Barcelona win La Liga, Bayern and Dortmund win big and a big semi-final week in Europe

Published: May 16, 2023, 10:17 a.m.

Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo are spread out across Europe as we reach crunch time in the continent.\n\nMan City host Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final. Is it a coin toss as to who goes through? Meanwhile Inter have the advantage of Milan. Romelu Lukaku apparently has a 6/10 chance of staying at Inter, while Rafael Leao will probably feature for Milan at 60% fitness.\n\nBarcelona are La Liga champions for the first time in 4 years, although they\u2019re chased off the pitch after winning against city rivals Espanyol.\n\nIt\u2019s still neck and neck in the Bundesliga with Bayern and Dortmund dishing out drubbings, as Thomas Muller\u2019s future continues to dominate discussion in Bavaria.\n\nPlus the anti-homophobia campaign in Ligue 1, Sampdoria heading for insolvency and of course, Eurovision.\n\nProduced by Ben Green, Jay Beale and Charlie Jones.\n\nRUNNING ORDER:\xa0\n\u2022 PART 1: Moment of the weekend (04.00)\n\u2022 PART 2: Champions League semi-final previews (09.30)\n\u2022 PART 3a: Barcelona win La Liga (25.00)\n\u2022 PART 3b: Europa League semi-final previews (30.00)\n\u2022 PART 4a: Conference League semi-final previews (37.00)\n\u2022 PART 4b: Ligue 1\u2019s anti-homophobia saga (39.00)\n\u2022 PART 4c: Sampdoria and Monza heading in different directions (45.00)\n\u2022 PART 4d: Big wins for Bayern and Dortmund (53.00)\n\nSIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR \xa31.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS\n\u2022\xa0theathletic.com/totally\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices