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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Champions League semi-finals are here and a refereeing scandal in Italy

4/28/20261 hr 5 min

Jimbo is joined by the Euro crew of James Horncastle, Tom Williams, Pol Ballus and Seb Stafford-Bloor to look ahead to the Champions League semi-finals and discuss the latest football news from around the continent.

It's down the last 4 in Europe's premier competition with PSG V Bayern the pick of the semi's on Tuesday, before Arsenal travel to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.

Italian football is in meltdown as a refereeing scandal overshadows the weekend when Inter were hoping to seal the Serie A title. This comes 20 years on from the Calciopoli scandal and j...

Clips

Serie A rocked by probe
The VAR window knock
Could this be Calciopoli 2.0?
Goalkeeper throws a punch
Possible government intervention
Aragon derby explodes
Would Madrid throw points?
De Rossi’s tears and text twist
Spain’s longest-ever bans
Not your old Atlético

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Pol Ballus· Guest0:00

    [gentle music] The Athletic FC.

  2. James Richardson· Host0:03

    [upbeat music] Totally Football Show, European edition. Today, refereeing scandal hits Serie A just when things were going so well for the Italian game. We've got the news on their rocky horror, plus word from elsewhere. Spain, severe difficulties, and Real Madrid's Clasico nightmares. Bundesliga, a goal-tastic weekend in League A. And how about those Mets? And a look ahead to the Champions League semifinals, Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern and Atletico Madrid against Arsenal. It's all coming up in this Totally Football Show. [upbeat music] Monday, 27th of April. It's a big greetings from South Carolina for a special edition of this Euro Totally Football Show. We have James Horncastle. Hi, James.

  3. James Horncastle· Guest0:55

    Hello, Jimbo.

  4. James Richardson· Host0:56

    Hi. Tom Williams is also in front of a really impressive set of books on the shelves.

  5. Tom Williams· Guest1:01

    Thanks, James. Hi. Hello.

  6. James Richardson· Host1:03

    [laughs] Hi to you. Hey, Pol Bolós in Catalonia.

  7. Pol Ballus· Guest1:07

    I am, I am. Hello, hello. How are you guys?

  8. James Richardson· Host1:09

    And in the special remote edition, the one man who actually turned up to the office is Seb Stafford-Bloor. Seb.

  9. Seb Stafford-Bloor· Guest1:16

    [laughs] Hello, Jim, but I found a standing desk, and every, every audio booth at The Athletic now has a tree- Yeah ... which is- Mm ... strange in the background. Yeah.

  10. Pol Ballus· Guest1:27

    Is it a real tree or like a fake tree?

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