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Each day on PL there is one main crisis club. The goal is to never be it
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Wednesday extra pod klaxon!
Tuesday’s wild night of Cl action reviewed by @oilysailor.bsky.social @jacklang.bsky.social Art de Roche & @sebsb.bsky.social
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Tuesday’s wild night of Cl action reviewed by @oilysailor.bsky.social @jacklang.bsky.social Art de Roche & @sebsb.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/342582
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Arsenal thrash Atleti, PSG hit seven and Napoli ship six
It's a midweek Totally Extra and Jimbo is joined in the studio by Duncan Alexander, Jack Lang and Art De Roche to discuss the Tuesday night Champions League games.It was a good night for the Englis...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wednesday extra pod klaxon!
Tuesday’s wild night of Cl action reviewed by @oilysailor.bsky.social @jacklang.bsky.social Art de Roche & @sebsb.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/342582
Tuesday’s wild night of Cl action reviewed by @oilysailor.bsky.social @jacklang.bsky.social Art de Roche & @sebsb.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/342582
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NEW POD!
Why are goalkeepers going long this season?
What's happened to the long throw?
Duncan (@oilysailor.bsky.social) is joined by Michael (@zonal-marking.bsky.social) and Mark (@markcarey93.bsky.social) to discuss!
pod.fo/e/33a5db
Why are goalkeepers going long this season?
What's happened to the long throw?
Duncan (@oilysailor.bsky.social) is joined by Michael (@zonal-marking.bsky.social) and Mark (@markcarey93.bsky.social) to discuss!
pod.fo/e/33a5db
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast: Why goalkeepers are going long
Today we’re discussing the evolution of goalkeeper distribution. Are teams actually going long more often, and how is it changing the game?Host: Duncan Alexander With: Michael Cox and Mark Care...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW POD!
Why are goalkeepers going long this season?
What's happened to the long throw?
Duncan (@oilysailor.bsky.social) is joined by Michael (@zonal-marking.bsky.social) and Mark (@markcarey93.bsky.social) to discuss!
pod.fo/e/33a5db
Why are goalkeepers going long this season?
What's happened to the long throw?
Duncan (@oilysailor.bsky.social) is joined by Michael (@zonal-marking.bsky.social) and Mark (@markcarey93.bsky.social) to discuss!
pod.fo/e/33a5db
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🚨 THURSDAY POD! 🚨
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @colinmillar.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @cdeccleshare.bsky.social get stuck into...
🏆 UCL MD1 fun and games
🔴 Another Liverpool late show
⚽️ Kane at the double
🤔 Is Mou really still box office?
🍿 Merseyside derby intrigue
pod.fo/e/32cfab
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @colinmillar.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @cdeccleshare.bsky.social get stuck into...
🏆 UCL MD1 fun and games
🔴 Another Liverpool late show
⚽️ Kane at the double
🤔 Is Mou really still box office?
🍿 Merseyside derby intrigue
pod.fo/e/32cfab
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Liverpool strike late again against Atletico - next up the Merseyside Derby
Jimbo, Charlie Eccleshare, Colin Millar and Duncan Alexander assemble to pore over Tuesday and Wednesday's pretty tasty Matchday 1 Champions League ties.Another late Liverpool goal? You don't say! ...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🚨 THURSDAY POD! 🚨
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @colinmillar.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @cdeccleshare.bsky.social get stuck into...
🏆 UCL MD1 fun and games
🔴 Another Liverpool late show
⚽️ Kane at the double
🤔 Is Mou really still box office?
🍿 Merseyside derby intrigue
pod.fo/e/32cfab
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @colinmillar.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @cdeccleshare.bsky.social get stuck into...
🏆 UCL MD1 fun and games
🔴 Another Liverpool late show
⚽️ Kane at the double
🤔 Is Mou really still box office?
🍿 Merseyside derby intrigue
pod.fo/e/32cfab
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🚨MONDAY POD!🚨
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @jaydmharris.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social dissect a delicious Premier League weekend:
✅Haaland + Donnarumma's derby delight
✅Yes to Madueke
✅Ya to Bergvall
❌No goals for Villa
pod.fo/e/32a8ee
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @jaydmharris.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social dissect a delicious Premier League weekend:
✅Haaland + Donnarumma's derby delight
✅Yes to Madueke
✅Ya to Bergvall
❌No goals for Villa
pod.fo/e/32a8ee
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Haaland the hero in Manchester, Liverpool’s late shows + yes to Madueke
Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Jay Harris and Tom Williams in the studio after the return of the Premier League.City sweep United aside in the Manchester derby, with Erling Haaland adding to ...
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September 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
🚨MONDAY POD!🚨
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @jaydmharris.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social dissect a delicious Premier League weekend:
✅Haaland + Donnarumma's derby delight
✅Yes to Madueke
✅Ya to Bergvall
❌No goals for Villa
pod.fo/e/32a8ee
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @jaydmharris.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social dissect a delicious Premier League weekend:
✅Haaland + Donnarumma's derby delight
✅Yes to Madueke
✅Ya to Bergvall
❌No goals for Villa
pod.fo/e/32a8ee
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NEW MONDAY POD DROP 🚨
We rotate the squad, with @oilysailor.bsky.social joined by @markcarey93.bsky.social & @liamtharme.bsky.social to talk pressing.
The best structures, who does it best, who does it worst?
Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UJt...
Audio: pod.fo/e/32ac79
We rotate the squad, with @oilysailor.bsky.social joined by @markcarey93.bsky.social & @liamtharme.bsky.social to talk pressing.
The best structures, who does it best, who does it worst?
Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UJt...
Audio: pod.fo/e/32ac79
Why Arsenal and PSG are so good at pressing
YouTube video by The Athletic FC Podcast
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
NEW MONDAY POD DROP 🚨
We rotate the squad, with @oilysailor.bsky.social joined by @markcarey93.bsky.social & @liamtharme.bsky.social to talk pressing.
The best structures, who does it best, who does it worst?
Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UJt...
Audio: pod.fo/e/32ac79
We rotate the squad, with @oilysailor.bsky.social joined by @markcarey93.bsky.social & @liamtharme.bsky.social to talk pressing.
The best structures, who does it best, who does it worst?
Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UJt...
Audio: pod.fo/e/32ac79
Reposted by Duncan Alexander
🚨 THURSDAY POD!🚨
A jam-packed show for @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social...
🎣 A Grimsby battering w/ @lloydgriffith.bsky.social
😳 Man United's new nadir w/ @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social
🔥 Liverpool v Arsenal preview
pod.fo/e/31fde4
A jam-packed show for @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social...
🎣 A Grimsby battering w/ @lloydgriffith.bsky.social
😳 Man United's new nadir w/ @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social
🔥 Liverpool v Arsenal preview
pod.fo/e/31fde4
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Amorim’s Man United knocked out by Grimsby, as Arsenal head to Anfield
Jimbo's joined by Duncan Alexander, Tom Williams and Colin Millar to take stock after a night of pure drama at Blundell Park as Manchester United suffered the indignity of being dumped out of the L...
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August 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚨 THURSDAY POD!🚨
A jam-packed show for @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social...
🎣 A Grimsby battering w/ @lloydgriffith.bsky.social
😳 Man United's new nadir w/ @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social
🔥 Liverpool v Arsenal preview
pod.fo/e/31fde4
A jam-packed show for @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social...
🎣 A Grimsby battering w/ @lloydgriffith.bsky.social
😳 Man United's new nadir w/ @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social
🔥 Liverpool v Arsenal preview
pod.fo/e/31fde4
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Stage 20! In the books. Everyone is exhausted on GC, but a thrilling squabble between the breakaway.
Outstanding first Tour de France win for Kaden Groves - wouldn’t have been given a chance on some of those climbs, amid that company.
With @oilysailor.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...
Outstanding first Tour de France win for Kaden Groves - wouldn’t have been given a chance on some of those climbs, amid that company.
With @oilysailor.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...
Tour de France stage 20: Groves completes Grand Tour trilogy, Pogacar reflects on ‘crazy’ race, Jegat ghosts into top 10
Analysis of the penultimate day's action in the 2025 race – a 184km route from Nantua to Pontarlier
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Stage 20! In the books. Everyone is exhausted on GC, but a thrilling squabble between the breakaway.
Outstanding first Tour de France win for Kaden Groves - wouldn’t have been given a chance on some of those climbs, amid that company.
With @oilysailor.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...
Outstanding first Tour de France win for Kaden Groves - wouldn’t have been given a chance on some of those climbs, amid that company.
With @oilysailor.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...
how many mountains is too many mountains?
#tdf2025 stage 18 analysis w/ @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...
#tdf2025 stage 18 analysis w/ @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...
Tour de France stage 18: Ben O’Connor wins Tour’s queen stage as Pogacar slays his Col de la Loze ghosts
Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - a 171.5km Alpine monster from Vif to the Col de la Loze
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
how many mountains is too many mountains?
#tdf2025 stage 18 analysis w/ @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...
#tdf2025 stage 18 analysis w/ @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/651...
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🟢 Jonathan Milan tightens grip on green jersey
☔️ Heavy rain and a big crash in the closing stages
↕️ Tobias Halland Johannessen's topsy-turvy Tour
🇫🇷 New name and more money for French team
@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and @oilysailor.bsky.social analyse stage 17 of the #TDF2025 ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/44WOYlz
☔️ Heavy rain and a big crash in the closing stages
↕️ Tobias Halland Johannessen's topsy-turvy Tour
🇫🇷 New name and more money for French team
@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and @oilysailor.bsky.social analyse stage 17 of the #TDF2025 ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/44WOYlz
July 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🟢 Jonathan Milan tightens grip on green jersey
☔️ Heavy rain and a big crash in the closing stages
↕️ Tobias Halland Johannessen's topsy-turvy Tour
🇫🇷 New name and more money for French team
@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and @oilysailor.bsky.social analyse stage 17 of the #TDF2025 ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/44WOYlz
☔️ Heavy rain and a big crash in the closing stages
↕️ Tobias Halland Johannessen's topsy-turvy Tour
🇫🇷 New name and more money for French team
@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and @oilysailor.bsky.social analyse stage 17 of the #TDF2025 ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/44WOYlz
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If cycling is a national obsession in the month of July, then Ventoux is the apex from which it ripples.
France finally have their first win of this Tour, Valentin Paret-Peintre finishing off a fantastic stage on the final ramp. Very lucky to be on its last bend.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
France finally have their first win of this Tour, Valentin Paret-Peintre finishing off a fantastic stage on the final ramp. Very lucky to be on its last bend.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
Tour de France stage 16: Mont Ventoux delivers, Paret-Peintre outsprints Healy for victory, Pogacar sets record time
Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - a 171km stage from Montpellier to Mont Ventoux
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If cycling is a national obsession in the month of July, then Ventoux is the apex from which it ripples.
France finally have their first win of this Tour, Valentin Paret-Peintre finishing off a fantastic stage on the final ramp. Very lucky to be on its last bend.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
France finally have their first win of this Tour, Valentin Paret-Peintre finishing off a fantastic stage on the final ramp. Very lucky to be on its last bend.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
Thymen swift, 1989, Superbagnères
stage 14 w/@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
stage 14 w/@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
July 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thymen swift, 1989, Superbagnères
stage 14 w/@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
stage 14 w/@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
mountain time trials, the music festivals of cycling
stage 13 w/ @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
stage 13 w/ @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
Tour de France stage 13: Back-to-back stage wins for Pogacar, some vintage Roglic – and what’s wrong with Remco?
Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - a 10.9km mountain time trial from Loudenvielle to Peyragudes
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
mountain time trials, the music festivals of cycling
stage 13 w/ @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
stage 13 w/ @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...
pure Bastille Day, pure Cofidis, pure Tour ⤵️
To French teams, Bastille Day is the most important day of the year. Spent it with one of them, Cofidis, in the Massif Central.
The stage did not go as they hoped.
“For most teams, this is the real experience of the Tour de France.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
The stage did not go as they hoped.
“For most teams, this is the real experience of the Tour de France.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
‘Not every story is a fairytale’ – Inside the Cofidis team car on France’s national holiday
The Athletic spent Bastille Day with Cofidis as the struggling team sought what would be a transformative victory at the Tour de France
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
pure Bastille Day, pure Cofidis, pure Tour ⤵️
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Thierry Gouvenou said earlier that sprint stages may not have a future in the Tour de France, but this was a classic of the genre.
A gutsy, gutsy ride from Van der Poel and Rickaert, and a fast, fair, and filament-thin battle between Merlier and Milan.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
A gutsy, gutsy ride from Van der Poel and Rickaert, and a fast, fair, and filament-thin battle between Merlier and Milan.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
Tour de France stage nine: Van der Poel’s epic breakaway, Merlier takes second win, will Almeida abandon impact Pogacar?
Analysis of the ninth stage of the 2025 Tour de France, which took the peloton from Chinon to Chateauroux
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thierry Gouvenou said earlier that sprint stages may not have a future in the Tour de France, but this was a classic of the genre.
