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Manchester City win at Anfield on a Super Sunday that got silly
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Apologies for the late show today, but we’re finally here to chat all about another big weekend in the Premier League title race, which saw Manchester City come from behind to win away at Liverpool, for only the second time under Pep Guardiola.
After shout outs for the WSL, PSG v Marseille and a few other results (04:21), Musa and Ryan head to Anfield (11:23), which saw another unbelievable free-kick from Dominik Szoboszlai give Liverpool the lead, a great comeback and the world being cruelly robbed of one of the silliest goals of the modern era.
That meant the gap was the same at the top as before the weekend, following Arsenal’s impressive 3-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday (30:52). Elsewhere, Aston Villa dropped more points, Manchester United may never lose again, Crystal Palace ended their winless streak and Cole Palmer scored another first half hat-trick.
In Germany, Bayern and Dortmund teased a title race (48:13) and St. Pauli got a much needed win. Finally, there’s a round-up of La Liga and a bit of chat about Ademola Lookman’s move to Atlético Madrid (53:12).
A reminder: Southbank Centre live show! March 1st! With special guest Nish Kumar! Go get your tickets here!
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It’s too early for a crisis right… right?
01:00:58|It’s not even September and yet, some seasons have not got off to the start that fans wished.After multiple places to begin and a bit of chat about more Jude Bellingham brilliance, Musa and Ryan then move on to what has been a difficult start for Spurs and another home defeat, this time to Newcastle United (08:34). They examine quite how much time Roberto de Zerbi will be given, considering the big spending summer, which raised expectations massively.There’s also some chat about Manchester United’s win over Ipswich (27:22), Liverpool (39:00), plus the Bundesliga’s return, a stuttering start for PSG and much, much more.
Is this the start of a new look Premier League?
01:01:43|The Premier League is back and so are Musa and Ryan, who chat about the first games of the new season, which showed signs of a new dynamic emerging in England’s top flight. Arsenal got off to a routine start, whereas Manchester United, Aston Villa, Spurs and more suffered very disappointing opening weekend defeats. Hull, Ipswich, Brighton and Brentford had the headline wins, so there’s chat about whether teams will take advantage of the post World Cup variables and how important it is for clubs not to fall behind.There are also shoutouts for some results in Spain, Italy, France, Germany and… the J-League!
We're so back! Community Shield takeaways, Premier League look ahead and more!
01:02:12|We’re now back on the free feed and into the regular season schedule!Musa and Ryan begin with a quick shout out for Cameroon winning their first Women’s AFCON, defeating Malawi 3-0 in Rabat (03:08).They then move onto Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Manchester City in the Community Shield (06:26) and discuss what the takeaways were for both Mikel Arteta and Enzo Maresca and if this tells us anything about this year’s Premier League.Speaking of which, they then go through the league club by club (23:55), making their ‘no lower than’ position predictions for this season, and chat a bit about Paul Pogba to finish.
World Cup 2026 - Spain are world champions!
53:03|Spain’s men won their second World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0 after extra-time. Musa and Ryan chat about Spain’s brilliant performance in the final and the tournament as a whole, how the best team won and some more takeaways from the final.We’ll be doing some more zoomed out thoughts about the World Cup and the final on our next show for members. However, to those of you on this feed, we would like to say thank you for listening through the tournament and this season. This feed will take a break until the next season, but head to patreon.com/stadio if you want to hear more episodes in the summer.Another reminder for Londoners, our live show with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre is this Thursday, July 23rd! Tickets are still available here.
World Cup 2026 - England 1-2 Argentina
29:00|Argentina are once again into the World Cup final, after two late goals secured an epic turn around and a 2-1 win over England.On this section from Thursday's Patreon episode, Musa and Ryan are joined by Seb Stafford-Bloor to chat all about the second semi-final, the plan of both sides, the in game changes and whether all the blame should fall to Thomas Tuchel. Head to patreon.com/stadio to listen to the full episode, which includes more on this game, plus some chat about Jürgen Klopp taking over the Germany job, the final on Sunday and more.Another reminder for Londoners, our live show with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre is on July 23rd! Tickets are still available here.
World Cup 2026, with Nish Kumar! Bellingham again, Spain and Argentina wins and more!
01:30:32|Ahead of his guest appearance at the Stadio live show next week, Nish Kumar joins Musa and Ryan (04:01) to chat about England’s 2-1 win over Norway, which included some more Jude Bellingham brilliance (12:45). They also chat about Argentina getting past Switzerland (47:17), Spain’s win over Belgium (63:25), look ahead to the semi-finals and also a bit of World Cup chat in general!Come see Nish, Musa and Ryan and the Southbank Centre in London on 23rd July, tickets are available here.Also, you can get tickets to see Nish on his upcoming UK and Ireland tour here.
World Cup 2026: England beat Mexico to face Norway; Balogun's red card controversy
01:09:44|The round of 16 games are underway and delivering!Musa and Ryan chat about England’s 3-2 against Mexico at the Azteca (02.50) which saw weather delays, penalties and a red card, but ultimately, two Jude Bellingham goals and a Harry Kane penalty rewarding Thomas Tuchel’s side with a place in the quarter-finals.Norway await England, following their 2-1 win against Brazil and another two goals for Erling Haaland (26:48). There’s also chat about Morocco’s win over Canada and France getting past Paraguay (40:45), plus some thoughts on Folarin Balogun’s red card ban being suspended, meaning he will play against Belgium.Come and see us live in London on July 23rd, at the Southbank Centre, with special guest Nish Kumar! Tickets are available here.
World Cup 2026: England thoughts and the round of 32 begins
52:45|The round of 32 is underway, so Musa and Ryan begin with a quick chat about Canada’s win over South Africa in Los Angeles, to be the first side to progress to the round of 16 this year.They then chat a bit about a few more of the final group games, before moving onto some thoughts on England, the performances and the discourse around the side, despite Thomas Tuchel’s side finishing top of the group (17:49).Finally, there’s a bit of a look forward to some of the other round of 32 games (32:07) and more.Finally, another reminder to come and see us live in London on July 23rd, at the Southbank Centre, with special guest Nish Kumar! Tickets are available here.
World Cup 2026: Spain’s depth, first points, goals and wins
48:33|Musa and Ryan begin with Spain’s 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia, which saw three goals in the first half and the ability to rest some key players for the second (02:10). They chat about Spain’s depth and whether that can be the thing that is the key advantage over other World Cup favourites.There’s also chat about another Cape Verde draw (10:06) and their first World Cup goals, as they held Uruguay to a 2-2 draw. Plus, Belgium’s draw with Iran, which features one of the most spiritually onside goals of the tournament so far, Curaçao’s first point, Egypt’s first win, Germany, Japan and a few big picture thoughts (33:07).Come and see us live in London on July 23rd, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre! Tickets are available here.