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Jimbo and the continental crew of James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens cast their eyes over a huge weekend in Europe.\n\nKarim Benzema wins the Ballon d\u2019Or and scores in El Clasico as Real Madrid assert their dominance over Barcelona. Questions start to be asked of Xavi as elimination from the Champions League looms for Barca.\n\nIt\u2019s been a bad seven days for Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen after two thrashings but Union Berlin defeat Dortmund to stay top of the Bundesliga. Can they go all the way?\n\nCan Napoli or an Ademola Lookman-inspired Atalanta go all the way in Serie A?\n\nAnd in France, Laurent Blanc returns and Kylian Mbappe U-turns.\xa0\n\nProduced by Charlie Jones.\n\nRUNNING ORDER:\xa0\n\n\u2022 PART 1a: Benzema wins the Ballon d\u2019Or (02.00)\n\u2022 PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (06.00)\n\u2022 PART 2: La Liga \u2013 a rough week for Barca (10.30)\xa0\n\u2022 PART 3: Ligue 1 \u2013 Mbappe u-turn and Blanc is back (25.00)\n\u2022 PART 4: Bundesliga \u2013 Union stay strong, Alonso\u2019s Leverkusen crumble (35.00)\n\u2022 PART 5: Serie A \u2013 can Atalanta go all the way? (45.00)\n\nSIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR \xa31 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS\n\u2022\xa0theathletic.com/totally\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices