Boring Barcelona, durable Dortmund and Champions League matchday 3

Jimbo welcomes the Euro crew of James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens into The Athletic studio.

Another big week in the Champions League with Group F again the star attraction. Hear why Newcastle’s opponents Dortmund are one of the best teams in Europe. And can Milan finally produce a big away performance at PSG?

The top 3 in Spain are separated by just a point with Girona continuing to surprise all. But even with another Barca youngster emerging, shouldn’t Xavi have them playing better football?

It’s a good weekend for Francesco Farioli’s Nice and a terrible one for Fabio Grosso’s Lyon. While in Germany, Union Berlin slip to an 8th defeat in a row.

Plus Inter are back on top of Serie A and Mourinho is back to his trolling best.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER: 

• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.30)

• PART 2: Previewing Wednesday’s Champions League action (11.30)

• PART 3a: Tuesday’s Champions League action (28.00)

• PART 3b: Real, Barca and Girona separated by a point (36.00)

• PART 4: Inter back on top and Mourinho back trolling (42.00)

• PART 5a: Leverkusen win again but it’s 8 defeats in a row for Union (55.00)

• PART 5b: Contrasting fortunes for Italian managers in France (61.00)

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