Charles De Ketelaere

Jimbo’s got his festive friends alongside him as Julien Laurens, James Horncastle and Pol Ballús bring the pre-Christmas cheer and reflect on all the action from across the continent. There was late, late drama in La Liga as Alexander Sørloth’s 96th minute goal made it 12 wins in a row for new league leaders Atleti following a 2-1 victory over Barcelona - who are down to third and in their worst run of form for over 20 years. Elsewhere, a certain Kylian Mbappé’s starting to look pretty good for Real Madrid… It was all about the Coupe de France in, well, France - including humiliation for Montpellier at the hands of fourth tier Le Puy Foot, memorable penalty saves and disappointment for Andy Carroll. Meanwhile in the Bundesliga it looks like we’ve got a two-horse race on our hands for the title, as Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen both registered big 5-1 wins to keep things nicely poised heading into die Winterpause. And it’s even tighter in Serie A, with Napoli just two points behind Atalanta - the leaders having extended their winning run to 11 straight games in a tight 3-2 victory at Empoli. Plus, we say goodbye to 2024 with some… potentially unconventional picks for our best moments of the past 12 months. Produced by Lucy Oliva. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend, festive plans and Christmas food (00.40) • PART 2: La Liga review - Sorloth stuns Barca and Mbappe finds his form (08.45) • PART 3: Ligue 1 review - damaged Donnarumma and Coupe de France upsets (21.25) • PART 4: Bundesliga review - Bayern and Leverkusen bag five before die Winterpause (31.10) • PART 5: Serie A review - De Ketelaere stars as Napoli keep up the pace (34.55) • PART 6: Moments of 2024 - judo, comebacks and Knights (45.15) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Madrid head coach Ancelotti is set to handle Kylian Mbappe in his Real Madrid first appearance today when they participate the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta. The UCL winners take on the Europa League holders at the National Stadium in Warsaw, and Kylian will trust to immediately win his first title in a Madrid shirt. Kylian was unveiled in July as a Real Madrid player, but has not yet made his debut for the club after being given time off taking after his Euro 2024 inclusion. Predicted Real Madrid XI: Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Jude Bellingham; Rodrygo Goes, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr Injuries: Camavinga Predicted Atalanta XI: Musso; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, Pasalic, Ederson, Ruggeri; Lookman, De Ketelaere; Retegui Injuries: Scamacca, Toloi, Scalvini, Zaniolo Time and date: 8pm BST on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Venue: National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland TV channel and live stream: TNT Sports

What are the stripy buffoons playing at? Just give us Charles De Ketelaere! We chat about United's pursuit of the Club Brugge man and look forward to the final game of preseason. With levisolicitors.co.uk/thesquareball Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.