A gutsy, gutsy ride from Van der Poel and Rickaert, and a fast, fair, and filament-thin battle between Merlier and Milan.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
A gutsy, gutsy ride from Van der Poel and Rickaert, and a fast, fair, and filament-thin battle between Merlier and Milan.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
July 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
incredible work from @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social here on what it takes to fuel a Tour de France-winning stage. The sheer glamour of an omelette in a plastic container
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
incredible work from @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social here on what it takes to fuel a Tour de France-winning stage. The sheer glamour of an omelette in a plastic container
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
here's @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social behind the scenes at a Tour de France time trial (including what a WorldTour team calls its Spotify playlist)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
‘If you have legs left then use them’: Behind the scenes at a Tour de France time trial
On Wednesday Decathlon-AG2R-La Mondial produced their best Tour de France time trial result for more than a decade — this is how they did it
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
here's @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social behind the scenes at a Tour de France time trial (including what a WorldTour team calls its Spotify playlist)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Reposted by Duncan Alexander
⚠️ Was today's finish too dangerous?
📏 How Tim Merlier won by millimetres
🟢 Why Jasper Philipsen had to abandon in green
Stage three of the Tour de France was marred by crashes — @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social analyze the day ⤵️
🔗 theathletic.com/6477870/?sou...
📏 How Tim Merlier won by millimetres
🟢 Why Jasper Philipsen had to abandon in green
Stage three of the Tour de France was marred by crashes — @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social analyze the day ⤵️
🔗 theathletic.com/6477870/?sou...
July 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
⚠️ Was today's finish too dangerous?
📏 How Tim Merlier won by millimetres
🟢 Why Jasper Philipsen had to abandon in green
Stage three of the Tour de France was marred by crashes — @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social analyze the day ⤵️
🔗 theathletic.com/6477870/?sou...
📏 How Tim Merlier won by millimetres
🟢 Why Jasper Philipsen had to abandon in green
Stage three of the Tour de France was marred by crashes — @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social and @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social analyze the day ⤵️
🔗 theathletic.com/6477870/?sou...
Reposted by Duncan Alexander
🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social are in the studio🎙️
🇧🇷Brazil bossing the CWC with @jacklang.bsky.social
🥵Let's talk about the weather
💔Where's the Lautaro love?
🤯The Sampdoria saga
pod.fo/e/2edc89
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social are in the studio🎙️
🇧🇷Brazil bossing the CWC with @jacklang.bsky.social
🥵Let's talk about the weather
💔Where's the Lautaro love?
🤯The Sampdoria saga
pod.fo/e/2edc89
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Brazil bossing the Club World Cup, plus PSG v Messi in the last 16
Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Charlie Eccleshare and Colin Millar are in the studio with wall-to-wall football to discuss.PSG set up a reunion with Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in the last 16 of the Clu...
pod.fo
June 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social are in the studio🎙️
🇧🇷Brazil bossing the CWC with @jacklang.bsky.social
🥵Let's talk about the weather
💔Where's the Lautaro love?
🤯The Sampdoria saga
pod.fo/e/2edc89
@acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @colinmillar.bsky.social are in the studio🎙️
🇧🇷Brazil bossing the CWC with @jacklang.bsky.social
🥵Let's talk about the weather
💔Where's the Lautaro love?
🤯The Sampdoria saga
pod.fo/e/2edc89
Reposted by Duncan Alexander
🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨
Here's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, Carl Anka, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @benjilanyado.bsky.social
🇸🇦Al-Hilal surprise Trent's Real
😎New-look Man City
🤯Juve at the White House
🏆Benji v @julienlaurens.bsky.social in the Inter Totally Cup!
pod.fo/e/2e8fe0
Here's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, Carl Anka, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @benjilanyado.bsky.social
🇸🇦Al-Hilal surprise Trent's Real
😎New-look Man City
🤯Juve at the White House
🏆Benji v @julienlaurens.bsky.social in the Inter Totally Cup!
pod.fo/e/2e8fe0
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Al-Hilal surprise Trent’s Real, plus a first glimpse of new Man City
Jimbo is joined by James Horncastle, Duncan Alexander, Carl Anka and Benji Lanyado in a stacked Totally Football Show.Trent Alexander-Arnold debuts for Real Madrid at the Club World Cup but Al-Hila...
pod.fo
June 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨
Here's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, Carl Anka, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @benjilanyado.bsky.social
🇸🇦Al-Hilal surprise Trent's Real
😎New-look Man City
🤯Juve at the White House
🏆Benji v @julienlaurens.bsky.social in the Inter Totally Cup!
pod.fo/e/2e8fe0
Here's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, Carl Anka, @oilysailor.bsky.social & @benjilanyado.bsky.social
🇸🇦Al-Hilal surprise Trent's Real
😎New-look Man City
🤯Juve at the White House
🏆Benji v @julienlaurens.bsky.social in the Inter Totally Cup!
pod.fo/e/2e8fe0