) • PART 3b: Frankfurt v Spurs & Leipzig v Celtic (30.00) • PART 4a: Spain qualify for the Nations League finals (35.00) • PART 4b: The Lorient fairytale and Benfica v PSG (38.00) • PART 5a: Real Madrid stuttering, Athletic flying (46.00) • PART 5b: Goodbye Gonzalo (56.00) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS • theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Adam Hurrey, Michael Cox and Daniel Storey as the Premier League leaders lose and the battle for survival heats up big time. The panel praise the Solskjaer strategy as he has Pep’s number yet again in the Manchester derby. Bad signs everywhere you look for Liverpool who lose for the 6th home game in a row. Rafa Honigstein explains how Leipzig can add to their misery in the Champions League this week. But how great are Fulham, the victors at Anfield? Scott Parker’s making things interesting at the bottom of the table and with his wardrobe selection. Plus a full rundown of football terminology. And are we seeing the last dregs of Vardy? RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: The times that we live in (01m 30s) • PART 1b: Man City 0-2 Man Utd (05m 00s) • PART 1c: Liverpool 0-1 Fulham (14m 00s) • PART 1d: Liverpool v Leipzig preview with Rafa Honigstein (20m 00s) • PART 2a: Spurs 4-1 Palace (30m 00s) • PART 2b: Burnley 1-1 Arsenal (35m 00s) • PART 2c: Brighton 1-2 Leicester (41m 00s) • PART 3: The rest of the Premier League action (46m 30s) • PART 4: Farewell Lee Price (54m 00s) • PART 5: Rangers win the title (55m 30s) 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.

This World Cup has certainly lived up to the hype! In today's pod, Earle and Mustoe preview the World Cup Semi-Finals of France-Belgium and Croatia-England. The guys also look back at the Quarter-Finals and highlight the impressive play of Lloris, Kante, Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku, Pickford & Trippier (among many others...)