After another exciting week of European action, Matt Scott, Paulo Bandini and Sean Ingle join James Richardson to shoot the breeze. And with no English teams in the Champion League semi-finals for the first time since 2003, there's plenty to aim our verbal pistols at - including whether the Premier League is in decline, Bayern Munich's sturm-und-drang comeback at Old Trafford and Sir Alex Ferguson's tactics.

Sid Lowe waxes lyrical about Lionel Messi's destruction of Arsenal and reveals how Real Madrid plan to stop him in the weekend's classico. The pod also salute Lyon and Inter but do either side have enough to go all the way?

We also preview the FA Cup semi-final previews, salute Newcastle's promotion and question Alan Pardew's motivational skills. Once you're finished with the podcast, check James' European newspaper review here.

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