Nagelsmanns naivety, Mbappes pivot and Xabis smart start

Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 2 a.m.

Jimbo and the continental panel of Raphael Honigstein, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo shine a light on the big stories in European football this week.\n\nBayern throw away a 2-0 lead in Dortmund, with questions starting to be asked of whether Julian Nagelsmann is the long-term future of the club. But it\u2019s the perfect start for Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen.\n\nBayern\u2019s former striker Robert Lewandowski is a bit starved of service at Barca as they face Inter in a huge Champions League clash.\n\nIn France, there\u2019s more Mbappe melodrama at PSG with the star striker criticising Christophe Galtier\u2019s tactics on Instagram.\n\nElsewhere, Kristof Terreur gives us the lowdown on the perfect Club Brugge and Jules purrs over the perfect Enzo Fernandez.\xa0\n\nPlus some harsh red cards and some not so harsh red cards.\n\nProduced by Charlie Jones\n\nRUNNING ORDER:\xa0\n\n\u2022 PART 1: Moment of the weekend (01.30)\n\u2022 PART 2: Germany \u2013 Klassiker classic and a not too Xabi start (06.00)\n\u2022 PART 3: Spain \u2013 big weeks for Barca and Real (18.00)\xa0\n\u2022 PART 4: Kristof Terreur on the remarkable Club Brugge (29.00)\n\u2022 PART 5: France - more Mbappe melodrama (37.00)\n\u2022 PART 6: Italy \u2013 champions Milan stay on Napoli\u2019s tail (49.00)\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