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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: Real Madrid come back to defeat Man City in the first knockout round of the Champions League; McKennie’s goal secures a Juventus win over PSV; Dortmund put three past Sporting Lisbon; Nottingham Forest win on penalties to survive Exeter FA Cup scare; Cannon scores stunner to send Wrexham to the EFL trophy semi-finals; preview of more Champions League action as Club Brugge host Atalanta, Feyenoord take on AC Milan and Bayern Munich travel to Celtic Park; the last ever Premier League Merseyside derby to be held at Goodison Park; and a Ballon D’Oasis snub.
Football don't sleep, and neither do we.
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Host: Betty Glover
Producer: George Cooper
Assistant producer: Yasmin Mills
Researcher: Jack Collins
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