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Part two sees us reflect on the Madrid-Barca midfield battle ahead fo Sunday, and give an insight into 'Clasico week' as a journalist - with a little help from Jerry Seinfeld.

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This is the first part of our Clasico Q and A. We dissect Barca 3 Inter 3 and how it will feed into the Clasico. We talk about the futures of Pique and Busquets and Madrid's quality of 'jeta'.

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In part two of my extraordinary conversation with Víctor Sánchez, we hear about his heady days as a player and later a coach with little old Deportivo de La Coruña.

A sublimely talented Deportivo side won La Liga and put in some amazing European performances under the guidance of Javier Irureta, including turning round a 4-1 away deficit to AC Milan.

Also in part two: spoiling Real Madrid’s 100th birthday party and how Victor coached his Depor side to an incredible 2-2 draw in the Nou Camp to avoid relegation.

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Here's my latest ESPN column on the divergent paths of Vinicius Jnr and Ousmane Dembele, ahead of Sunday's Clasico.

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I caught up with Víctor Sánchez del Amo in Madrid, the city in which he enjoyed a miraculous first big season as a two-footed winger for Real. Via a training-ground revolution, Fabio Capello instilled a unity of purpose and suddenly Los Blancos were La Liga champions.

The methods of the next short-lived boss, Jupp Heynckes, met with dressing-room resistance and league form collapsed. Yet it was that season in which Real ended their 32-year wait to be European champions. You could not make it up.

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Here’s another chance to hear my interview with Ossie Ardiles from season five.

Ossie was a truly magical midfielder, who played for his hometown side Instituto de Córdoba while both doing his military service and attending university. The fact that he didn’t have time for politics may have saved his life – many of his fellow students were ‘disappeared’ during the darkest period of Argentina’s history.

There’s also amazing content about playing through injury to win the 1978 World Cup under legendary coach César Luis Menotti.

And we hear about life at Tottenham when war broke out between the UK and Argentina in 1982. 

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Sevilla are in trouble, plagued by injuries, poor recruitment, off-form players and rampant city rivals.

Their head coach Julien Lopetegui is under major pressure, but will Sevilla's director of football, Monchi, pull the trigger?

This is the audio version of my latest column for ESPN FC.

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It's not been a good international break for Barcelona so far, with the loss of Jules Kounde and Ronald Araujo to injury.

Two Champions League matches and the Clasico await - can Barca bounce back? Or will it wreck their season?

Enjoy this audio version of my latest column for ESPN FC.

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Here comes Ansu Fati's pathway to Qatar, the four clubs trying to break into the elite group of Spain's top division and which players can still gatecrash their national team's plans for the World Cup. It's Graham and Pete with part two of our monthly Q&A show.

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It's part one of this month's Q&A with me and Pete Jenson taking your questions on - racism in Spanish football, Sevilla under Lopetegui, Getafe's (and ex-Man City) Turkish forward Enes Unal and why there should be a documentary on Joaquin!

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