01/22/25: Barcelona and Benfica in an all-time classic
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This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.
On today’s episode: Benfica hosted Barcelona on Tuesday, and the result was a crazy 5-4 win for Barcelona; Liverpool confirmed their spot in the last sixteen of the Champions League with a routine win over Lille; Atletico Madrid, Monaco, and PSV also secured victories; Borussia Dortmund’s Nuri Sahin is sacked as manager; USWNT defender Naomi Girma may be set to join Chelsea for $1.1 million; Arsenal have expressed interest in Wolves’ Matheus Cunha; Jen Beattie announces her retirement from football; Amazon announce a new documentary about Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool; we preview Wednesday’s Champions League fixtures, including PSG v Manchester City; and we share a heartwarming story about Tony Mowbray’s return to football.
Football don't sleep, and neither do we.
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Host: George Cooper
Producer: Mikey Watson
Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard
Researcher: Jack Collins
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