Stadio: A Football Podcast

Musa and Ryan watched a lot of football this weekend, and what better place to talk all about it than a jam-packed 700th episode!

After a bit of chit chat, they get into Arsenal’s first win at Anfield against Liverpool in 14 years (10:32), in a feisty game where the points could have been won by either side, or shared. There’s a shout for Brighton’s brilliant win at Manchester City, then it’s off to Stamford Bridge, where Manchester United wasted an excellent first half and Chelsea turned it on in the second, to inflict another defeat on Michael Carrick’s side.

There's a quick shoutout for some other Premier League results, chat about Bayern and Dortmund’s 2-2 draw (47:37), the Superclásico, an exhilarating Basque Derby, wins for Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atleti, plus the Derby della Madonnina and more!

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Musa and Ryan’s focus this week is on the first Clásico of the season in La Liga, which saw Real Madrid victorious against Barcelona at Camp Nou (03:55). It topped off a great week for José Mourinho, who saw his side put in a very disciplined display on Sunday night.

There’s also some Premier League chat (36:17), with huge wins for Aston Villa and Spurs, plus Bournemouth scoring three at Old Trafford yet again (43:59). There’s some shoutouts for other results and much more!

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After a quick shout out of some of the weekend’s results, Musa and Ryan are once again joined by Van Lathan and Jomi Adeniran, from The Ringer’s Midnight Boys, for the second of two special guest episodes!

Much like The Avengers, they assemble to put together the Ultimate Superhero XI (17:52), plus a full bench, as well as coaching and executive staff. It’s an epic.

If you missed it, this follows on from Thursday’s episode, which you can listen to here.

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After shouting out the only place to begin, Musa and Ryan chat about Manchester City’s trip to Anfield (06:56), where they defeated Liverpool, in the first game back since their guilty verdict was announced. The focus isn’t much on the game itself, but more on the reaction at and around the game, the weirdness it uncovered for the Premier League season and what it might mean going forward.

In part two, they move onto Freiburg being top of the Bundesliga (34:49), after Bayern and Dortmund both dropped points on the weekend, as well as the amazing job Julian Schuster has done since succeeding the great Christian Streich. There’s also a bit of La Liga chat, most notably the drama in Real Madrid’s 1-0 win over Villarreal, plus lots more.

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After a bit of chat about some football stuff from this week, Musa and Ryan are delighted to welcome Jackson Irvine back to the show, following his summer move to Japan.

They chat a bit about the two recent games he played for Australia against Brazil, the move from Hamburg to Osaka and how unique the J.League is. There’s also some stuff on taking a World Cup knockout penalty, some film and music recommends, approaching fatherhood and much, much more!

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On today’s episode, Musa and Ryan discuss the news that Manchester City were found guilty of all but one of the 115 Premier League charges against them.

They chat about the problem it raises for the Premier League, the future of Manchester City’s ownership and much more.

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As we head into the extended men’s international break, many teams will be welcoming it, while some will be wishing there were more club games this week.

It’s hard to know which is the case for Atlético and Real Madrid, as Musa and Ryan discuss another home win for Diego Simeone’s side and another impressive Madrid derby (04:45). José Mourinho brought a print out to the press conference and for a second it felt like the first time he was in charge, attempting to distract from a less than stellar performance from his side.

They then move onto Serie A, including a brilliant top of the table clash between Roma and Inter (30:38). There’s also Premier League chat, with impressive results and performances from Brighton and Brentford, who inflicted 3-0 defeats on Arsenal and Chelsea respectively. Plus, there’s Ligue 1, Bundesliga and more!

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A nice quiet weekend in the Premier League then?

Before getting into the noise of the Manchester Derby, Musa and Ryan take a minute or two to chat about Hull City’s impressive start to the season (03:10), which continued with an impressive 2-2 draw away at Chelsea. There’s also praise for Ipswich Town, who have also impressed, this time with a late win at Crystal Palace.

Then it’s onto the derby (12:12) , which saw Manchester City come away from Old Trafford 1-0 winners. The game was largely affected by two big calls: the Phil Foden red and the Erling Haaland goal. Manchester United have already received an apology for the latter, but the failure to respond to the former arguably played as much of a role in their defeat.

There’s also chat about Arsenal’s win away at Sunderland (29:50) to maintain their 100% start, plus some other results (37:00) around the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, WSL and more.

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With the European seasons well underway, it was a weekend where many contenders suffered dropped points or upsets.

Musa and Ryan begin with a quick dart around some of these games, including Real Madrid’s defeat to Betis, Atleti losing at Athletic Club, Bayern dropping points and PSG’s winless start continuing.

They then turn to Arsenal and Chelsea, who played out a hugely entertaining headline fixture at the Emirates, which the Gunners came through victorious (11:13). After analysing the game itself, some changes to Mikel Arteta’s side this season and the way they’ve evolved, they then move on to some chat about Chelsea (28:13). Despite the defeat, they were plenty of things for Xabi Alonso, as well as Chelsea fans, to feel encouraged about, especially missing a key part of their midfield in Moisés Caicedo.

There’s a big shout out for Hull City (40:44), who continued their unbeaten start, and some other results, including Everton’s late equaliser against Manchester United and more late drama in Serie A.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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After chatting about Mexico’s opener on Friday’s Patreon show, Musa and Ryan share some of their highlights and shoutouts from the first weekend of the World Cup.

There’s praise for Germany, Australia and many others, while also talking about some incredible moments, such as Curaçao’s first World Cup goal, Japan’s late equaliser, Ivory Coast’s last minute winner and the USA’s 4-1 win over Paraguay.

Tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

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In this final show before the World Cup, Musa and Ryan take a quick look back on the season and have a chat about a few of their favourite moments, including some players who stepped up, incredible finals and more.

They then have a quick chat about Florentino Pérez’s election victory, which has cleared the path for José Mourinho to return to Real Madrid after leaving in 2013 (31:36), before briefly looking ahead to the men's World Cup (31:26), which begins this Thursday.

Also, another shout for Musa’s interview with Zohran Mamdani for GQ here. Tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

Finally, make sure you check out Kickback, who are currently doing country by country previews on their First Touch ‘26 Country Pods. Musa and Ryan joined David Gass on this week's episode here.

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