Another Napoli crisis and the renovation of Real Madrid

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 3:45 p.m.

Jimbo welcomes James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo into the studio for another voyage across the European football landscape.\n\nNapoli have now lost 6 of their 10 matches under Walter Mazzarri as another crisis in Naples looms. Is this the worst title defence ever? And why is Italy angry with VAR?\n\nVillarreal are upset by Unionistas in the Copa Del Rey. Next up for the 3rd division side - Barcelona, who just struggled to beat 4th division Barbastro.\n\nNot many fairytales in the Coupe De France but there\u2019s the worst Panenka ever and one of the best penalty shootouts ever.\n\nWe praise the performance of Real Madrid and Juventus in renovating their squads with young players.\n\nAnd Raphael Honigstein pays tribute to the late Franz Beckenbauer, the greatest German footballer of all time.\n\nProduced by Charlie Jones.\n\xa0\nRUNNING ORDER:\xa0\n\u2022 PART 1a: Paying tribute to Franz Beckenbauer (01.00)\n\u2022 PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (08.00)\n\u2022 PART 2: Madrid derby in Saudi Arabia as Barca struggle to beat Barbastro (14.00)\n\u2022 PART 3: Another crisis at Napoli while Juventus get the job done again (32.00)\n\u2022 PART 4: Revel and Golden Lion thrashed in the Coupe De France (50.00)\n\nSIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR \xa32 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS\n\u2022\xa0theathletic.com/totally\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices