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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Max Rushden |Barry Glendenning |Nicky Bandini |Nick Ames |Joel CooperAlex Grove |Danielle Stephens
Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today;:Declan Rice scores a free kick for the ages and then somehow follows it up with a second free kick for the ages just 12 minutes later. Arsenal put on a brilliant second-half performance to blow away Real Madrid at the Emirates. Elsewhere, Inter come away from Munich with a one-goal lead in their tie against Bayern Munich.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Max Rushden |Barry Glendenning |Nicky Bandini |Phil Maynard
Rate, review, and share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher; join the conversation on Facebook and email. On the podcast today: Kylian Mbappé hat-trick ripped apart an abject Manchester City and left Pep Guardiola reflecting on an early Champions League exit. His side went into the second leg against Real Madrid knowing that an early goal would level the tie – but instead Mbappé’s fourth-minute strike all but killed them off.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Barry Glendenning |Nicky Bandini |Sam Dalling |Joel CooperAlex Grove |Phil Maynard
Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today: that was much easier for Newcastle than anyone predicted as they beat Arsenal 2-0 at St James’ Park to win their League Cup semi-final 4-0 on aggregate. The panel question whether Eddie Howe has Arsenal’s number and just how restorative the Gunners’ warm-weather break in Dubai can really be before a gruelling end to the season.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Max Rushden |Barry Glendenning |Nicky Bandini |Barney Ronay |Joel CooperAlex Grove |Phil Maynard
Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today: PSG do the very thing PSG aren’t supposed to do and un-implode against Manchester City, coming back from 2-0 down to win 4-2 and leave Pep’s side with a chance of not making the Champions League playoffs.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Nicky Bandini
Antonio Conte is not angry, just disappointed, but before you accuse him of the oldest trick in the parenting book give the man time to finish his thought. On Saturday he confirmed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia wants to leave Napoli, expressing frustration that six months of working together had not persuaded the Georgia international that they could achieve great things together. A day later, though, he provided a subtle reframing.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Nicky Bandini
Sérgio Conceição warned us on Friday that “I don’t like to give out hugs”, but sometimes a moment gets the better of you. In Milan’s changing room on Monday night he danced, smoked a cigar and, yes, gave Théo Hernández a squeeze on camera. If ever there was a time to break character, it might be after winning your first trophy with the club you took charge of a week ago. Has there ever been a footballing speed-run like this one?
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Nicky Bandini
The game had not even kicked off and it was starting to feel like a prize ceremony. Ademola Lookman held up the trophy he won as the African men’s footballer of the year. Atalanta’s president, Antonio Percassi, beamed as he handed over Serie A’s coach of the month award to Gian Piero Gasperini. Percassi’s son, Luca, the club’s CEO, spoke for the TV cameras about the recent quality of life survey conducted by the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Nicky Bandini
Sir Alex Ferguson diminished Arsenal’s Invincibles of 2003-04, who went an entire Premier League season without defeat, by accusing them of “too many draws”. What, then, would he make of this year’s Juventus? They are the only unbeaten team in Serie A, yet they have won just six out of 16 games. Saturday’s match at home to Venezia was expected to provide the seventh. Juventus had broken a run of four consecutive draws by beating Manchester City in the Champions League.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Philippe Auclair |Nicky Bandini |David Squires |Max Rushden
Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today: wins for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the Champions League. Ross Barkley grabs a late winner in Leipzig and Liverpool keep up their 100% start with a somewhat unconvincing performance in Girona. Elsewhere, the game of the night came in Bergamo as Atalanta lost narrowly to Real Madrid.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Nicky Bandini
Less than 72 hours after kicking off a Coppa Italia game at home to Napoli, Lazio lined up to face a different team dressed as the same one. Their opponents on Sunday wore the club badge of the opponents they had beaten 3-1 on Thursday, yet none of the faces were familiar. That was because Napoli’s manager, Antonio Conte, had made a full 11 changes to his starting team.
