The Champions League returns. But what’s going on at Freiburg and Sevilla?
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson - A podcast by The Athletic
Ahead of matchday 1 across European competition, it’s Jimbo, it’s James Horncastle, it’s Raphael Honigstein, it’s Julien Laurens and it’s Alvaro Romeo on the Totally Football Show. PSG face Juventus for the first time in Champions League history. The under-fire Allegri has Juve playing 60s football. And that’s not a good thing. Will Man City run riot against a Sevilla side hovering above the relegation zone in La Liga? Hear why this sorry state of affairs is Monchi’s fault. Plenty of feel-good stories in Germany where Eintracht Frankfurt prepare for their Champions League bow and Freiburg and Union Berlin fly high in the Bundesliga. Will new-look Napoli heap more misery on Liverpool in Naples on Wednesday? There’s plenty of love for Luciano Spalletti. Plus Ben Yedder’s bowels and the Martin Braithwaite redemption story. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.00) • PART 2a: PSG v Juventus preview (09.30) • PART 2b: Spurs v Marseille preview (19.00) • PART 3a: Inter v Bayern preview and Frankfurt prepare for UCL bow (22.30) • PART 3b: Freiburg top the Bundesliga (30.00) • PART 4a: How to keep up with the wealth of the Premier League (34.00) • PART 4b: Napoli v Liverpool preview (41.00) • PART 4c: Udinese smash Roma in La Liga (45.00) • PART 5: Barca smash Sevilla in La Liga (50.00) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS • theathletic.com/totally Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices