Euro Leagues: Champions League fallout and Mourinho returning to Real Madrid?

About this episode

The episode discusses the Champions League semi-finals and speculates on Jose Mourinho's return to Real Madrid.

John Bennett is joined by Guillem Balague, ESPN's Julien Laurens and Rafa Honigstein to unpack the chaotic first legs in the Champions League semi-finals. Who's best placed after Paris Saint-German 5-4 Bayern Munich? Should Arsenal feel aggrieved? Is the future of football at stake? The panel also discuss Jose Mourinho's potential return to Real Madrid, more unrest in Marseille, the feel-good story of Freiburg and Lionel Messi buying a 5th tier club in Spain. TIMECODES: 00:26 - Guillem's gardening with Del Piero 01:57 - PSG 5-4 Bayern 13:49 - Atletico Madrid 1-1 Arsenal 15:44 - Mikel Arteta speaking to Guillem for CBS 23:01 - Mourinho back to Real Madrid? 27:38 - Habib Beye struggling at Marseille 33:07 - Freiburg flying 35:53 - Messi buys a football club 39:35 - A 70-year-old goalkeeper? 40:25 - From bad to worse at Zaragoza

People in this episode

Host: John Bennett

Guests: Guillem Balague, Julien Laurens, Rafa Honigstein

Topics covered

• Champions League
• Jose Mourinho
• football future
• Arsenal
• Lionel Messi
• Freiburg
• Marseille

Keywords

• Champions League
• Mourinho
• PSG
• Bayern Munich
• Arsenal
• Lionel Messi
• Freiburg

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paris Saint-German, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Marseille, Freiburg, Zaragoza

Places: Spain

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